An Early Missionary Syllabary for the Hangzhou Dialect
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2810212 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Vanness Simmons (0000-0002-1552-403X, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 516-524 |
| Publication date | 1996-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00030639 |
| OpenAlex | W2138552179 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
A picture of the phonology of the Hangzhou dialect at the turn of the century is found in a short book entitled Sound-table of the Hangchow dialect that was published in 1902 by the Church Missionary Society in Shàoxīng. The author of the book is not identified, but its production was no doubt associated with Bishop George Evans Moule, who for over 40 years, beginning in 1864, operated a mission in Hángzhōu affiliated with the Church Missionary Society. The spellings used in this book, which presents a syllabary of the Hángzhōu dialect, presumably reflect the system used in two textbooks on the dialect and a prayer book in colloquial Hángzhōu all written by Bishop Moule. The same spelling system was also used in a Hángzhōu vernacular translation of Matthew from the New Testament which was published sometime in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century
Art · Art history · George (robot) · Linguistics · Literature · Phonology · Prayer · Spelling · Theology · Vernacular · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Chinese history and philosophy · Classics · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |