William H. Baxter

William H. Baxter
Born (1949-03-03) March 3, 1949 (age 75)
Alma materAmherst College (B.A.)
Cornell University (M.A., Ph.D.)
Known forReconstruction of Old Chinese
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
Doctoral advisorNicholas Bodman
Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBái Yīpíng
IPA[pǎɪ í.pʰǐŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBaahk Yātpìhng
Jyutpingbaak6 jat1 ping4
IPA[pak̚˨ yɐt̚˥.pʰɪŋ˩]
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinesebaek 'jit-bjaeng
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)/*bˤrak ʔi[t].m-breŋ/

William Hubbard Baxter III (born March 3, 1949) is an American linguist specializing in the history of the Chinese language and best known for his work on the reconstruction on Old Chinese.


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