HISTORY OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE

ASIAN 631

Course Description

Introduction to Chinese historical linguistics, including the sound systems of the Shih-ching, T'ang poems, and Yuan songs, and their historical relations to the sounds of modern Mandarin, and syntactic interaction between classical and vernacular Chinese. Not open to students with credit for E ASIAN 631 prior to Fall 2019.

Prerequisties

ASIALANG 102 or ASIALANG 356 (E ASIAN 102 or 312 prior to Fall 2019) or placement into ASIALANG 201

Satisfies

LINGUIS 303

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.71

-0.26% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

3.57% from Historical

A Rate

42.86%

-37.86% from Historical

Class Size

44.83% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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