1. Jerry Norman (1988). Chinese. Cambridge U. Press. (Required)
2. James J.Y. Liu (1962). The Art of Chinese Poetry. Chicago U. Press. (Optional).
3. Edwin G. Pulleyblank (1995). Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar. Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press. (Optional)
4. Readings Package (in 208 Cunz Hall, with another copy on Reserve in Main Library if needed).
5. Reference and other resources on Reserve at Main Library - check OSU Libraries' Course Reserves for an on-line list of books placed on Reserve for Chinese 681. (Removed once the quarter is over.) (Not placed on reserve is the Hanyu Fangyan Cihui (PL1497 .P47), which is available for "Use in Library" only in the EAS Reading Room, Main Library.)

This course investigates the relationship between modern Chinese and earlier stages in the history of the Chinese language, including its dialects. Also covered briefly are the Chinese writing system and some metrical structures of early poetic traditions.

Chinese 681 (History of the Chinese Language) is designed to introduce graduate students and upper-level undergraduate students in Chinese language and literature to important phonological and grammatical features in different periods in the history of the Chinese language. Rhyme dictionaries and rhyme tables will be examined for their contribution to our understanding of earlier stages in the phonological system of the Chinese language, and of changes in rhyming practices. Development of grammatical features in the history of the language will also be examined. Included as part of the course will be a cursory look at the origin and evolution of the Chinese script, the classification and development of modern Chinese dialects, taboo words and their effect on language change, and the relationship between language and literature. Other topics may also be included.

The course will be conducted through lectures combined with class discussions of assigned readings. Course work includes students' presentation of their take-home assignment and reaction paper/research project.

Students are expected to read and reflect on all assigned readings prior to class, and are expected attend and participate actively in class discussions.

In addition, students are expected to:

1. submit one take-home assignment
2. present an oral version of their term paper (reaction paper or research project) in the last week of class
3. submit a (circa) 10-page, double-spaced, typed term paper, including bibliography and appendices (if applicable). (Note: MC's Chinese 680: WWW Resources may be useful.)
   

There will be no final examination. Grading will be based on:

Class discussions/participation	20%
One take-home assignment	40%
Term paper	40%
	------
	100%

WEEK 1
1/4	Introduction and Orientation	1/6	Highlights in the History of Chinese Linguistics Reading: Wang (1989) Reading: Pulleyblank (1995), Ch.1     (esp. first 3 sections) Chart 1 (Chronological chart)

WEEK 2
1/11	China's Linguistic Neighbors; Periodization of the Chinese Language Reading: Norman (Ch. 1 & 2.1) Reading: Tai and Chan (In press)     [or: Word 7 doc] Table 1 (Periodization table) Gou3 or quan3 'dog' (in Chinese dialects) Etymological Databases Take-home Assignment	1/13	Middle Chinese Reading: Ramsey (1987), pp.116-134 Reading: Norman (Ch. 2.2-2.4 & 7.7) Table 2 (rhyme books & periodization) Yunjing: 36 Initials Late Middle Chinese: 36 Initials Grades (Deng) Qieyun Zhizhang Tu: Table 1 QYZZT: Merger of two Dong rhymes     (see S. Goertzen's Yunjing chart)     Wu1 'house' & Wo4 'irrigate'

WEEK 3
1/18	Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday -- no class	1/20	Middle Chinese (cont'd) Suppl. Reading: Norman & Coblin (1995) Suppl. Reading: Pulleyblank (1998)

WEEK 4
1/25	Linguistic Structure & Chinese Poetry Reading: Liu (1962), pp.20-47 Online & Archived Classical Chin. Lit.         (part of MC's ChinaLinks1) John Keats'Ode on a Grecian Urn William Blake's Auguries of Innocence	1/27	Old Chinese Reading: Ramsey (1987), pp.134-139 Reading: Norman (Ch. 2.5 & 2.7) Suppl. Reading: Baxter (1991) Suppl. Reading: Baxter (1992), Ch.4

