Chienjer Charles Lin
Joint Doctoral Program in Anthropology & Linguistics,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
URL: www.u.arizona.edu/~clin
Email: clin@u.arizona.edu
Fax: (775) 256 8423
Education
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Joint Ph.D. Program in Anthropology and Linguistics, the University of Arizona (2001-)
Major Advisors:
Dr. Jane H. Hill (Anthropology)
Dr. Thomas G. Bever (Linguistics)
Committee for Advancement to Doctoral Candidacy (2003-2004):
Anthropology: Jane H. Hill (chair), Susan U. Philips, Norma Mendoza-Denton
Linguistics: Tom G. Bever (chair), Heidi Harley, Feng-Hsi Liu
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Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute, Michigan State University (June-August,
2003)
Courses taken:
Chinese Syntax (J. Huang), Syntax of Tense (Stowell),
Cognitive Foundations of Language (Jackendoff), Syntactic Investigations into Aspect (Schmitt),
Morphology (Marantz), Topics in Morphology (Williams)
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Linguistic Society of Taiwan Summer Camp on Formosan Syntax and Austronesian
Linguistics, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei (July, 2002)
Courses taken:
Grammar of Formosan Languages (Paul Li), History & Typology of Austronesian Languages (M. Ross),
A General Survey of Formosan Languages, and lectures on language and culture.
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Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
(June-August, 2001)
Courses:
Language and Prehistory (Comrie), Evolutionary Origin of Language (Charles Li),
Linguistic Theory and Language Use (Bybee), The Role of Pragmatics in Semantic Change (Traugott),
Corpus-based Studies of Language Variation (C-C. Cheng)
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M.A., Linguistics, National Chengchi University (1999) (graduated with honor)
Master’s Thesis:
Multiple Senses of Mandarin Chinese Nominals: Implications for Lexical Access.
Thesis Committee:
Kathleen Ahrens (co-chair), I-Li Yang (co-chair), Chihyu Chan, Ovid Tzeng
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B.A., English, cum laude (1st out of 70), National Chengchi University (1996)
Research and teaching experiences
8/1/2003-5/31/2004
Teaching Assistant
8/1/2003-5/31/2004 Research Associate
8/1/2001-5/31/2004
Research Affiliate
Language and Computers (for Dr. Sandiway Fong) Linguistics Department,
University of Arizona
Linguistic Anthropology Lab (directed by Dr. Norma Mendoza-Denton),
Anthropology Department, University of Arizona
[assistance with multi-media use in research and instruction, intern management,
etc.]
Sentence Comprehension Lab (directed by Dr. Tom Bever), Linguistics/Psychology
Department, University of Arizona
[regular lab meetings, research/experiment design]
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8/1/2002-5/31/2003
Teaching Assistant
3/24/2001-6/3/2001
Visiting Scholar
1999-2001
Research Assistant
1998-1999
Research Assistant
1997-1998
Research Assistant
1997-1998
Research Assistant
1996-1997
Research Assistant
1995-1997
Research Assistant
9/1997-1/1998
Teaching Assistant
2/1998-6/1998
Teaching Assistant
Instructional and Computing Lab, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The
University of Arizona
[holding workshops, equipment maintenance, lab monitor, assisting instruction and
learning]
Department of Language Engineering, City University of Hong Kong (sponsored by
Dr. William S-Y Wang)
[lab meetings, research exchange, paper presentation at the 1st workshop on
language acquisition, change, and evolution]
Lab of Psycholinguistic Studies, National Taiwan University (directed by Dr.
