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Shen Jiaxuan(Chinese: 沈家煊; pinyin: Shěn Jiāxuān) is a Chinese linguist. He is the director of The Institute of Linguistics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the president of International Chinese Association. He is also the chief editor of "contemporary linguistics".
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Biography
Shen Jiaxuan was born in Shanghai in 1946 while his native place is Wuxing, Zhejiang. In 1968, he gradueted from Beijing Broadcasting College. After the Cultural Revolution, he enrolled at the language department of the graduate school of the Chinese Social Sciences college. his tutor was Zhao Shikai (赵世开). Then he stayed there for work since he graduated. He once went abroad for further language study in California University and Leiden University. Now he is a Master's and Doctor's tutor and a professor of Nankai University.