Corpus-Based Contrastive Studies of English and Chinese.

This book is concerned with cross-linguistic contrast of major grammatical categories in English and Chinese, two most important yet genetically different world languages. This genetic difference has resulted in many subsidiary differences that are, among other things, related to grammar. Compared w...

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Main Author: McEnery, Tony
Other Authors: Xiao, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010
Series:Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics
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