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	John DeFrancis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John DeFrancis is a Chinese language professor emeritus and researcher at the University of Hawaii who wrote a number of Chinese instructional texts (his Readers series is particularly well regarded) in the 60's and 70's.
		Chinese Social History, by E-tu Zen and John DeFrancis (American Council of Learned Societies, 1956)
		Bibliography on Chinese Social History, by E-tu Zen and John DeFrancis (Far Eastern Publications, 1952)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_DeFrancis (389 words)

	Writing About Writing: A review of Visible Speech, a book about Chinese by John de Francis
		DeFrancis holds that all writing systems in all ages and cultures are essentially little more than attempts to represent phonetic utterances by written symbols.
		It was of course Leibniz, as DeFrancis points out, who greatly contributed to the western mythology that Chinese might serve as a superior linguistic vehicle for representing human thought in a more advanced pictorial manner than mere alphabetic writing.
		One suspects that if DeFrancis had his way, he would install special electronic devices on all computers and typewriters everywhere to detect any statement about the Chinese language and send it hurtling out to him for his appropriate correction/censorship.
	www.translationdirectory.com /article352.htm (894 words)

	Amazon.ca: Chinese Language: Books
		John DeFrancis' book The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy is the best book I have read on the Chinese language.
		DeFrancis attacks: most of the so-called dialects of the Chinese language are in fact completely different languages with mutual differences as great as those between English and German, or French and Spanish.
		DeFrancis goes on to show how much more difficult it is for a school child in China to learn to read and write as well as most school children using Indo-European languages.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0824808665 (1143 words)

	Prof. John DeFrancis' View on radicals
		DeFrancis gives an example of this process in Chinese using the words 'reign' and 'rain'.
		DeFrancis' view is that Chinese characters are basically phonetic.
		Then, to tell them apart a water radical (san dian shui) would be added to the word rain, and the person radical or maybe the king radical would be added the phonetic to create the word for reign.
	www.hottopos.com.br /china/lingua1/radicals.htm (269 words)

	Blissymbols - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It should be noted, however, that linguists such as John DeFrancis and J.
		Marshall Unger have argued that genuine ideographic writing systems with the same capacities as natural languages, do not exist, but it is likely that they have not examined Blissymbols, hence the claim that Blissymbols may in fact be the exception to the rule.
		However, since the 1960s, Blissymbols have become popular as a method of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for non-speaking people with cerebral palsy or other disorders, for whom it can be impossible to otherwise communicate with spoken language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blissymbols (474 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy: Books
		DeFrancis, a University of Hawaii professor who is a distinguished author of texts for English speaking learners of Chinese, attacks a whole web of misconceptions about the Chinese writing system, in particular, the notion that it works by representing concepts or ideas, rather than sounds and words.
		But DeFrancis argues his case with elegance, deep knowledge, skill at presenting examples which make his points with intuitive directness, and passion.
		The point of attack is a wonderfully whimsical chapter framaed as the notes of a [fictitious] international committee established by the Japanese government during WWII to create a way to write English in kanji -- adapted Chinese characters -- for occupation and reculturation of America.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0824810686 (646 words)

	How Phonetic is the Chinese Script
		DeFrancis, in another part of the same book, offers perhaps the best analysis: it is "...a far cry from a good phonetic system, but it is certainly a farther cry from no system at all" [DeFrancis 109].
		We need a term for these basic, recurring elements, and if any term will do, we can follow DeFrancis and Soothill and call them "phonetics." We must not be misled by this term, however; there is nothing predictable about 乙 and its 894 syllabary siblings; their pronunciation is completely arbitrary.
		The most compelling argument for the phonetic opacity of the Chinese writing system is my phonetic compound painter, which color-codes authentic texts according to the phonetic clues they contain.
	www.paulwilt.com /Chinese/Hanzi/how_phonetic_is_the_chinese_script.htm (2306 words)

	Far Outliers
		John DeFrancis describes crossing the Gobi by camel in 1935.
		Our first day on the road turned out to be fairly typical of the routine we followed in more than two months of travel by camel.
		We were to take turns at the task of leading the camels.
	faroutliers.blogspot.com /2004/06/camel-train-fueling-up-heading-out.html (485 words)

	In the Footsteps of Genghis Khan
		The book begins with John Defrancis being convinced by Desmond Martin to take a short trip to recount the footsteps of Genghis Khan.
		Defrancis is assured that the trip will improve his Chinese to help his future career goals.
		Defrancis recounts his journey from Xi'an China to Lanzhou along the Old Silk Road across the Gobi Desert to Etsina towards the Great Wall of China.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/travel_book_reviews/109560 (410 words)

