Questions tagged [academic]
Questions related specifically to academic study of the Chinese language, or specific vocabulary or style to use when writing Chinese in an academic style
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How should I mention my Chinese professor in a document?
I really don't know Chinese but I just started to study in China online. I am preparing a report and I need to mention my professor's name. In Chinese it's written as 刘雨欣(liuyuxin), this means 刘(liu) ...
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Where would one find a library of Chinese classics that have never been translated into English?
Suppose an English-speaking software developer and data scientist were interested in finding ancient Chinese writings that have never before been translated into English. Suppose a developer desired ...
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What is the correct style/format when including Chinese translations in academic articles?
For instance, I would like to write the following sentence about China:
"Many songs were written to praise the Chinese Communist Party and the 'Motherland' ".
By "Motherland", I mean 祖国 ( zuguo / ...
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Resources for the Chinese section of the Gaokao?
The entrance examination for universities in mainland China includes a Chinese section. I'm looking for three things about this.
1) A source for questions that have been asked in previous years. For ...
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How to address a teacher one knows well (in conversation and emails). Is 亲爱 "dear" ever appropriate?
Can one use 亲爱 "dear" in a letter to a teacher one knows well?
In the specific case that triggered this question, the student, who is a male student in his late 20s, is being addressed 亲爱的[name]兄弟 ...
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Academic explanation for rhyming fillers with irrelevant meaning in doggerel
在打油诗、顺口溜、儿歌里经常有纯粹是为了押韵或节拍而插入的和文意无关的词汇。在北方话、传统北京/天津评书相声里尤甚。我想知道在语言学专业里这种情况是怎么解释的，有没有术语或相关资料。
例如北京顺口溜：
嗝屁着凉大海棠，脚不丫子蘸白糖。
里“大海棠”完全是为押韵，无意义；蘸白糖虽然略有意义，但选词十分随机，更多是为了一种插科打诨的效果。
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Where can I find a Chinese corpus concordance?
Compleat Lexical Tutor has a valuable tool here1 for searching for English words in a corpus and displaying them in sample sentences. This is useful for checking the usage of a word. Where can I find ...
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How do native speakers structure their essays?
When analyzing Chinese speeches or essays, I often have difficulty understanding how their the authors organized their ideas.
In North America, for example, a common template for writing an essay is ...
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What software can check for grammar mistakes?
I need some software that can check the grammar of some Chinese passages. Are there any programs capable of identifying grammar problems? I'd prefer something for Linux, but other platforms would be ...
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Where can I find a list of commonly mistaken characters?
I want to quickly identify potential mistakes created by OCR software. Where can I find a list of all Chinese characters that visually look very similar and might often be confused?
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What etymology dictionaries are available?
What dictionaries (online, software-based or in paper form) explain the origins of a word and its evolution over time? E.g. how the character was once written, how the usage – and the meaning – ...
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When do the tones change?
Sometimes, in certain combinations of tones or words, the tones change. Where can I find a complete list of all tone changes that occur in Mandarin?
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What software can detect the parts of speech of written text?
What software or online tools can detect the parts of speech in a piece of written text (e.g. to predict if a word is a verb, adjective, etc.)?
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What comprehensive grammar books are available? [closed]
I have found many grammar books, but none that go beyond the low-intermediate level. Some textbook series contain lots of grammar, but this is spread out across many books and difficult to quickly ...
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