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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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Overview
- Chinese Traditional Chinese characters
- Pinyin
- Nanyang Technological University
- Australian Academy of the Humanities
- Beijing Normal University
- Zhuhai
- Linguistics
- Typology Linguistic typology
- Sino-Tibetan languages
- Language documentation
- Qiang Qiangic languages
- Dulong/Rawang Nungish languages
- Grammar
- Qiang Northern Qiang language
- Van Valin Robert Van Valin, Jr.
- Role and Reference Grammar
- University of California, Berkeley
- James Matisoff
- STEDT Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus
- Academia Sinica
- City University of Hong Kong
- La Trobe University
- Cheung Kong Scholar
- Australian Linguistic Society
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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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Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Randy LaPolla | Alma mater | SUNY Stony Brook (B.A.) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Randy LaPolla | Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (M.A., Ph.D.) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Randy LaPolla | Doctoral advisor | James Matisoff, Robert Van Valin | 1.00 | infobox |
| Randy LaPolla | Hanyu Pinyin | Luó Réndì | 1.00 | infobox |
| Randy LaPolla | Institutions | Nanyang Technological University Beijing Normal University Zhuhai campus | 1.00 | infobox |
| Randy LaPolla | Main interests | Chinese linguistics, Sino-Tibetan linguistics | 1.00 | infobox |
| Randy LaPolla | Simplified Chinese | 罗仁地 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Randy LaPolla | Thesis | Grammatical Relations in Chinese: Synchronic and Diachronic Considerations (1990) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Randy LaPolla | Traditional Chinese | 羅仁地 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Randy LaPolla | Transcriptions | TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinLuó Réndì | 1.00 | infobox |
| Randy LaPolla | Website | randylapolla.info | 1.00 | infobox |
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