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GR-Foundation Work-Untitled folder, 1992 - 1992

 File — Box: 45, Folder: 20
Identifier: 0039_PER_Pian_Series_1_Subseries_45_Folder_20
Foundation Work in Pronunciation of Standard Modern Chinese (or Mandarin). Prepared by Rulan Chao Pian. 1992. Typescript with handwritten notes (photocopy). A set of Recorded Explanations, Drills, and Exercises. (Text with Examples in the Pinyin System). Pian Copy (Note 2). Includes:

-Foundation Work in Pronunciation of Standard Modern Chinese (or Mandarin). 1 sheet. Cover page. With handwritten notes (Note 2)

-Acknowledgement. 1 sheet. This Foundation Work borrows from the "Foundation Work" section of Yuen Ren Chao's Mandarin Primer (Harvard University Press, copyright 1948 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College), both in scheme of presentation and in the actual drill materials, but is much expanded by additional examples on each point of pronunciation discussed. With handwritten notes (Note 2)

-Unit One. The Single Tones. Page 1-9. The Sounds of Standard Modern Chinese. (Foundation Work in Pronunciation: A set of recorded explanations, drills, exercises, quizzes in five units). Part I. Introduction to the Single Tones: A. The 1st Tone. B. The 2nd Tones. C. The 3rd Tone. D. The 4th Tone. Part II. Drills. Part III. Exercise and Dictation Drill. Part IV. Quiz on Unit One. Answer sheet for Quiz on Unit One. With handwritten notes (Note 2)

-Unit Two. Tones in Combination. Page 1-19. Part I. Review of Single Tones. Part II. Introduction to Tones in Combination. A. Individual Combinations. B. Tones under Different Degrees of Emphasis. C. Neutral Tones. 1. Neutral Tones following the Four Tones. 2. Drills. Part III. Exercises. A. Exercise on Tones in Combination. B. Dictation Exercise. Answer Sheet to the Dictation Exercise. With handwritten notes (Note 2)

-Unit Three. Difficult Consonants. Page 1-16. Part I. Review of Tones in Combination. Part II. Introduction to the Difficult Consonants. (Initials). A. Aspirated and Unaspirated Voiceless Initials. B. The Retroflex Initials. C. The Palatal Initials. Part III. Exercises. A. Practice Distinguishing between the Retroflex and the Palatal Initials. B. Practice distinguishing by ear, the two kinds of initials. With handwritten notes (Note 2)

-Unit Four. Difficult Vowels. Page 1-19. Part I. Introduction to the Difficult Vowels. A. The Apical Vowel. B. The Retroflex Vowel. C. The High Back Vowel u---. D. The High Front Vowel ü.* E. Contrasting the High front Vowel ü with the Diphthong iu. F. The Black Vowel e. G. The Back Vowel uo. H. The Front Quality in the Finals ie and üe.* I. The "Obscure" Vowel in en and un.* J. The Retroflex Vowels and the Nasalized Retroflex Vowels. K. Avoiding Liason between Two Syllables. L. The Different Qualities of the Vowel a. M. Some Special Vowels. N. Change of Vowel Values with the Tones. Quiz on Unit Four. Answer Sheet. With handwritten notes (Note 2)

-Unit Four. Part II. Systems of Tone Sandhi: Some Special Rules of Tones in Combination. Page 1-10. I. Special Tone for yī and Bù. A. The rules for "yī" (one). B. The rules for "bù" (not). II. Addition Drills on "yī" and "bù". A. Drills on "ī". B. Drills on "bù". C. Some Special Cases of 3-syllable Combinations. D. Some Special positions of the Neutral Tone in 3-syllable Combinations. With handwritten notes (Note 2)

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  • 1992 - 1992

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Chiefly in English

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