Professor of Chinese Linguistics
wbaxter@umich.edu
Office Information:
202 South Thayer Street
5163 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608
phone: 734.763.3704
China;
Linguistics
Education/Degree:
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1977
About
On Leave Fall 2022 & Winter 2023
Professor Baxter specializes in historical linguistics; his book A Handbook of Old Chinese Phonology (Mouton DeGruyter, 1992) presents a reconstruction of the pronunciation of Old Chinese-the language of the earliest Chinese literary texts. His recent publications deal with the history of Chinese and its dialects, linguistic approaches to early Chinese literature, and the methodology of historical linguistics. He holds a join appointment with the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.
Affiliation(s)
- Asian Languages & Cultures
- Center for Chinese Studies
Field(s) of Study
- Historical linguistics, Chinese linguistics, history of linguistics
