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WINTER QUARTER 2008 CHINESE 681 History of the Chinese Language Professor Marjorie K.M. Chan Dept. of East Asian Langs. & Lits. The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210 U.S.A.

TEXTBOOKS

1. Jerry Norman. 1988. Chinese. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge U. Press. [ISBN: 0-521-29653-6 (pbk)] Required. Available from SBX (1806 N. High Street, (Tel) 291.9528).
   (Note: OSU Libraries has a copy of the textbook, and it used to have Huiying Zhang's Chinese translation of it.)
2. Edwin G. Pulleyblank (1995). Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar. Paperback. Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press. [ISBN: 0-7748-0541-2 (pbk)] Required. Available from SBX.
   (Note: OSU Libraries has a copy of the textbook as well as Jingtao Sun's Chinese translation of it.)
3. Additional Readings:
   Additional readings are typically e-journal articles that can be retrieved from OSU Libraries' online catalog. First, go to Ohio State University Libraries <library.osu.edu>, and under Quicklinks, select “E-Journals” and find the relevant e-journal title. Alternatively, go to OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center (EJC) to locate the e-journal. (Note that one can also click “Search” at the EJC catalog website to locate a specific e-journal article via author name, article title, etc.) Other readings, scanned to PDF format by Electronic Reserves, will be available for downloading from Carmen.osu.edu under the current course. Additional readings will be made available during the course.

Sullivant (Main) Library Closed Reserves:
Some reference books will be placed on Reserve in Sullivant (Main) Library, as well as the two textbooks (2-hour loans). (Note: Reserved materials for a given course are listed online for the current quarter only.)

Note: The William Oxley Thompson Library — a.k.a. “Main Library” — is currently under renovation. Main Library Reserve is now housed in Sullivant Library, serving as the temporary Main Library. For where collections are stored during this three-year renovation project that began in Autumn Quarter 2006, consult the Ohio State University Libraries for changes and updates. Check Ohio State University Libraries <library.osu.edu> for an online list of books and readings placed on Reserve for Chinese 681. Under Quicklinks, select either “Print Reserves by Course” or “Print Reserves by Professor”.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

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.

COURSE OBJECTIVES & EXPECTED OUTCOMES

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, grammatical, and other linguistic features of the Chinese language in different periods in its history. 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.

Students are expected at the end of the course to have gained a well-rounded knowledge of China's linguistic tradition and of the history of and development of the Chinese language with respect to its phonology, grammar, lexicon, regional dialects, and writing system. The student should be able to use that foundation to proceed to advanced graduate courses and graduate seminars in historical Chinese linguistics (historical phonology, historical syntax, issues in historical dialectology, etc.). A student with a strong Chinese language background should also be able to apply knowledge gained in the course to conduct linguistic studies of such literary genres as Tang poetry or classical novels.

COURSE CONTENT

The course will be conducted through lectures combined with class discussions of assigned readings, individual and small-group assignments in class, and students' presentation of homework assignments and their individual research project.

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Read and reflect on all assigned readings prior to class lectures and discussion.
2. Attend class regularly, and punctually.*   As a student in this historical linguistics course, do heed the wisdom of the Mother of Mencius!
3. Participate actively in class discussions and individual/group activities.
4. Submit three homework assignments (each about 4 pages (about 3 pages for undergraduate students), double-spaced, not including references).[1]
5. For the term paper project:
   • Turn in a one-page, double-spaced, term paper proposal with select references in Week 6. Submit a digital copy to the Dropbox for the course at Carmen.osu.edu.
   • Present an oral version of the term paper project at the end of the quarter.[2]
   • Submit a term paper in hardcopy and digital format (about 12 pages (about 10 pages for undergraduate students), double-spaced, not including references and images, if any).[3]
6. All course assignments in digital format are to be uploaded to your Dropbox in Carmen.osu.edu under Chinese 681.

[1] These may be a combination of short reactions papers and written responses to specific questions from the instructor based on the readings. The assignments should be submitted in hardcopy format and in digital format (RTF, PDF, or HTML format).

[2] Prepare a digital file in PowerPoint format for a PowerPoint presentation in class.

[3] Submit the term paper in hardcopy format and in digital format (RTF, DOC, PDF, or HTML). (If some other digital format is used, be sure to discuss it with the instructor first.)

