Monday, September 10, 2012

"NBA" as an entry in Chinese dictionary

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In the August 28, 2012 issue of " 北京晚报 ", it is reported that more than a hundred Chinese scholars signed a letter sent to the Ch...
Sunday, August 5, 2012

"第几" has no English equivalent

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It's a frequently asked question in English study forums in China (recently here ). How do you say "第几" in English? When A as...
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Friday, July 20, 2012

eCollegeFinder's ESL article

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eCollegeFinder has a new article on English as a Second Language, How to Educate ESL Students . It discusses two methods of education, ...
Friday, June 29, 2012

Off-topic: ESL blog award

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I was entered into eCollegeFinder ESL (English for Second Language) Blogs Award, and apparently got to the 39th place in the finals. Not ba...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Linguistic authority

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A recent update on "Ni Hao Ma" (你好吗） is not a native Chinese greeting prompted me to blog about what I have thought of for some ...
Saturday, June 2, 2012

Interjection (叹词)

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Interjections (叹词) are another type of "虚词" or empty words . At least one interjection seems to be common to many if not all langu...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

虚词"虽然":empty word "although"

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The Chinese empty word (虚词) "虽然" or "尽管" corresponds to "although", "though", or one sense of "...

虚词"当然":empty word "of course"

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The Chinese empty word (虚词) "当然" is generally translated as "of course" or "certainly". It makes perfect sense...

虚词"很":empty word "very"

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The Chinese empty word (虚词) "很" means "very". This translation is straightforward and universally accepted. But there...
Monday, May 21, 2012

Chinese "empty word" 虚词

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The term "empty word", or "虚词", in Chinese, refers to "a word or morpheme that has no lexical meaning and that func...