	In the Footsteps of Genghis Khan by John DeFrancis: A-1 Women's Discount Bookstore
		As a 23 year old student in mid-1930s, pre-World War II China, John DeFrancis did not set out to make a thousand mile came trek across the Gobi Desert, become the prisoner of a Muslim warlord, or travel 1200 miles down the bandit infested yellow River on an inflated sheepskin raft.
		A rollicking tale of the came trek DeFrancis made through Inner Mongolia & Kansu Province (Gobi Desert) in the mid-30s.
		Informed by an extensive knowledge of Chinese history and punctuated with keen observation and gentle humor, the narrative is a personal history that can be read both as a tale of high adventure in the wild west of China and as prelude to the present in that tortured land.
	www.a1wdb.com /cgi-bin/women/12813.html (405 words)

	Amazon.com: Beginning Chinese Reader (Beginning Chinese Reader, Part I): Books: John DeFrancis
		DeFrancis apparently produced the book "Character Text for Beginning Chinese" in addition to the Readers because some educators balk at the system of teaching the writing system independently, preferring to teach their students the words they learn to speak as they go along.
		DeFrancis takes it about as far as you can in a book, reviewing the traditional ways that Chinese children are taught to write the component parts in a balanced way.
		The DeFrancis series of books on Chinese includes "Beginning Chinese", "Character Text for Beginning Chinese", the two volumes of "Beginning Chinese Reader", and I think an intermediate book as well.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0300020600?v=glance (1608 words)

	E. L. Easton - Bookstores and Publishers - Chinese
		DeFrancis, John Beginning Chinese Reader Part II Yale Univ. Press.
		DeFrancis, John Character Text for Beginning Chinese Yale Univ. Press.
		DeFrancis, John Beginning Chinese Reader Part I Yale Univ. Press.
	eleaston.com /books/chinese.html (156 words)

	ABC Chinese Dictionary Series
		John DeFrancis and his Associate Editors, the Editorial Board, and Computer Associates are to be congratulated for their roles in producing the dictionary, which is quite likely to become a standard reference work for English-speaking students of Mandarin, and to remain so for quite some time.”—China Review International
		Each entry provides Chinese characters (in both simplified and traditional form), part of speech, environment (area and level of usage), definition in English, and, possibly, examples of usage.
	chinesestudies.hawaii.edu /abc (917 words)

	Legends of Poker WPT Season 3 Event #24 - No Limit Hold'em Final Day
		He studied DeFrancis for a long time, asked him if he missed a draw, and detected the faintest involuntary nod.
		DeFrancis called with A-10 and left Habib in 10th place when the board came K-10-7-J-7.
		Gioi Luong led with $84,700, while DeFrancis had $75,900 and Seif, $52,800.
	www.pokerpages.com /tournament/result9454.htm (883 words)

	errata for The Chinese Language, by John DeFrancis
		The 1986 paperback printing of The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy, by John DeFrancis, made a number of minor corrections to the hardback first edition of 1984.
		errata for The Chinese Language, by John DeFrancis
	www.pinyin.info /readings/texts/errata_df.html (119 words)

	April 1996 EALL Newsletter ::: EALL Online
		John DeFrancis-- "Chinese lexicography at the crossroads" in a panel on "Lexicography, Language Planning, and the Computerization of Chinese, Part 1" at the AAS meeting, Honolulu, April 11-14, 1996.
		Current members of our Department who will be presenting papers are: Haruko Cook, John DeFrancis, Bob Huey, Nobuko Ochner, and Arthur Thornhill; current and former graduate students, Yoko Okita and Ikuko Yuasa.
		The special ATJ Thursday Seminar scheduled for April 11 was organized by Haruko Cook, John Haig, Kyoko Hijirida, and Mildred Tahara.
	www.hawaii.edu /eall/nl/199604nl.htm (2611 words)

	ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary
		John DeFrancis and his team (now including Tom Bishop of Wenlin Institute) continued working on the dictionary, increasing the number of entries to over 196,000 and making many more improvements.
		Fortunately, John DeFrancis and his ABC team are already working on a bona-fide English-Chinese dictionary.
		In April, 1997, Wenlin Institute, Inc. signed a license agreement with the University of Hawaii, to combine Wenlin with the ABC (Alphabetically Based Computerized) Chinese-English Dictionary, edited by John DeFrancis.
	www.wenlin.com /abc.htm (676 words)

	CHINA and the Olympics
		John DeFrancis is the guru of Chinese linguists in the west; he ran the program at Harvard for decades, then moved to the superb program at the University of Hawaii.
		In checking the bibliography of John DeFrancis, I cam across this item which is relevant to our discussion of Chinese spelling: DeFrancis, John,"Mao Tse-tung and writing reform", Fogel, Joshua A. and William T. Rowe, eds.
		When I moved from Taiwan to Manchiuia in 1999, I didn't encounter too many illiterate people and became skeptical of DeFrancis.
	www.stanford.edu /group/wais/China/china_chinaandtheolympics1402.html (367 words)

