A Grammar of Colloquial Chinese, as Exhibited in the Shanghai Dialect
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- A GRAMMAR OF COLLOQUIAL CHINESE, AS EXHIBITED IN THE SHANGHAI DIALECT
- PREFACE
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- APPENDIX I.
- ON THE HIGHER COLLOQUIAL, CALLED VUN ’LI ’T’U BAH, 文理土白.
- APPENDIX II.
- ON THE NATIVE TABLES OF INITIALS AND FINALS.
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