Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies | Cambridge Language Sciences

Prof Aaron Koller

Dr Ergin Opengin

Historical linguistics

language contact

Dr. Lucy (Xia) Zhao

Language acquisition

Journal articles

2023 (Accepted for publication)

Zhao, X. and Xiliang, C., 2023 (Accepted for publication). The ba-construction in learner Chinese: a corpus analysis汉语“把”字句的中介语分析 Yuyan Kexue - Linguistic Sciences,

2022 (Accepted for publication)

Zhao, X., Slabakova, R., Baker, L., Turner, J. and Tuniyan, E., 2022 (Accepted for publication). Null and Overt Pronoun Interpretation in L2 Mandarin Resultative Constructions Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism,

Zhao, X. and Cui, X., 2022 (Accepted for publication). 汉语把字句的事件结构分析 An event analysis of the ba-construction 语言教学与研究 Language Teaching and Linguistic Studies,

2022

Mai, Z., Zhao, L. and Yip, V., 2022. The Mandarin <i>ba</i>-construction in school-age heritage speakers and their parental input Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, v. 12
Doi: 10.1075/lab.18025.mai

Hsiaoching Wang

Theoretical/Experimental Linguistics; Chinese Syntax; Second Language Acquisition

Fei Yuan

Evolution of language; Syntax

Dr Paul M. Noorlander

Linguistic typology & documentation; Areal & historical Linguistics; West Asia; Semitic languages; Indo-Iranian languages

Journal articles

2023

Noorlander, PM., 2023. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect Spoken by the Christians of Marga (Sirnak, Southeastern Turkey) Journal of Semitic Studies, v. 68
Doi: 10.1093/jss/fgac025

2022

Noorlander, PM., 2022. The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Midyat (Midyoyo), vol 1, Texts JOURNAL OF SEMITIC STUDIES, v. 67
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/jss/fgac015

2021

Noorlander, PM., 2021. Ergativity and Other Alignment Types in Neo-Aramaic: Investigating Morphosyntactic Microvariation Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics, v. 103

Noorlander, PM., 2021. Source constructions as a key to alignment change: The case of Aramaic Journal of Historical Linguistics, v. 11
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1075/jhl.19046.noo

2016

Noorlander, P., 2016. The Problem of Classifying Ugaritic KUSATU - Kleine Untersuchungen zur Sprache des Alten Testaments und seiner Umwelt, v. 20

2014 (Published online)

Noorlander, PM., 2014 (Published online). Diversity in convergence: Kurdish and Aramaic variation entangled Kurdish Studies, v. 1
Doi: http://doi.org/10.33182/ks.v2i2.401

2012

Noorlander, P., 2012. Sam'alian in its Northwest Semitic Setting: A Historical-Comparative Approach Orientalia 81: 202 - 238,

Book chapters

2022

Noorlander, PM. and Molin, D., 2022. 1. Introduction to a Comparative Corpus of Oral Literature
Doi: 10.11647/obp.0306.01

Noorlander, PM., 2022. 33. Mirza Muhammad and the Three Princesses
Doi: 10.11647/obp.0307.30

Khan, G., Mohammadirad, M., Molin, D. and Noorlander, PM., 2022. Preface
Doi: 10.11647/obp.0306.17

Noorlander, PM., 2022. 32. Mirza Muhammad and the Forty Monsters
Doi: 10.11647/obp.0307.29

Noorlander, PM. and Mohammadirad, M., 2022. 3. Narrative Style and Discourse in Kurdish and Neo-Aramaic Oral Literature
Doi: 10.11647/obp.0306.03

Noorlander, PM., 2022. Christian Aramaic Of Harmashe Text 33: §1–44
Doi: 10.11647/obp.0306.11

2020

Noorlander, PM., 2020. Towards a Typology of Possessors and Experiencers in Neo-Aramaic
Doi: 10.11647/obp.0209.02

2015

Noorlander, P. and Stilo, D., 2015. On the Convergence of Verbal Systems of Aramaic and its Neighbors. Part II: Past Paradigms Derived from Present Equivalents

Books

2022

Khan, G., Mohammadirad, M., Molin, D. and Noorlander, PM., 2022. Neo-Aramaic and Kurdish Folklore from Northern Iraq
Doi: 10.11647/obp.0306

Khan, G., Mohammadirad, M., Molin, D. and Noorlander, PM., 2022. Neo-Aramaic and Kurdish Folklore from Northern Iraq
Doi: 10.11647/obp.0307

