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

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A GRAMMAROFCOLLOQUIAL CHINESE,AS EXHIBITED IN THE SHANGHAI DIALECT

PREFACE

PART 1.ON SOUND. - Section 1. Alphabet.

PART II.ON THE PARTS OF SPEECH. - Section 1. Native divisions.

PART III.ON SYNTAX. - Section 1. On Government.

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.

Transcriber’s Notes.