Chinese languagePPT課件

The development of the The development of the Chinese languageChinese languageChinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family.Chinese initiated about 5000years ago based on pictographic and ideographic form.第1頁/共15頁第2頁/共15頁Three stages The first stage Dated from the earliest period when Cangjie(倉頡） is said to have produced and recorded Chinese characters.第3頁/共15頁 倉頡，倉頡，是中國上古傳說中的人物，是中國上古傳說中的人物，倉頡面長四目，天生睿德，常觀奎倉頡面長四目，天生睿德，常觀奎星圓曲之勢，察鳥獸蹄遠之跡，依星圓曲之勢，察鳥獸蹄遠之跡，依其類像之形首創(chuàng)文字，革除當時結其類像之形首創(chuàng)文字，革除當時結繩記事之陋，開創(chuàng)文明之基，被尊繩記事之陋，開創(chuàng)文明之基，被尊奉為奉為“文祖?zhèn)}頡文祖?zhèn)}頡”。第4頁/共15頁Three stages The first stage Dated from the earliest period when Cangjie(倉頡） is said to have produced and recorded Chinese characters. The second stage When Qinshihuang unified the Chinese written dialects and languages into seal characters.第5頁/共15頁大篆 、小篆與隸書第6頁/共15頁第7頁/共15頁Three stages The first stage Dated from the earliest period when Cangjie(倉頡） is said to have produced and recorded Chinese characters. The second stage When Qinshihuang unified the Chinese written dialects and languages into seal characters. The third stage At the beginning of the 20th century ,Chinese language was simplified into bai-hua-wen form.第8頁/共15頁The main features of the Chinese language 1. Chinese vocabulary 2. Chinese pronunciation 3. Chinese grammar第9頁/共15頁Chinese vocabularyChinese character falls within ideographic in no connection with pronunciation, it is form that decides meaning. 如： 忍 ，人 第10頁/共15頁Chinese character are composed of basic units and other elements.radicalsstrokes第11頁/共15頁Chinese pronunciation 1.Chinese as a tonal language, it has four tones. 2.Romanized pronunciation 3.homonym: have repetitions in pronunciation but vary in meaning.第12頁/共15頁Chinese grammar Flexibility in sentence structure： (SVO、SOV、ASV 、SV ) No tense or inflection occurs to verbs (adverbial signifiers, “將”，“要”，“打算”，“正在”，“已經(jīng)”，“過”) Elliptical elements in sentences or conversations:（subjects omitted,no verb appears) 第13頁/共15頁Thank you for Your time!第14頁/共15頁感謝您的觀看。第15頁/共15頁