A post on Language Log, the linguistics blog hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, by Sinologist Victor Mair, laying out the competing French and Cantonese Chinese theories of the word and dish pho.
Facts
AuthorVictor Mair
PublisherLanguage Log, University of Pennsylvania
Publication Year2023
URLhttps://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=58720
Source Typereference
Reliability Tier2
A university affiliated linguistics blog written by a named scholar of Chinese and Sino-Tibetan linguistics, examining competing etymological theories rather than asserting one. Sources
Pho (Language Log, University of Pennsylvania)
Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)
This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Dishes, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Cuisines, 1 claims: 1 connected.
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