William S-y Wang

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ID	142879
NOMBRE	William S-y Wang
NOMBRES	William S-y
APELLIDO	Wang
FIRMA	WANG W S
AFILIACIONES	Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Project on Linguistic Analysis, University of California at Berkeley.
VERIFICADO	No
TOTAL DE OBRAS	39
TOTAL DE CITAS	135
TOTAL COMO AUTOR	37
TOTAL COMO EDITOR	2
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN	1960
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN	2015
ÍNDICE H	7

The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics
William S-y Wang, Chaofen SunBOOKOxford Handbook of Chinese…2015
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The Influence of Buddhist Sanskrit on Chinese
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.CHAPTEROxford Handbook of Chinese…2015
Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics
Chaofen Sun, William S-y WangBOOKOxford Handbook of Chinese…2015
Sino-Tibetan Syntax
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.CHAPTEROxford Handbook of Chinese…2015
This chapter discusses the word order patterns in the Sino-Tibetan languages. The two branches, Sinitic (Chinese) and Tibeto-Burman, differ in that clauses in Sinitic are largely verb-medial while those in Tibeto-Burman are verb-final. This chapter explains both patterns using information structure rather than grammatical relations, and looks at the historical factors that led to the different patterns in the two branches of the family. The evide…
Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics
Chaofen Sun, William S-y WangBOOKOxford Handbook of Chinese…2014
The influence of language experience on categorical perception of pitch contours
Open AccessGang Peng, Hong-Ying Zheng et al.ARTICLEJournal of Phonetics2010Citada por: 12Referencias: 29
Modelling endangered languages
Open AccessJames W Minett, William S-y Wang et al.ARTICLELingua2008Citada por: 21Referencias: 24
Language Acquisition, Change and Emergence-Essays in Evolutionary Linguistics
William S-y Wang, James W Minett et al.BOOKLanguage acquisition, change and…2005
Evolution of language has evolved at multiple levels - from changes in the cognitive processes by which language is acquired in the individual, to language change by diffusion of acquired linguistic features across populations of individuals, to the emergence of linguistic features over phylogenetic time scales. Evolution of language at each of these levels interacts with that at each other level. This volume is a collection of essays by noted re…
On detecting borrowing
James W Minett, William S-y Wang et al.ARTICLEDiachronica2003
Two computational methods for detecting borrowing among a family of genetically related languages are proposed. One method, based on the detection of branches with negative length in lexicostatistical trees, is shown to work poorly. As we demonstrate, this method is similar to another recently proposed method for detecting borrowing based on skewing in lexicostatistical data. A second method, using character-based classification techniques in com…
Optimization Models of Sound Systems Using Genetic Algorithms
Open AccessJinyun Ke, Mieko Ogura et al.ARTICLEComputational Linguistics2003Citada por: 2Referencias: 5
In this study, optimization models using genetic algorithms (GAs) are proposed to study the configuration of vowels and tone systems. As in previous explanatory models that have been used to study vowel systems, certain criteria, which are assumed to be the principles governing the structure of sound systems, are used to predict optimal vowels and tone systems. In most of the earlier studies only one criterion has been considered. When two criter…
The Ancestry of the Chinese Language
Wolfgang Behr, William S-y WangARTICLELanguage1998
Language Polygenesis
Open AccessDavid A Freedman, William S-y Wang et al.ARTICLEAnthropological Science1996
Monogenesis of language is widely accepted, but the conventional argument seems to be mistaken; a simple probabilistic model shows that polygenesis is likely. Other prehistoric inventions are discussed, as are problems in tracing linguistic lineages
Lexical Diffusion in Semantic Chance
Mieko Ogura, William S-y Wang et al.ARTICLEFolia Linguistica Historica1995
Change in Language
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1991
Linguistics
Open AccessWilliam S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1991
Vocal Physiology
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1989
Speech and Speaker Recognition
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1986
Electronic Synthesis of Speech
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1986
Spatial Distance and Lexical Replacement
L L Cavalli‐sforza, L L Cavalli-Sforza et al.ARTICLELanguage1986Citada por: 4
The ‘stepping-stone’ model has been used to study genetic similarity of peoples as a function of the geographical distances separating them. A gene is represented by one of several alleles, much as a meaning is represented by one of many words. Based on this parallel, the stepping-stone model is here applied to a body of linguistic data from a chain of Micronesian islands. The logarithm of the lexical similarity, when plotted against geographical…
The Lexicon in Phonological Change
Mantaro J Hashimoto, William S-y WangARTICLELanguage1981
Language and Linguistics in the People's Republic of China
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1980
Assessing Language Incompetence
Open AccessWilliam S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLEForeign Language Annals1980
The Role of Speech in Language
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1979
Language Change A Lexical Perspective
