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Cantonese As Written Language: The Growth of a Written Chinese Vernacular
Cantonese As Written Language The Growth of a Written Chinese Vernacular
Author: Donald B. Snow
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 my yu shu ( [yen]wooden fish books ). In the early twentieth century these dialect texts were joi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9789622097094
ISBN-10: 962209709X
Publication Date: 1/31/2005
Pages: 320
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Publisher: University of Washington Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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