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Author of ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ (2019) & ๐พ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐จ ๐ผ๐จ๐๐ (@uwapress, 2025). Chinese characters, writing systems, historical phonology, etc.
https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295753027/chinese-characters-across-asia/
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Published: May 4, 2025 03:52
๐๏ธ I'm on a podcast! ๐๏ธ
I was interviewed about my book Chinese Characters Across Asia for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social , you can find the episode here: https://newbooksnetwork.com/chinese-characters-across-asia .
My first time ever on a podcast. Iโฆ
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Published: April 23, 2025 23:10
To be clear, this had a pedagogical purpose. I was illustrating the challenges of determining Old Chinese rime groups through analysis of Shฤซjฤซng ่ฉฉ็ถ rhyming patterns when you don't know for sure (1) which words were intended to rhyme; (2) whether theโฆ
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Published: April 23, 2025 00:33
A day when I sing a Belle & Sebastian song to my graduate seminar in Old Chinese phonology, is a good day.
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Published: April 17, 2025 04:37
Looks like my book has finally penetrated to every corner of the globe! ๐
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Published: April 16, 2025 04:37
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Way back in late 2020, I posted a "language quiz" on Twitter. I showed seven sentences written in Chinese characters. None of them was Chinese. I invited readers to identify which languages were represented by each written sentence.
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Published: April 10, 2025 00:07
Thanks for the glowing recommendation!
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Published: March 23, 2025 06:15
A ๐งต on dวdฤซ ๆ็.
The Mandarin word dวdฤซ ๆ็ meaning โhail a cabโ, โride in a taxiโ is strange, right? It sounds strange. It looks strange. Whatโs up with this word?
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Published: March 11, 2025 06:16
Amazon still hasn't figured out the publication date of my physical book (March 18), but the Kindle version is already available there!
https://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Characters-across-Asia-Vietnamese-ebook/dp/B0DZFCCZXZ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0
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Published: March 6, 2025 06:06
๐ฃ Book publication update! ๐
The first shipment of Chinese Characters Across Asia has arrived at the University of Washington Press's warehouse from the printer!
Pre-orders from UW Press will be shipped from the warehouse this week!
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Published: March 4, 2025 03:32
Well, doggone it. The publisher just told me that the printer hasn't delivered the book on time. It will arrive this week at the publisher's warehouse, and then pre-orders will get shipped out immediately. New official publication date is March 18.
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