Dimensions of Variation in Written Chinese(English, Paperback, Zhang Zheng-Sheng)

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Dimensions of Variation in Written Chinese(English, Paperback, Zhang Zheng-Sheng) is written by Zhang Zheng-Sheng and published by Taylor & Francis Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 036787475X (ISBN 10) and 9780367874759 (ISBN 13).

Dimensions of Variation in Written Chinese uses a corpus-based, multi-dimensional model to account for variation in written Chinese. Using statistical method and two-dimensional visual representation, it provides a concrete and objective view of the internal variation in written Chinese. This book is a timely work that addresses the growing interest in quantitative genre analysis and how knowledge thus gained can contribute to the teaching as well as understanding of the Chinese language. Zheng-sheng Zhang is Professor of Chinese at San Diego State University. He has been a long-term editor of the Journal of Chinese Language teachers Association (now known as Chinese as a Second Language) and is a respected researcher in the field of Chinese linguistics.