2020

2020. Studies in the Grammar and Lexicon of Neo-Aramaic
Doi: 10.11647/obp.0209

Dr Saussan Khalil

Arabic language, linguistics, sociolinguistics, computational linguistics, lexicography, teaching, second language acquisition, natural language processing, community languages

Dr Mahbod Ghaffari

Persian language, literature and culture; Iranian studies; Middle Eastern studies; linguistics

Books

2018

Ghaffari, M., Mahmmodi Bakhtiari, B. and Shahhoseini, F., 2018. Persian for Dummies

Professor Roel Sterckx FBA

Classical and literary Chinese;
classical Chinese philology

Book chapters

2023 (No publication date)

Sterckx, R., 2023 (No publication date). “To Rule ‘All under Heaven’”

2023

Sterckx, R., 2023. “Gazing back to see China’s future”

2019

Sterckx, R., 2019. Agronomy and Philosophy in Early China
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.20881

2018

Sterckx, R., 2018. Ritual, Mimesis, and the Animal World in Early China
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/9781316534663

Sterckx, R., 2018. The Limits of Illustration: Animalia and Pharmacopeia from Guo Pu to Bencao Gangmu 本草綱目
Doi: 10.1163/9789004366183_009

Sterckx, R., 2018. Animal to Edible
Doi: 10.1017/9781108551571.004

Sterckx, R., 2018. Animals through Chinese History: Earliest times to 1911

Sterckx, R., 2018. Food and agriculture

2017

Sterckx, R., 2017. Ritual, mimesis and the animal world in early China
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/9781316534663.012

2015

Sterckx, R., 2015. Ideologies of the Peasant and Merchant in Warring States China
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1163/9789004299337_009

2013

Sterckx, R., 2013. Mozi 31 : explaining ghosts, again
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1163/9789004246201_005

2012

Sterckx, R., 2012. Animals, gaming and entertainment in traditional China

Sterckx, R., 2012. Feeding in the Afterlife

2010

Sterckx, R., 2010. Religious Practices in Qin and Han.

2009

Sterckx, R., 2009. Alimentar a los antepasados : Comida, ritual y autoridad en la China antigua

Sterckx, R., 2009. Ancêtres, offrandes et esprits : la culture du sacrifice dans la Chine ancienne

Sterckx, R., 2009. A Symbolic Bestiary

2008

Sterckx, R., 2008. The economics of religion in Warring States and early imperial China

2007

Duncan, JS., Johnson, NC. and Schein, RH., 2007. Introduction
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/9780470996515.ch1

Sterckx, R., 2007. Chatu de juxian: Cong Guo Pu dao Li Shizhen de dongwu chatu (插图的局限:从郭璞到李时珍的動物插圖)

2006

Sterckx, R., 2006. Of a tawny bull we make offering?: Animals in Early Chinese Religion

Sterckx, R., 2006. The Bestiary of Han

2005

Sterckx, R., 2005. Food and Philosophy in Early China

2004

Sterckx, R., 2004. Musique et animaux dans la Chine ancienne

2003

Sterckx, R., 2003. Le pouvoir des sens : Sagesse et perception sensorielle en Chine ancienne

Sterckx, R., 2003. Attitudes towards wildlife and the hunt in pre-Buddhist China
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9780203641811

Theses / dissertations

2022 (No publication date)

Dong, Q., 2022 (No publication date). Embryo, Body and Generation: A Comparative Study of Embryological Thought in Ancient Greece and Early China
Doi: http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.83928

Internet publications

2022 (No publication date)

Sterckx, R., 2022 (No publication date). China's neverending pigstory

2021

Sterckx, R., 2021. The strong armed philosophy of the Chinese state isn’t new

2019

Sterckx, R., 2019. The Use and Abuse of Nature. Ancient Chinese views of the balance between the human and natural worlds.

Journal articles

2022 (Accepted for publication)

Sterckx, R., 2022 (Accepted for publication). "Excreted and left untreated? Human and animal waste: from Dunhuang to Laozi." East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine,

2020

Sterckx, R., 2020. Agrarian and Mercantile Ideologies in Western Han Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, v. 63
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1163/15685209-12341520

2017

Sterckx, R., 2017. Chang'an 26 BCE. An Augustan Age in China. BULLETIN OF THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES-UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, v. 80
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X17000350

2016

Sterckx, R., 2016. Ritual, mimesis, and the Nonhuman Animal World in Early China Society and Animals,
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-12341404

Sterckx, R., 2016. Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China JOURNAL OF HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY, v. 53
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2015.08.010

2015

Sterckx, R., 2015. Mozi. A Study and Translation of the Ethical and Political Writings BULLETIN OF THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES-UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, v. 78
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0041977X15000099

