Ulrike Middendorf
Research Interests
Traditional Chinese phonology (Old Chinese, Middle Chinese), etymology, palaeography, epigraphy; morphology, syntax, semantics and their interaction; Early Chinese and Early to Late Medieval Chinese dialectology, lexicology and lexicography
History of Chinese philology, textual philology and criticism, cognitive linguistics, esp. conceptual metaphor and metonymy theories, intertextuality, language acquisition, literacy, translation
Semiotics of Chinese language, arts, culture, history, science, esp. medicine, and technology
Early Chinese and Early to Late Medieval Chinese thought (conceptual and cultural history, philosophy of language, rhetoric and logical argumentation), history and institutions, law, science, esp. medicine, and technology