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Dreaming in Chinese: And Discovering What Makes a Billion People Tick

Dreaming in Chinese: And Discovering What Makes a Billion People Tick

by Deborah Fallows (Author)

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    Hardcover 2010

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Synopsis

Why can't the Chinese say "I love you"? Can you wear pyjamas on the streets of Shanghai? Why is it so difficult to hear Chinese tones? In this charming, original book, Harvard linguist Deborah Fallows draws on her experiences of three years of living and travelling in China to provide the answers to these puzzles and many more. Using her own struggles and triumphs with the study of Mandarin as a guide, Fallows manages to describe the workings of the language in a way that is both intelligible and entertaining. Her anecdotes and stories illustrate how Westerners have to think in a fundamentally different way to survive in China.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Short Books Ltd
Published: 01 Apr 2010
ISBN 10: 1906021554
ISBN 13: 9781906021559

Media Reviews
In Dreaming in Chinese, Deb Fallows opens up a window onto Chinese urban life through its notoriously difficult language. A charming and insightful book. Susan Shirk, author of China: Fragile Superpower
Author Bio
Deborah Fallows has lived in Shanghai and Beijing and travelled throughout China with her husband, the writer and journalist James Fallows. She is a Harvard graduate and has a PhD in Linguistics, and is author of A Mother's Work (Houghton Mifflin). When in the US, she and her husband live in Washington DC. They have two sons.