chanced upon Prof Wang, William Shi-Yuan （王士元教授）’s home page in the CUHK server. and in this 1-page long home page, he has shared 38 of his publications in PDF format for download by netizens who are interested in his research work.
if only more researchers/professors are like prof wang, guess the life of students/researchers/teachers/readers would be much easier alike. until the day … …
Discourse Grammar of Mandarin Chinese Assignment 汉语篇章语法作业
finally got this completed. the topic i have chosen this time round is
《探寻篇章语法给华文教学的一些启示–从”我们中国人老早就认识’康乃馨’牛奶水”谈起》 (adobe acrobat 7.0 or higher needed to view. update your copy here)
a BiG “THANK YOU” goes to all my students (and their friends too) who have helped to provide the data for analysis.
on to my next examinable assignment … … *life of a student*
My Examinable Assignments Log:
1. 《窥探中外语言教学对学习动机的尝试与研究》
2. 《探寻篇章语法给华文教学的一些启示–从”我们中国人老早就认识’康乃馨’牛奶水”谈起》
3. akang datang
Lianhe Zaobao 一逗到底 examples
这条耗资2200万元建成的连道，把东北部公园及组屋区如白沙、淡滨尼和勿洛等连接起来，居民不单可以畅行无阻地往来于各公园和市镇之间，而且还可以尽情地观赏沿途绿意盎然的自然景观。– 20071208《42公里园道一线连，东北四公园任畅游》 a>
他说，科学馆和迪斯尼乐园不同，人们游览迪斯尼乐园后，未必会留下深刻印象，但参观科学馆的展览，就会开启学习的第一步，使人们会进一步探讨所获得启发。– 20071208 《科学馆要重建品牌，吸引老少举家同游》
该公司已经安排专业清洁公司到厂房进行彻底清洁及消毒工作，目前已经完成50％左右，接下来清洁公司也会到全岛39间特许经营的百得利（Prima Deli）零售店展开净化工作。– 20071208《确保中毒事件不再发生，百龄麦将重新检讨食品安全程序》
前晚亮相的李梓萌有“央视第一美女”之称，30岁的她今年上半年曾在央视内部的选美赛“首届CCTV杯女职工风采大赛”中夺冠，她1996年毕业于北京广播学院播音系后进入央视，2000年至今在中央电视台播音组，主持过《文化报道》、《国际时讯》等节目。 — 20071209 前晚亮相的李梓萌有“央视第一美女”之称，30岁的她今年上半年曾在央视内部的选美赛“首届CCTV杯女职工风采大赛”中夺冠，她1996年毕业于北京广播学院播音系后进入央视，2000年至今在中央电视台播音组，主持过《文化报道》、《国际时讯》等节目。
LIVAC Synchronous Corpus
was reading my standard reading for sociolinguistics and come across this important online resource:
The LIVAC (Linguistic Variations in Chinese Speech Communities) synchronous corpus, pioneered by the Language Information Sciences Research Centre at The City University of Hong Kong, contains texts from representative Chinese newspapers and electronic media of Hong Kong, Taiwan, Beijing, Shanghai, Macau and Singapore. The collection of materials from the diverse communities is synchronized, and so offers an innovative “Window” approach for a whole variety of comparative studies and useful IT applications.