Dean of Institute of Dialect and Culture, Nanjing University, China
Professor of the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Nanjing University, China
Distinguished Professor in the Chang Jiang Scholars Program, the Ministry of Education of China
Email: guqian@nju.edu.cn
Research Interests
Chinese Dialects, Historical Linguistics, Phonetics and Phonology, Geographical Linguistics
Publications
Monographs (Selected)
1. Jiangsu Dialect Study Series. Gu Qian (chief editor), Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, 2011.
2. Research in Tōng-Tài Dialect Phonology. Gu Qian, Lincom Studies in Asian Linguistics, No. 84. München: Lincom Europa, 2015.
3. The Phonology of the Tong-Tai Dialects. Gu Qian, Nanjing University Press, 2001.
4. A Study on Taixing Dialect. Gu Qian, Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, 2014.
5. A Study on Dialects in Nantong Region. Gu Qian (first deputy editor), Nanjing: Jiangsu Education Publishing House, 2002.
6. Illustrated Dictionary of Folkways of Nanjing Dialect. Gu Qian, Beijing: Language & Culture Press, 2014.
7. Handbook for Lexicon Based Dialect Fieldwork. With Richard VanNess Simmons and Shi Rujie. Beijing:Zhonghua Book Company, 2006.
8. Chinese Dialect Geography: Distinguishing Mandarin and Wu in Their Boundary Region. With Richard VanNess Simmons and Shi Rujie. Shanghai: Shanghai Education Press, 2006.
9. Jiangsu shengzhi fangyan zhi [Record of the Dialects of the Jiangsu Provincial Annals]. Gu Qian (Joint author), Nanjing: Nanjing University Press, 1998.
10. Chinese Dialect Classification. Gu Qian (a revision and Chinese translator, Author: Richard VanNess Simmons), Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, 2011.
Articles (Selected)
1. Geographic Distribution and Causes of the Merge of Zhi/Wei(支/微) Rhymes into Yu(鱼) Rhyme in Dialects along the Lower Yangtze River. Gu Qian, Studies in Language and Linguistics, 2016(1).
2. Historical Evolution and Internal Differences of MC Liu (流) Final Group in Taixing Dialects in Jiangsu Province. Gu Qian, Dialect, 2016(2).
3. Study on the Common Phonology of Chinese Dialects and Related Issues. Gu Qian, Journal of Capital Normal University, 2016(3).
4. Study on “Ge(个) VP” Question-structures in the Taixing Dialect. Gu Qian, Linguistic Research, 2016(1).
5. Nanjing Dialect and Folk Culture. Gu Qian, Various Aspects of Chinese Studies (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), 2016.
6. On Synchronic Variations and Diachronic Evolution of the Entering Tone in Dang (宕) and Jiang (江) Classes in Nanjing Dialect. Gu Qian, Linguistic Sciences, 2015(4).
7. Diachronic Evolution and Age Difference in Zhi (知), Zhuang (庄), and Zhang (章) Groups in the Nanjing Dialect. Gu Qian and Zhang Zhiling, Language and Linguistics (Monograph)：Studies in Chinese and Sino-Tibetan Linguistics: Dialect, Phonology, Transcription and Text, 2014 (Academic Sonica Series 53).
8. Pharyngealization in Early Chinese. trans. by Gu Qian, R. V. Simmons and Chen Tingting, (Appeared in Selected Essays on Chinese Phonology by Scholars Outside China.Edited by Pan Wuyun, Shanghai: Shanghai Education Press, 2010. Original English article appeared in the Journal of the American Oriental Society, 114.3, Chinese translation of Jerry Norman 1994).
9. Isoglosses at the Boundary of Jiang-Huai Mandarin and Wu Dialects in Jiangsu. Gu Qian, R. V. Simmons and SHI Ru-jie, Studies in Language and Linguistics, 2007(3).
10. Observing the Dividing Line of Jiang-Hui Mandarin and Wu Dialect from the Perspective of Danyang Dialect. Gu Qian, Journal of Shanxi University, 2006(5).
11. Research on Dialect Geography of Lishui in Jiangsu Province. Gu Qian, Social Sciences in Nanjing, 2006(10).
12. Competition and Overlap among Dialects of Different Origins and Layers in their Boundary Regions. Gu Qian, Jinan Journal, 2006(6).
13. Observing Academic Styles of Scholars in Ming Dynasty through their Explanation of Ancient Texts. Gu Qian, Seeker, 2006(11).
14. A Study on the Transitional Features of Tongzhou Dialect in Jiangsu. Gu Qian, Journal of Capital Normal University, 2006(5). The full text was reprinted by the Periodical Center of Renmin University of China: Linguistics and Philology, 2007(2).
15. The Initials of the Tong-tai Dialects and their Historical Development: The Jing Series and The Jy Group. Gu Qian, Journal of Chinese Linguistics (USA), Monograph Series No.15, 1999.
16. Tong-Tai Dialect Etymologies. Gu Qian, Chinese Journal of Nanjing University (special edition), 1998.
17. Tonal system of Tong-Tai Dialects. Gu Qian, Chinese linguistic [Chyungkuk ene yenku] (Korea), 1998(6).
18. A Synchronic and Historical Study of Rimes in the Tong-Tai Dialects. Gu Qian, Studies of the Chinese Language, 1997(3).
19. A Study of He Xuan's History of Rimes and His Theory of Phonology. Gu Qian, Journal of Nanjing University, 1996(4).
20. A Lexicon of the Taixing Dialect (Parts 1). Gu Qian, Dialect, 1994(3).
21. A Lexicon of the Taixing Dialect (Parts 2). Gu Qian, Dialect, 1994(4).
22. The Historical Evolution of Tone in the Tong-Tai Dialects. Gu Qian, Journal of Nanjing Normal University, 1993(2).
23. On the Internal Relationship of Rimes in the Dialect of Yancheng. Gu Qian, Journal of Jiangsu Normal University, 1993(1).
24. On the Rhyming Practices of Du Xunhe. Gu Qian, Journal of Tianjin Normal University, 1990(3).
25. Taixing Dialect Etymologies. Gu Qian, Journal of Nanjing Normal University, 1990(3).
26. A Taixing Dialect Syllabary. Gu Qian, Dialect, 1990(4).