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Linguistics east and west: American Indian, Sino-Tibetan, and Thai : oral history transcript / 1986.
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Title:

Linguistics east and west: American Indian, Sino-Tibetan, and Thai : oral history transcript / 1986
China scholars oral history series

Creator/Contributor:

Li, Fang-kuei, 1902-1987, creator, interviewee.

Creator/Contributor:

Taylor, George Edward, 1905-2000

Creator/Contributor:

Chan, Ning-Ping, interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

LaPolla, Randy J., interviewer.

Creator/Contributor:

Li, Linde.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Abstract:

Discusses his childhood and education in China, his university and related education in the United States and Europe, his research in China, involvement with the Chung-kuo kʻo hsüeh yüan (Academia Sinica), and teaching assignments in the United States. It also includes his recollections of many linguists in China and the West, and a discussion of guiding principles and methodology for historical comparative linguistics. Also included are two essays by Prof. Li's daughter, Lindy Li Mark, concerning her parents' trips to China in 1978 and 1983.

Date:

c1988 (issued)

Subject:

Zhongguo ke xue yuan.
Comparative linguistics -- History
Linguists -- Interviews

Note:

with an introduction by George Taylor ; interviews conducted by Ning-Ping Chan and Randy LaPolla ; The Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office,
Forms part of: China scholars oral history series.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Sound tapes also available as Phonotape 89/160 p (7 cassettes)
Also available online.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Includes index.
Volume includes index.

Type:

Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. ([ix], xii, 143 p.) : ill. + supplementary material.
7 cassettes.

Language:

English

Publisher:

California unknown place Berkeley, Calif : University of California

Copyright Note:

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.