Chinese has been continuously in contact with a substantial number of languages belonging to other families in past periods as well as modern times. This symposium brings linguists from France, China and the U.S. who have been working on historical Chinese syntax and language contact and change in the Chinese language. Particular focus will be given to the diachronic study of the language of Chinese Buddhist sutras translated in the Mediaeval Period (the 3rd-6th century), the Yuan baihua under Mongolian occupation during the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), and synchronic research on Northwestern Chinese dialects and/or Sinitic languages in the modern period.
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Conference - Santa Barbara, CA