Ben Zhang

PhD student in Chinese
Ben Zhang

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B.Engr., Engineering Mechanics, Beihang University
M.A., Language Studies, City University of Hong Kong

Ben Zhang received his B.E. in Engineering Mechanics from Beihang University and his M.A. in 
Language Studies from City University of Hong Kong. By studying the Chinese 
Buddhist transcriptions from several Tang-dynasty Buddhist texts and analyzing the diffusion of 
the concerned phonetic changes, he evaluated two significant phonetic changes in Middle 
Chinese Chang’an dialect to argue for a chain shift thereon. He now aims to combine and make 
mutually supporting the investigation into Old Chinese morphology and that into related 
contemporary and earlier phonological changes, taking into consideration evidence from 
various sources.

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