DISABILITY SERVICES

Students with disabilities that have been certified by the Office for Disability Services will be appropriately accommodated, and should inform the instructor as soon as possible of their needs. The Office for Disability Services is located in 150 Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue (Tel: 292.3307. TDD: 292.0901)

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY (ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT)

Academic integrity is essential to maintaining an environment that fosters excellence in teaching, research, and other educational and scholarly activities. Failure to follow the rules and guidelines established in OSU's Code of Student Conduct may constitute “Academic Misconduct.” OSU's Code of Student Conduct (section 3335-23-04 Prohibited conduct) defines as academic misconduct “[a]ny activity that tends to compromise the academic integrity of the university, or subvert the educational process.” Examples of academic misconduct include (but are not limited to) plagiarism, collusion (unauthorized collaboration), copying the work of another student, possession of unauthorized materials during an examination, and submission of the same work for credit in two (or more) courses. Ignorance of the University's Code of Student Conduct is never considered an “excuse” for academic misconduct; hence, be sure to review the sections dealing with academic misconduct in the Code of Student Conduct. Be sure also to read the University's Ten Suggestions for Preserving Academic Integrity and/or the Eight Cardinal Rules of Academic Integrity (from Northwestern U.). The University's policy on academic misconduct will be enforced in accordance with Faculty Rule 3335-5-54, and all alleged cases of academic misconduct will be reported to the Office of Academic Affairs' Committee on Academic Misconduct (COAM) for resolution. In addition, graduate students should be familiar with the Graduate Student Code of Research and Scholarly Conduct (pdf). Students with questions concerning the University's policies or questions concerning academic or research misconduct are encouraged to ask the instructor any time during the quarter.

GRADING

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

Class discussions/participation/in-class assignments	30%
Homework assignments (3)	30%
Research project (all phases)	40%
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	100%

SCHEDULE

Classes are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
This is a preliminary schedule. Activities and reading selections may be modified when the quarter begins.

WEEK 1
	1/3   Orientation and Historical Overview of China's Linguistic Tradition Preliminaries: course syllabus, etc. In-class reading & discussion: Malmqvist (1994)

WEEK 2
1/8   Highlights in the History of Chinese Linguistics Reading: Wang (1989) Wang and Asher (1995) Chart 1 (Chronological chart) U. of Virginia: Chinese Text Initiative (Search under 300 Tang Poems (in Pinyin or Big5) for Liu Zongyuan's "Jiang Xue" (River Snow) [柳宗元: 江雪].)	1/10   Language Contact, Migration, and Dialect Development Readings: Norman (Ch. 1) Coblin (2002) Suppl. Reading: Hashimoto (1983) 狗 gǒu or 犬 quǎn 'dog' (in Chinese dialects)

WEEK 3
1/15   Middle Chinese Readings: Ramsey (1987), pp.116-134 Norman (Ch. 2.1-2.4 & 7.7) Baxter (1992, Ch. 2.2)	1/17   Middle Chinese (cont'd) Suppl. Reading: Chen (1999, Ch.2.1) Suppl. Reading: Coblin (1996) Due: Homework Assignment 1.

WEEK 4
1/22   Old Chinese Readings: Ramsey (1987), pp.134-139 Norman (Ch. 2.5 & 2.7) Suppl. Reading: Li (1983) Suppl. Readings: Baxter (1991, 1992 (Ch.4))	1/24   Old Mandarin Readings: Ramsey (1987), pp.139-142 Norman (Ch. 2.6) Stimson (1962), pp.114-117 Hsueh (1975), pp.13-25 Zhongyuan Yinyun: Initials Comparison w. LMC & Modern Beijing Zhongyuan Yinyun: Finals

WEEK 5

1/29   Taboos and Language Change Reading: Stimson (1966) Suppl. Readings: Li (1982, 1994) Suppl. Reading: Zhang (1985) Due: Homework Assignment 2.

1/31   Linguistic Structure & Chinese Poetry Reading: Liu (1962), pp.20-47 John Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn William Blake's Auguries of Innocence Online & Archived Classical Chin. Lit. (part of MC's ChinaLinks1) U. of Virginia: Chinese Text Initiative (Search under 300 Tang Poems (in Pinyin or Big5) for Li Shangyin's untitled poem in Liu (ch.3) (李商隱 : 無題) and Wang Wei's "Wei Cheng Qu" (王維 : 渭城曲).)

