Wolfgang Behr
Biographic Data
| ID | 485400 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wolfgang Behr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wolfgang |
| FAMILY NAME | Behr |
| SIGNATURE | BEHR W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6876-5163 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘One’ in Old Chinese
Strictly speaking, counting starts with more than one object, usually two, once the principle of sequentiality operates. A corollary of this is that ‘1’, although a base number, usually does not belong to the system of numerals in the languages of the world lexically . While it may become part of such a system based on another atom, engaging in various mathematical operations to construct higher numbers, it often stands apart. This distinction ma…
The Gongsun Longzi and Other Neglected Texts
The Gongsun Longzi is often considered the only extant work of the Classical Chinese “School of Names”, an early intellectual tradition (trad. dated to the 4 th cent. B.C.) mainly concerned with logic and the philosophy of language. The Gongsun Longzi is a heterogeneous collection of five chapters that include short treatises and largely fictive dialogues between an anonymous persuader and his opponent, which typically revolve around a paradoxica…
Morphological structure can escape reduction effects from mass admixture of second language speakers
Morphological complexity is expected to decrease under mass admixture from adult second language speakers. While this has been chiefly shown for morphological richness, an unresolved question is whether the effect extends to aspects of morphological boundedness. Here we report a case study of Sino-Tibetan verbs, contrasting verbal expressions of two languages with very large (Chinese, Burmese) and of two languages with very small (Bunan, Chintang…
Vision and Visuality in Buddhism and Beyond
“Monosyllabism” and Some Other Perennial Clichés About the Nature, Origins and Contacts of the Chinese Language in Europe
Gerhard Schmitt (1933–2017)
Slowly, but unrelentingly, the generation of those unusual Western sinologists who spent their childhood in pre-1949 Republican China is fading away. Gerhard Schmitt, who passed away on November 26, 2017, in Berlin, in the wake of an emergency ileus operation after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease, was born in Canton on September 28, 1933. His parents Friedrich and Albertine were missionaries, who seem to have fit the clich of those "Chin…
Role of Language in Early Chinese Constructions of Ethnic Identity
Ulrich Unger (1930–2006)
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‘To Translate’ is (To Exchange’ 譯者言易也 — Linguistic Diversity and the Terms for Translation in Ancient China
Zum Alteurasischen. Eine Sprachvergleichung
Démons et merveilles dans la littérature chinoise des Six Dynasties. Le fantastique et l'anecdotique dans le Soushen ji de Gan Bao
Paulos Huang, Lao Zi, The Book and the Man
The Ancestry of the Chinese Language
August Pfizmaier (1808-1887) und seine Bedeutung für die Ostasienwissenschaften
Otto Ladstätter Und Sepp Linhart (Hrsg.)
OTTO LADSTÄTTER und SEPP LINHART (Hrsg.): August Pfizmaier (1808–1887) und seine Bedeutung für die Ostasienwissenschajten. – Wien 1990, 275 S. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Phil.-Hist. Kl., Bd. 562; Beiträge zur Kultur und Geistesgeschichte Asiens, Nr. 3)" published on 18 Jan 1994 by Brill
The Classical Tibetan Language
Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Deutsche Demokratische Republik. Systemvergleich Politik - Wirtschaft - Gesellschaft
Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Deutsche Demokratische Republik. Systemvergleich Politik - Wirtschaft - Gesellschaft
August Pfizmaier (1808-1887) und seine Bedeutung für die Ostasienwissenschaften
Otto Ladstätter Und Sepp Linhart (Hrsg.)
OTTO LADSTÄTTER und SEPP LINHART (Hrsg.): August Pfizmaier (1808–1887) und seine Bedeutung für die Ostasienwissenschajten. – Wien 1990, 275 S. (Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Phil.-Hist. Kl., Bd. 562; Beiträge zur Kultur und Geistesgeschichte Asiens, Nr. 3)" published on 18 Jan 1994 by Brill
The Classical Tibetan Language
Paulos Huang, Lao Zi, The Book and the Man
The Ancestry of the Chinese Language
Zum Alteurasischen. Eine Sprachvergleichung
Démons et merveilles dans la littérature chinoise des Six Dynasties. Le fantastique et l'anecdotique dans le Soushen ji de Gan Bao
‘To Translate’ is (To Exchange’ 譯者言易也 — Linguistic Diversity and the Terms for Translation in Ancient China
Ulrich Unger (1930–2006)
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Role of Language in Early Chinese Constructions of Ethnic Identity
Gerhard Schmitt (1933–2017)
Slowly, but unrelentingly, the generation of those unusual Western sinologists who spent their childhood in pre-1949 Republican China is fading away. Gerhard Schmitt, who passed away on November 26, 2017, in Berlin, in the wake of an emergency ileus operation after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease, was born in Canton on September 28, 1933. His parents Friedrich and Albertine were missionaries, who seem to have fit the clich of those "Chin…
“Monosyllabism” and Some Other Perennial Clichés About the Nature, Origins and Contacts of the Chinese Language in Europe
The Gongsun Longzi and Other Neglected Texts
The Gongsun Longzi is often considered the only extant work of the Classical Chinese “School of Names”, an early intellectual tradition (trad. dated to the 4 th cent. B.C.) mainly concerned with logic and the philosophy of language. The Gongsun Longzi is a heterogeneous collection of five chapters that include short treatises and largely fictive dialogues between an anonymous persuader and his opponent, which typically revolve around a paradoxica…
Morphological structure can escape reduction effects from mass admixture of second language speakers
Morphological complexity is expected to decrease under mass admixture from adult second language speakers. While this has been chiefly shown for morphological richness, an unresolved question is whether the effect extends to aspects of morphological boundedness. Here we report a case study of Sino-Tibetan verbs, contrasting verbal expressions of two languages with very large (Chinese, Burmese) and of two languages with very small (Bunan, Chintang…
Vision and Visuality in Buddhism and Beyond
‘One’ in Old Chinese
Strictly speaking, counting starts with more than one object, usually two, once the principle of sequentiality operates. A corollary of this is that ‘1’, although a base number, usually does not belong to the system of numerals in the languages of the world lexically . While it may become part of such a system based on another atom, engaging in various mathematical operations to construct higher numbers, it often stands apart. This distinction ma…
Philosophy (9 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (6 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works)