Pidgin-English Sing-Song or Songs and Stories in the China-English Dialect. With a Vocabulary. by CHINA - PIDGIN-ENGLISH LANGUAGE) - 1897.
by CHINA - PIDGIN-ENGLISH LANGUAGE)
Pidgin-English Sing-Song or Songs and Stories in the China-English Dialect. With a Vocabulary.
by CHINA - PIDGIN-ENGLISH LANGUAGE)
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London.: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. Ltd.. Fourth Edition.. 1897.. viii+139+3 pages publishers ads, 6 3/4 x 5 inches, pictorial orange cloth-covered boards. Overall light soiling to covers with small ink mark at upper edge of front cover, previous owner's name stamped at top right of title page, toning to endpapers, interior tight and clean. Good or better condition. Interesting introduction discussing the characteristics of pidgin-English "that dialect of our language which is extensively used in the seaport towns of China as a means of communication between English or Americans and the natives." There then follows two sections: Ballads and Stories, with appendices of Pidgin-English Vocabulary and Pidgin-English Names. .
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- Book Condition Used
- Edition Fourth Edition.
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication London.
- Date Published 1897.
- Keywords China, Chinese, England, language, social history, zzbookg