Up to the late 1940s, the works on Chinese dialects just focus on sounds recording and examination, attaching less importance to the survey of vocabulary and grammar.

直到四十年代后期，汉语方言著作也都只是专注于方言的记音、审音工作，对于方言词汇和语法的调查，没有引起学者们足够的重视。

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Up to the late 1940s, the works on Chinese dialects just focus on sounds recording and examination, attaching less importance to the survey of vocabulary and grammar.

直到四十年代后期，汉语方言著作也都只是专注于方言的记音、审音工作，对于方言词汇和语法的调查，没有引起学者们足够的重视。

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