Tingchun Chen

I am an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Taiwan Languages and Language Teaching at National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu, Taiwan. I completed my PhD in Linguistics at MIT in 2018 (you can download my dissertation here). I also have a BA in Linguistics from McGill University.

My research interests are in syntax, morphology, and the syntax-semantics interface with a particular focus on Formosan languages, the indigenous Austronesian languages of Taiwan. In my recent work, I have looked into case and its interaction with information structure, raising-to-obejct, and A/A'-movement in Amis.

I also have a great interest in linguistic fieldwork. I started working with Atayal speakers in 2010. I have also studied and learned to speak Amis in various ways in the last few years.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2011 — 2018)
• Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2016 — 2016)
• Bachelor of Arts - BA Honours McGill University (2007 — 2011)

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Linguistics National Tsing Hua University (2021)
• Annotation Linguist Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2021 — 2022)
• Lecturer National Tsing Hua University (2020 — 2020)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow National University of Singapore (2018 — 2019)
• Graduate Student Researcher Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2011 — 2018)
• Research Assistant Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2011 — 2011)
• Undergraduate Lab Assistant, Prosody Lab McGill University (2009 — 2010)