A Grammar of Colloquial Chinese, as Exhibited in the Shanghai Dialect

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Author

Edkins, Joseph, 1823-1905

Credits

Produced by Ronald Grenier (This file was produced from images generously made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library)

Language

English

LoC Class

PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

Subject

Chinese language -- Dialects -- China -- Shanghai

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 62128

Release Date

May 14, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A GRAMMAR OF COLLOQUIAL CHINESE, AS EXHIBITED IN THE SHANGHAI DIALECT
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4. 4.PART 1. ON SOUND . — Section 1. Alphabet. — Tabular view of the alphabetic sounds of the Shánghái dialect. — Section 2. On the Tones . — Section 3. On the Shanghai tones . — Section 4. Alphabetical form of the Shánghái sounds .
5. 5.PART II. ON THE PARTS OF SPEECH . — Section 1. Native divisions . — Section 2. Relation of the dialect to the written language, and to other dialects . — Section 3. On the Substantive . — Section 4. On numeral particles and auxiliary substantives . — Section 5. On the Adjective . 呆 虛 字. — Section 6. On the Pronoun . — Section 7. On the verb , 活虛字. — Section 8. Prepositions and Postpositions . — Section 9. On Adverbs . — Section 10. Conjunctions . — Section 11. Expletives and Interjections .
6. 6.PART III. ON SYNTAX . — Section 1. On Government . — Section 2. Interchange of the Parts of Speech . — Section 3. Government of words in groups or combinations . — Section 4. On Repetition . — Section 5. Order in groups . — Section 6. Simple Propositions . — Section 7. Subordinate Sentences . — Section 8. Coordinate Sentences . — Section 9. On Antithesis . — Section 10. On Rhythmus .
7. 7.APPENDIX I. — ON THE HIGHER COLLOQUIAL, CALLED VUN ’LI ’T’U BAH, 文理土白.
8. 8.APPENDIX II. — ON THE NATIVE TABLES OF INITIALS AND FINALS.
9. 9.Transcriber’s Notes.

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