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLEAnnual Review of Anthropology1979Citada por: 7
Implementation of Phonological Change
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.CHAPTERLexicon in Phonological Change1977

Competing Changes as a Cause of Residue
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLELanguage1969Citada por: 35
Phonological change may be implemented in a manner that is phonetically abrupt but lexically gradual. As the change diffuses across the lexicon, it may not reach all the morphemes to which it is applicable. If there is another change competing for part of the lexicon, residue may result. Several fundamental issues in the theory of phonological change are raised and discussed
Sound Change
Matthew Y Chen, William S-y Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1975Citada por: 25
In the present paper we address ourselves to two fundamental questions regarding sound change: (1) HOW does a sound change implement itself? and (2) WHY does a phonological process assume a particular form, and follow a particular pattern or schedule? In answer to the question of implementation, we propose the concept of LEXICAL DIFFUSION. We have amassed a sizable amount of evidence drawn from the history of Chinese, English, and Swedish, as wel…
Modelling endangered languages
Open AccessJames W Minett, William S-y Wang et al.ARTICLELingua2008Citada por: 21Referencias: 24
Two Aspect Markers in Mandarin
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLELanguage1965Citada por: 14
Introduction . In this study I present the solution to a well-known problem of aspect markers in Mandarin. The problem involves several seeming irregularities in the formation of negative sentences and of the so-called A-not-A questions. Essentially, my solution of the problem consists of the identification of the morph - y⊖u (as in méiy⊖u ) and the aspect marker - le as suppletive alternants of the same morpheme. In the light of this identificat…
The influence of language experience on categorical perception of pitch contours
Open AccessGang Peng, Hong-Ying Zheng et al.ARTICLEJournal of Phonetics2010Citada por: 12Referencias: 29
Frequency Studies of English Consonants
Open AccessWilliam S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage and Speech1960Citada por: 9Referencias: 2
In this study an explanation was sought for the disagreement among the various frequency counts which have been made of English consonants. The data for a set of ten different frequency counts were converted to IPA symbols and compared by means of the coefficient of linear correlation. It was found that the relative frequency of consonants in English is not seriously affected by the style of literary content or by the dialect of the sample and th…
Language Change A Lexical Perspective
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLEAnnual Review of Anthropology1979Citada por: 7
Vowel Features, Paired Variables, and the English Vowel Shift
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLELanguage1968Citada por: 6
In this study the use of variables for the abbreviation of disjunctive sets of phonological rules is examined. We ask whether there are rule sets which require more than one variable, and answer the question in the affirmative. The evidence consists of a new formulation of the English vowel-shift rule, using a pair of asymmetric features which distinguish four tongue heights for vowels. Within the context of the proposed rule, several theoretical…
Spatial Distance and Lexical Replacement
L L Cavalli‐sforza, L L Cavalli-Sforza et al.ARTICLELanguage1986Citada por: 4
The ‘stepping-stone’ model has been used to study genetic similarity of peoples as a function of the geographical distances separating them. A gene is represented by one of several alleles, much as a meaning is represented by one of many words. Based on this parallel, the stepping-stone model is here applied to a body of linguistic data from a chain of Micronesian islands. The logarithm of the lexical similarity, when plotted against geographical…
Optimization Models of Sound Systems Using Genetic Algorithms
Open AccessJinyun Ke, Mieko Ogura et al.ARTICLEComputational Linguistics2003Citada por: 2Referencias: 5
In this study, optimization models using genetic algorithms (GAs) are proposed to study the configuration of vowels and tone systems. As in previous explanatory models that have been used to study vowel systems, certain criteria, which are assumed to be the principles governing the structure of sound systems, are used to predict optimal vowels and tone systems. In most of the earlier studies only one criterion has been considered. When two criter…

Frequency Studies of English Consonants
Open AccessWilliam S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage and Speech1960Citada por: 9Referencias: 2
In this study an explanation was sought for the disagreement among the various frequency counts which have been made of English consonants. The data for a set of ten different frequency counts were converted to IPA symbols and compared by means of the coefficient of linear correlation. It was found that the relative frequency of consonants in English is not seriously affected by the style of literary content or by the dialect of the sample and th…
Stress in English
Open AccessWilliam S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage Learning1962
Tables of Transitional Frequencies of English Phonemes
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1965
Two Aspect Markers in Mandarin
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLELanguage1965Citada por: 14
