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Paul King Benedict (traditional Chinese: 白保羅; simplified Chinese: 白保罗; pinyin: Bái Bǎoluó; July 5, 1912 – July 21, 1997) was an American anthropologist, mental health professional, and linguist who specialized in languages of East and Southeast Asia. He is well known for his 1942 proposal of the Austro-Tai language family and also his reconstruction of Proto-Sino-Tibetan and Proto-Tibeto-Burman. He was also a practicing psychiatrist in the New York area for 20 years and was also a pioneer in the field of ethnopsychiatry.

Paul K. Benedict
Born	July 5, 1912 Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Died	July 21, 1997(1997-07-21) (aged 85) Ormond Beach, Florida, U.S.
Academic background
Alma mater	Harvard University New York Medical College
Academic work
Main interests	Sino-Tibetan languages, languages of East Asia
Notable works	Sino-Tibetan: A conspectus (1972)
Influenced	James Matisoff
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	白保羅
Simplified Chinese	白保罗
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Bái Bǎoluó

Life and career

Benedict was born in Poughkeepsie, New York and graduated from Poughkeepsie High School in 1930. He attended Cornell University before transferring to University of New Mexico, earning a bachelor of arts degree there in 1934.[1] He then attended Harvard University earning a master's degree in 1935 and a Ph.D. in anthropology in 1941. During his studies, he traveled to Asia and studied at University of California for two years.[2]

After he received his M.D. degree at the New York Medical College, he served as Chief Psychiatrist and Director of the Diagnostic Center at the New York State Department of Corrections.[3] Benedict later published work on mental health in other cultures before turning his attention to language studies.

Benedict's work on Proto-Sino-Tibetan reconstruction was published in the 1972 monograph Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus.[4] His work formed the basis for James Matisoff's work on the Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus, including Matisoff's Proto-Tibeto-Burman reconstructions.[5]

Benedict died in a traffic accident in Ormond Beach, Florida.

Selected publications

• Benedict, Paul K. (1972). Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Benedict, Paul K. “Remarks on A Comparative Vocabulary of Five Sino-Tibetan Languages, by Ilia Peiros and Sergei A. Starostin.” Mother Tongue 4:151-2.
• Benedict, Paul K., Graham Thurgood, and James A. Matisoff, and David Bradley (eds.). 1985. Linguistics of the Sino-Tibetan area: the state of the art: papers presented to Paul K. Benedict for his 71st birthday. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
• Benedict, Paul K. 1997. Special volume dedicated to Dr. Paul K. Benedict on the occasion of his eighty-fifth birthday (Mon Khmer Studies vol. 27). Salaya, Thailand: Mahidol University; Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

References

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[ru] Бенедикт, Пол Кинг

Пол Кинг Бенедикт (англ. Paul King Benedict, также известен под китайским именем кит. трад. 白保羅, упр. 白保罗, пиньинь Bái Bǎoluó; 5 июня 1912 (1912-06-05), Покипси, Нью-Йорк, США — 21 июля 1997, Ормонд-Бич[en], Флорида, США) — американский учёный антрополог, психиатр, лингвист, специализировавшийся на языках Восточной и Юго-Восточной Азии. Известен своим предложением в 1942 году австро-таиской языковой семьи и реконструкцией прото-сино-тибетского и прото-тибето-бирманского[en] языков. Более 20 лет практиковал психиатрию в Нью-Йорке. Является пионером этнопсихиатрии.

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