WEEK 6
2/5   The Chinese Script Reading: Norman (Ch. 3) Re-read: Norman (Ch. 7.7) Due: One-page project proposal and select references.	2/7   The Classical and Literary Languages Readings: Pulleyblank (1995, Ch. 1-4) Norman (Ch. 4) Shuhai Wenyuan Classical Chinese Digital Database Happy Chinese New Year!

WEEK 7
2/12   Rise and Dev. of the Written Vernacular Readings: Norman (Ch. 5) Yu (1996) Suppl. Reading: Chen (1999, Ch. 5)	2/14   Periodization of the Chinese Language Readings: Tai and Chan (1999) Shen (1999)

WEEK 8
2/19   Dialect Classification; Dialectal Variation in North and Central China Reading: Norman (Ch. 8) Suppl. Readings: Li (1989a, 1989b) (See also: Language Atlas of China) Chinese Dialectology (part of MC's ChinaLinks3)	2/21   North and Central China: A Brief History of Mandarin Readings: Coblin (2000, 2003) Due: Homework Assignment 3.

WEEK 9
2/26   Dialects of the Southeast: An Overview Reading: Norman (Ch. 9)	2/28   South China: A Cantonese Case Study Reading: Chan (2005)

WEEK 10
3/4   Student Presentations	3/6   Student Presentations

WEEK 11:   EXAM WEEK
Term paper due: Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 5:00 p.m. (Note: Request for extension must be made by the start of Week 10.)

READINGS

1. Norman, Jerry. 1988. Chinese. Cambridge U. Press. [PL1075 .N67 1988]
2. Pulleyblank, Edwin G. 1995. Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar. Paperback. Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press. [PL1101 .P84 1995]

ADDITIONAL READINGS

(For reference: Glossary, tables, charts, etc.)

1. Baxter, William H. 1992. A Handbook of Old Chinese Phonology. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter. (Excerpt: Chapter 2.2, pp. 32-44) [PL1201 .B284 1992]
2. Chan, Marjorie K.M. 2005. Cantonese opera and the growth and spread of vernacular written Cantonese in the twentieth century. Proceedings of the Seventeenth North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-17), edited by Qian Gao. 2005. Los Angeles: GSIL Publications, University of Southern California. Pages 1-18. [See PDF file (438 KB)]
3. Coblin, W. South. 2000. A brief history of Mandarin. Journal of the American Oriental Society 120.4.537-552. [OSU e-journal article]
4. Coblin, W. South. 2002. Migration history and dialect development in the lower Yangtze watershed. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 65.3.529-543. [OSU e-journal article]
5. Coblin, W. South. 2003. Robert Morrison and the Phonology of Mid-Qing Mandarin. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 13.3.339-355. [OSU e-journal article]
6. Hsueh, Feng-sheng. 1975. Phonology of Old Mandarin. Mouton: The Hague. (Excerpt: Chapters 1 and 2, pp. 13-25)
7. Liu, James J.Y. 1962. The Art of Chinese Poetry. Chicago U. Press. (Excerpt: Part I, Chapters 3 and 4, pp. 20-47)
8. Malmqvist, Gören. 1994. Chinese Linguistics. In: Giulio Lepschy (ed.), History of Linguistics. Volume 1. The Eastern Traditions of Linguistics. London and New York: Longman. Pages 1-24.
9. Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The Languages of China. Princeton: Princeton U. Press. (Excerpt: Chapter 7, History, pp.116-142)
10. Shen, Zhongwei. 1999. Periodization as a type of linguistic classification. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 27.2.132-145.
11. 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)
12. Stimson, Hugh M. 1966. A tabu word in the Peking dialect. Language 42.2.285-294. [OSU e-journal article]
13. Tai, James H-Y. and Marjorie K.M. Chan. 1999. 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.
14. Wang, William S-Y. 1989. Language in China: A chapter in the history of linguistics. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 17.2.183-222.
15. Wang, William S-Y. and R. E. Asher. 1995. Chinese linguistic tradition. In: Concise History of the Language Sciences: From the Sumerians to the Cognitivists, edited by E. F. K. Koerner and R. E. Asher. New York: Pergamon. Page 41-45.
16. Yu, Hsiao-jung. 1996. The interrogatives employed in Honglou meng and their bearing on the problem of authorship. Journal of the American Oriental Society 116.4.730-735. [OSU e-journal article]

