Anthropology : Faculty - Penglin Wang

Penglin Wang Professor Diploma, Department of Russian, Beijing Foreign Languages University, Beijing, China M.A. Department of Ethnology, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China Ph.D. Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa Office: Dean Hall 353 Phone: 963-3217 Fax: 963-3215 Email: wangp@cwu.edu

Interests & Expertise

• Linguistic anthropology, linguistics, cognitive anthropology, cultural anthropology, Asian studies, Central Eurasia, China

Teaching and Research Experience

• Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, January 1995-July 2001
• Degree Fellow, East-West Center, Honolulu, June 1987-June 1991.
• Research Associate, Research Institute of Nationality Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, October 1981-May 1987.

Selected Publications

2009 The power of numbers in shamanism: a patterned explanation of shaman names in Inner Asia. Accepted for publication in Central Asiatic Journal.
2008 Lunar symbolism and its lexical strata. Archivum Eurasiae Medii Aevi 15:173-198.
2007 Octonary conception in Central Eurasia: its ethnonymic connection and numerical reinterpretation. Central Asiatic Journal 51.2:247-272.
2006a
2006b Ternary symbolism. International Journal of Central Asian Studies 11:102-125.
2005 A quaternary approach to Manchu side- '?' and its connection with Tokharian ?twar 'four'. International Journal of Central Asian Studies 10.1:9-22.
2004 Cognitive correlation between the number 'three' and third person pronouns. General Linguistics 42.1-16.
2003 Symbolization and conceptualization of cardinal directions in Central Eurasia. The Mankind Quarterly 44.2:125-154.

Special Knowledge & Skills

• Languages: Chinese, Russian, Dagur