Yang Naisi

Yang Naisi
杨耐思
Born(1927-10-20)October 20, 1927
DiedMarch 5, 2019(2019-03-05) (aged 91)
Beijing, China
Known forStudy of modern Chinese phonology, ʼPhags-pa script, and Xiang Chinese
AwardsWang Li Linguistics Prize (1986)
Academic background
Alma mater
Doctoral advisorLuo Changpei, Lu Zhiwei
Academic work
DisciplineLinguist
Sub-disciplineChinese linguistics
InstitutionsInstitute 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.[1] He was noted for his research on modern Chinese phonology, the ʼPhags-pa script, and Xiang Chinese.

  1. ^ "著名语言学家杨耐思先生逝世". Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-04-01.