SOME SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS AND REFERENCES

1. 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.
2. Beijing Daxue (北京大學中國語言文學系語言學敎研室編). 1964. Hanyu Fangyan Cihui. (漢語方言詞匯) Beijing: Yuwen Chubanshe. Beijing: Wenzi Gaige Chubanshe. [PL1497 .P47] (Use in Library - EAS Reading Room)
3. Beijing Daxue (北京大學中國語言文學系語言學敎研室編). 1989. Hanyu Fangyin Zihui. (漢語方音字匯) Second edition. Beijing: Wenzi Gaige Chubanshe. [PL1201 .P4 1989 B c2] (Main Library has three copies.)
4. Beijing Daxue (北京大學中國語言文學系語言學敎研室編). 1989. Hanyu Fangyin Zihui. ( 漢語方音字匯) Second edition. Beijing: Wenzi Gaige Chubanshe.
5. Boltz, William G. 1986. Early Chinese writing. World Archaeology 17.420-436.
6. Branner, David Prager. 2002. Common Chinese and early Chinese morphology. Journal of the American Oriental Society 122.4.706-721.
7. Branner, David Prager. 2003. On early Chinese morphology and its intellectual history. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 13.1.45-76
8. Branner, David Prager. 2003. Tonal prosody in Chinese parallel prose. Journal of the American Oriental Society 123.1.93-119.
9. Branner, David Prager (ed.). 2006. The Chinese Rime Tables: Linguistic Philosophy and Historical-Comparative Phonology. [Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 271] Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
10. Chan, Marjorie K.M. 1983. Lexical diffusion and two Chinese case studies re-analyzed. Acta Orientalia 44.118-152.
11. Chan, Marjorie K.M. 1984. Initial consonant clusters in Old Chinese: evidence from sesquisyllabic words in the Yue dialects. Fangyan (1984) 4.300-313.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. Chao, Yuen-ren (趙元任). 1931. Fanqie yu ba zhong (反切語八種) [Eight varieties of secret languages] Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology 2.312-354. [BIHP = Lishi Yuyan Yanjiu Suo Jikan 歷史語言研究所集刊]
15. Chen, Pengnian et al. (陳彭年等). Guangyun. (廣韻). Jiaozheng Song Ben Guangyun. (校正宋本廣韻). Taipei: Iwen Yinshuguan. 1967. [PL1201 .K8 1967]
16. Chen, Ping. 1999. Modern Chinese: History and Sociolinguistics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge U. Press. [PL1083 .C525 1999]
17. Cheng, Robert L. 1985. A comparison of Taiwanese, Taiwan Mandarin, and Peking Mandarin. Language 61.2.352-377.
18. Cheung, Hung-nin Samuel. 2001. The interrogative construction: (Re)constructing Early Cantonese Grammar. Sinitic Grammar: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives, edited by Hilary Chappell. Oxford, UK/New York: Oxford University Press. Pages 191-231.
19. Chou, Shizhen. 1989. Hong Wu Zheng Yun: Its Relation to the Nanjing Dialect and Its Impact on Standard Mandarin. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University.
20. Coblin, W. South. 1996. Marginalia on two translations of the Qieyun preface. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 24.1.85-97.
21. Cohen, Alvin P. 2000. Introduction to Research in Chinese Source Materials. New Haven, CT: Far Eastern Publications, Yale University.
22. Dengyun Wu Zhong. (等韻五種) [The five rhyme tables are: Yunjing (韻鏡), Qiyinlue (七音略), Sisheng Dengzi (四聲等子), Qieyun Zhizhang Tu (切韻指掌圖), and Jingshi Zhengyin Qieyun Zhinan (經史正音切韻指南).] Taipei: Iwen Yinshuguan. [PL1201 .T4 1974]
23. Ding Shengshu (丁聲樹編錄) and Li Rong (李榮參訂). 1976. Gu-Jin Ziyin Duizhao Shouce (古今字音對照手冊). [Handbook of comparison of modern and ancient sounds of characters] Beijing: Kexue Chubanshe. [PL1201 .T5 1976]
24. Downer, G.B. 1959. Derivation by tone-change in Classical Chinese. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 22.258-290.
25. Duan, Yucai (段玉裁) (1735-1815, ed.). Shuowen Jiezi Zhu. (說文解字注) (1807) [Annotations of (Xu Shen's) Shuowen Jiezi] [1955 reprint/facsimile] Taipei: Iwen Yinshuguan. [PL1281 .H7 1815 A]
26. Halliday, M.A.K. 1981. The origin and early development of Chinese phonological theory. Towards a History of Phonetics, edited by R.E. Asher and Eugenie J.A. Henderson. Edinburgh: Edinburgh U. Press. Pp.123-140.
