중국상해에서 보여지는 중국어 구어체 (백화 白話 )의 문법.A Grammar of Colloquial Chinese,as Exhibited in the Shanghai Dialect,by Joseph Edkins
중국의 상해지방에서 보여지는 구어 즉 말로하는 중국어의 알파벳 발음 소리 문법과 문장구조 등 목차에 있는 중국어의 상해지방의 방언에서 보여지는 중국어를 영어로 표현해서 기술해 만든책. 영국선교사들이 중국의 양쯔강주변의 상해에서 1840년에서 1860년경에 영국과 중국의 아편전쟁 시기에 영국의 런던에서 만들어진책

중국상해에서 보여지는 중국어 구어체 (백화 白話 )의 문법.A Grammar of Colloquial Chinese,as Exhibited in the Shanghai Dialect,by Joseph Edkins
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PART I.
ON SOUND, 1？57.
Section Page
1. Alphabet. Table of sounds. 1.
2. On the Chinese tones. Natural tones described. Tones of several
dialects.
6.
3. On Shanghai tones. Tones in state of transition. Relation of tones to
music and accents.
13.
4. Alphabetic elements of the sounds. The 36 initials of the
Dictionaries, Represent the sounds of the old language, and are now
a provincial pronunciation. The Shanghai dialect, a branch of that
system. Finals. Comparative table of Shanghai and Mandarin finals.
The final consonants n, ng and k.
43.
PART II.
ON THE PARTS OF SPEECH, 58？162.
Section Page
1. Native divisions. Division proposed by a native grammarian. 58.
2. Relation of the dialect to the written language, and to other dialects.
Primitive words exemplified. Relation to the mandarin of the Historical
Romances. Compared with the dialect of S？- che？.
60.
3. On Substantives. 66.
4. On Numeral and Quantitative Auxiliary Substantives. Distinctive
Particles. Significant Particles. Weights and measures. Collectives.
81.
5. On Adjectives. 89.
6. On Pronouns. 101.
7. On Verbs. Modes of grouping. Kinds of Verbs. Mode. Tense. 111.
8. Propositions, and Postpositions. 134.
9. On Adverbs. 136.
10. On Conjunctions. 154.
11. On Expletives and Interjections. 160.
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PART III.
ON SYNTAX, 163？214.
Section Page
1. On Government. 163.
2. Interchange of the Parts of Speech. Adjective as Substantive. Verb
as Substantive, and as Adjective, &c.
164.
3. On Government of Words in Groups. 170.
4. On Repetition. 176.
5. On Order in Groups. 181.
6. On Simple Propositions. 187.
7. On Subordinate Sentences. 196.
8. On Coordinate Sentences. 205.
9. On Antithesis. 210.
10. On Rhythmus. 212.
APPENDIX
I. On the 문리 or higher colloquial used by literary men. 215.
II. On the Native Tables of Initials and Finals. Imitated from the Sanscrit.
Geographical outline of the dialects that agree with the dictionary
system.
216