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Christopher I. Beckwith (born 1945) is a professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington

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 in Bloomington, Indiana
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.

He received his Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy

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 degree from Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University. It is also known as "Indiana University Bloomington", "Indiana", or simply IU, and is located in Bloomington, Indiana....
 in Uralic and Altaic Studies (1977).

He specializes in Asian language studies and linguistics
Linguistics

Linguistics is the science study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure and the study of Meaning ....
, and in the history
HIStory

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 of Central Eurasia
Central Eurasia

Central Eurasia is a geographic term, which may refer to:* Central Asia, i.e., the five Central Asian Republics as well as Iran, Afghanistan, parts of China and Pakistan, and sometimes Mongolia...
. He teaches Tibetan
Tibetan language

The Tibetan languages are a cluster of mutually unintelligible Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily by Tibetan peoples who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering South Asia, including the Tibetan Plateau and the northern Indian subcontinent in Baltistan, Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan....
 and Central Eurasian languages and Central Eurasian history.








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Christopher I. Beckwith (born 1945) is a professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University. It is also known as "Indiana University Bloomington", "Indiana", or simply IU, and is located in Bloomington, Indiana....
 in Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington, Indiana

Bloomington is a city and the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana in the southern region of the U.S. state of Indiana. According to the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 69,291 and its Bloomington, Indiana metropolitan area had a population of 175,506....
.

He received his Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated Ph.D. or PhD for the Latin , meaning "teacher of philosophy", is an postgraduate academic degree awarded by University....
 degree from Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington

Indiana University is the flagship campus of the Indiana University. It is also known as "Indiana University Bloomington", "Indiana", or simply IU, and is located in Bloomington, Indiana....
 in Uralic and Altaic Studies (1977).

He specializes in Asian language studies and linguistics
Linguistics

Linguistics is the science study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure and the study of Meaning ....
, and in the history
HIStory

HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I is a double album by Michael Jackson, released on June 20, 1995, and is Jackson's ninth. The first disc, named "HIStory Begins" consists of a selection of Jackson's greatest hits from the singer's past fifteen years, while the second, named "HIStory Continues" features new songs, with the...
 of Central Eurasia
Central Eurasia

Central Eurasia is a geographic term, which may refer to:* Central Asia, i.e., the five Central Asian Republics as well as Iran, Afghanistan, parts of China and Pakistan, and sometimes Mongolia...
. He teaches Tibetan
Tibetan language

The Tibetan languages are a cluster of mutually unintelligible Tibeto-Burman languages spoken primarily by Tibetan peoples who live across a wide area of eastern Central Asia bordering South Asia, including the Tibetan Plateau and the northern Indian subcontinent in Baltistan, Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan....
 and Central Eurasian languages and Central Eurasian history.

Publications

  • Beckwith, Christopher I. (1977). A Study of the Early Medieval Chinese, Latin, and Tibetan Historical Sources on Pre-Imperial Tibet. Indiana University PhD Dissertation.
  • Beckwith (1979): (review of) "Mission Paul Pelliot, Choix de documents tibétains, conservés à la Bibliothèque Nationale, complété par quelques manuscrits de l'India Office et du British Museum
    British Museum

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    , Tome 1er. Ariane MacDonald; Yoshiro Imaeda." Journal of the American Oriental Society 99.2: 393-394.
  • Beckwith (1979): "The Introduction of Greek Medicine into Tibet in the Seventh and Eighth Centuries". Journal of the American Oriental Society 99.2: 297-313.
  • Beckwith (1984): "Aspects of the Early History of the Central Asian Guard Corps in Islam". Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi, Vol. 4, 1984, 29-43.
  • Beckwith (1984): "The Plan of the City of Peace: Central Asian Iranian Factors in Early ‘Abbâsid Design. Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 38: 128-147.
  • Beckwith (1987): The Tibetans in the Ordos and North China: Considerations on the Role of the Tibetan Empire in World History. In: C.I. Beckwith, ed., Silver on Lapis. Bloomington: Tibet Society, 1987, 3-11.
  • Beckwith (1991): "The Impact of the Horse and Silk Trade on the Economies of T'ang China and the Uighur Empire: On the Importance of International Commerce in the Early Middle Ages". Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, Vol. 34, 1991, 183-198.
  • Beckwith (1993): The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia: A History of the Struggle for Great Power among Tibetans, Turks, Arabs, and Chinese during the Early Middle Ages. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. ISBN 0-691-05494-0. First paperback edition, with a new afterword, 1993. ISBN 0-691-02469-3
  • Beckwith (1994). "Tibetan language reform: History and future." Language reform: History and future. Ed by I. Fodor and C. Hagege. Vol. VI. Hamburg: Helmut Buske: 73–84.
  • Beckwith (1996): "The Morphological Argument for the Existence of Sino-Tibetan". Pan-Asiatic Linguistics: Proceeings of the Fourth International Symposium on Languages and Linguistics, January 8th-10th, 1996. vol 3. Bangkok: Institute of Language and Culture for Rural Development Mahidol University at Salaya: 812-826.
  • Beckwith (1998): "Noun Specification and Classification in Uzbek." Anthropological Linguistics 40.1: 124-140.
  • Beckwith (2002): Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages. PIATS 2000: Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-12424-1
  • Beckwith (2005): "On the Chinese Names for Tibet, Tabghatch, and the Turks." Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi, 14: 5-20.
  • Beckwith (2006): Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages II. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-15014-5
  • Beckwith (2006). “The Sonority Sequencing Principle and Old Tibetan Syllable Margins.” In: Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages II. Leiden: Brill, 45-57.
  • Beckwith (2006). "Methodological Observations on Some Recent Studies of the Early Ethnolinguistic History of Korea and Vicinity." Altai Hakpo 2006, 16: 199-234.
  • Beckwith (2006). "The Ethnolinguistic History of the Early Korean Peninsula Region: Japanese-Koguryoic and Other Languages in the Koguryo, Paekche, and Silla Kingdoms." Journal of Inner and East Asian Studies, 2006, Vol. 2-2: 34-64.
  • Beckwith (2007): Koguryo, the Language of Japan's Continental Relatives: An Introduction to the Historical-Comparative Study of the Japanese-Koguryoic Languages, with a Preliminary Description of Archaic Northeastern Middle Chinese. Brill Academic Publishers, 2004. ISBN 90-04-13949-4. Second edition, 2007. ISBN 90-04-16025-5
  • Beckwith (2007) "On the Proto-Indo-European Obstruent System." Historische Sprachforschung 2007, 120: 1-19.
  • Beckwith (2007): Phoronyms: Classifiers, Class Nouns, and the Pseudopartitive Construction. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.


See also

  • Goguryeo language
    Goguryeo language

    The Goguryeo language was spoken in the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo , one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. The language is also known as Koguryo, Koguryoic, and Koguryoan....