{"id":691,"date":"2007-05-09T08:32:33","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T00:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2007\/reviews-of-books-related-to-china-and-linguistics-2\/"},"modified":"2011-02-05T21:45:10","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T13:45:10","slug":"reviews-of-books-related-to-china-and-linguistics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2007\/reviews-of-books-related-to-china-and-linguistics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"reviews of books related to China and linguistics (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sino-platonic.org\/\"><em>Sino-Platonic Papers<\/em><\/a> has just released online its <em>second<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sino-platonic.org\/complete\/spp014_chinese_book_reviews.pdf\">compilation of book reviews<\/a>. Here are the books discussed. (Note: The links below do not lead to the reviews but to other material. Use the link above.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Invited Reviews<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>William A. Boltz, &#8220;The Typological Analysis of the Chinese Script.&#8221; A review article of <a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/readings\/visible_speech.html\">John DeFrancis, <em>Visible Speech, the Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Paul Varley and Kumakura Isao, eds., <em>Tea in Japan: Essays on the History of Chanoyu<\/em>. Reviewed by William R. LaFleur .<\/li>\n<li>Vladimir N. Basilov, ed., <em>Nomads of Eurasia<\/em>. Reviewed by David A. Utz.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Reviews by the Editor<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Philosophy and Language.&#8221; A review article of Fran&ccedil;cois Jullien, <em>Proc&egrave;s ou Cr&eacute;ation: Une introduction a la pens&eacute;e des lettr&eacute;s chinois<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Language and Linguistics<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>W. South Coblin, <em>A Handbook of Eastern Han Sound Glosses<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Weldon South Coblin. <em>A Sinologist&#8217;s Handlist of Sino-Tibetan Lexical Comparisons<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>ZHOU Zhenhe and YOU Rujie. <em>Fangyan yu Zhongguo Wenhua<\/em> [<em>Topolects and Chinese Culture<\/em>].<\/li>\n<li>CHOU Fa-kao. <em>Papers in Chinese Linguistics and Epigraphy<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>ZENG Zifan. <em>Guangzhouhua Putonghua Duibi Qutan<\/em> [<em>Interesting Parallels between Cantonese and Mandarin<\/em>].<\/li>\n<li>Luciana Bressan. <em>La Determinazione delle Norme Ortografiche del Pinyin<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>JIANG Shaoyu and XU Changhua, tr. <em>Zhongguoyu Lishi Wenfa<\/em> [<em>A Historical Grammar of Modern Chinese<\/em>] by OTA Tatsuo.<\/li>\n<li>McMahon, et al. <em>Expository Writing in Chinese<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>P. C. T&#8217;ung and D. E. Pollard. <em>Colloquial Chinese<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Li Sijing, <em>Hanyu &#8220;er&#8221;<\/em> <em>Yin Shih Yanjiu<\/em> [<em>Studies on the History of the &#8220;er&#8221;<\/em> <em>Sound in Sinitic<\/em>].<\/li>\n<li>Maurice Coyaud, <em>Les langues dans le monde chinois<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Patricia Herbert and Anthony Milner, eds., <em>South-East Asia: Languages and Literatures; A Select Guide<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Large, <em>The Artificial Language Movement<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Wilhelm von Humboldt, <em>On Language: The Diversity of Hunan Language-Structure and Its Influence on the Mental Development of Mankind<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Vitaly Shevoroshkin, ed., <em>Reconstructing Languages and Cultures<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Jan Wind, et al., eds., <em>Studies in Language Origins<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Short Notices<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A. Kondratov, <em>Sounds and Signs<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Jeremy Campbell, <em>Grammatical Man: Information, Entropy, Language, and Life<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Pitfalls of the Tetragraphic Script.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Lexicography and Lexicology<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>MIN Jiaji, et al., comp., <em>Hanyu Xinci Cidian<\/em> [<em>A Dictionary of New Sinitic Terms<\/em>]<\/li>\n<li>LYU Caizhen, et al., comp., <em>Xiandai Hanyu Nanci Cidian<\/em> [<em>A Dictionary of Difficult Terms in Modern Sinitic<\/em>].