The Eater's Guide to Chinese Characters by James D Mccawley

The Eater's Guide to Chinese Characters by James D Mccawley

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'The Eater's Guide to Chinese Characters' is a straightforward primer aimed at helping diners understand Chinese menus. McCawley shows how Chinese characters are written and referred to, provides a guide to pronunciation, and covers the nonstandard forms of characters which can be encountered.

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The Eater's Guide to Chinese Characters by James D Mccawley

'The Eater's Guide to Chinese Characters' is a straightforward primer aimed at helping diners understand Chinese menus. McCawley shows how Chinese characters are written and referred to, provides a guide to pronunciation, and covers the nonstandard forms of characters which can be encountered.
James D. McCawley (1938-99) was the Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor of Linguistics and East Asian Languages at the University of Chicago.
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ISBN 13 9780226555928
ISBN 10 0226555925
Title The Eater's Guide to Chinese Characters
Author James D Mccawley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University Of Chicago Press
Year published 2004-05-01
Number of pages 254
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