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Seaver Milnor


Graduate Student in Chinese Language and Literature

 

 

 

 

Box 353521
Seattle, WA 98195-3521
milnor@uw.edu

 
Seaver Milnor
     

Education

  • BA in Asian Studies, Whitman College (2003)

  • MA in China Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington (2005)

  • MA in Chinese Language and Literature, University of Washington (in progress)

Research & Teaching Fields

  • Comparative Chinese and Korean historical phonology; e.g. the rise and fall of consonant clusters in Old Chinese and Middle Korean

  • Martial arts literature, particularly Ming/Qing period poetry describing sequences of combat techniques

Selected Publications

  • Milnor, Seaver. “A Comparison Between the Development of the Chinese Writing System and Dongba Pictographs,” University of Washington Working Papers in Linguistics, vol. 24 (2005), eds. Daniel J. Jinguji and Steven Moran, pp. 30-45, Seattle, WA

Awards and Recognitions

  • Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, Summer 2009 – Korean

  • FLAS Fellowship, Winter and Spring 2006 – Korean

  • FLAS Fellowship, Academic Year 2004-05 – Chinese

 

 

 

 

Courses Taught

  • History of the English Language (Lanzhou University)

  • English Pronunciation (Lanzhou University)

  • English Speaking and Writing (Lanzhou University)

  • Cultural Background of English-Speaking Countries (Lanzhou University)

 

 

 

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