J R wrote:
> I'm looking into purchasing the following, and would appreciate any
> recommendations:
>
> 1. A dictionary of linguistic terms
> 2. A grammar of Mandarin
Charles N. Li & Sandra A. Thompson
_Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar_
University of California Press, 1981 (paperback 1989)
ISBN (paperback) 0-520-00610-3
Not only is this widely regarded as the definitive reference grammar of
Mandarin, it's also been recommended on this list as a model for how to
organize a reference grammar.
- Tim
> 3. A grammar of Tagalog
> 4. A Russian course
>
> (should be in English, preferably!)
>
> thanks,
> Josh Roth
>
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