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Light, Timothy – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1987
Discusses main ideas of papers presented that reflect the new directions explored in the field of Chinese linguistics. Current areas of study include tonal distinctions in dialect studies, contrastive analysis of Taiwanese and standard Chinese verb phrase structures, and the application of old Chinese morphological grammar to characteristics of…
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies

Shen, Zhongwei – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1987
Summarizes 10 presentations made at the workshop on a variety of topics including: classification of Chinese dialects; the importance of semantic units in tone sandhi; insights on Chinese character recognition among brain-damaged patients; and a cognitive approach to the study of Chinese grammar. (TR)
Descriptors: Chinese, Cognitive Processes, Dialect Studies, Grammar