27. Hashimoto, Mantaro J. 1983. 'Pan', 'dish', 'drink' in Chinese: A case study of longitudinal and latitudinal developments of languages. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 11.1.1-35.
28. Hsu, Wen. 1995. The first step toward phonological analysis in Chinese: fanqie. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 23.137-158.
29. Hsueh, F.S. (Hsueh, Feng-sheng). 1975. Phonology of Old Mandarin. (= Janua Linguarum. Series Practica. Volume 179.) The Hague: Mouton. [P25 .J33 V179]
30. Karlgren, Bernhard. 1940. Grammata Serica: Script and Phonetics in Chinese and Sino-Japanese. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities 12 (1940).1-471. Taipei: Chengwen Pub. Co. 1966. [PL1201 .K37 1966]
31. Karlgren, Bernhard. 1949. The Chinese Language: An Essay on its Nature. New York, Ronald Press Co. [PL1091 .K31 1949]
32. Karlgren, Bernhard. 1957. Grammata Serica Recensa. Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities 32.1-332. [Reprint] [PL2245 .K3 1957 A]
    Chinese translation: Pan, Wuyun et al. (潘悟雲等) 1997. Hanwen Dian (xiuding ban) (漢文典 (修訂版)) Shanghai: Shanghai Cishu Chubanshe. [PL1465 .K37142 1997] (Main Stacks), [PL1465 .K37142 1997 c.2] (Use in Library - EAS Reading Room)
33. Li, Fang-kuei. 1973. Languages and dialects of China. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 1.1.1-13. (Originally published in The Chinese Yearbook (1937), pp.59-65. Shanghai: Commercial Press.)
34. Li, Fang-kuei. 1983. Archaic Chinese. The Origins of Chinese Civilization, edited by David N. Keightley. Berkeley: U. of California Press. Pp.393-408.
35. 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.
36. 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.
37. 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.)
38. 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. (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.)
39. Liu, Wu-chi and Irving Yucheng Lo (eds.). 1975. Sunflower Splendor: Three Thousand Years of Chinese Poetry. Bloomington: Indiana U. Press. [PL2658.E3 S84 1975 B]
    (Note: The corresponding Chinese version, published in 1976 (Bloomington: Indiana U. Press), is available from other OhioLINK libraries.)
40. Liu, James J.Y. 1962. The Art of Chinese Poetry. Chicago U. Press. [PL2307 .L57 1962 A c.2]
41. Mair, Victor. 1994. Buddhism and the rise of the written vernacular in East Asia: The making of national languages. The Journal of Asian Studies 53.3.707-751.
42. Maspero, Henri. 1920. Le dialecte de Tch'ang-Ngan sous les T'ang. Bulletin de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient XX.1-124.
43. Norman, Jerry. 1988. Chinese. Cambridge U. Press. [PL1075 .N67 1988]
    Chinese translation: Zhang, Huiying (張惠英) (trans.) 1995. Hanyu Gaishuo. (漢語概說) Beijing: Yuwen Chubanshe. (NB: The translation is useful since no Chinese characters are included in Jerry Norman's book. Note, however, that Prof. Norman may not necessarily agree with all portions of the translation of his book per se.) [PL1075 .N67142 1995]
44. 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.
45. Pulleyblank, Edwin. G. 1973. Some new hypotheses concerning word families. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 1.1.111-125.
46. Pulleyblank, Edwin G. 1984. Middle Chinese: A Study in Historical Phonology. Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press. [PL1201 .P75 1984]
47. Pulleyblank, Edwin G. 1991. Lexicon of Reconstructed Pronunciation in Early Middle Chinese, Late Middle Chinese, and Early Mandarin. Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press. [PL1081 .P84 1991]
48. Pulleyblank, Edwin G. 1995. Outline of Classical Chinese Grammar. Vancouver: U. of British Columbia Press. [PL1101 .P84 1995]
