Dimensions of Variation in Written Chinese

<p>Dimensions of Variation in Written Chinese uses a corpus-based multi-dimensional model to account for variation in written Chinese. Using statistical method and two-dimensional visual representation it provides a concrete and objective view of the internal variation in written Chinese. This book is a timely work that addresses the growing interest in quantitative genre analysis and how knowledge thus gained can contribute to the teaching as well as understanding of the Chinese language.</p><p></p><p>Zheng-sheng Zhang is Professor of Chinese at San Diego State University. He has been a long-term editor of the <i>Journal of Chinese Language teachers Association</i> (now known as <i>Chinese as a Second Language</i>) and is a respected researcher in the field of Chinese linguistics. </p>