New Members Alexander M. Posted November 25, 2010 at 01:30 AM New Members Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 at 01:30 AM Can anyone help me with this question: I can't find any style guide or grammatical guide for the register of Chinese used, for example, in official communications, legal documents, and in formal prose. When I try reading something like Mingbao Yuekan, I think I'm looking at a more formal language than ordinary baihua. Whenever I use the term 'literary' to search for a style guide to this sort of formal writing, I only ever get directed to websites or other resources that deal with wenyan or guwen. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semantic nuance Posted November 25, 2010 at 03:34 AM Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 at 03:34 AM Don't quite get what you want, but you may try to google 公文 to see if that is what you want. Here's a 公文範例 for you. Better if you can post part of what you referred in 明報月刊. Hope it helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted November 25, 2010 at 03:46 AM Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 at 03:46 AM He's talking about what is commonly called 書面語. ...such a gaudy language. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted November 25, 2010 at 04:09 AM Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 at 04:09 AM Try these books: http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/9379-book-on-formal-chinese-writing/ A Learners' Handbook of Modern Chinese Written Expressions by Yu Feng http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/11393 “汉语书面用语初编: Expressions of Written Chinese” published by 北京语言大学出版社 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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