Mandarin Chinese

Ellipsis of Subjects and Objects in Mandarin Chinese Mandarin Chinese as one of the unique languages in the world has many significant features, and one of them is ellipsis of subjects and objects. In English, a complete sentence consists of at least three basic elements which are a subject, an object, and a verb. However, compare with English, Mandarin Chinese does not have strict grammatical rules to form a complete sentence because people can leave out subjects or objects when they talk to each

rather than in their own schools, government bodies and so on. The role of education in school is now seen as to provide the generic skills needed to acquire new knowledge and specialist skills in the future: learning how to learn. It is true that mandarin Chinese and Spanish have more native speakers, but at the present they have neither the global sway nor the multifunctional use that characterizes English today. Graddol (2006:62) also states that “English is no longer the only show in town”. It is convenient

Samuel Johnson who is also known as Dr.Johnson was one of the best known English experts who ever lived, Johnson was not only an English expert, but also a writer, biographer, and lexicographer. He was well known especially in the 18th century for his English dictionary. Samuel’s dictionary was and will always be one of the most known dictionaries in the entire history. The making of his dictionary took a little more than eight years to accumulate, it contained around 40,00 words and each and every

Does the language affects the way people think or is it the other way around? Our textbook, Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics by Rene Dirven, provides two theories: linguistic relativity and universalism. Researchers who believe linguistic relativity claim that language affects the ways in which its respective speakers conceptualize their world. Benjamin Lee Whorf, representative researcher for linguistic relativity, argues that language determines thought, and that linguistic categories

the national level. Therefore, the Chinese and the Indians in Malaysia are able to naturally acquire an additional language on top of their own native language. For the indigenous Malays, numerous opportunities such as foreign language classes in schools and inter-racial marriages enable them to learn multiple languages. So, living in a multiracial country provides the benefits of the

groups are Malay, Chinese and Indian. Besides that, there are some minority of other ethnic group such as Sandakan and Sawarakian. Education system in Malaysia established with English as the first language. My parents’ never received any Mandarin lessons during their school age. Many of the Chinese and Indian have trouble in their own mother’s tongue. In the recent 20 years, they changed the teaching system to Malay. Mathematics and Science are all in Malay. These two languages, Mandarin and Tamil are

The value of Chinese Language The knowledge of Chinese language opens many new perspectives for the people who have good command of this language. First of all, Chinese language opens the way to different important fields. These include: Chinese politics, economy, history or archaeology. The knowledge of Chinese language can help to study the unique culture of the ancient civilization. At the heart of Chinese civilization is its rich heritage of novels, short stories, poetry, drama, and other pieces

behavior of a mother-tongue Mandarin speaker who is having graduate study in Hong Kong. 　　 　　Hong Kong is a typical metropolis immersed in multilingualism, since there are considerably diverse ethnic groups in this area (2011 Census Office, 2012). According to the report of 2011 Census Office (2012), the number of mother-tongue Standard Mandarin (hereafter, Mandarin) speakers in Hong Kong has displayed an increase in the

customs. The paper will end with a conclusion of my findings. The Chinese and English language have many significant differences. China does not have a single language, they have many different versions or dialects that include Wu, Taiwanese and Cantonese. Mandarin, also known as Northern Chinese is the mother tongue of about 70% of Chinese speakers and is the accepted written language for all Chinese ("Language differences: English - Chinese," n.d.). However, English is the only language of the United

choice program because I want to take intensive Chinese at one of the best universities in the world, and I also want to experience the culture that my dad has told me so much about since my freshman year of high school. Attending Peking University to study Chinese will help me meet my academic goals because currently I am a Chinese Studies intended major, and apart from having to study abroad, going to China on an immersion track will greatly help my Mandarin an immeasurable amount. I wish to advance