Kathleen Ahrens)
[lab meetings, experiments and research]
National Science Council granted project “Sense, Ambiguity, and Polysemy:
Empirical Approaches to Delimiting Senses (II).” (NSC-88-2411-H-002-0510-M8),
directed by Dr. Kathleen Ahrens at National Taiwan University
[lab meetings, experiments and research]
National Science Council granted project “Sense, Ambiguity, and Polysemy:
Empirical Approaches to Delimiting Senses (I).” (NSC-87-2411-H-002-030-M7),
directed by Dr. Kathleen Ahrens at National Taiwan University
[lab meetings, experiments and research]
Phonetics Lab of the Graduate Program in Linguistics, National Chengchi
University
[holding workshops, assistance with instruction and research, equipment
maintenance]
National Science Council granted project “A Study of Pauses in Mandarin Speech.”
(NSC 86-2411-H-004-015), directed by Dr. I-li Yang of National Chengchi
University
[lab meetings, recording and transcribing speech, acoustic phonetic analysis]
Chinese Knowledge Information Processing Group, Institute of Information
Science, Academia Sinica
[lab meetings, seminars, corpus studies, Chinese linguistics, verb classification,
tagging]
LING101a "Introduction to English Linguistics (Dr. Francis Weifang Zuo)",
Department of English, National Chengchi University
[assistance with in-class materials, lecturing two weekly review sessions]
LING101b "Introduction to English Linguistics (Dr. Yuen-mei Yin)", Department of
English, National Chengchi University
[assistance with in-class materials, lecturing two weekly review sessions]
Research Foci
psychosemantics (polysemy, lexical ambiguity, & lexical access)
Chinese sentence processing
syntax & semantics (resultative construction, causatives, tense and aspect)
lexical semantics (eventuality, nominalization)
formal vs. functional linguistics (grammaticalization)
tonal phonology and sentence processing (Taiwanese tone sandhi & reduplication)
macro-discourse analysis (language as a highlighting system)
Other specializations
evolutionary and biological foundations of language;
language and prehistory;
language, culture, and cognition; conceptual structure (metaphor & metonymy; language & emotion; language,
space & time; classifiers; language, music, & number);
linguistic typology & historical linguistics (Austronesian linguistics).
Languages
Mandarin (native), Southern Min/Taiwanese, English, French
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Publications
(in press). with Ahrens, K. How Many Meanings Does a Word Have? Meaning Estimation in Chinese and
English. Language Acquisition, Change, and Evolution. City University of Hong Kong.
(2000). With Ahrens, K. Calculating the number of senses: Implications for ambiguity advantage effect during
lexical access. Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium of Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL7). (pp. 141-155). Jiayi: National Chungcheng University.
(1999). Dictionary meanings, subjects' intuition, and linguistic senses: Different versions of the same
story? Proceedings of the 1999 NCCU conference of graduate students' research (I) (國立政治大學八十七年度研究
生研究成果發表會論文集) (pp. 45-68). Taipei: National Chengchi University.
(1998). Interruptions as a reflection of solidarity and power: A study of cross- examinations in Chinese
competitive debates. Proceedings of the 1998 NCCU Graduate Students’ Conference (國立政治大學八十六年度研
究生研究成果發表會論文集) (pp. 21-40). Taipei: National Chengchi University.
(1998). Syllable duration in spontaneous speech of Mandarin. Proceedings of 1997 National Conference on
English/American Literature and Linguistics (pp. 47-64). Taipei: Crane.
(1997). Chinese word association and teaching Chinese vocabulary (中文字詞聯想研究與華語文詞彙教學
). Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Teaching the Chinese Language--Applications in Teaching
(Vol. I) (第五屆世界華語文教學研討會論文集，教學應用組--上冊) (pp. 21-32). Taipei: International Association of
Chinese Teaching. [written in Chinese]
(1997). With Wei, W., and Huang, C. Mandarin pseudo-ditransitive verbs. Proceedings of the Ninth North
American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (Naccl-9), University of Victoria, Canada.
Conference Presentations
(2003). Aspect and Result: Chinese Resultative Constructions and Aspect Incorporation. Paper to be
presented at the West Coast Conference on Linguistics (WECOL), University of Arizona, Tucson, September 26-28,
2003.
