Seaver Milnor

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Graduate Student in Chinese Language and Literature Box 353521 Seattle, WA 98195-3521 milnor@uw.edu Education MA in Chinese Language and Literature, University of Washington (in progress) MA in China Studies, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington (2005) BA in Asian Studies, Whitman College (2003)
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 Chinese dialectology 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, Korean, Summer 2009 FLAS Fellowship, Korean, Winter and Spring 2006 FLAS Fellowship, Chinese, Academic Year 2004-2005		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)