The Chinese Pear Stories - Narratives Across Seven Chinese Dialects

artkho
 June 08, 2008, 06:47 AM posted in General Discussion

Professor Wallace Chafe conducted a <a href="http://www.pearstories.org">study</a>that showed language differences across seven Chinese dialects. His subjects watched a wordless film of a child stealing pears and afterwards told the story in their own dialects. The movie and recordings of the Chinese speakers are available for viewing and listening.

I enjoyed to listening to the subjects who spoke in my dialect, Xiamen-flavor of Minnan.

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hitokiri6993
 June 08, 2008, 08:55 AM

Hi artkho. :) I'm just wondering, which Minnan is spoken by Chinoys? Amoy dialect or Taiwanese? Thanks in advance.:D

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artkho
 June 09, 2008, 05:01 AM

hitorikiri6993,

Amoy dialect.

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changye
 June 09, 2008, 06:17 AM

Thanks for a great website! Just looking at texts written in dialects is very interesting.

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RJ
 June 09, 2008, 07:42 AM

very interesting. Would be more so if I could speak several of the dialects. Still fascinating.