<\/li>\n<li>Tom McArthur, <em>Worlds of Reference: Lexicography, learning and language from the clay tablet to the computer<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A Bouquet of Pekingese Lexicons<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>JIN Shoushen, comp., <em>Beijinghua Yuhui<\/em> [<em>Pekingese Vocabulary<\/em>].<\/li>\n<li>SONG Xiaocai and MA Xinhua, comp., <em>Beijinghua Ciyu Lishi<\/em> [<em>Pekingese Expressions with Examples and Explanations<\/em>] .<\/li>\n<li>SONG Xiaocai and MA Xinhua, comp., <em>Beijinghua Yuci Huishi<\/em> [<em>Pekingese Words and Phrases with Explanations<\/em>] .<\/li>\n<li>FU Min and GAO Aijun, comp., <em>Beijinghua Ciyu<\/em> (<em>Dialectical Words and Phrases in Beijing<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>A Bibliographical Trilogy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Fu-mien Yang, comp., <em>Chinese Linguistics: A Selected and Classified Bibliography<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Paul Fu-mien Yang, comp., <em>Chinese Dialectology: A Selected and Classified Bibliography<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Paul Fu-mien Yang, comp., <em>Chinese Lexicology and Lexicography: A Selected and Classified Bibliography<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Orality and Literacy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jack Goody. <em>The interface between the written and the oral<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Jack Goody. <em>The logic of writing and the organization of society<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Deborah Tannen, ed., <em>Spoken and Written Language: Exploring Orality and Literacy<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Society and Culture<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Scott Simmie and Bob Nixon, <em>Tiananmen Square<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Thomas H. C. Lee, <em>Government Education and Examinations in Sung China<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>ZHANG Zhishan, tr. and ed., <em>Zhongguo zhi Xing<\/em> [<em>Record of a Journey to China<\/em>].<\/li>\n<li>LIN Wushu, <em>Monijiao ji Qi Dongjian<\/em> [<em>Manichaeism and Its Eastward Expansion<\/em>].<\/li>\n<li>E. N. Anderson, <em>The Food of China<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>K. C. Chang, ed., <em>Food in Chinese Culture: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Jacques Gemet, <em>China and the Christian Impact: A Conflict of Cultures<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>D. E. Mungello, <em>Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Short Notice<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Roben Jastrow, <em>The Enchanted Loom: Mind in the Universe<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>In Memoriam<br \/>\n      Chang-chen HSU<br \/>\n      August 6, 1957 &#8211; June 27, 1989<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Hsu Chang-chen, ed., and tr., <em>Yin-tu hsien-tai hsiao-shuo hs&uuml;an<\/em> [<em>A Selection of Contemporary Indian Fiction<\/em>].<\/li>\n<li>Hsu Chang-chen, <em>T&#8217;o-fu tzu-huiyen-chiu<\/em> (<em>Mastering TOEFL Vocabulary<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>Hsu Chang-chen, <em>Tsui-chung-yao-te i pai ke Ying-wen tzu-shou tzu-ken<\/em> (<em>100 English Prefixes and Word Roots<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>Hsu Chang-chen, <em>Fa-wen tzu-hui chieh-koufen-hsi &#8212; tzu-shou y&uuml; tzu-ken<\/em> (<em>Les pr&eacute;fixes et les racines de la langue fran&ccedil;aise<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>Hsu Chang-chen, comp. and tr., <em>Hsi-y&uuml; y&uuml; Fo-chiao wen-shih lun-chi<\/em> (<em>Collection of Articles on Studies of Central Asia, India, and Buddhism<\/em>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is SPP no. 14, from December 1989. The entire text is now online as a 7.3 MB PDF. <\/p>\n<p>See my earlier post for the contents of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2007\/reviews-of-books-related-to-china-and-linguistics\/\">first SPP volume of reviews<\/a> and a link to the full volume. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sino-Platonic Papers has just released online its second compilation of book reviews. Here are the books discussed. (Note: The links below do not lead to the reviews but to other material. Use the link above.) Invited Reviews William A. 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