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DR YONGXIAN LUO



Contact Details

Organization: Asia Institute
Position: SENIOR LECTURER (CHINESE)
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Homepage: http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/luo.html
Work: 8344 4282
Fax: 9349 4870
Room: 227
Level: 02
Building: Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Sino-Tibetan linguistics, Tai-Kadai linguistics, Southeast Asia linguistics, areal linguistics, semantics, lexicography, minority languages in south China, translation theories and practice, Historical comparitive Tai linguistics, Sino-Tai connection, non-Han minorities in South China China (excludes SARs and Taiwan Province), Thailand

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts Guangxi Teacher Education University 01-Jan-1982
Graduate Diploma Guangxi Normal University 01-Apr-1987
Master of Arts The Australian National University 01-Jan-1992
Doctor of Philosophy The Australian National University 01-Jan-1996

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Linguistic Society 01-Jan-1992

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) The Chiang Chingkuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange ARC Discovery Project 01-May-1995

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Notes on Paha Buyang
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-39
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • A study of the correspondences between homonymic characters in Chinese and root sounds in Kam-Tai languages
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Minority Languages of China
    Volume: 150
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 19-21
    Publisher: Zhongguo Shehui Kexueyuan, Minzu Yanjiusuo
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Major Reference Works

  • Sino-Tibetan languages:Encyclopedia of Linguistics
    Year: 2004
    Reference Work Title: Sino-Tibetan languages
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Review of "A Handbook of Comparative Sino-Tai", by Xing Gongwan
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Chinese Linguistics
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 362-369
    Publisher: Project on Linguistic Analysis(Berkeley)
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  • Review of a handbook of Comparative Sino-Tai
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Chinese Linguistics
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 362-369
    Publisher: University of California(Berkeley)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • The Hypothesis of a New Branch for the Tai Languages
    Year: 2001
    Book: Essays in Tai Linguistics
    Publisher: Chulalongkorn University Press(Bangkok)
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