This book collects 12 papers written by Prof. Shou-Hsin Teng's students to commemorate the professor's 75th birthday, demonstrating from various angles the research findings in the Taiwan area and countries other than China in terms of TCFL, the acquisition of Chinese as a second language, dialects and Chinese linguistics. Among them, 8 papers investigate TCFL and the acquisition of Chinese as a second language, studying TCFL through comparing the Chinese language with other languages; 4 papers study Chinese linguistics and dialects, studying the Chinese word-class system and special dialectic phenomena from the perspective of the Chinese ontology.  

Yongjin Park, Professor of Chonbuk National University, focuses his research on modern Chinese grammar teaching and historical linguistics.

 

Peiling Cheng, Master of Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Taiwan Normal University, works at Chinese Department of Jeju National University.

This book introduces the research findings in the Taiwan area and countries other than China in terms of TCFL, the acquisition of Chinese as a second language, dialects and Chinese linguistics. After reading this book, you will not only learn the academic trends in the Taiwan area and countries other than China, but also get some information about the status quo of TCFL in these areas.