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John DeFrancis
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John DeFrancis is a Chinese language professor emeritus and researcher at the University of Hawaii who wrote a number of Chinese instructional texts (in particular, his Readers series is exceptional) in the 1960s|60's and 1970s|70's. Although some of his spoken language texts are now considered to be outdated, he remains a figurehead in Chinese language and linguistic research. His most famous work is arguably The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy, in which the common misconceptions of the language are debunked and several other topics disseminated.
He is the editor of the "ABC" series of Chinese-English dictionaries.
- http://www.wenlin.com/jdf.htm John DeFrancis biography at Wenlin Institute
- http://www.pinyin.info/readings/chinese_language.html Contents and an excerpt from The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy
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