WEEK 2
4/1 Periodization of the Chinese Language
* Readings: Chan and Tai (1995); Norman (Ch. 2.1)
o Chan and Tai (1995) in two formats: [ HTML: Part a and
Part b ], or
[ DOC ] (using Word View).
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Table 1 (periodization of Chinese phonology--in html format)
4/5 Middle Chinese
* Readings: Ramsey (1987), pp.116-134; Norman (Ch. 2.2-2.4 and Ch. 7.7)
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Table 2 (rhyme books used as sources for periodization--in html format)
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Take-home assignment (due: 26 April 1996)
WEEK 3
4/8 Middle Chinese (cont'd)
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Middle Chinese (web site)
4/12 Old Chinese
* Readings: Ramsey (1987), pp.134-139; Norman (Ch. 2.5 and Ch. 2.7)
WEEK 4
4/15 Linguistic Structure and Chinese Poetry
* Reading: Liu (1962), pp.20-47
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1. Four-syllabic Verse: Shijing (Book of Poetry) (gopher site)
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2. Ancient Verse (gu shi): Nineteen Old Poems and
300 Tang Poems (web sites)
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3. Regulated Verse (lyu shi):
300 Tang Poems--gopher site (in HZ code),
300 Tang Poems--web site A , and
300 Tang Poems--web site B
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4. Lyric Metres (Ci):
Liu Yong's ci (gopher site), and
Li Qingzhao's ci (also in Gif/English, web site)
4/19 Old Mandarin
* Readings: Ramsey (1987), pp.139-142; Norman (Ch. 2.6)
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Dramatic Verse (qu): Yuan qu--web site,
58 Yuan poems (xiaoling) (gopher site, HZ), and
25 Yuan poems (xiaoling) (gopher site, HZ)
NB: For more classical poems from other directories in the above sites, go directly to:
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Gopher site A (organized partly by subject and partly by poets' names) (in HZ code)
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Gopher site B (organized by poets' names)
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Web site A (organized by subject)
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Web site B (organized mainly by poets' names)
WEEK 5
4/22 Taboos and Language Change
* Readings: Stimson (1966); Li (1994)
4/26 (cont'd)
* Readings: Xing (1983); Zhang (1985)
* Suppl. Reading: Li (1982)
(Take-home assignment due)
WEEK 6
4/29 The Rise and Development of the Written Vernacular
* Reading: Norman (Ch. 5)
5/3 The Classical and Literary Languages
* Reading: Norman (Ch. 4)
* Suppl. Reading: Pulleyblank (1995, Ch. 1&2)
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Philosophical texts: texts--web site A,
texts--web site B,
and texts--web site C
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Classical novels: novels--gopher site (excerpts only),
novels--web site A (excerpts only); and
novels--web site B (excerpts only, except for
Hong Lou Meng)
WEEK 7
5/6 The Chinese Script
* Reading: Norman (Ch. 3), Review: Norman (Ch. 7.7)
5/10 Sociolinguistics and the Chinese Script
* Reading: T'sou (1981)
WEEK 8
5/13 Language, Culture, and the Chinese Script
* Reading: Wang (1993)
(One-page abstract and select bibliography due.)
5/17 Language and Thought
* Reading: Hansen (1983), pp.30-54
WEEK 9
5/20 Dialectal Variation in North and Central China
* Reading: Norman (Ch. 8)
5/24 Dialects of the Southeast
* Reading: Norman (Ch. 9)
WEEK 10
5/27 Memorial Day - no class
5/31 Student presentations
WEEK 11
Examination Week
Term paper due by: 12:00 noon on Monday, 3 June 1996.
Please e-mail instructor to request deadline extension.
READINGS PACKAGE
(Supplementary readings are added during the course.)
Wang, William S-Y. 1989. "Language in China: a chapter in the history of linguistics." Journal of Chinese Linguistics 17.2:183-222.
Chan, Marjorie K.M. and James H-Y. Tai. 1995. "Some reflections on the periodization of the Chinese language." Manuscript. (To be published in the monograph series of the Journal of Chinese Linguistics.)
Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The Languages of China. Princeton: Princeton U. Press. (Excerpt: Chapter 7, "History", pp.116-142)
Liu, James J.Y. 1962. The Art of Chinese Poetry. Chicago: U. of Chicago Press. (Excerpt: Part I, Chapters 3 and 4, pp.20-47)
Wang, Li (王 力), Chief Compiler. 1981. Gudai Hanyu (古 代 漢 語) [Classical Chinese]. Revised edition. Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju. Pp.1503-1534 (on versification rules). (Supplementary reading for take-home assignment.)
Stimson, Hugh M. 1966. "A tabu word in the Peking dialect." Language 42.2:285-294.
Li, Rong (李 榮). 1982. "Lun 'ru' zi-de yin." (論 '入' 字 的 音) [A note on the word 'ru']. Fangyan (1982) 4.241-244. (Supplementary reading.)
Li, Rong (李 榮). 1994. "Jinji-zi ju li" (禁 忌 字 舉 例) [Notes on tabu words in Chinese dialects]. Fangyan (1994) 3:161-169.
Xing, Gongwan (邢 公 畹). 1983. "Shuo 'niao' zi-de Qian-Shanggu-yin." (說 '鳥' 字 的 前 上 古 音) [On the Pre-Archaic pronunciation of the character 'niao'.] Yuyan Lunji. Beijing: Shangwu Yinshuguan. Pp.318-323.
Zhang, Huiying. 1985. "Irregular sound change and taboo in Chinese." Computational Analyses of Asian and African Languages 24:227-231.
Pulleyblank, Edwin G. 1995. Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar. Vancouver: U.B.C. Press. (Excerpt: Chapters 1 and 2, pp.3-15) (Supplementary reading.)
T'sou, Benjamin K.Y. 1981. "A sociolinguistic analysis of the logographic writing system of Chinese." Journal of Chinese Linguistics 9.1:1-19.
Wang, Yuding. 1993. "On the cultural connotations of Chinese words and characters." Journal of Macrolinguistics 4.43-56. (Chinese version, pp.112-122.)
Hansen, Chad. 1983. Language and Logic in Ancient China. Ann Arbor: U. of Michigan Press. (Excerpt: Chapter 2. "The mass noun hypothesis and abstraction in Chinese language and thought." Pp.30-54.)
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