49. Pulleyblank, Edwin G. 1998. Qieyun and Yunjing: The essential foundation for Chinese historical linguistics. Journal of the American Oriental Society 118.2.200-216.
50. Ramsey, S. Robert. 1987. The Languages of China. Princeton: Princeton U. Press. [PL1071 .R34 1987]
51. Sargart, Laurent. 1999. The Roots of Old Chinese (Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science, Vol. 184) Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co.
52. Serruys, Paul L-M. 1984. On the system of the pu shou 部首 in the Shuo-wen Chieh-tzu 說文解字. Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology 55.651-753.
53. Shi, Yuzhi, and Charles N. Li. 2002. The establishment of the classifier system and the grammaticalization of the morphosyntactic particle de in Chinese. Language Sciences 24.1-15. [OSU e-journal article]
54. Stimson, Hugh M. 1966. The Jongyuan In Yunn: A Guide To Old Mandarin Pronunciation. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University, Far Eastern Publications. [PL1201 .S74]
55. Stimson, Hugh M. 1976. Fifty-Five T'ang Poems: A Text in the Reading and Understanding of T'ang Poetry. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University, Far Eastern Publications. [PL2531 .S85]
56. Sun, Chaofen. 1995. On the origin of the sentence-final laizhe. Journal of the American Oriental Society 115.3.434-442.
57. Sun, Chaofen. 1996. Word-Order Change and Grammaticalization in the History of Chinese. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
58. Tang, Jian. 1996. Prototypes in Lesser Seal Scripts (China, ca. 221 BC - AD 220). Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University.
59. Ting, Pang-Hsin. 1998. Some thoughts on reconstructing the phonetic system of Ancient Chinese. Studia Linguistica Serica: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Chinese Linguistics (ICCL III. July 14-16, 1994, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong), edited by Benjamin K. T'sou. Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong. Pp.27-37.
60. T'sou, Benjamin K.Y. 1981. A sociolinguistic analysis of the logographic writing system of Chinese. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 9.1.1-19.
61. Ulving, Tor. 1997. Dictionary of Old and Middle Chinese: Bernhard Karlgren's Grammata Serica Recensa Alphabetically Arranged. Göteborg: Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis. [PL1201 .U58 1997]
62. Wang, Li (王力). 1962. Hanyu Shi Lyu Xue. (漢語詩律學) Shanghai: Shanghai Jiaoyu Chubanshe. [PN1049 .C5 W3 1962]
63. Wang, Li (王力). 1982. Gudai Hanyu. (古代漢語) Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju. Volume 4 of four volumes. (Pages 1503-1534 on versification rules.) [PL1075 .W34 1983 V4]
64. Wang, Li (王力), Chief Compiler. 1981. Gudai Hanyu (古代漢語) [Classical Chinese]. Revised edition. Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju. (Excerpt: Pages 1503-1534 on versification rules.)
65. Wang, Liangqing. 1994. Origin and Development of Classifiers in Chinese. Ph.D. dissertation, Ohio State University.
66. Wang, William S-Y. (ed.) 1991. Languages and Dialects of China. Journal of Chinese Linguistics. Monograph Series Number 3.
67. 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.)
68. Yuan, Jiahua (袁家驊). 1989. Hanyu Fangyan Gaiyao (漢語方言概要). Second edition. Beijing: Wenzi Gaige Chubanshe.
69. Zhang, Huiying. 1985. Irregular sound change and taboo in Chinese. Computational Analyses of Asian and African Languages 24.227-231.
70. Zhongguo Da Baike Quanshu: Yuyan Wenzi (中國大百科全書: 語言   文字). 1988. Volume 15. Beijing and Shanghai: Zhongguo Da Baike Quanshu Chubanshe. [EAS AE17 C57 V.15 A1] (Use in Library - EAS Reading Room)
71. Zhou, Deqing (周德清) (fl. 1314-1324) Zhongyuan Yinyun (中原音韻). (1324) (1970 reprint.) Taipei: Lantai Shuju. [PL1201 .C4317 C6]
72. Zhou, Zhenhe and Rujie You (周振鶴, 游汝杰著). 1986. Fangyan yu Zhongguo Wenhua (方言与中国文化). Shanghai: Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe. [PL1510 .C467 1986]

