Announcements: The course packet is now available at Ave Copy Center (4141 University Way). Packets will be printed only "on demand". Stop by or call (633-1837) to order; your copy will be ready within 24 hours. You can also download the course packet below and print it out yourself.
Texts |
Course textbooks are available at the UW Bookstore
and are on reserve at Odegaard and East Asia Library. You can download the course packet (8.5 MB) here as a pdf file, or purchase a bound copy at Ave Copy Center (4141 University Way). |
Syllabi |
• CHIN 342/442 syllabus (version
of Jan 2, 2009) |
Handouts |
• Class handouts Lectures will be made available here after the date
on which they are delivered in class. |
Answers |
• Homework answer keys |
Dialects |
• Listen to dialect recordings at the Language Learning Center's website for Chinese 342 |
Phonetics |
• Web site of the International Phonetic Association These web sites will allow you to view and listen to the production of speech sounds:
New resources become available on the web all the time, so feel free to search for other useful tools, and let me know if you find something that should be included here. |
Fonts |
• Download free Unicode IPA font from SIL (Windows or Macintosh) Both Windows and Macintoshes now come with complete Unicode fonts that include IPA symbols. These are already installed in your system. The Windows fonts are "Arial Unicode MS" and "Lucinda Sans Unicode". The Macintosh font is "Lucida Grande". Both are quite ugly. The links above are for nicer-looking fonts. It is not always easy to get the symbols you want into your documents. On a Macintosh, you can install the "Show Character Palette" keyboard layout, and look for phonetic symbols in the "IPA Extensions" Unicode block; or better, download and install the free IPA Palette. In Microsoft Word on Windows XP, you can use "Insert Symbol" and scroll through the font to find the appropriate symbols. This can be time-consuming, but once you find the symbol you want, you can assign a keystroke to it so that you can enter it easily in the future. You can find a description of how to do this here. You may also download this detailed guide to entering IPA symbols. Most of the information is for Mac. |
Orthography |
• Consult this excellent, informative site on Chinese romanization systems, including good descriptions of Sin Wenz and Hanyu Tongyong Pinyin |
Maps |
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Lexicography |
• Four-corner method (an informative web site) |
Need help with pinyin? There are many free resources available on the web. For example, try the "Pinyin Practice" web-based tutorial at http://www.pinyinpractice.com (use the links across the top of the page to practice), or the resources at http://pinyin.info. You may also find my review guide helpful. If you are familiar with the bo-po-mo-fo system used on Taiwan to indicate Mandarin pronunciation, consult the comparative chart in section 4.4 of the course packet.
(Many files on this site are in Adobe pdf format. If you cannot view them, try downloading a free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. If your computer system does not have Chinese capability, be sure to include the Asian Language Files in your installation )
This course is taught by Zev Handel. Feel free to send me email.