方言

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yang, Xiong, 54 BCE-18

Language:

Chinese

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Other Title:

Fang Yan

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"方言" by Xiong Yang is a linguistic treatise written in the early Chinese era. The work serves as an extensive exploration of regional dialects within the Chinese language, highlighting the variations and meanings of terms across different Chinese regions. The content is likely to appeal to linguists, historians, and anyone interested in the evolution of language in Chinese culture. The opening of "方言" presents a collection of dialectal expressions, defining and comparing words that describe various concepts in different regions, such as love, pain, and beauty. Each term is presented with its phonetic transcription, variations in other dialects, and the associated meanings. This systematic approach offers readers a glimpse into the rich diversity and complexity of the Chinese language, underscoring the significance of dialects in understanding cultural and regional identities. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Jane Wu

Notes:

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fangyan_(book)

Release date is 2008-11-19