Introduction To Chinese Language

AY2025/2026 Semester 1

This course introduces you to a survey of the linguistic discipline via the Chinese Languages. Basic concepts of modern linguistics (such as sound system formation, lexical formation, syntax, semantics, and dialects) will be introduced. You will engage with questions on the nature of the human languages, how it was developed, and its socio-functional with reference to the Chinese Languages. Additionally, principles of Chinese orthography and their effects will also be discussed. This module provides you with the basic linguistic concepts and theories to engage with more advanced linguistics modules in the curriculum.