Sterckx, R., 2015. Alcohol and Historiography in Early China Global Food History, v. 1
Doi: 10.1080/20549547.2015.11435410

2013

China, HXYJZLJFWZX. and bu, HXYJTXBJ., 2013. Zhi shen Shennong de tianyuan (置身神農的田園) Hanxue yanjiu tongxun (漢學研究通訊)= Newsletter for research in Chinese studies, v. 32

2012

Sterckx, R., 2012. Zoomorphism and Sacrificial Religion in Early China = 古代中國的動物形象與祭祀 Han xue yan jiu(漢學研究), v. 30

Sterckx, R., 2012. Zoomorphism and sacrificial religion in Early China = 古代中國的動物形象與祭祀 漢學研究 = Hanxue yanjiu, v. 30

2008

Sterckx, R., 2008. The Limits of Illustration: Animalia and Pharmacopeia from Guo Pu to Bencao Gangmu Asian Medicine, v. 4
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1163/157342009X12526658783619

2007

Sterckx, R., 2007. Searching for Spirit : Shen and Sacrifice in Warring States and Han Philosophy and Ritual Extrême orient Extrême occident, v. 29
Doi: 10.3406/oroc.2007.1083

2006

Sterckx, R., 2006. The pristine Dao: Metaphysics in early Daoist discourse. B SCH ORIENT AFR ST, v. 69

Sterckx, R., 2006. Material virtue: Ethics and the body in early China. J ASIAN STUD, v. 65

Sterckx, R., 2006. Sages, cooks, and flavours in warring states and han china International Journal of Phytoremediation, v. 21
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1179/mon.2006.54.1.001

2005

Sterckx, R., 2005. Animal Classification in Ancient China East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine, v. 23

2004

Sterckx, R., 2004. A Chinese bestiary: Strange creatures from the guideways through mountains and seas. J ASIAN STUD, v. 63

2003

Sterckx, R., 2003. The Grand Scribe's records, vol 2, The basic annals of Han China by Ssu-ma Chien TOUNG PAO, v. 89

Sterckx, R., 2003. Ancient China and its enemies: The rise of nomadic power in East Asian history HARVARD J ASIAT STUD, v. 63

2002

Sterckx, R., 2002. The culture of sex in ancient China. J ASIAN STUD, v. 61

2000

Sterckx, R., 2000. Transforming the beasts: Animal and music in early China TOUNG PAO, v. 86

1999

Sterckx, R., 1999. Before Confucius: studies in the creation of the Chinese classics B SCH ORIENT AFR ST, v. 62

1998

Sterckx, R., 1998. Debating the strange: animal anomalies in early China Working papers in Chinese Studies (Department of Chinese Studies,NUS), v. 1

1996

Sterckx, R., 1996. Transcending habitats: authority, teritory and the animal realm in Warring States and early Imperial China BBACS : bulletin of the British Association for Chinese Studies.,

Sterckx, R., 1996. An Ancient Chinese Horse Ritual Early China, v. 21
Doi: 10.1017/s0362502800003400

Books

2022

Sterckx, R., 2022. 中国思想从孔夫子到庖丁

2021

Sterckx, R., 2021. Chinees denken. Over geschiedenis, filosofie en samenleving.

2019

Sterckx, R., 2019. Chinese Thought From Confucius to Cook Ding

Sterckx, R., 2019. Ways of Heaven An Introduction to Chinese Thought

2018

Schafer, D., Siebert, M. and Sterckx, R., 2018. Animals Through Chinese History Earliest Times to 1911
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/9781108551571

2015

Sterckx, R., 2015. Gudai Zhongguo de dongwu yu lingy i(古代中国的动物与灵异)

2012

Sterckx, R., 2012. Energia vitale: Il cosmo nel pensiero cinese antico

Sterckx, R. and Luca, D., 2012. Asian studies in the humanities : visions for the future

2011

Sterckx, R., 2011. Food, Sacrifice, and Sagehood in Early China
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511736247

2008

Sterckx, R., 2008. In the fields of Shennong

2007

Graziani, R. and Sterckx, R., 2007. De l’esprit aux esprits: enquête sur la notion de shen = Of self and spirits : exploring shen in China

2006

Wang, MC., Lai, G., Sterckx, R., Wang, EY. and Museum, ISG., 2006. A bronze menagerie: mat weights of early China

2005

Sterckx, R., 2005. Of tripod and palate

Sterckx, R., 2005. Of tripod and palate: Food, politics, and religion in traditional China
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1057/9781403979278

2002

Sterckx, R., 2002. The animal and the daemon in early China

Стеркс, Р., Китайская мысль: от Конфуция до повара Дина

Conference proceedings

2008

Anonymous, , 2008. Introduction UNIFIED APPROACH TO BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS, v. 78

Dr Vincenzo Vergiani

Sanskrit;
Classical Tamil;
the history of linguistic ideas and the philosophy of language in ancient India

Book chapters

2021 (Accepted for publication)

Vergiani, V., 2021 (Accepted for publication). Some of Bhartṛhari’s Insights on Complex Utterances.

