John DeFrancis

John DeFrancis ( born August 31, 1911 † January 2, 2009 in Hawaii ) was an important contemporary sinologist.

He was most recently a professor emeritus of Chinese Language and scientists at the University of Hawaii, United States. He is the author of a number of new ( in the 1960s and 1970s ) didactic concepts BASED Chinese textbooks. His Readers and Supplementary Readers to the textbooks are particularly considered.

His most important works are his book The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy (1986 ), in which he reveals many until in linguistic professionals be moved misconceptions about the Chinese language and writing, and his book Visible Speech (1989 ), in which he in the succession the cuneiform expert Ignace J. yellow ( a Study of Writing, German, under the title: From the cuneiform to the alphabet. basics of writing science, Stg 1958) and other famous predecessors treating them the most important writing systems, investigates the relationship between language and writing, and simultaneously cleans up with the usual misconceptions about language and writing, this time from the perspective of a sinologist.

He was editor of the "ABC " series of Chinese-English dictionaries. At an earlier time in his career he was co-editor of the Journal of the American Oriental Society (1950-1955) and co-editor of the Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association ( 1966-1978 ).

Works

Volumes by John DeFrancis in Yale Language Series:

  • ABC Chinese - English Dictionary ( 1996)
  • Advanced Chinese
  • Advanced Chinese Reader
  • Annotated Quotations from Chairman Mao
  • Beginning Chinese
  • Beginning Chinese Reader (Parts I and II)
  • Character Text for Advanced Chinese
  • Character Text for Beginning Chinese
  • Character Text for Intermediate Chinese
  • Intermediate Chinese
  • Intermediate Chinese Reader (Parts I and II)

Books and Monographs:

  • Bibliography on Chinese Social History, by E -tu Zen and John DeFrancis ( Far Eastern Publications, 1952)
  • Chinese Agent in Mongolia, translated from the Chinese of Ma Ho -t'ien ( Johns Hopkins Press, 1949)
  • Chinese-English Glossary of the Mathematical Sciences (American Mathematical Society, 1964)
  • Chinese Social History, by E -tu Zen and John DeFrancis (American Council of Learned Societies, 1956)
  • Colonialism and Language Policy in Vietnam ( Mouton, 1977)
  • ABC Comprehensive Chinese - English Dictionary ( 2003) ( the umfangreichst currently and best Chinese-English dictionary )
  • In the Footsteps of Genghis Khan ( University of Hawaii Press, 1993 )
  • Nationalism and Language Reform in China ( Princeton University Press, 1950)
  • Report of the Second Round Table Meeting on Linguistics, Language Teaching Monograph Series on Languages ​​and Linguistics, no. 1 ( Georgetown University press, 1951)
  • Talks on Chinese History (with Elizabeth Jen Young) ( Far Eastern Publications, 1952)
  • The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy ( University of Hawaii Press, 1984 )
  • The Prospects for Chinese writing reform, Sino - Platonic papers # 171, June 2006 (PDF)
  • Things Japanese in Hawaii ( University Press of Hawaii, 1973)
  • Visible Speech: The Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems ( University of Hawaii Press, 1989 )

Dictionaries

As editor of Supplementary Readers for Intermediate Chinese Reader series ( Far Eastern Publications, Yale University, 1976):

  • Volume I: The White Haired Girl by Chi - Yu Ho
  • Volume II: The Red Detachment of Women by Chi - Yu Ho
  • Volume III: Episodes From the Dream of the Red Chamber by Louise H. Li
  • Volume IV: Sun Yat-sen by Yung Teng Chia -yee
  • Volume V: Wu Sung Kills a Tiger by Yung Teng Chia -yee

Publications about John DeFrancis

  • Font Festschrift: Essays on Writing and Language in Honor of John DeFrancis on His Eightieth Birthday, Sino - Platonic Papers # 27, August 1991, edited by Victor H. Mair (PDF)
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