Jonathan Morton Smith
Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures - Honors Program
Associate Professor
McMurran Hall 165
(757) 594-8762
jonathan.smith@cnu.edu
Education
- Ph D in East Asian Languages, University of Pennsylvania
- MA in East Asian Languages, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- BA in Visual Arts, Rice University
Teaching
Chinese languages (Modern Standard Mandarin, Taiwanese)
Chinese linguistics, esp. historical phonology
East Asian writing systems
Chinese and East Asian histories and cultures
Traditional Chinese thought, esp. astronomy, cosmology, mythology
Research
Chinese languages (Modern Standard Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese, etc.)
Chinese linguistics, esp. historical phonology
Cultural and linguistic histories of East and Southeast Asia
Traditional Chinese thought, esp. astronomy, cosmology, mythology
Classical Chinese
Selected Accomplishments
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Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2021). Diverse sources and an internal foundation for voiced onsets in Northern Mǐn. Language and Linguistics. Volume, 22. Issue, 1. Pages, 71-110. -
Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
(2019). On the Luni-Stellar Solution to the Sexagenary Cycle and the (More or Less) Indigenous Origins of Chinese Writing. Rutgers University Press. Pages, 175-201. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2019). Dōng 東 ‘East’ and the Chinese “Indian Circle". Journal of the American Oriental Society. Volume, 139. Issue, 3. Pages, to appear. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2018). A/B Type Segregation in Mixed-Onset Phonetic Series is the Key to Early Chinese Onset Complexity. Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale. Volume, 47. Issue, 2. Pages, 165-197. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2018). Shun 舜 and the Interpretation of Early Orthographical Variation. Early China / Cambridge University Press. Volume, 41. Pages, 415-422. -
Journal Article, Professional Journal
(2015). Sound Symbolism in the Reduplicative Vocabulary of the Shi jing. Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture. Volume, Vol. 2. Issue, No. 2. Pages, pp. 258-285. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2012). The Di Zhi 地⽀ as Lunar Phases and Their Coordination with the Tian Gan 天⼲ as Ecliptic Asterisms in a China before Anyang. Early China. Volume, 33-34, 2010-11. Pages, 199-228. -
Journal Article, Academic Journal
(2012). The Old Astronomical Significance of the Glyph〈歲〉and the Word Suì< *Swats. Journal of the American Oriental Society. Volume, 132. Issue, 1. Pages, 41-60.