SOME ONLINE RESOURCES

• Ohio State University:
  • Ohio State University Libraries. Ohio State's online catalogues, as well as links to OhioLINK Catalog, WorldCat, etc. Search the Online catalogue for books, journals, e-journals, books and other materials reserved for a course, etc.
  • Indices/Tables of Content of some Chinese linguistics journals that are subscribed by OSU Libraries:
    • Journal of Chinese Linguistics: Index of Articles (1973- ).
    • Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association: Authors and Topics Indices (1966- ).
    • Journal of East Asian Linguistics: Table of Contents of Published Issues (1992- ).
    • Yuyan Jiaoxue Yu Yanjiu [English title: Language Teaching and Linguistic Studies] (No online indices — Main (EAS): PL1004 .Y827)
    • Yuyan Yanjiu: Table of Contents Index (Eng./GB) (1981- ); (Main: PL1004 .Y84)
      Part of Wenze Hu and Hongyin Tao's Chinese Linguistics Page.
    • Zhongguo Yuwen: Table of Contents Index (GB for now, Eng. under construction) (1995- ).
  • Chinese Collection at OSU Libraries. This is part of the East Asian Collection that is currently housed in Ackerman Library. Ohio State has an extensive Chinese-language collection of books and periodicals to support teaching and research. Chinese-language audio-visual materials, including video and audiotapes and non-data CD-ROMs and DVDs, are one part of the Chinese collection that is kept on the main campus at the Sullivant (Main) Library.
    
    Chinese-language linguistics journal titles subscribed by OSU Libraries, originally provided by Guoqing Li, Chinese Studies Librarian (9/19/01 guest lecture in C680), with romanization converted from Wade-Giles to Pinyin, and Chinese characters added:
    • Zhongguo yu wen 中国语文 (Renmin Jiaoyu Chubanshe) PL1004 .C44 (bimonthly)
    • Zhongguo yu wen 中國語文 (Taipei, Taiwan) PL1004 .C5 (monthly)
    • Zhongguo yu wen tong xun 中國語文通訊. PL1004 .C57 (bimonthly)
    • Han zi wen hua 漢字文化. PL1281 .H365 (quarterly)
    • Hanyu Xuexi 汉语学习. PL1004 .H35 (bimonthly)
    • Yuwen Jiaoxue Tongxun 语文教学通讯. PL1004 .Y74 (monthly)
    • Yu wen jian she tong xun 語文建設通訊 (Hong Kong). PL1175 .A1 H35Y8 (quarterly)
    • Yuwen Xuexi 语文学习 (Renmin Jiaoyu Chubanshe). PL1004 .Y8 (monthly; 1954-1959,2004)
    • Yuwen Xuexi 语文学习 (Shanghai Shifan Daxue) PL1004 Y824 (monthly)
    • Yuwenyuekan 语文月刊. PL1004 .Y8267
  • OhioLINK's Electronic Journal Center (EJC) available for OSU users.
  • ISTOR – Depository for back issues of various journals, including e-journals, available for OSU users.
  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. Proquest's database contains citations for dissertations and theses done at U.S., Canadian and some foreign institutions. Free PDFs of all dissertations published since 1997. (Licensed for OSU academic use only.)
  • Center for the Study and Teaching of Writing (CSTW). Excellent resources, "handouts", tutorials, etc., to assist undergraduate students — and those for whom English is a second (or third) foreign language — in their research and writing. The Center also provides a web page on plagiarism, giving a definition of plagiarism, together with a set of Basic Citation Rules and Examples, including use of direct quotes versus paraphrasing, etc. To cite books for this course, one recommendation is to use the sciences style for bibliography and in-text citations in the Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide, available online from OSU Libraries.
  • net.TUTOR (OSU Libraries' set of online tutorials, such as developing research skills in using WWW and other Net resources)
• Student Resources for Compositions and Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement (Composition Center, Dartmouth College)
  NOTE: How to cite a webpage -- include three pieces of information: title, URL, and date of access – for example:

  Marjorie Chan's Chinese 681: History of the Chinese Language <http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/chan9/c680.htm> (Winter Quarter 2008) [Accessed 2 January 2008].
  
  (Or click here to cite this particular web page using "copy-and-paste." Hit "BACK" on your web browser to return to this part of the web page.)

