Texts

Syllabi

• CHIN 342/442 syllabus (version of Jan 2, 2007)
• Course schedule revision (Feb 10, 2007)
• CHIN 442 syllabus/reading list (version of Jan 2, 2007) [readings are available on electronic reserves]

Handouts

• Class handouts
• Reading responses
• Homework assignments
• Additional fanqie exercises

• Lecture 4.5 PowerPoint slideshow | pdf version (Lexicographic ordering)
• Lecture 5.3 PowerPoint slideshow | pdf version (Old Chinese)
• Lecture 6 PowerPoint slideshow | pdf version (Chinese and other languages)
• Lecture 7 PowerPoint slideshow | pdf version (Language and culture)

Answers

• Homework answer keys
• Midterm answer key
• Answers to the compounding exercise in the course packet
• Answers to the Mandarin syllable (IPA) exercise in the course packet
• Answers to fanqie exercises in the course packet
• Answers to additional fanqie exercises

Dialects

• Listen to dialect recordings at the Language Learning Center's website for Chinese 342
• Download a sample dialect project write-up in PDF format

Phonetics

• Web site of the International Phonetic Association
• Full chart of the International Phonetic Alphabet
• Instructions for using IPA practice programs at the LLC

These web sites will allow you to view and listen to the production of speech sounds:

• Paul Meier's Interactive IPA Charts (note that on this site, 'stops' are referred to as 'plosives', and all voiceless stops are pronounced as aspirated even though they are not so marked)
• University of Arizona's "Languages Samples Project" IPA charts
• Université de Lausanne's articulatory phonetics introduction
• UW Language Learning Center's IPA tutorial
• U of Iowa's Phonetics: Sounds of English, Spanish and German interactive site
• Peter Ladefoged's Course in Phonetics and Consonants and Vowels web site (contains many examples of sounds in non-English languages)
• SIL's IPA Help site
• SIL also has a free program for Windows to help you learn IPA (it's part of a larger software package called "SpeechTools") - note that these free tools are no longer supported by SIL, so install the software at your own risk

Fonts

• Download free Unicode IPA font from SIL (Windows or Macintosh)
• Get free fonts from Berkeley's STEDT project including IPA and other symbols (Windows or Macintosh)
• Get free pinyin fonts (Windows or Macintosh, including my own TimesPinyin font for 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

• On-line maps of China

Lexicography

• Four-corner method (an informative web site)