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Zev Handel Associate Professor 245 Gowen Hall Box 353521 Seattle, WA 98195-3521 (206) 543-4863; Fax (206) 685-4268 zhandel@u.washington.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/zhandel/
Education A.B. Mathematics. Harvard College. 1988 M.A. East Asian Languages. University of California - Berkeley. 1992 Ph.D. Chinese Language. University of California - Berkeley. 1998 Research & Teaching Fields Chinese language, historical phonology, Chinese dialectology, Tibeto-Burman languages Selected Publications "Northern Min tone values and the reconstruction of 'softened initials'." Language and Linguistics , vol. 4, no. 1 (January 2003) pp. 47-84. "Proto-Lolo-Burmese velar clusters and the origin of Lisu palatal sibilants." Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area , vol. 25, no. 1 (Spring 2002) pp. 95-112. "Rethinking the medials of Old Chinese: Where are the r's?" Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale , vol. 31, no. 1 (2002) pp. 3-32. Current Research Projects Completing a book on the reconstruction of Old Chinese medial elements and their Sino-Tibetan origins. Investigating the historical origins of unusual phonetic features in the Northern Min dialects of Fujian Province.		Courses Taught Chinese 201-202-203 Chinese 531-532-533 Chinese 342/442 Chinese 540 Chinese 542 Asian 211 Asian 401 Links 39th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus Project (UC Berkeley) Ingush Project (UC Berkeley)