Jerry Norman (sinologist)
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BUC | Lò̤ giĕk sôi |
Jerry Lee Norman (July 16, 1936 – July 7, 2012) was an American sinologist and linguist known for his studies of varieties of Chinese, particularly Min varieties, and also of the Manchu language. Norman had a large impact on Chinese linguistics, and was largely responsible for establishing the importance of Min varieties in the reconstruction of Old Chinese.[1]
Life and career
Jerry Norman was born on July 16, 1936, in
After completing his military service, Norman enrolled at the
Norman was promoted to assistant professor after completing his Ph.D. in 1969. While at Princeton, Norman met and married Stella Chen, and together they had four children. In 1972, Norman moved with his family to
He died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Seattle on July 7, 2012.[6]
Selected works
- Norman, Jerry (1969), "The Kienyang Dialect of Fukien" (Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley).
- ––– 1973. "Tonal Development in Min"; Journal of Chinese Linguistics 1–2: 222–238.
- ––– 1974. "The Initials of Proto-Min"; Journal of Chinese Linguistics 2-1: 27–36.
- ––– 1974. "Structure of Sibe Morphology"; Central Asian Journal.
- ––– 1976. With JSTOR 40726203.
- ––– 1978. A Concise Manchu-English Lexicon. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-95574-2.
- ––– 1979. "Chronological Strata in the Min Dialects"; Fangyan 方言 1979.4: 268–274.
- ––– 1980. "Yongan fanyan" 永安方言; Shumu Jikan 书目季刊 14–2: 113–165.
- ––– 1981. "The Proto-Min Finals"; 中央研究院国际汉学会议论文集 语言文字组: 35–73.
- ––– 1984. "Three Min Etymologies"; Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale 13–2: 175–189. .
- ––– 1986. "Min-Bei fangyan de di san tao qing saiyin he qing casaiyin 闽北方言的第三套清塞音和清擦塞音"; Zhongguo Yuwen 中国语文 1986.1: 38–41.
- ––– 1988. Chinese. Cambridge University Press, 1988. ISBN 978-0-521-29653-3.
- ––– 1991. "The Mǐn Dialects in Historical Perspective"; Languages and Dialects of China, edited by JSTOR 23827042
- ––– 1995. With Weldon South Coblin. "A New Approach to Chinese Historical Linguistics"; Journal of the American Oriental Society 115–4: 576–584.
- ––– 1996. "Tonal Development in the Jennchyan Dialect"; Yuen Ren Society Treasury of Chinese Dialect Data 2: 7–41.
- ––– 2000. With Gilbert Louis Mattos. translation of Chinese Writing by ISBN 978-1-55729-071-7
- ––– 2002. "A Glossary of the Lianduentsuen Dialect"; Short Chinese Dialect Reports 1: 339–394.
- ––– 2006. "Min Animal Body Parts"; Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics 1–1: 133–143.
- ––– 2007. "汉语方言田野调查与音韵学"; Beijing Daxue Xuebao 北京大学学报 44.2: 91–94.
- ––– 2013. A Comprehensive Manchu-English Dictionary. Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN 978-0-674-07213-8
References
Citations
- ^ Sagart (2012), p. 341.
- ^ Coblin (2013), p. 219.
- ^ a b c d Coblin (2013), p. 220.
- ^ Newsletter of the Association for Asian Studies. 14: 51. 1968.
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- ^ "In Memory of Jerry Lee Norman". Retrieved 2012-07-15.
Works cited
- JSTOR 23753860.
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