Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus

摘要本项目正在编制《汉藏语词源词典和主题词表》，由中国人及其数百名藏缅(TB)亲属组成。Stedt的组织是按语义场进行的，最终产生了原始词典的同义词库。在第一次赠款期间(1987-1990年)，创建了大量的ST词汇和词源材料数据库，纳入了110多个已出版和未出版的资料来源(其中一些是通过问卷征求的)。截至1990年1月，该数据库载有75000多条质量控制记录。STEDT的第一个分册(将于1990-91年底完成)专门介绍身体部位术语。数百个词根已经在这个关键的语义领域进行了临时重建，其中大多数是第一次。随着数据库创建和管理基础工作的完善，分册的生产速度将会加快。STEDT项目是东南亚语言学和计算机词典学学生的优秀培训课程。P.I.定期举办关于历史语义学和比较重建的培训研讨会。这部作品揭示了古老的文化模式和思维过程，以及东亚和东南亚长期存在的关于遗传和接触关系的谜题。STEDTS软件将很容易适用于其他语系的词源工作。

ABSTRACTS This project is producing an Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus of Sino-Tibetan (ST), comprising Chinese and its hundreds of relatives in the Tibeto-Burman (TB) family. The organization of STEDT is by semantic fields, ultimately yielding a thesaurus of the proto-lexicon. During the first grant period (1987-90), vast databases of ST lexical and etymological material were created, incorporating over 110 published and unpublished sources (some solicited by questionnaire). As of January 1990, the database contained over 75,000 quality-controlled records. The first fascicle of STEDT (to be completed by the end of 1990-91) is devoted to body-part terminology. Several hundred etyma have already been provisionally reconstructed in this key semantic area, most for the first time. As the basic work of database creation and management is perfected, the rate of fascicle production will accelerate. The STEDT project is an excellent training groud for students of SE Asian linguistics and computerized lexicography. The P.I. regularly conducts training seminars on historical semantics and comparative reconstruction. This work sheds light on ancient cultural patterns and thought-processes, and on long-standing puzzles about genetic vs. contact relationship in East and Southeast Asia. The STEDTS software will be readily adaptable for etymological work in other language families.