A Practical Chinese Grammar for Foreigners - in Chinese and English - Reference Book + Workbook [Revised Edition]. ISBN: 7561921632, 9787561921630

Format: reference book + workbook
English Title: A Practical Chinese Grammar for Foreigners (Revised Edition) 
Chinese Title: 外国人实用汉语语法(修订本)
ISBN-10: 7-5619-2163-2, 7561921632
ISBN-13: 978-7-5619-2163-0, 9787561921630
Editor: Li Dejin (李德津), Cheng Meizhen (程美珍)
Binding: softcover
Pages: 652 (reference book), 212 (workbook)
Shipping Weight: 940g
Size: 140mm x 203mm
Language: simplified Chinese, English
Publisher: BLCU Press 北京语言文化大学出版社
Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Target Group: self learners from intermediate Chinese and up, reference guide for Chinese teachers (TCSL) 
Main Category: Chinese grammar

A Practical Chinese Grammar for Foreigners was first published in 1988 and has been reprinted for many times and has achieved widespread influence. This book is the revised edition which makes important and valuable modification to the original edition based on the suggestions and comments of the teachers and students.

This book gives concise, detailed and explicit explanations of the grammar points. In the aspect of content, besides introducing the most basic and practical grammatical rules, it also has more practical chapters such as “How to make comparisons” and “How to emphasize”. In the aspect of style, each chapter has a part entitled “Attention should be paid to…” which deals with a particular issue. Detailed and practical tables and sample sentences including the erroneous sentences for contrast are provided.

All explanations are provided with English translation. Each chapter is supplemented with exercises. This book can both be used as a grammar textbook for Chinese learners and grammar handbook for daily reference.

《外国人实用汉语语法》初版于1988年，出版以来多次重印，产生了比较广泛的影响。本书是在原版基础之上的修订本。修订者根据学生和教师使用该书的情况以及对外汉语教学的发展，对原书进行了重要的、有价值的增删，使其得到了进一步的完善。

本书语法讲解简明、细致、清晰，注重用简略的语言作直截了当的说明；内容方面，除了介绍最基本最实用的语法规则之外，还专门从对外汉语教学的角度出发，设立了“表示比较的方法”和“表示强调的方法”等较为实用的章节，使阅读和查找都非常方便；体例方面，每一节中都有一项“使用……要注意的问题”，具有很强的针对性；表格和例句（包括用于对比的错句）的编写非常充分、实用。

本书既可用做汉语学习者的汉语语法教科书，也可用作日常学习查阅的语法手册。书中所有讲解都配有英语翻译，另配有练习册。

Contents 目录
1. Introduction 导言
2. Parts of Speech 词类
3. Phrases 词组
4. Sentence Elements 句子成分
5. The Simple Sentences 单句
6. Aspects of an Action 动作的状态
7. Sentences with Special Verbal Predicates 特殊的动词谓语句
8. Ways of Expressing Comparison 表示比较的方法
9. Ways of Expressing Emphasis 表示强调的方法
10. Complex Sentences 复句