WEEK 5
2/1	Old Mandarin Reading: Ramsey (1987), pp.139-142 Reading: Norman (Ch. 2.6) Reading: Stimson (1962), pp.114-117 Reading: Hsueh (1975), pp.13-25 Zhongyuan Yinyun: Initials Comparison w. LMC & Modern Beijing Zhongyuan Yinyun: Finals Turn in homework assignment.	2/3	Taboos & Language Change Reading: Stimson (1966) Suppl. Readings: Li (1982, 1994) Suppl. Reading: Zhang (1985)

WEEK 6
2/8	The Classical & Literary Languages Reading: Pulleyblank (1995, Ch. 1-4) Reading: Norman (Ch. 4) Shuhai Wenyuan Classical   Chinese Database	2/10	Rise & Dev. of the Written Vernacular Reading: Norman (Ch. 5) Turn in project proposal and   select references.

WEEK 7 Tuesday, 16 February 1999 Happy Chinese New Year (Year of the Rabbit)!
2/15	The Chinese Script Reading: Norman (Ch. 3) Review: Norman (Ch. 7.7)	2/17	Script, Language Reforms, & Society Reading: T'sou (1981) Reading: Ettner (1993)
Prof. William H. Baxter U. of Michigan
Thursday, 18 February 1999 "Old Chinese with a Human Face" 209 Campbell Hall, 2:30 pm		Friday, 19 February 1999 "Does Mandarin exist? Approaching North Chinese dialects" 122 Oxley Hall, 3:30 pm (temporary location for abstract)

WEEK 8
2/22	Dialectal Variation in North China Reading: Norman (Ch. 8) Suppl. Readings: Li (1989a, 1989b)   (See also: Language Atlas of China) Chinese Dialects (online database)	2/24	Dialectal Variation in Central China Reading: Norman (Ch. 8, cont'd)

WEEK 9
3/1	Dialects of the Southeast Reading: Norman (Ch. 9) Chinese Dialectology	3/3	Dialects of the Southeast (cont'd)

WEEK 10
3/8	Student Presentations	3/10	Student Presentations

WEEK 11: EXAM WEEK
Term paper due: Monday, 15 March 1999, 4:00 p.m. (Request for extension must be made by the end of Week 10.)

1. Zhang, Huiying (張 惠 英) (trans.) 1995. Hanyu Gaishuo. (漢 語 概 說) Chinese translation of Jerry Norman's Chinese. Beijing: Yuwen Chubanshe. (NB: Prof. Jerry Norman may not necessarily agree with all portions of the translation of his book.) (Supplementary reading; library copy will be on Reserve in Main Library)

2. Chan, Marjorie K.M. and James H-Y. Tai. 1989. "A critical review of Norman's Chinese". Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association XXIV.1:43-61. (Supplementary reading.)

3. Chan, Marjorie K.M. and James H-Y. Tai. 1994. "From nouns to verbs: verbalization in Chinese dialects and East Asian languages." Sixth North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics. NACCL6. Two volumes, edited by Jose Camacho and Lina Choueiri. Los Angeles, CA: GSIL Publications, University of Southern California. Volume 2, pp. 49-74. (Supplementary reading)

4. Wang, William S-Y. 1989. "Language in China: a chapter in the history of linguistics." Journal of Chinese Linguistics 17.2:183-222.

5. Tai, James H-Y. and Marjorie K.M. Chan. (In press). "Some reflections on the periodization of the Chinese language." Studies in Chinese Historical Syntax and Morphology: Linguistic Essays in Honor of Mei Tsu-lin [Collection des Cahiers de Linguistique d'Asie Orientale], edited by Alain Peyraube and Chaofen Sun. Paris: Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Pages 223-239. [or: Word 7 doc]

6. Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The Languages of China. Princeton: Princeton U. Press. (Excerpt: Chapter 7, "History", pp.116-142)

7. 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.)

