CHAO, YUEN REN — Language and Symbolic Systems

London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1968. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some edge wear, rubbing and nicking to the spine ends, corners, and spine joints. The rear cover hs noticeable toning / darkening. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner\'s inked name and date on the front inside cover of the book. "Yuen Ren Chao (3 November 1892 – 25 February 1982) , also known as Zhao Yuanren, was a Chinese-American linguist, educator, scholar, poet, and composer, who contributed to the modern study of Chinese phonology and grammar. Chao was born and raised in China, then attended university in the United States, where he earned degrees from Cornell University and Harvard University. A naturally gifted polyglot and linguist, his Mandarin Primer was one of the most widely used Mandarin Chinese textbooks in the 20th century. He invented the Gwoyeu Romatzyh romanization scheme, which, unlike pinyin and other romanization systems, transcribes Mandarin Chinese pronunciation without diacritics or numbers to indicate tones. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .