Samstag
20
NOV
| 13.00 Uhr | Research into the minority languages of China and Sino-Tibetan Research into the Chinese minority languages and Sinotibetan
Shi Jinbo 史金波, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking (China), Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology 社科院民族所
Shi Jinbo史金波 (*1940) is one of the most famous scholars of Chinese minority languages, Tangut, and the Sino-Tibetan language family. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and its Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology (中国社会科学院民族学与人类学研究所).
In his first lecture “Research of the Chinese languages and the Sino-Tibetan language family”, Prof. Shi Jinbo will begin with an introduction into the Sino-Tibetan language family, including an overview of the different languages in China, their characteristics, and the basic trends of language change and language death of some of them. The second part of his lecture will present the scripts in which these Sino-Tibetan languages are or were written, and the documents in which they were preserved. Apart from Chinese, Tibetan and Tangut, the talk will also cover the languages and scripts of the Yi 彝 and the Dai 傣. Prof. Shi will conclude his first talk by explaining the purpose of studying the Chinese minority languages. They play an integral part for a deeper understanding of the Sino-Tibetan language family. They offer the possibility of diachronic comparison and can help decipher dead languages. Yi and Qiang 羌, for example, are crucial reference points for the research of Tangut verbs. Ancient Tangut documents give us the opportunity to learn about the Tangut society of the past, as Prof. Shi will explain at the example of his “Buying, selling and marrying in Tangut” (《西夏语的买、卖和嫁、娶》).
The talk will be held in Chinese. An English language introduction will be provided by Prof. Imre Galambos, University of Cambridge.
https://zoom.us/j/94714804868?pwd=UTA4YXZIakI1ZFZEbGl4VWwwVk1XQT09
Meeting-ID: 947 1480 4868
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Chinese Outline:
第一讲 中国少数民族语言和汉藏语研究
一、中国汉藏语言的基本情况
汉藏语系语言的种类
汉藏语系语言的特点
语言的演变和一些语言的消失
二、记录汉藏语言的文字、文献
汉语、汉文
藏语、藏文
西夏语、西夏文
彝语、彝文
傣语、傣文
三、研究少数民族语言的意义
可以深刻认识汉藏语言体系
可以进行历史语言比较，完善汉藏语言体系
可以解读死的语言，如西夏语语法上的难点
西夏语的存在动词（与彝语比较）
西夏语的动词前缀（与羌语比较）
西夏语动词的人称呼应（与羌语比较）
可以通过古文字文献深刻理解古代社会
举例介绍论文《西夏语的买、卖和嫁、娶》
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