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Cantonese as Written Language: The Growth of a Written Chinese Vernacular
 
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Cantonese as Written Language: The Growth of a Written Chinese Vernacular (Hardcover)

by Don Snow (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: The Chinese University Press (31 Oct 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 962209709X
  • ISBN-13: 978-9622097094
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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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 my yu shu ( [yen]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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars more like this please, 14 April 2008
By Fantong "AsiaHand" (London, England) - See all my reviews
Don Snow did a good job.
Cantonese does not get a lot of attention, unlike Mandarin, which is of course understandable, even though 70-100 million people speak Cantonese!...but "Chinese" is a fascinating language group,and this is a welcome book on one of the other Chinese dialects.
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