Yang Naisi
Yang Naisi | |
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| 杨耐思 | |
| Born | October 20, 1927 |
| Died | March 5, 2019 (aged 91) Beijing, China |
| Known for | Study of modern Chinese phonology, ʼPhags-pa script, and Xiang Chinese |
| Awards | Wang Li Linguistics Prize (1986) |
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| Doctoral advisor | Luo Changpei, Lu Zhiwei |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
| Sub-discipline | Chinese linguistics |
| Institutions | Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
Yang Naisi (Chinese: 杨耐思; Wade–Giles: Yang Nai-ssu; 20 October 1927 – 5 March 2019), also known by his pen name Yang Daojing (杨道经), was a Chinese linguist and a research professor at the Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He was noted for his research on modern Chinese phonology, the ʼPhags-pa script, and Xiang Chinese.