Cantonese As Written Language : The Growth of a Written Chinese Vernacular Don Snow ISBN: 9789882200531 Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Hong Kong University Press Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time Subjects: Language/ Linguistics;
This study utilizes a wide range of new source materials to reconstruct the day-to-day operations of the port of Canton during the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries. Using a bottom-up approach, it provides a fresh look at the successes