| A Brief History of the Chinese Language VII: Modern Chinese Lexicon 1 Subjects: Area Studies; Language & Literature; Language & Linguistics; Asian Studies; Language Teaching & Learning; Chinese Studies; Linguistics; Languages of Asia; As the seventh volume of a multi-volume set on the Chinese language, this book studies the Mongolian influence on neologisms in Modern Chinese and innovations in word formation and lexical meanings during the period. Xi Xiang is Professor at Sichuan University (China) and a distinguished linguist. His research interests are focused on Chinese language history and Chinese linguistics. His major works include A Brief History of Chinese , Dictionary of Poetry Classics, Commentary on the Translation of Poetry Classics , Dictionary of Ancient Chinese Knowledge , Concise Ancient Chinese Dictionary , etc. |