Bernhard Karlgren

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Bernhard Karlgren was a pioneering Swedish sinologist and linguist known for his influential reconstructions of ancient Chinese phonology and historical Chinese dialects.

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instanceOf human
linguist
sinologist
birthCountry Sweden NERFINISHED
birthDate 1889-10-15
birthPlace Jönköping NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Sweden
deathCountry Sweden NERFINISHED
deathDate 1978-10-20
educatedAt University of Gothenburg NERFINISHED
Uppsala University NERFINISHED
employer Stockholm University NERFINISHED
University of Gothenburg NERFINISHED
familyName Karlgren NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Chinese linguistics NERFINISHED
historical linguistics
phonology
sinology
gender male
givenName Klas Bernhard NERFINISHED
influenced Axel Schuessler NERFINISHED
Jerry Norman NERFINISHED
William H. Baxter NERFINISHED
knownFor comparative study of Chinese dialects
pioneering work in historical Chinese phonology
reconstruction of Middle Chinese phonology
reconstruction of Old Chinese phonology
languageOfWorkOrName Chinese
French
Swedish
memberOf Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities NERFINISHED
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
name Bernhard Karlgren NERFINISHED
nationality Swedish
notableWork Analytic Dictionary of Chinese and Sino-Japanese NERFINISHED
Grammata Serica NERFINISHED
Grammata Serica Recensa NERFINISHED
Sound and Symbol in Chinese NERFINISHED
Études sur la phonologie chinoise NERFINISHED
occupation philologist
university professor
placeOfDeath Stockholm NERFINISHED
positionHeld director of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm
professor of East Asian languages
researchFocus classification of Chinese dialects
historical reconstruction of Chinese initials and finals
relationship between Old Chinese and modern dialects

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Middle Chinese reconstructedBy Bernhard Karlgren
Old Chinese reconstructedBy Bernhard Karlgren