8. Norman, Jerry L. and W. South Coblin. 1995. "A new approach to Chinese historical linguistics." Journal of the American Oriental Society 115.4:576-584. (Supplementary reading)

9. Pulleyblank, Edwin G. 1998. "Qieyun and Yunjing: The essential foundation for Chinese historical linguistics." Journal of the American Oriental Society 118.2:200-216. (Supplementary reading)

10. 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)

11. Baxter, William H. 1991. "Zhou and Han phonology in the Shijing. Studies in the Historical Phonology of Asian Languages, edited by William G. Boltz and Michael C. Shapiro. Amstermdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co. Pages 1-34. (Supplementary reading)

12. Baxter, William H. 1992. A Handbook of Old Chinese. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Chapter 4. (Supplementary reading)

13. Stimson, Hugh M. 1962. "Phonology of the Chung Yuan Yin Yun." Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies New Series III.1:114-159. (Excerpt: pp. 114-117)

14. Hsueh, Feng-sheng. 1975. Phonology of Old Mandarin. Mouton: The Hague. (Excerpt: Chapters 1 and 2, pp. 13-25)

15. Stimson, Hugh M. 1966. "A tabu word in the Peking dialect." Language 42.2:285-294.

16. 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)

17. 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. (Supplementary reading) (Also see: Beijing Daxue Zhongguo Yuyan Wenxuexi (北 京 大 學 中 文 語 言 文 學 系). 1995. Hanyu Fangyan Cihui. (漢 語 方 言 詞 匯) Second edition. Beijing: Yuwen Chubanshe.)

18. Zhang, Huiying. 1985. "Irregular sound change and taboo in Chinese." Computational Analyses of Asian and African Languages 24:227-231. (Supplementary reading)

19. Pulleyblank, Edwin G. 1995. Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar. Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press. (Excerpt: Chapters 1 through 4, pp.3-38)

20. T'sou, Benjamin K.Y. 1981. "A sociolinguistic analysis of the logographic writing system of Chinese." Journal of Chinese Linguistics 9.1:1-19.

21. Ettner, Charles. 1993. Sexism and the Language Reforms of the People's Republic of China: Socialist Language with Chinese Characteristics. M.A. thesis, Stanford University.

22. Li, Rong (李 榮). 1989a. "Zhongguode yuyan he fangyan" (中 國 的 語 言 和 方 言) [Languages and dialects in China] Fangyan (方 言) 1989.3:161-167.

23. Li, Rong (李 榮). 1989b. "Hanyu fangyande fenqu" (漢 語 方 言 的 分 區) [The classification of the Chinese dialects] Fangyan (方 言) 1989.4:241-259. (See also: Wurm et al. below.)

24. Wurm, Stephen Adolphe, et al. (general editors). 1987. Language Atlas of China [Chinese title: Zhongguo Yuyan Ditu Ji (中 國 語 言 地 圖 集)]. Part 1. Hong Kong: Longman (Far East) Ltd. (Part 2 was published in 1991.)
    (This was an eight-year long bilingual (Chinese and English) joint research project between researchers at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Australian Academy of Humanities, Australia National U. Principal Chinese linguists from the two institutions leading the project were Li Rong and Benjamin T'sou respectively.)

[ MC's Home Page | DEALL Home Page | MC's ChinaLinks ]
[ The Ohio State University ]

	This site was viewed 574 times from 17 March 1996 to 30 September 1996 using an older counter. It was visited 729 times from 1 October 1996 through 21 December 1998, and 619 times from 21 December 1998 through 27 December 1999.)
Created 17 March 1996 for Spring Quarter 1996. Most recent major revision: 21 December 1998 for Winter Quarter 1999. Last update: 12/27/99 (Archived as c681-w99.htm on 12/27/99, with 1348 hits.). Copyright © 1997-200x Marjorie K.M. Chan. All rights reserved on course syllabus and on-line materials developed for the course. URL: http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/chan9/c681-w99.htm