Jerry Norman (sinologist)
American sinologist and linguist (1936–2012) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Born | (1936-07-16)July 16, 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||
Died | July 7, 2012(2012-07-07) (aged 75) Seattle, Washington, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
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Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BA, MA, PhD) | ||||||||||||||||||
Thesis | The Kienyang Dialect of Fukien (1969) | ||||||||||||||||||
Academic advisors | Y. R. Chao | ||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Linguistics | ||||||||||||||||||
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Notable students | W. South Coblin | ||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 羅傑瑞 | ||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 罗杰瑞 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Manchu script | ᡝᠯᠪᡳᡥᡝ | ||||||||||||||||||
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