Li Fang-Kuei
Chinese linguist and sinologist (1902–1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Li Fang-Kuei (Chinese: 李方桂; 20 August 1902 – 21 August 1987) was a Chinese linguist known for his studies of the varieties of Chinese, his reconstructions of Old Chinese and Proto-Tai, and his documentation of Dene languages in North America.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.
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Born | (1902-08-20)August 20, 1902 Guangzhou, Guangdong | ||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 August 1987(1987-08-21) (aged 85) San Mateo County, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||||
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Thesis | Mattole: An Athabaskan Language (1928) | ||||||||||||||||||
Doctoral advisor | Edward Sapir | ||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Linguistics | ||||||||||||||||||
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Chinese | 李方桂 | ||||||||||||||||||
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