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Nominal expressions in the New Territories Hakka Changes in the last hundred years
一百多年来新界客家方言名词性词语的演变
Chusheng Zhuang 庄初升
Abstract 摘要
The paper studies the use of nominal expression in Hong Kong Hakka as observed in an 1879 colloquial language textbook, entitled Qimeng qianxue. With the help of an EXCEL classification program, we are able to conduct a comparison between the textbook language and the modern day Hakka as spoken in the New Territories. This paper observes various patterns of development in the last hundred years. It also notes other historical and social factors responsible for the changes.
Subject Keywords 关键词
The Basel Missionary Society 巴色会 New Territories of Hong Kong 香港新界 Hakka dialect 客家方言 Noun 名词 Noun phrase 名词性短语 Lexical changes 词汇演变