Wong Shik Ling

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Wong.

Wong Shik-Ling

Traditional Chinese 黃錫凌

Simplified Chinese 黄锡凌

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Wong Shik-Ling (also known as S. L. Wong) (1908–1959) was a

prominent scholar in Cantonese research. He is famous for his authoritative book, A
Chinese Syllabary Pronounced According to the Dialect of Canton (《粵音韻彙》),
which is influential in Cantonese research.
He graduated from Lingnan University, Guangzhou and then taught and researched
Cantonese in the university. In 1941 he published his work, "A Chinese Syllabary
Pronounced according to the Dialect of Canton". In 1949, he went to the University of
London and studied methods for linguistic research in the School of Oriental and
African Studies. In 1950, he returned to Hong Kong upon being hired as a lecturer in
Cantonese at the University of Hong Kong for 1951. In the same year, he became
the first dean in the newly founded Language School and went on to teach foreigners
Cantonese for 9 years, until the end of his life. He wrote two textbooks on Cantonese
for the university: Cantonese Conversation Grammar (1963) and Intermediate
Cantonese Conversation (1967). Both were published by the Government Printer of
the Hong Kong Government.

See also[edit]
 A Chinese Syllabary Pronounced According to
the Dialect of Canton
 S. L. Wong (phonetic symbols)
 S. L. Wong (romanisation)

External links[edit]
 "A Chinese Syllabary Pronounced according to
the Dialect of Canton". The Chinese University of
Hong Kong. Retrieved 2007-03-03.

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