Ting Pang-hsin

Ting Pang-hsin (Chinese: 丁邦新; pinyin: Dīng Bāngxīn; 28 November 1936 – 30 January 2023) was a Chinese linguist, and an academician of the Academia Sinica.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Ting (Ding).
Ting Pang-hsin
丁邦新
Born(1936-11-28)28 November 1936
Ju-kao (Rugao) County, Kiangsu, Republic of China
Died30 January 2023(2023-01-30) (aged 86)
California, United States
Academic background
Alma materNational Taiwan University
University of Washington
Academic work
DisciplineLinguistics
InstitutionsAcademia Sinica

Biography

Ting was born in Ju-kao County (Rugao County), Kiangsu (Jiangsu), on 28 November 1936.[2] After the defeat of the Kuomintang by the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, Ting relocated to Taiwan. He attended National Taiwan University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1959 and master's degree in 1963 both in Chinese literature.[2] He went on to receive his doctoral degree from the University of Washington in 1969.[2]

Ting worked at the Academia Sinica after university. He was elected assistant research fellow in August 1964, associate research fellow in February 1970, and research fellow in August 1975. In August 1981, he was named acting director of the Institute of History and Philology, confirmed in March 1985. He was a professor of National Taiwan University from 1975 to 1989 and the University of California, Berkeley from 1989 to 1998.[2][3] During his tenure at Berkeley, Ting held the Agassiz Professorship of Chinese Linguistics from 1994.[3][4] Ting was In 1996, he was chosen as dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, a post he kept until 2004.[2]

Between 1993 and 1994, Ting was president of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics.[5][6]

Ting died in California on 30 January 2023, at the age of 86.[7][8]

Publications
  • Chinese Phonology of the Wei-Chin Period: Reconstruction of the Finals as Reflected in Poetry. Taipei: Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. 1975.
  • Contemporary Studies on the Min Dialects. Journal of Chinese Linguistics. 1999.
  • 魏晋音韵研究 [A Study of the Phonology of the Wei and Jin Dynasties] (in Chinese). Taiwan: Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. 1975. ISBN 9780001289093.
  • 儋州村话 [Dialect of Danzhou] (in Chinese). Taiwan: Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. 1986. ISBN 9780001920125.
  • 语言学论文集 [Collected Papers on Linguistics] (in Chinese). Beijing: Commercial Press. 1998. ISBN 9787100022392.
  • 音韵学讲义 [Phonics Handout] (in Chinese). Beijing: Peking University Press. 2015. ISBN 9787301260876.
  • 音韵学答问 [Phonics Q&A] (in Chinese). Beijing: Peking University Press. 2016. ISBN 9787301273388.
  • 闽语研究及其与周边方言的关系 [The Study of Min dialect and Its Relationship with Surrounding Dialects] (in Chinese). Taiwan: Chinese University Press. 2002. ISBN 9789622019966.
  • 一百年前的苏州话 [Suzhou Dialect a Hundred Years Ago] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai Education Press. 2003. ISBN 9787532085613.
  • 汉语与汉藏语前沿研究 [Frontier Studies of Chinese and Sino-Tibetan] (in Chinese). Beijing: Social Science Literature Press. 2018. ISBN 9787520121132.
  • 汉藏语同源词研究（一） [Research on Chinese and Tibetan Cognates (1)] (in Chinese). Nanning: Guangxi Ethnic Publishing House. 2000. ISBN 9787536338326.
  • 汉藏语同源词研究（二） [Research on Chinese and Tibetan Cognates (2)] (in Chinese). Nanning: Guangxi Ethnic Publishing House. 2001. ISBN 9787536340343.
  • 汉藏语同源词研究（三） [Research on Chinese and Tibetan Cognates (3)] (in Chinese). Nanning: Guangxi Ethnic Publishing House. 2004. ISBN 9787536347618.

Honours and awards

References
  1. Wang Keyue (王可悦) (27 April 2018). 台湾“中研院”院士丁邦新教授畅谈诗律和创作. sustech.edu.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  2. 沉痛悼念著名语言学家丁邦新先生. Sohu (in Chinese). 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  3. "Pang-Hsin Ting". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  4. "Agassiz Professor of Chinese emeritus Pang-hsin Ting 丁邦新 passed away on January 30, 2023". University of California, Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  5. "Academician Pang-hsin Ting Has Passed Away". 9 February 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  6. "A Tribute to Prof. Pang-hsin Ting from the Editorial Board of Journal of Chinese Linguistics 《中国语言学报》编辑委员会致敬丁邦新先生". Journal of Chinese Linguistics. 2023.
  7. "Pang-Hsin Ting". Legacy.com. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  8. "敬悼！本所前所長、通信研究員丁邦新院士於2023年1月30日在美國逝世，享壽87歲。" (in Chinese). Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
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