A Tribute to Prof. William Labov from the Editorial Board of Journal of Chinese Linguistic It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Professor William Labov, who passed away at 3:00 AM on December 17, 2024 (Eastern Time), at the age of 97. Widely regarded as the founder of the field of variationist sociolinguistics and one of the most influential figures in modern linguistics, Professor Labov’s academic career spanned nearly seventy years, and his contributions to the study and development of linguistics are immeasurable. His academic career spanned nearly seventy years, and his contributions to the study and development of linguistics are immeasurable. In particular, his groundbreaking

A Tribute to Prof. Tsu-Lin Mei from the Editorial Board of Journal of Chinese Linguistics It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Prof. Tsu-Lin Mei, a longtime friend and editorial member of Journal of Chinese Linguistics. Prof. Tsu-Lin Mei, age 90, passed away peacefully at Cayuga Medical Center, U.S. on October 14, 2023. Born on February 14, 1933, in Beijing, China, son of Yi-pao and Vong-Kyih Nyi Mei. Prof. Tsu-Lin Mei came to the United States with his parents in 1949. He earned his B.A. in mathematics from Oberlin College in 1954, M.A in mathematics from Harvard in 1956, and Ph.D. in philosophy from Yale in

A Tribute to Prof. Pang-hsin Ting from the Editorial Board of Journal of Chinese Linguistics It is with great sadness that we learnt of the sudden passing of Prof. Pang-hsin Ting. Prof. Pang-hsin Ting was native to Rugao, Jiangsu Province, China. He was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province on October 15, 1937. He graduated from National Taiwan University where he obtained his BA and MA degrees. Later he studied in the United States and gained a Ph.D. from the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington, Seattle. He served as Research Fellow and Director at the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica; Dean of the School

A Tribute to Prof. Pang-hsin Ting from Prof. Hilary Chappell Among the vast domains of research that Professor Ting Pang-Hsin in which he has made pathbreaking contributions, he has served as a huge beacon in studies of the Sinitic languages or Chinese dialects with his work on both diachronic and synchronic aspects of a large number of different languages, including many enlightening articles and books on the Min dialects, on Pekinese, Rugao and the unclassified Danzhou language of Hainan, as well as studies on Suzhou Wu. His insightful studies have been a model and inspiration for innumerable scholars of linguistics and will continue to incite our interest in and curiosity

A Tribute to Prof. Pang-hsin Ting from Prof. Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai 驚聞噩耗，不勝悲痛！ 丁先生是我漢語聲韻學的授業恩師，當年梅廣先生特地請他的老同學來清大中語系教授上古音，讓我們有機會領略丁先生的風采及學問：其論述推理通透明晰，引人入勝；其宏觀構擬道貫古今，讓困學於韻書障壁前的孺子們豁然開朗，開始真正理解語言演化的原理和現代音系學的治學方法。 如今梅廣先生、丁邦新先生相繼離我們而去，留下來的人更要奮發努力，把這個精實勤學的道統傳承下去，以慰先人。 風簷展書讀，古道照顏色 學生 維天頓首再拜