Confused by Chinese grammar? Problem solved. Schaum's Outline of Chinese Grammar is an ideal complement to your Chinese language-learning texts and class materials, and as well as a helpful grammar reference. The book covers the major features of Chinese grammar, so you can understand the language better and use it more effectively. It also explains in a step-by-step manner how the tones of Chinese words differentiates one from another; this systematic approach allows you to focus on different points of difficulty or tackle the subject as a whole.

Table of Contents

Schaum's Outline of Chinese Grammar 1. Numbers 2. Nouns, Noun Phrases, and Noun Modification 3. Verbs and Verb Phrases 4. Adverbs 5. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases 6. The Suffixes 7. The Resultative Structure and Potential Suffixes 8. Question and Question Words 9. Location, Directional Movement, and Distance 10. The Ba Construction 11. Comparisons 12. Phrase and Clause Connection 13. Focusing Constructions 14. Speaker Perspective

About the Author

Claudia Ross (Worcester, MA) is coordinator of the Chinese language program at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and has 20 years' experience teaching Chinese as a second language. She received her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Michigan.