Nai-Rong Qian

Nai-rong Qian(zh:钱乃荣, IPA| [zɪ] [nᴇ] [joŋ] ) was born in 1938 in Suzhou, Jiang-su Province, China. He moved to Metropolitan Shanghai area in 1945 and was educated there, until he received the Master's Degree in Chinese Literature from Fudan University in 1981.

Currently Qian is a Professor of Chinese Language and Literature in Shanghai University and the Head of the department.

He is regarded as the most senior master of research in Shanghainese and Wu-ngu dialect in the People's Republic of China.

Publications

Mostly research topics regarding Shanghai and Wu-ngu dialect.

* <<Shanghainese Slang>> - <<上海方言俚语>>（上海社科院出版社，1989），

* <<Contemporary Wu-ngu Researches>> - <<当代吴语研究>> （上海教育出版社，1992），

* <<Grammar for Shanghainese Language>> - <<上海话语法>> （上海人民出版社，1997），

* <<Cool Slang 2000 Items>> - <<酷语2000>> （主编，上海教育出版社，2001），

* <<Shanghainese Conversations>> - <<上海语会话>> 音带（本人发音，日本东方书店），

* <<Shanghainese & Su-zhou Dialect Researches & Studies>> - <<上海语苏州语学习与研究>> （合作，日本东京光生馆，1984），

* <<A Brief History of Dialects in Shanghai Metropolitan Areas>> - <<上海市区方言志>> （合作，上海教育出版社，1988），

* <<Vocabulary for Shanghainese Dialects>> - <<上海方言词汇>> （合作，上海教育出版社，1991），

* <<A Brief History of the Culture & Dialects for Shanghai Area>> - <<上海文化通史·语言篇>> （上海文艺出版社，2001），

* <<Shanghainese Dialect Collection & the Culture>> - <<沪语盘点——上海话文化>> （上海文化出版社，2002）。

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