William Shi-Yuan Wang

Background

Wang, William Shi-Yuan was born on August 14, 1933 in Shanghai, China. Came to United States, 1948, naturalized, 1960. Son of Harper and Lily Wang.

Education

AB, Columbia University, 1955. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1960.

Career

Associate professor, chairman department linguistics Ohio State University, Columbus, 1963-1965. Professor linguistics University California, Berkeley, since 1966, director Project on Linguistic Analysis, since 1966. Professor graduate school, since 1994.

Fellow Center Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences, 1969-1970, 83-84. Senior Fulbright lecturer in, Sweden, 1972, India, 1979.

Works

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• book

  • Language, Writing and the Computer

    (Book by Wang, William S-.Y.)

  • Word And Image In Maya Culture: Explorations in Language, Writing, and Representation

    (Book by Hanks, William F)

  • Africa, past and present : a concise account of the country, its history, geography, explorations, climates, productions, resources, population, tribes, manners, customs, languages, colonization, and Christian Missions By an Old Resident

• Other Work

  • Author: Explorations in Language, 1991. Editor: The Lexicon in Phonological Change, 1977, Human Communication, 1982, Language Writing and the Computer, 1986. Co-editor: Individual Differences in Language Ability and Language Behavior, 1979.Associate editor Language, 1967-1973. Founding editor Journal Chinese Linguistics, since 1973. Contributor numerous articles to professional journals.

Membership

Member Linguistic Society of America, Acoustical Society of America, Academia Sinica, International Association Chinese Linguistics (president 1992-1993).

Connections

Children: Eugene, Yulun, Yumei, Yusi.

Father:

Harper Wang

Mother:

Lily Wang

child:

Eugene Wang

child:

Yulun Wang

child:

Yumei Wang

child:

Yusi Wang

References

• William Wang Shi Yuan
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