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KEITH DEDE
Visiting Instructor,
Chinese Language and Literature
Box 30, Ph. (503) 768-7445
e-mail: dede@lclark.edu
Keith Dede specializes in Chinese linguistics,
specifically the fields of dialectology and
sociolinguistics. His recently completed
dissertation,"Language Contact, Variation and Change: The
Locative in Xining, Qinghai"(1999, University of
Washington), examines linguistic changes in the dialect of
Xining, a small city in northwestern China. The linguistic
changes are studied from historical perspectives and in the
context of current social change. The dissertation also
examines the relationship of the dialect to other languages
in the region, including Mongolian and Tibetan, the latter
of which was the subject of an article co-authored with
colleagues in the United States and China. Ancilliary
interests include the history of Standard Chinese and its
relationship to the dialects, Chinese language teaching, and
modern Chinese literature and film.
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