#DOTD: Zhao Yuanren 趙元任 (Yuen Ren Chao, 1892–1982), Chinese-American linguist. Earning degrees from Harvard and Cornell, he later taught at UC Berkeley and Tsinghua University. One of the Four Great Masters of National Learning #國學四大導師, he revolutionised #ChineseLinguistics
#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Zhou Youguang #周有光 (1906–2017), #economist, #linguist, and 'father of #Pinyin' #漢語拼音 之父, a system of #Romanisation for #Mandarin #Chinese, now recognised as the most common standard. #ChineseLinguistics #ChineseEconomics
#BOTD: Lufei Kui 陸費逵 (1886–1941), #Chinese #linguist, reformer, educator, and founder of Zhonghua (Chung Hwa) Book Company #中華書局. #ModernChina #ChineseLinguistics #Publishers
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#DOTD: Zhao Yuanren 趙元任 (Yuen Ren Chao, 1892–1982), Chinese-American linguist. Earning degrees from Harvard and Cornell, he later taught at UC Berkeley and Tsinghua University. One of the Four Great Masters of National Learning #國學四大導師, he revolutionised #ChineseLinguistics
#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Zhou Youguang #周有光 (1906–2017), #economist, #linguist, and 'father of #Pinyin' #漢語拼音 之父, a system of #Romanisation for #Mandarin #Chinese, now recognised as the most common standard. #ChineseLinguistics #ChineseEconomics
#BOTD: Lufei Kui 陸費逵 (1886–1941), #Chinese #linguist, reformer, educator, and founder of Zhonghua (Chung Hwa) Book Company #中華書局. #ModernChina #ChineseLinguistics #Publishers
#DOTD: Zhao Yuanren 趙元任 (Yuen Ren Chao, 1892–1982), Chinese-American linguist. Earning degrees from @Harvard and @Cornell, he later taught at @UCBerkeley and @Tsinghua_Uni. One of the Four Great Masters of National Learning #國學四大導師, he revolutionised #ChineseLinguistics
#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Zhou Youguang #周有光 (1906–2017), #economist, #linguist, and 'father of #Pinyin' #漢語拼音 之父, a system of #Romanisation for #Mandarin #Chinese, now recognised as the most common standard. #ChineseLinguistics #ChineseEconomics
RT askhistorians "What Chinese dialects would Chinese people have known in the 1930s? http://redd.it/386033 #ChineseLinguistics"
