Selected publications Christopher I. Beckwith

beckwith, christopher i. (1977). study of medieval chinese, latin, , tibetan historical sources on pre-imperial tibet. indiana university phd dissertation.
beckwith (1979): introduction of greek medicine tibet in seventh , eighth centuries . journal of american oriental society 99.2: 297–313.
beckwith (1984): aspects of history of central asian guard corps in islam . archivum eurasiae medii aevi, vol. 4, 1984, 29–43.
beckwith, christopher (1983). “the revolt of 755 in tibet” contributions on tibetan language, history, , culture. ernst steinkellner , helmut tauscher eds. wiener studien zur tibetologie und buddhismuskunde; heft 10. wien: arbeitskreis für tibetische und buddhistische studien, universität wien, pp. 1–16. reprinted in: history of tibetan. ed. alex mckay. london: routledge curzon, 2003: 273–285.
beckwith (1984): plan of city of peace: central asian iranian factors in ‘abbâsid design. acta orientalia academiae scientiarum hungaricae 38: 128–147.
beckwith (1984): aspects of history of central asian guard corps in islam. archivum eurasiae medii aevi 1984, vol. 4:29–43. (reprinted in c. edmund bosworth, ed., turks in islamic world. aldershot: ashgate, 2007: 275–289.)
beckwith (1987): tibetans in ordos , north china: considerations on role of tibetan empire in world history. in: c.i. beckwith, ed., silver on lapis. bloomington: tibet society, 1987, 3–11.
beckwith (1991): impact of horse , silk trade on economies of t ang china , uighur empire: on importance of international commerce in middle ages . journal of economic , social history of orient, vol. 34, 1991, 183–198.
beckwith, c.i. (1992). deictic class marking in tibetan , burmese. in m. ratliff , e. schiller (ed.), papers first annual meeting of southeast asian linguistics society, 1-14. arizona state university, program southeast asian studies.
beckwith (1993): tibetan empire in central asia: history of struggle great power among tibetans, turks, arabs, , chinese during middle ages. princeton: princeton university press, 1987. isbn 0-691-05494-0. first paperback edition, new afterword, 1993. isbn 0-691-02469-3
beckwith (1996): morphological argument existence of sino-tibetan . pan-asiatic linguistics: proceedings of fourth international symposium on languages , linguistics, january 8–10, 1996. vol 3. bangkok: institute of language , culture rural development mahidol university @ salaya: 812–826.
beckwith (1998): noun specification , classification in uzbek. anthropological linguistics 40.1: 124–140.
beckwith (2002): medieval tibeto-burman languages. piats 2000: proceedings of ninth seminar of international association tibetan studies brill academic publishers. isbn 90-04-12424-1
beckwith, christopher (2002). sino-tibetan problem . medieval tibeto-burman languages. brill. pp. 113–158. isbn 978-90-04-12424-0.
beckwith, christopher i. (2002). glossary of pyu . in beckwith, christopher i. medieval tibeto-burman languages. brill. pp. 159–161.
beckwith (2004): old chinese. encyclopedia of linguistics philipp strazny, (ed.). new york: fitzroy dearborn, 771–774.
beckwith (2005): on chinese names tibet, tabghatch, , turks. archivum eurasiae medii aevi, 14: 5–20.
beckwith (2006): medieval tibeto-burman languages ii. brill academic publishers. isbn 90-04-15014-5
beckwith (2006). “the sonority sequencing principle , old tibetan syllable margins.” in: medieval tibeto-burman languages ii. leiden: brill, 45–57.

beckwith (2006). “old tibetan , dialects , periodization of old chinese.” in: medieval tibeto-burman languages ii. leiden: brill, 179–200..


beckwith (2006). methodological observations on recent studies of ethnolinguistic history of korea , vicinity. altai hakpo 2006, 16: 199–234.
beckwith (2006). ethnolinguistic history of korean peninsula region: japanese-koguryoic , other languages in koguryo, paekche, , silla kingdoms. journal of inner , east asian studies, 2006, vol. 2-2: 34–64.
beckwith, , gisaburo n. kiyose (2006): silla word walled city , ancestor of modern korean. arutaigo kenkyu - altaistic studies 2006, vol. 1: 1–10.
beckwith (2007): koguryo, language of japan s continental relatives: introduction historical-comparative study of japanese-koguryoic languages, preliminary description of archaic northeastern middle chinese. brill academic publishers, 2004. isbn 90-04-13949-4. second edition, 2007. isbn 978-90-04-16025-5.
beckwith (2007) on proto-indo-european obstruent system. historische sprachforschung 2007, 120: 1–19.
beckwith (2007): phoronyms: classifiers, class nouns, , pseudopartitive construction. new york: peter lang publishing. isbn 1-4331-0139-4
beckwith (2007): frankish name of king of turks. archivum eurasiae medii aevi 2006/7, 15: 5–11.
beckwith (2008). introduction theoretical , methodological problems in comparative-historical linguistics of eastern-eurasian languages. medieval tibeto-burman languages iii. christopher beckwith, ed. (proceedings of 11th seminar of international association tibetan studies.) halle: international institute tibetan , buddhist studies gmbh: 9–48.
beckwith (2008). pai-lang songs: earliest texts in tibeto-burman language , late old chinese transcriptions. medieval tibeto-burman languages iii. christopher beckwith, ed. (proceedings of 11th seminar of international association tibetan studies.) halle: international institute tibetan , buddhist studies gmbh: 87–110.
beckwith (2008). old chinese loans in tibetan , non-uniqueness of „sino-tibetan“. medieval tibeto-burman languages iii. christopher beckwith, ed. (proceedings of 11th seminar of international association tibetan studies.) halle: international institute tibetan , buddhist studies gmbh: 61–201.
beckwith, , gisaburo n. kiyose (2008): origin of old japanese twelve animal cycle. arutaigo kenkyû – altaistic studies 2008, vol. 2: 1–18.
beckwith, christopher i. (2009). empires of silk road: history of central eurasia bronze age present. princeton university press. isbn 0-691-13589-4. 
beckwith (2010): there korean–japanese linguistic relationship theory? science, data, , alternatives. state-of-the-field article. international journal of asian studies 2010, vol. 7, 2: 201–219.
beckwith (2010): old chinese loanwords in korean. in: sang-oak lee, ed., contemporary korean linguistics: international perspectives. seoul: thaehaksa, 2010: 1–22.
beckwith , walter (2010). on meaning of old tibetan rje-blon during tibetan empire period. journal asiatique 298.2: 535–548.
walter, michael l. , christopher i. beckwith (2010). “the dating , interpretation of old tibetan inscriptions” central asiatic journal 54.2: 291–319.
beckwith (2011). pyrrho’s logic: reexamination of aristocles’ record of timon’s account. elenchos 32: 287–327.
beckwith (2012). on zhangzhung , bon. in: henk blezer, ed., emerging bon. halle: iitbs gmbh, 164–184.
beckwith (2012). on ethnolinguistic position of manchu , manchus within central eurasia , east asia. manzokushi kenkyū 10: 17–30. (japanese translation: 中央ユ−ラシアと東アジア内での満州語と満州族の民族 言語学的位置について。満族史研究 10 (2012): 1–15.)
beckwith (2012). warriors of cloisters: central asian origins of science in medieval world. princeton: princeton university press, 2012, isbn 9780691155319.