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Randy LaPolla

Randy John LaPolla (Chinese: 羅仁地; pinyin: Luó Réndì) is a professor and former Head of Division at the Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies in Nanyang Technological University. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, elected 2008. He is currently Professor of Linguistics at the Center for Language Sciences at Beijing…

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Alma mater
SUNY Stony Brook (B.A.) · University of California, Berkeley (M.A., Ph.D.)
Doctoral advisor
James Matisoff, Robert Van Valin
Hanyu Pinyin
Luó Réndì
Institutions
Nanyang Technological University Beijing Normal University Zhuhai campus
Main interests
Chinese linguistics, Sino-Tibetan linguistics
Simplified Chinese
罗仁地

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Randy LaPolla

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Alma mater · 2
Randy LaPolla → SUNY Stony Brook (B.A.), University of California, Berkeley (M.A., Ph.D.)
Doctoral advisor · 1
Randy LaPolla → James Matisoff, Robert Van Valin
Hanyu Pinyin · 1
Randy LaPolla → Luó Réndì
Institutions · 1
Randy LaPolla → Nanyang Technological University Beijing Normal University Zhuhai campus
Main interests · 1
Randy LaPolla → Chinese linguistics, Sino-Tibetan linguistics
Simplified Chinese · 1
Randy LaPolla → 罗仁地
Thesis · 1
Randy LaPolla → Grammatical Relations in Chinese: Synchronic and Diachronic Considerations (1990)
Traditional Chinese · 1
Randy LaPolla → 羅仁地
Transcriptions · 1
Randy LaPolla → TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinLuó Réndì
Website · 1
Randy LaPolla → randylapolla.info

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university lapolla linguistics professor isbn randy also qiang nanyang technological california berkeley 1990 language sino-tibetan van valin zhuhai 2003 fellow

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Randy LaPollaAlma materSUNY Stony Brook (B.A.)1.00infobox
Randy LaPollaAlma materUniversity of California, Berkeley (M.A., Ph.D.)1.00infobox
Randy LaPollaDoctoral advisorJames Matisoff, Robert Van Valin1.00infobox
Randy LaPollaHanyu PinyinLuó Réndì1.00infobox
Randy LaPollaInstitutionsNanyang Technological University Beijing Normal University Zhuhai campus1.00infobox
Randy LaPollaMain interestsChinese linguistics, Sino-Tibetan linguistics1.00infobox
Randy LaPollaSimplified Chinese罗仁地1.00infobox
Randy LaPollaThesisGrammatical Relations in Chinese: Synchronic and Diachronic Considerations (1990)1.00infobox
Randy LaPollaTraditional Chinese羅仁地1.00infobox
Randy LaPollaTranscriptionsTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinLuó Réndì1.00infobox
Randy LaPollaWebsiterandylapolla.info1.00infobox

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    Nodes28
    Edges27
    Triples11
    Avg. degree1.93
    Density0.071429
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