Xu Lin (linguist)

For other people named Xu Lin, see Xu Lin.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.
Xu Lin
徐琳
Born(1922-11-13)November 13, 1922
Kunming, Yunnan, China
DiedAugust 9, 2005(2005-08-09) (aged 82)
OccupationLinguist
SpouseFu Maoji

Xu Lin (November 13, 1922 - August 9, 2005, Chinese: 徐琳) was a Chinese linguist who was focused on the study of minority languages. The establishment of the modern linguistics of the Bai language and the modern linguistics of the Lisu language was her primary contribution.

Biography

Xu Lin was born into a Bai family in Kunming, Yunnan on November 13, 1922. She was initially from Qiaohou, Jianchuan County (now Eryuan County). She enrolled in Kunhua Girls' High School (Chinese: 云南省立昆华女中) in Yunnan in 1935. In 1938, she ceased her academic pursuits and enlisted in the Political Department of the 58th Army to engage in anti-Japanese publicity. In the second year of her degree, she enrolled in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Huachung University in 1942. She was subsequently relocated to the Department of Literature and History at Yunnan University in 1948.[1] She matriculated from the department in 1950 and was subsequently appointed as an assistant editor at the editorial office of the Yunnan People's Broadcasting Station. Upon graduation in 1950, she was appointed as the assistant editor and chief of the literary and educational team in the editorial department of Yunnan People's Broadcasting Station. [2]

In 1951, Xu relocated to the Institute of Languages of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese: 中国科学院语言研究所) to pursue employment. In 1956, the Institute of Ethnic Minority Languages of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese: 中国科学院少数民族语言研究所) was established. She served as an assistant researcher, associate researcher, and researcher there.[3] In June 1980 and April 1981, she participated in academic exchanges at the Institute of Asian and African Languages and Cultures of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. She retired in 1987, but she continued to engage in academic activities. She served as the honorary director of the Chinese Minority Ancient Scripts Research Society (Chinese: 中国少数民族古文字研究会) and the executive director of the Chinese Minority Linguistics Society.[4]

She was married to fellow linguist Fu Maoji.[5][6] She died on August 9, 2005, at the age of 82.[7]

Books

  • Institute of Minority Languages, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1959). Lisu Grammar Outline. Beijing: Science Publishing House.
  • Xu, Lin; Zhao, Yansun (1984). A Brief History of Bai Language. Beijing: Publishing House of Minority Nationalities.
  • Xu, Lin; Mu, Yuzhang; Gai, Xingzhi (1986). A Brief History of the Lisu Language. Beijing: Publishing House of Minority Nationalities.
  • Zhao, Yansun; Xu (1996). Bai-Chinese Dictionary. Chengdu: Sichuan Ethnic Publishing House. ISBN 7-5409-1743-1.
  • Xu, Lin (2008). Dali Series-Bai Language. Kunming: Yunnan Ethnic Publishing House. ISBN 978-7-5367-3879-9.

References

  1. ^ 云南省地方志编纂委员会; 云南省地方志编纂委员会; 云南省社会科学学会 (1997). 云南省志: 社会科学志 [Yunnan Provincial Annals: Social Sciences.]. 云南 省志 (in Chinese). Vol. 75. 云南人民出版社. p. 178. ISBN 978-7-222-02051-1. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  2. ^ 当代中国民族语言学家 [Contemporary Chinese ethnolinguists] (in Chinese). 青海人民出版社. 1989. p. 439. ISBN 978-7-225-00247-7. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  3. ^ 云南省民族硏究所; 云南民族出版社 (2002). 白族文化史 [History of Bai Culture]. 云南少数民族文化史丛书 (in Chinese). 云南民族出版社. p. 36. ISBN 978-7-5367-2369-6. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  4. ^ 新编大理风物志. 云南风物志丛书 (in Chinese). 云南人民出版社. 1999. p. 321. ISBN 978-7-222-02726-8. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  5. ^ 近現代中国少数民族英名录 [English directory of ethnic minorities in modern China] (in Chinese). 华夏出版社. 1994. p. 367. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  6. ^ 中国社会科学院. 语言研究所 (1964). 中国语文 [Chinese Language] (in Chinese). 中国社会科学出版社. p. 321. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  7. ^ 本刊编辑部 (2005). "沉痛悼念徐琳先生" [Deeply mourn Mr. Xu Lin]. 民族语文 (5): 38.