Reviews of books related to China, linguistics, literature

Another back issue of Sino-Platonic Papers has been released for free: the journal’s first compilation of book reviews.

This is a 4.8 MB PDF file of SPP no. 8, which was first published in February 1988.

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Sino-Platonic Papers has just released online its second compilation of book reviews. Here are the books discussed.

Invited Reviews
[ul][li]William A. Boltz, “The Typological Analysis of the Chinese Script.” A review article ofJohn DeFrancis, Visible Speech, the Diverse Oneness of Writing Systems.[/li]
[li]Paul Varley and Kumakura Isao, eds., Tea in Japan: Essays on the History of Chanoyu. Reviewed by William R. LaFleur .[/li]
[li]Vladimir N. Basilov, ed., Nomads of Eurasia. Reviewed by David A. Utz.[/li][/ul]

Reviews by the Editor
[ul][li]“Philosophy and Language.” A review article of Francois Jullien, Proces ou Creation: Une introduction a la pensee des lettres chinois.[/li][/ul]

Language and Linguistics
[ul][li]W. South Coblin, A Handbook of Eastern Han Sound Glosses.[/li]
[li]Weldon South Coblin. A Sinologist’s Handlist of Sino-Tibetan Lexical Comparisons.[/li]
[li]ZHOU Zhenhe and YOU Rujie. Fangyan yu Zhongguo Wenhua[ Topolects and Chinese Culture].[/li]
[li]CHOU Fa-kao. Papers in Chinese Linguistics and Epigraphy.[/li]
[li]ZENG Zifan. Guangzhouhua Putonghua Duibi Qutan[ Interesting Parallels between Cantonese and Mandarin].[/li]
[li]Luciana Bressan. La Determinazione delle Norme Ortografiche del Pinyin.[/li]
[li]JIANG Shaoyu and XU Changhua, tr. Zhongguoyu Lishi Wenfa[ A Historical Grammar of Modern Chinese] by OTA Tatsuo.[/li]
[li]McMahon, et al. Expository Writing in Chinese.[/li]
[li]P. C. T’ung and D. E. Pollard. Colloquial Chinese.[/li]
[li]Li Sijing, Hanyu “er” Yin Shih Yanjiu [Studies on the History of the “er” Sound in Sinitic].[/li]
[li]Maurice Coyaud, Les langues dans le monde chinois.[/li]
[li]Patricia Herbert and Anthony Milner, eds., South-East Asia: Languages and Literatures; A Select Guide.[/li]
[li]Andrew Large, The Artificial Language Movement.[/li]
[li]Wilhelm von Humboldt, On Language: The Diversity of Hunan Language-Structure and Its Influence on the Mental Development of Mankind.[/li]
[li]Vitaly Shevoroshkin, ed., Reconstructing Languages and Cultures.[/li]
[li]Jan Wind, et al., eds., Studies in Language Origins.[/li][/ul]

Short Notices
[ul][li]A. Kondratov, Sounds and Signs.[/li]
[li]Jeremy Campbell, Grammatical Man: Information, Entropy, Language, and Life.[/li]
[li]Pitfalls of the Tetragraphic Script.[/li][/ul]

Lexicography and Lexicology
[ul][li]MIN Jiaji, et al., comp., Hanyu Xinci Cidian[ A Dictionary of New Sinitic Terms][/li]
[li]LYU Caizhen, et al., comp., Xiandai Hanyu Nanci Cidian[ A Dictionary of Difficult Terms in Modern Sinitic].[/li]
[li]Tom McArthur, Worlds of Reference: Lexicography, learning and language from the clay tablet to the computer.[/li][/ul]

A Bouquet of Pekingese Lexicons
[ul][li]JIN Shoushen, comp., Beijinghua Yuhui[ Pekingese Vocabulary].[/li]
[li]SONG Xiaocai and MA Xinhua, comp., Beijinghua Ciyu Lishi[ Pekingese Expressions with Examples and Explanations] .[/li]
[li]SONG Xiaocai and MA Xinhua, comp., Beijinghua Yuci Huishi[ Pekingese Words and Phrases with Explanations] .[/li]
[li]FU Min and GAO Aijun, comp., Beijinghua Ciyu ( Dialectical Words and Phrases in Beijing).[/li][/ul]

A Bibliographical Trilogy
[ul][li]Paul Fu-mien Yang, comp., Chinese Linguistics: A Selected and Classified Bibliography.[/li]
[li]Paul Fu-mien Yang, comp., Chinese Dialectology: A Selected and Classified Bibliography.[/li]
[li]Paul Fu-mien Yang, comp., Chinese Lexicology and Lexicography: A Selected and Classified Bibliography.[/li][/ul]

Orality and Literacy
[ul][li]Jack Goody. The interface between the written and the oral.[/li]
[li]Jack Goody. The logic of writing and the organization of society.[/li]
[li]Deborah Tannen, ed., Spoken and Written Language: Exploring Orality and Literacy.[/li][/ul]

Society and Culture
[ul][li]Scott Simmie and Bob Nixon, Tiananmen Square.[/li]
[li]Thomas H. C. Lee, Government Education and Examinations in Sung China.[/li]
[li]ZHANG Zhishan, tr. and ed., Zhongguo zhi Xing[ Record of a Journey to China].[/li]
[li]LIN Wushu, Monijiao ji Qi Dongjian[ Manichaeism and Its Eastward Expansion].[/li]
[li]E. N. Anderson, The Food of China.[/li]
[li]K. C. Chang, ed., Food in Chinese Culture: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives.[/li]
[li]Jacques Gemet, China and the Christian Impact: A Conflict of Cultures.[/li]
[li]D. E. Mungello, Curious Land: Jesuit Accommodation and the Origins of Sinology.[/li][/ul]

Short Notice
[ul][li]Roben Jastrow, The Enchanted Loom: Mind in the Universe.[/li][/ul]

In Memoriam: Chang-chen HSU, August 6, 1957 - June 27, 1989
[ul][li]Hsu Chang-chen, ed., and tr., Yin-tu hsien-tai hsiao-shuo hsuan[ A Selection of Contemporary Indian Fiction].[/li]
[li]Hsu Chang-chen, T’o-fu tzu-huiyen-chiu ( Mastering TOEFL Vocabulary).[/li]
[li]Hsu Chang-chen, Tsui-chung-yao-te i pai ke Ying-wen tzu-shou tzu-ken ( 100 English Prefixes and Word Roots).[/li]
[li]Hsu Chang-chen, Fa-wen tzu-hui chieh-koufen-hsi – tzu-shou yu tzu-ken ( Les prefixes et les racines de la langue francaise).[/li]
[li]Hsu Chang-chen, comp. and tr., Hsi-yu yu Fo-chiao wen-shih lun-chi ( Collection of Articles on Studies of Central Asia, India, and Buddhism).[/li][/ul]

This is SPP no. 14, from December 1989. The entire text is now online as a 7.3 MB PDF.