Article: Francisco Varo's glossary of the Mandarin language; 2v.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Francisco Varo's Glossary of the Mandarin ...
The Catholic Historical Review;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Francisco Varo's Glossary of the Mandarin Language. Volume I: An English ... difficult to understand. Francisco Varo, O.P. (1627 ... and Joseph A. Levi, Francisco Varo's Grammar of the Mandarin Language (1703). An English ...

Article: Francisco Varo's Glossary of the Mandarin ...
The Catholic Historical Review;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Asian Francisco Varo's Glossary of the Mandarin Language. Volume I: An English and Chinese Annotation of the ... Nanjing or Beijing found quite difficult to understand. Francisco Varo, O.R (1627-87), a native of Seville, Spain ...

Article: Francisco Varo and the sound system of early Qing ...
The Journal of the American Oriental Society;  April 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...I. INTRODUCTION The Arte de la Lengua Mandarina, by Francisco Varo (1627-87), a Spanish Dominican missionary, was completed in Fuzhou in 1682 and printed posthumously in Canton in 1703. It ...

Article: Rep. Knollenberg Introduces Mandarin Language ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Michigan, has introduced the Mandarin Language Teaching Grant Act of 2007 ... legislation that would "improve Mandarin language education by authorizing ... support the creation of Mandarin language classes for elementary and ...

Article: WORLD BOOK INTRODUCES MANDARIN-LANGUAGE WORLD BOOK ...
AsiaPulse News;  May 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... WORLD-BOOK) World Book Introduces Mandarin-language World Book Encyclopedia CHICAGO ... announced the global launch of the Mandarin-language World Book Encyclopedia. The 20 ... official unveiling ceremony for the Mandarin-language World Book Encyclopedia in Beijing ...

Article: World Book Introduces Mandarin-language World Book ...
Business Wire;  May 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... announced the global launch of the Mandarin-language World Book Encyclopedia. The 20 ... official unveiling ceremony for the Mandarin-language World Book Encyclopedia in Beijing ... their world," Gazzolo said. The Mandarin-language set is the result of a cooperative ...

Article: TEACHERS FROM CHINA TO HELP MANDARIN LANGUAGE ...
ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia);  August 28, 2006 ;     640 words ... ... Republic of China who would help Mandarin language teaching at senior high schools in ... assistants the number of schools to hold a Mandarin language program would increase to 34. He ... schools that have been competent in Mandarin language teaching to produce certifate of ...