2020 (Accepted for publication)

Vergiani, V., 2020 (Accepted for publication). Scribbling in Newar on the Margins of a Sanskrit Manuscript (Add.2832, University Library, Cambridge).

2017

Vergiani, V., 2017. A tentative history of the Sanskrit grammatical traditions in Nepal through the manuscript collections
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1515/9783110543100-004

Vergiani, V., 2017. Bhartṛhari on Language, Perception and Consciousness
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199314621.013.50

2016

Vergiani, V., 2016. Helārāja on omniscience, āgama and the origin of language

2013

Vergiani, V., 2013. The adoption of Bhartṛhari’s classification of the grammatical object in Cēn̲āvaraiyar’s commentary on the Tolkāppiyam

2012

Vergiani, V., 2012. Bhartṛhari’s views on the role of liminal perception in individual self-awareness

2011

Vergiani, V., 2011. Dealing with conflicting views within the Pāṇinian tradition: On the derivation of tyādṛś etc
Doi: http://doi.org/10.7135/UPO9781843313977.017

Vergiani, V., Bhate, S. and Haag, P., 2011. Critical Edition

Vergiani, V., Bhate, S. and Haag, P., 2011. Description of Manuscripts

Vergiani, V. and Haag, P., 2011. Translation: The Section on Abbreviations

Vergiani, V., 2011. A Quotation of the ‘Mahabhasyadipika’ of Bhartrhari in the ‘Pratyahara’ Section of the ‘Kasikavrtti

Vergiani, V., 2011. Methodology and Results

Vergiani, V., 2011. The Relationships between the Manuscripts

2009

Vergiani, V., 2009. Bhartṛhari on sesa relationships

2008

Vergiani, V. and Sferra, F., 2008. Due manoscritti sanscriti preservati nella Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Vergiani, V., 2008. Helaraja’s defence of the padavadhika method of grammatical explanation

Vergiani, V., 2008. The Treatment of the Present Tense in the Kasmirasabdamrta of Isvara Kaul, a Paninian grammar of the Kashmiri language.

2004

Vergiani, V., 2004. Spazio fisico, categorie concettuali e realtà ultima nel pensiero di Bhartṛhari

2002

Vergiani, V., 2002. La speculazione linguistica indiana: della grammatica alla filosofia del linguaggio

Journal articles

2020

Vergiani, V., 2020. Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī: A Turning Point in Indian Intellectual History Rivista degli Studi Orientali, v. XCII

2015

Vergiani, V., 2015. Āgamārthānusāribhiḥ. Helārāja’s Use of Quotations and Other Referential Devices in His Commentary on the Vākyapadīya Journal of Indian Philosophy, v. 43
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-014-9237-4

Vergiani, V., 2015. The concept of prayoktṛdharma in the Vākyapadīya and some later works. The expression of feelings through words: : a linguistic and philosophical outlook. Bulletin d’Etudes Indiennes, v. 32

2003

Vergiani, V., 2003. TWO PARALLEL PASSAGES IN THE MAHĀBHĀṢYAṬĪKĀ AND THE VĀKYAPADĪYA OF BHARTṚHARI Rivista degli studi orientali, v. 77

1993

Vergiani, V. and Vergiani, E., 1993. THE NEGATIVE ASAMARTHASAMĀSAS IN THE PĀṆINIAN TRADITION Rivista degli studi orientali, v. 67

Books

2017

Vergiani, V., Cuneo, D. and Formigatti, CA., 2017. Indic Manuscript Cultures through the Ages: Material, Textual, and Historical Investigations

2014

Jones, MK., 2014. Preface

2013

Vergiani, V., 2013. The Sādhanasamuddeśa in the Vākyapadīya of Bhartṛhari, with the Prakīrṇaprakāśa of Helārāja. An Annotated Translation and Study.

2012

Vergiani, V. and Cox, W., 2012. Bilingual discourse and cross-cultural fertilisation: Sanskrit and Tamil in medieval India

2009

Vergiani, V. and Haag, P., 2009. Studies in the Kāśikāvṛtti. : the section on pratyāhāras. Critical edition, translation and other contributions