Course Description:
A general introduction to the synchronic and diachronic descriptions of Chinese.
Subjects covered may include phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, historical
changes, poetics, dialectology, orthography, the sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic
aspects of Chinese, the relationship between the Chinese language, thought, culture,
and the history of Chinese linguistics.
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