近代汉语语音演变研究综述

在汉语史的研究中,近代汉语语音方面的研究比较薄弱。近年来,人们已越来越认识到近代汉语语音研究的重要性,这一领域的研究也有了较大进展。由古音到今音的转变也是伴随着汉语史的发展而演变的。从某种程度上说,近代汉语语音史的发展也是上古音的一种流变。     

近代甘肃集市研究综述

集市是人们日常生活的重要组成部分之一,它与民众的联系非常紧密,是了解农村社会的一个窗口。近代甘肃经济以及集市的发展远不如东南沿海地区发达,但近代中国社会的大环境决定了它的命运和发展——与传统相比,还是出现了新的因素。本文通过对近代甘肃集市研究的梳理,总结了其成果与不足,有益于开展进一步的集市研究。     

The American Palestine Exploration Society and the Survey of Eastern Palestine

Abstract

The Survey of Western Palestine, carried out from 1871 to 1878 by the Palestine Exploration Fund, has become one of the central pieces of scientific research for this region. From its outset, it was conceived as one half of a two-fold project, the other being a survey conducted in the same manner in Transjordan. The Society that was to undertake this, in collaboration with the PEF and their work in Western Palestine, was the American Palestine Exploration Society (APES), founded in 1870. However, by the autumn of 1877, the APES had ceased to exist, and their survey was never widely published. As the first American Society to focus on the Levant as an area of study, the APES is significant, despite its failure to produce a map of lasting value. Many of the founding members went on to be significant players in later, more successful American ventures, notably the American School of Oriental Research. The PEF's archives hold a record of the relationship between the APES in New York, and the PEF in London, and chart the fortunes of the two societies, and their endeavours to map the region east of the Jordan.