Author: Donald Bruce
Publisher:
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Category : Cantonese dialects
Languages : en
Pages : 166

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Author: Elijah Coleman Bridgman
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Category : Cantonese dialects
Languages : en
Pages : 760

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Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 1044

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Author: Thomas Lathrop Stedman
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Category : Cantonese dialects
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Author: Anderson Galleries, Inc
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 852

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ISBN: 9781332961399
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Excerpt from A Chinese and English Phrase Book in the Canton Dialect: Or Dialogues on Ordinary and Familiar Subjects for the Use of the Chinese Resident in America, and of Americans Desirous of Learning the Chinese Language Some of the very best short stories of French authors. Many with notes in English by competent authorities. Well printed. Convenient size. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Russell Leong
Publisher: University of California, Los Angeles, Asian American Studies Center
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 710

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Author: Trübner and Co
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Languages : en
Pages : 430

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Author: Don Snow
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
ISBN: 9789622097094
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 344

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Cantonese is the only dialect of Chinese which has developed a widely known and used written form. It has played a role in publishing in the Guangdong region since the late Ming dynasty when various types of verses using Cantonese were published as mu yu shu (‘wooden fish books’). In the early twentieth century these dialect texts were joined by Cantonese opera scripts, published as popular reading material. However, it was only after the end of the Second World War that written Cantonese came to be widely used in popular newspapers and magazines, advertising, and in the private communications. Cantonese as Written Language examines this development in the broader context of diglossia, and also of the patterns by which spoken vernaculars have developed written forms in other societies. Based on primary source research, including interviews with publishers and writers who played an important role in the growth of written Cantonese, the author argues that this move of Cantonese into the realm of written language is closely associated with Hong Kong's distinct local culture and identity. The growth of the written vernacular also reflects the territory's evolving cultural distinctiveness from mainland China, first as a British colony, and now as a Special Administrative Region of China.