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.