num_pages: 716
description: This reference grammar provides, for the first time, a description of the grammar of Mandarin Chinese, the official spoken language of China and Taiwan, in functional terms, focusing on the role and meanings of word-level and sentence-level structures in actual conversations.
language: English
title: Mandarin Chinese
titlecomplete: Mandarin Chinese
genres: Linguistics, Nonfiction, China
ratings_count: 31
publisher: University of California Press