(2003). Event integration in Mandarin compound verbs. Paper presented at the Linguistic Society of America
(LSA) 2003 Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA, January 2-5, 2003.
(2002). Nasal endings of Taiwan Mandarin: A production/perception perspective on language change. Paper
presented at the 35th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, Arizona State University,
Tempe, November 7-9, 2002.
(2002). Love and lust in contemporary Chinese: Linguistic metaphors and cultural models. Paper presented
at the Fourteenth North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (Naccl-14), University of Arizona, Tucson, May
15-17, 2002.
(2001). With Lee, M. The story of HEART: Evidence from ‘xin’ in Chinese. Paper presented at the 7th
International Cognitive Linguistics Conference at University of California, Santa Barbara, July 22-27, 2001. [poster]
(2001). Lexical ambiguity in relation to psychological processing and language change. Paper presented at
the 2001 Workshop on Language Acquisition and Change at City University of Hong Kong, May 31-June 1, 2001.
(1997). Chinese word association: A study of the primary responses among Taiwanese college
students. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Chinese Linguistics (ICCL-6), June 19th-21st,
Leiden University, the Netherlands.
(1997). With Wei, W., and Huang, C. Mandarin pseudo-ditransitive verbs. Paper presented at the Ninth North
American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (Naccl-9), May 2nd-4th 1997, University of Victoria, Canada.
Invited Talk
(2001). Psychology of lexical ambiguity: Semantic effects during lexical access and the evolution of
language. Invited talk at Language Engineering Lab at City University of Hong Kong, April 3 & 10, 2001.
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Others
(1999). Multiple Senses of Mandarin Chinese Nominals: Implications for Lexical Access. M.A. Thesis,
National Chengchi University, Taiwan.
(1999). Historical change of lexical meanings: Methodology, cognitive semantic perspective, and data
analysis (詞彙語意演變—研究方法、認知語意學觀點及個案分析). Chen Bai Nian Honorary Research Paper Award (
陳百年先生學術論文獎), National Chengchi University. [written in Chinese]
Book review
(2003) Review of Kovecses, Z., 2002, Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. To appear in vol.32 issue 4 of Language
and Society.
Professional activities
member, Linguistic Society of America (2001-present)
member, Linguistic Society of Taiwan (1999-present)
member, International Association of Chinese Linguistics (1997-present)
Grants
Janet Upjohn Stearns Foundation & Department of Anthropology, University of
Arizona Research Grant
Fulbright-Hays Study Grant for Scholarly Exchange
Fulbright-Hays Professional Enhancement Grant
Fulbright-Hays Study Grant for Scholarly Exchange
USA
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Honors and Awards
University of Arizona Tuition Fellowship
Linguistic Society of America Scholarship for 2003 Summer Institute at
Michigan State University
Graduate College Fellowship, the University of Arizona
Chao Yuan-Ren (Foundation) Scholarship for LSA 2001 Summer Institute at UC
Santa Barbara
Graduate Fellowship, National Chengchi University
Travel Award for Conference Presentation, Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for
International Scholarly Exchange
Graduate Fellowship, National Chengchi University
Mr. Cong Shu-lang Scholarship
Xin-Tian-Gong Foundation Scholarship
Long-Shan-Si Foundation Scholarship
Long-Shan-Si Foundation Scholarship
Dr. Doris Brougham Scholarship (Overseas Radio & Television Inc.)
USA
2003
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References
Kathleen Ahrens, Ph.D. (kathleenahrens@yahoo.com)
Graduate Institute of Linguistics,
National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, TAIWAN
Thomas G. Bever, Ph.D. (tgb@u.arizona.edu)
Department of Linguistics,
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Jane H. Hill, Ph.D. (jhill@u.arizona.edu)
Department of Anthropology,
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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William S Y Wang, Ph.D. (eewsyw@cityu.edu.hk)
(Chair) Dept. of Language Engineering
City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, HONG KONG
Tel: 852-27887196
last updated: September 3, 2003
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