• On-line Resources for Documenting Electronic Sources (Online Writing Lab, Purdue University)
• Journals available from Multilingual Matters. Online issues of e-journals that may or may not be subscribed by OSU/OhioLINK; e-journals include: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Current Issues in Language Planning, Current Issues in Language & Society, International Journal of Multilingualism, Journal of Multicultural Discourses, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, Language Awareness, Language and Intercultural Communication, Language Culture and Curriculum, and Language and Education.
• Journal Abstracts and Full-Text (Blackwell Synergy Search Engine) Online search of articles from 873 leading journals published by Blackwell, including those in social and behavioral sciences, of which a subgroup is "language and linguistics". Access to abstracts and full-text (PDF files) also if OSU Libraries subscribes to a given e-journal.
• Linguist List: 2007 Tables of Contents (TOC) (for some linguistic journals, and links to back issues as well)
• Google:
  • Google Scholar. Search Google Scholar for books and online articles.
  • Google Book Search. Search for books by entering a keyword or phrase. Clicking on a book title provides some basic information about the book, and potentially a few snippets (i.e., a few sentences containing your keyword or phrase in context) or full pages, or the entire book, if it is out of copyright. A search can also be conducted within the original search to further refine the search. Explore the website for further features.
  • Google Video. Search for videos and video excerpts.
• OSU Office of Responsible Research Practices (ORRP). The Institutional Review Board (IRB), administered under the ORRP, oversees research activities at OSU, including research involving Human Subjects. "All research activities involving human subjects must be reviewed and approved by an IRB unless the Office of Responsible Research Practices prospectively determines that the research falls into a category of exemption established by federal regulation." The ORRP holds regular Workshops for faculty and graduate students, including those aimed specifically at students, such as workshops on "IRB Training for OSU Students." The website also has a page on News & Announcements, which has links to the online Buck-IRB Newsletter.
• OSU Undergraduate Research Office. Information sessions on opportunities for undergraduate students to engage in research, regularly scheduled IRB Staff Assistance for Student Researchers, etc.
• OSU College of Humanities. Information on undergraduate / graduate student funding opportunities, faculty, departments and units in the College, etc.
• OSU Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS). The ICS is "a center for scholarly research, student training, and public programming about the Chinese-speaking world for OSU faculty, students, the P-12 community, business and government, and members of the general public."
• OSU East Asian Studies Center (EASC). The Title VI NRC/FLAS East Asian Studies Center (EASC) at The Ohio State University's mission is "the broad dissemination of basic knowledge and advanced research on the cultures, languages, history, politics, and economies of East Asia."
• MC's Course-Related Bibliographies and Other Resources:
  • Marjorie Chan's Chinese Language and Gender On-Line Bibliography. Bibliography, some web-accessible articles, online collections of gender-related course syllabi, etc.
  • Marjorie Chan's Online Bibliography for Chinese 580. Bibliography of English-language sources compiled in Spring 1999 for the undergraduate course, Chinese 580 (Chinese Language: Description and Analysis); updated periodically.
  • Marjorie Chan's Modern Chinese Dialects Bibliography. Bibliography of articles and references that were extracted from the Spring 2004 Chinese 785 course syllabus, and is updated from time to time.
  • Marjorie Chan's Word Lists and Online Glossaries/Dictionaries. Annotated links to online and downloadable Chinese word lists, frequency lists, dictionaries, etc.
• Marjorie Chan's ChinaLinks (ChinaLInks.osu.edu). Anotated links to Chinese culture, language, and linguistics. Also hosted under ChinaLinks.osu.edu site is the 20th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-20), to be held at The Ohio State University on 25-27 April 2008.
• MC's Courses and Archived Course Syllabi. Course syllabi contain readings and references that may provide additional sources for references. These include:   Chinese 683. Study of the Chinese Writing System   -   Chinese 882. Studies in Chinese Historical Phonology   -   Chinese 884. Studies in Chinese Historical Syntax.

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Created 17 March 1996 for Spring Quarter 1996. Most recent major revision: 2 January 2008 for Winter Quarter 2008.
Last update: 10 January 2008.
Copyright © 1996-2008 Marjorie K.M. Chan. All rights reserved on course syllabus and online materials developed for this course. If you have difficulty accessing any portion of this web page or need the information in an alternative format, please contact the instructor at <chan.9 @ osu.edu> (close the gap).