英文摘要 |
The Chahar province was part of the 河北 Hopei province till its erection as an independent province in 1929; it was suppressed on November 15th, 1952. A few years ago I explained in what circumstances I started a dialectal, folkloristic and historical survey of the Chahar province in 1947 and 1948. (Bull. Société Ling. de Paris, XL VI, 1950, p. 129 and p. 132). It was never resumed because of political obstacles. Sponsored by the Catholic University of Peking, the 1948 trip served also another purpose: it was the beginning of a training in the methods of linguistic surveys for a student of mine 王輔世 Wang Fu-shih. |