Introduction . In this study I present the solution to a well-known problem of aspect markers in Mandarin. The problem involves several seeming irregularities in the formation of negative sentences and of the so-called A-not-A questions. Essentially, my solution of the problem consists of the identification of the morph - y⊖u (as in méiy⊖u ) and the aspect marker - le as suppletive alternants of the same morpheme. In the light of this identificat…
Conjoining and Deletion in Mandarin Syntax
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLEMonumenta Serica1967
Recent research into the theory of grammar indicates the importance of distinguishing between the deep structure and the surface structure of a language.2 At the deep-structure level, we may represent a sentence in the form of a labelled tree diagram called a deep P~marker (abbreviated P~d).3 The P~d contains rather complete information on the semantic and syntactic constituency of the sentence ; it serves as a basis for the application of the ru…
Vowel Features, Paired Variables, and the English Vowel Shift
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLELanguage1968Citada por: 6
In this study the use of variables for the abbreviation of disjunctive sets of phonological rules is examined. We ask whether there are rule sets which require more than one variable, and answer the question in the affirmative. The evidence consists of a new formulation of the English vowel-shift rule, using a pair of asymmetric features which distinguish four tongue heights for vowels. Within the context of the proposed rule, several theoretical…
Competing Changes as a Cause of Residue
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLELanguage1969Citada por: 35
Phonological change may be implemented in a manner that is phonetically abrupt but lexically gradual. As the change diffuses across the lexicon, it may not reach all the morphemes to which it is applicable. If there is another change competing for part of the lexicon, residue may result. Several fundamental issues in the theory of phonological change are raised and discussed
Project DOC
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1970
Dictionary on Computer (DOC) is part of a project to exploit the potentialities of a computer in phonological research. The immediate object is to reconstruct the phonological histories of the main Chinese dialects. At the same time it is hoped that more will be learned about the way in which phonological structures in general change, and about the relation between such changes and the synchronic systems to which these changes lead. Of special in…
Chinese Linguistics and the Computer
Open AccessWilliam S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELinguistics1973
Cliboc
Paul L-M Serruys, William S-y Wang et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1973
Sound Change
Matthew Y Chen, William S-y Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1975Citada por: 25
In the present paper we address ourselves to two fundamental questions regarding sound change: (1) HOW does a sound change implement itself? and (2) WHY does a phonological process assume a particular form, and follow a particular pattern or schedule? In answer to the question of implementation, we propose the concept of LEXICAL DIFFUSION. We have amassed a sizable amount of evidence drawn from the history of Chinese, English, and Swedish, as wel…
Implementation of Phonological Change
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.CHAPTERLexicon in Phonological Change1977
The Lexicon in Phonological Change
William S Wang, William S-y WangBOOKLexicon in Phonological Change1977
Studies in Tone and Intonation. R. M. Brend
Open AccessWilliam S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1977
Acoustic Phonetics
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1977
D. B. Fry has edited a basic course of readings on the acoustics of speech. The collection includes all the important classical papers in the field. It is carefully structured to present the student with a coherent picture of the relations between language units and the corresponding sound-waves and to explain the laws that govern these relations. He includes extracts which explain the generation of sound-waves by the speech-mechanism, the method…
The Role of Speech in Language
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1979
Language Change A Lexical Perspective
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLEAnnual Review of Anthropology1979Citada por: 7
Language and Linguistics in the People's Republic of China
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1980
Assessing Language Incompetence
Open AccessWilliam S-y Wang, Wei‐shu WangARTICLEForeign Language Annals1980
The Lexicon in Phonological Change
Mantaro J Hashimoto, William S-y WangARTICLELanguage1981
Speech and Speaker Recognition
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1986
Electronic Synthesis of Speech
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1986
Spatial Distance and Lexical Replacement
L L Cavalli‐sforza, L L Cavalli-Sforza et al.ARTICLELanguage1986Citada por: 4
The ‘stepping-stone’ model has been used to study genetic similarity of peoples as a function of the geographical distances separating them. A gene is represented by one of several alleles, much as a meaning is represented by one of many words. Based on this parallel, the stepping-stone model is here applied to a body of linguistic data from a chain of Micronesian islands. The logarithm of the lexical similarity, when plotted against geographical…
Vocal Physiology
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1989
Change in Language
William S-y Wang, Wei‐shu Wang et al.ARTICLELanguage1991