TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ao,Benjamin
TI  - Nantong Chinese
T2  - Routledge studies in Chinese linguistics
SN  - 9780429200397
AV  - PL1900.N36 
U1  - 495.17/951136 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Mandarin dialects
KW  - China
KW  - Nantong Shi
KW  - Chinese language
KW  - Dialects
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism
N2  - "Nantong Chinese is an in-depth account of an interesting and endangered Sinitic language spoken in Nantong, China, in an area in Northern Yangtze River Delta about 800 square kilometers in size and 180 kilometers northwest of the city of Shanghai. The Chinese language consists of several hundred local local varieties, known as Sinitic languages or Chinese dialects, each representing a unique linguistic system. The book offers a comprehensive and systematic insight into one such system that is even more complex and more interesting than Standard Mandarin. The unique vocalization and other linguistic features of Nantong Chinese make it unintelligible to most Chinese people. All the important linguistic aspects of Nantong Chinese are covered, including its phonetic, lexical, morphological and syntactic subsystems. Nantong Chinese will be of interest to professionals and students in linguistics worldwide"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429200397
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -