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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new
perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes
state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across
theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new
insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary
perspective. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for
cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in
its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards
linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as
well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for
a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the
ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes
monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes,
which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from
different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality
standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
Cantonese is spoken by an estimated 73 million people worldwide. It
remains hugely influential and a source of great pride-especially
for its speakers in Hong Kong, where it flourishes as the
predominant language and so sets Hong Kong apart linguistically
from all of mainland China. The ABC Cantonese-English Comprehensive
Dictionary, the first and most authoritative reference of its kind
to be published in the last forty years, comprises about 15,000
lexical entries that are unique to the colloquial Cantonese
language as it is spoken and written in Hong Kong today. Author
Robert S. Bauer, a renowned lexicographer and authority on
Cantonese, has utilized language documentation resources to the
fullest extent by gathering material firsthand from dictionaries,
glossaries, and grammars; newspapers and magazines; government
records; cartoons and comic books; film and television; websites;
and native speakers striding the sidewalks of Hong Kong to capture
concretely contemporary Cantonese. In addition to the Introduction,
which presents an exhaustive description and analysis of Hong Kong
Cantonese, this dictionary's special features include: alphabetical
ordering of the lexical entries by their Jyut Ping romanized
Cantonese pronunciations; parts of speech; cross-referencing with
semantically related lexical items; variant pronunciations and
written forms in Chinese characters and English letters;
explanatory notes on social status and usage (literal, figurative,
slang, jargon, humorous, obscene, obsolete, etc.); information on
sociocultural, historical, and political aspects; and example
sentences showing lexical usage in the context of spoken Cantonese.
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