	From sounds to words ZHANG YANYIN China Daily 11
		At the moment, she is working as co-editor with John DeFrancis on the ABC Chinese-English English-Chinese Dictionary, to be published by University of Hawaii Press and Shanghai Dictionary Publisher.
		Indeed, these were some of the questions put to the 90-year-old editor-in-chief, Professor Emeritus John DeFrancis, when he asked me to
		DeFrancis, then retired, volunteered to shoulder the heavy burden.
	www.clta-gny.org /abcdic.htm (1237 words)

	UH Graduate Students in Chinese Studies and Architecture Honored
		The 2003 John DeFrancis Prize is awarded for the best paper and presentation at the School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies’ annual Graduate Student Conference, held this year in conjunction with the East-West Center.
		The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa is proud to announce three awards that were given to graduate students of the university.
		The 2003 Chung-fong & Grace Ning Excellence in Chinese Studies Award, which is presented to a graduate student and includes a cash prize of $500, was presented this year to Matthew Moneyhon, a dual major in Asian Studies and Law.
	www.uhm.hawaii.edu /cgi-bin/uhnews?20030401093904 (398 words)

	Center for Chinese Studies: News & Events: Current Events
		The winner of the inaugural CCS John DeFrancis Award for best paper in Chinese Studies presented at the SHAPS Graduate Student Conference held March 1821 is, Matthew Moneyhon, a candidate for dual degrees from the University: the Masters in Asian Studies and a JD from the School of Law.
		The award, a cash prize of $200, is named in honor of Professor Emeritus John DeFrancis, 90, who is completing work on what will be the most comprehensive Chinese-English dictionary available.
		His paper, "Controlling Xinjiang: Autonomy on China's 'New Frontier'", explores the legal structure, underlying agenda, and implications of "autonomy" in Xinjiang; an endeavor designed to further understanding of Uighur dissatisfaction with the current autonomy regime.
	www.chinesestudies.hawaii.edu /events/current_events/news003.htm (264 words)

	Chinese language facts and fantasy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy" is the name of a book written by John DeFrancis.
		This article about a non-fiction book is a stub.
		The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy, University of Hawaii Press.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_language_facts_and_fantasy (81 words)

	EthnoMed: Chinese Language Profile
		John DeFrancis, The Chinese Language, University of Hawaii Press, 1984, pg.
	www.ethnomed.org /ethnomed/cultures/chinese/chin_lang.html (2151 words)

	UH Manoa Graduate Student Wins Inaugural Chinese Studies Award
		University of Hawai‘i at Manoa graduate student Matthew Moneyhon was recently awarded the Center for Chinese Studies John DeFrancis Award for his paper entitled “Controlling Xinjiang: Autonomy on China’s New Frontier,” presented recently at the School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies Graduate Student Conference.
		The award is a cash prize of $200, and is named in honor of Professor Emeritus John DeFrancis who is currently working on a comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary.
	www.uhm.hawaii.edu /cgi-bin/uhnews?20020425142716 (211 words)

	University of Hawaii at Manoa Graduate Student Receives Awards for Chinese and...
		Currently a master’s student in Art History focusing on Chinese art, Wong also received the John DeFrancis Prize at the 2003 SHAPS Graduate Student Conference and 2003 Chinese Art History Award given by the UH Manoa Art Department.
		Ka Wong, a University of Hawai'i at Manoa graduate student, has been awarded both the John DeFrancis Prize in Chinese Studies and the Edward Sidensticker Prize in Japanese Studies.
		Wong will receive a $200 cash prize for each award.
	www.hawaii.edu /cgi-bin/uhnews?20040430094357 (169 words)

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	www.freeglossary.com /i30j45.html (28 words)

	John Douglas - The Info Page
		John DeFrancis With Yung Teng Chia-yee With Yung Chih-Sheng - Beginning Chinese Reader: Part II - 0300020570
		Under the patronage of the Earl of Bath he entered into several literary controversies.He defended John Milton against William Lauders charge of plagiarism (1750), and attacked David Humes rationalism in his Letter on the Criterion of Miracles (1754); he went on to criticise the followers of John Hutchinson in his Apology for the Clergy (1755).
		This artikel Earl_of_Morton is licensed under the GNU free Documentation License.
	www.booksearchisbn.com /484026_john-dellery-angus-g-garberiii_1567991548100yearsoftheusopenhighschoolbooksreport.html (549 words)

	Fall Semester, 2001
		According to DeFrancis, what aspect of Chinese is difficult to learn for second language learners?
		Why does DeFrancis think that morhosyllabic is the most appropriate term to Chinese characters?
		What are the clarifications DeFrancis made on the term ‘Chinese”?
	www.hfac.uh.edu /mcl/chinese/3398Syl.html (825 words)

	CLTA
		John C. Jameison (1974) -- University of California, Berkeley
	clta.osu.edu /history/history1970.htm (532 words)

	The 'DeFrancis' Series
		Simon Chang with an introduction by John DeFrancis
		A step-by-step, sound by sound, practice booklet with accompanying tape to drill the various sounds of modern Chinese.
	www.yale.edu /fep/catalog/defrancis.html (369 words)

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