William G. Boltz

897 citations
36 papers · 249 indexed · h-index 9
Topics
Chinese history and philosophy (20 papers)Japanese History and Culture (4 papers)Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (3 papers)

In The Last Decade

William G. Boltz

27 papers receiving 164 citations

Peers

William G. Boltz
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  • Sociology and Political Science 121
  • Language and Linguistics 47
  • Cultural Studies 45
  • Anthropology 34
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 27
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All Works

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Mechanics in the Mohist Canon and Its European Counterpart: Texts and Contexts
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Monosyllabicity and the Origin of the Chinese Script
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About William G. Boltz

William G. Boltz is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Religious studies and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 36 papers that have together received 249 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Chinese history and philosophy (20 papers), Japanese History and Culture (4 papers) and Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (6 citations), Cultural Studies (45 citations) and Language and Linguistics (47 citations). William G. Boltz has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Françoise Bottéro, John DeFrancis, David N. Keightley, Yakov Malkiel, Matthias Schemmel, Rafe de Crespigny, Chad Hansen, Jürgen Renn, Paul W. Kroll and David R. Knechtges. Their work appears in journals such as World Archaeology, Journal of the American Oriental Society and Early China.

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