Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- INTRODUCTION -- FOUNDATION WORK UNIT I STUDENTS -- UNIT I STUDENTS -- UNIT II. DRINK, EAT, RUN -- UNIT III. A TIMELY VISITOR -- UNIT IV. DOGGED LOCALIZERS AND DIRECTIONAL COMPLEMENTS -- UNIT V. THE NOSE JOB -- UNIT VI. WHO'S NEXT? -- UNIT VII. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER -- UNIT VIII. LOVE ME, LOVE MY CHINESE -- Appendix A PINYIN ROMANIZATION -- Appendix B THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND ITS SCRIPT -- GLOSSARY AND INDEX