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The Mandarin Primer

Artist: Yuen Ren Chao
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SKU: FKWQ080022  |  Barcode: 093070800229
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Description

Moses Asch produced these records with Chao Yuan Ren to accompany his book, the Mandarin Primer, written in 1948. Chao Yuan Ren was an influential linguist in the United States. He conceived and developed Gwoyeu Romatzyh, abbreviated GR, becoming the standard system for Romanizing Mandarin text in 1928 until it was replaced by Hanyu Pinyin in 1958. The notes that accompany this album utilize GR, demonstrating the use of "tone spelling" for Romanization. This album shows an important landmark in the development of the Romanization of the Chinese language.

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Tracks

  • Disc 1
  • 1 Lesson A1, Single Tones
  • 2 Lesson A2, Tones in Combinations
  • 3 Lesson A3, the Neutral Tone
  • 4 Lesson B1, Difficult Consonants
  • 5 Lesson B2, Difficult Vowels
  • 6 Lesson B3, Easy Sounds, Hard to Remember
  • 7 Lesson C1, Initials; Lesson C2, Finals
  • 8 Lesson C2, Exercise; Lesson C3, 2nd Tone Finals
  • 9 Lesson C3, Exercise; Lesson C4, 3rd Tone Finals
  • 10 Lesson C4, Exercise; Lesson C5, 4th Tone Finals
  • 11 Lesson C5, Exercises
  • 12 Lesson C8, Exercise (G), General Dictation
  • 13 Lesson D1, Tone Sandhi for I and Bu; Lesson D2, Two-Syllable Groups; Lesson D3, Three-Syllable Groups
  • 14 Lesson 1, You, I, and He "Four Men"
  • 15 Ex. 3, Comments
  • 16 Ex. 4, Questions to Answer
  • 17 Lesson 2, Things
  • 18 Ex. 3, Comments
  • 19 Ex. 4, Questions to Answer
  • 20 Ex. 5, Contrasting Questions
  • 21 Ex. 6, Close and Open Forms of Questions
  • 22 Lesson 3, Speaking Chinese
  • 23 Ex. 1, Questions to Answer
  • 24 Ex. 2, on the Form SH...De
  • 25 Ex. 3, Interjections of Assent & Dissent
  • 26 Lesson 4, Telephoning
  • 27 Ex. 1, Questions to Answer
  • 28 Ex. 4, Filling Out Blanks
  • 29 Ex. 5, Forms of Definition
  • Disc 2
  • 1 Lesson 5, Up, Down, Left, Right, Front, Back, and Middle
  • 2 Ex. 1, Comments & Ex. 2, Questions to Answer
  • 3 Ex. 3, Why and Because
  • 4 Ex. 4, Cannot and Does Not
  • 5 Lesson 6, a Smoke Ring
  • 6 Ex. 1, Questions to Answer
  • 7 Ex. 2, Previously, Later, and Now
  • 8 Ex. 3, the Pretransitive Baa
  • 9 Lesson 7, Mr. Can't Stop Talking
  • 10 Ex. 1, Questions to Answer; Ex. 2, Bigger and Not So Big Ex. 3, Not Until and As Soon As; Ex. 4, Not Until; Ex 5, Lai
  • 11 Lesson 8, Antonyms
  • 12 Ex. 2, Comments and Paraphrasing
  • 13 Lesson 9, a Good Man
  • 14 Lesson 10, the Tailless Ray
  • 15 Ex., Dictation of Paraphrased Story
  • 16 Lesson 11, Watching the Year Out
  • 17 Lesson 12, a Rescue at Sea
  • 18 Lesson 13, Inquiring After a Sick Man
  • 19 Lesson 14, Conversation with the Doctor
  • Disc 3
  • 1 Lesson 15, World Geography
  • 2 Lesson 16, Chinese Geography
  • 3 Lesson 17, Talking About the Industrial Co-Ops
  • 4 Ex. 1, Questions to Answer
  • 5 Lesson 18, to the Minsheng Works
  • 6 Lesson 19, Renting a House
  • 7 Ex. 3, Story from the Keeper's Point of View
  • 8 Lesson 20, "The Walrus and the Carpenter"
  • 9 Lesson 21, Listening and Listening in
  • 10 Ex. 2, Dictation of Paraphrased Story
  • 11 Lesson 22, Studying the Chinese Classics
  • 12 Lesson 23, the Vernacular Literature Movement
  • 13 Lesson 24, An American Makes a Speech
  • 14 Ex. 1, Conversation Between Boy and Girl Students