Ph.D. Dissertation (ongoing)
Title: Nominalization in Formosan Languages
Advisor: Dr. Masayoshi Shibatani
Committee members: Dr. Masayoshi Shibatani, Dr. Suzanne Kemmer, Dr. Kathryn M. de Luna
[The project is funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (CCKF).]
M.A. Thesis
Jiang, Haowen. 2006. Spatial Conceptualizations in Kavalan. M.A. thesis. Taipei: National Taiwan University. (Adviser: Dr. Shuanfan Huang) [thesis]
Publications
Jiang, Haowen. Forthcoming. Appearances are not skin deep: On the status of de yangzi
as an inferential marker in colloquial Mandarin discourse. Chinese Language and Discourse.
[Included in LB, LLBA, MLA, and TSA]
Jiang, Haowen. 2009. How can Cognitive Linguistics help us with Second Language Acquisition? A case study of the Russian motion verb IDTI. Proceedings of the Eighth High Desert Linguistics Society Conference (HDLS-8), ed. by Evan Ashworth, 40-60. Albuquerque: High Desert Linguistics Society. [paper]
Jiang, Haowen. 2009. Reported speech and thought in Kavalan. Rice Working Papers in Linguistics 1: 142-150. [paper]
Jiang, Haowen. 2004. The “…Shi…, Keshi…” construction in Mandarin: a Construction Grammar perspective. Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Linguistics. Chiayi, Taiwan. [paper]
Invited Talks
Jiang, Haowen. 2012. Three dichotomies in the Kavalan demonstrative system, presented at
Linguistics Colloquium, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan, Oct 25.
Jiang, Haowen. 2012. Nominalization and stance marking in Kavalan and Amis: a contrastive study of =ay, presented at Linguistics Colloquium, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan, Oct 24.
Jiang, Haowen. 2012. Demonstratives and nominalization: on the differential scope of the two sets of demonstratives in Isbukun Bunun, presented at Linguistics Colloquium, National Chi Nan University, Nantou, Taiwan, Oct 22.
Jiang, Haowen. 2011. Nominalization and stance marking in Kavalan and Amis: a contrastive study of =ay, presented at Invited Workshop: Stance Marking Across Languages: Typological, Diachronic & Discourse Perspectives, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, July 18-20.
Jiang, Haowen. 2011. Appearances are not skin deep: on the development of de yangzi as an
inferential maker in Mandarin spoken discourse, presented at Invited Workshop: Stance Marking across Languages: Typological, Diachronic & Discourse Perspectives, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, July 18-20.
Jiang, Haowen. 2011. On the grammaticalization of the nominalization marker =ay in Kavalan
and Amis: a contrastive study, presented at Linguistics Colloquium, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Jan 27.
Jiang, Haowen. 2009. Three dichotomies in the Kavalan demonstrative system, presented at
Linguistics Colloquium, Rice University, Houston, Texas, Sep 17.
Presentations
Jiang, Haowen. 2013. The possession-modification scale and a reappraisal of “genitive” in Paiwan, Rukai, and Puyuma, presented at the Second NTU Workshop on Discourse and Grammar in Formosan Languages, Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Taiwan University, Jun 1. [handout]
Jiang, Haowen. 2012. Demonstratives and nominalization: on the differential scope of the two sets of demonstratives in Isbukun Bunun, presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA-19), Academia Sinica, June 26-29. [abstract] [slides]
Jiang, Haowen. 2012. This also is the case: an intralingual study of two additive focus particles (ia3 and me3) in Hakka, presented at the Second International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse (CLD-2), Nangyang Technological University, Singapore, June 9-11. [abstract] [slides]
Jiang, Haowen. 2011. On the grammaticalization of nominalization marker =ay in Kavalan and Amis: a contrastive study, presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA-85), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Jan 6-9. [abstract] [handout] [slides]
Jiang, Haowen. 2010. Appearances can be deceiving: a preliminary corpus study of de yangzi ‘appearance of’ in Mandarin, presented at the First International Symposium on Chinese Language and Discourse (CLD-1), University of California, Los Angeles, Oct 29-31. [abstract] [handout] [slides]
Jeng, Hengsyung and Haowen Jiang. 2010. The spatial and temporal conceptualizations of Isbukun Bunun, presented at the 4th Conference on Language, Discourse and Cognition (CLDC-4), National Taiwan University, May 1-2. [abstract] [handout] [slides]
Jiang, Haowen. 2009. Spatial deixis as motion predicates and aspect markers: the case in Kavalan, presented at the 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (ICAL-11), Aussois, France, Jun 22-26. [abstract][handout][slides]
Jiang, Haowen. 2008. Motion in narratives: finding the way in Kavalan, presented at the 10th Philippines Linguistics Congress (PLC-10), University of the Philippines, Dec 10-12. [abstract][slides]
Jiang, Haowen. 2008. How can Cognitive Linguistics help us with Second Language Acquisition? A case study of the Russian motion verb IDTI, presented at the 8th High Desert Linguistics Society Conference (HDLS-8), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Nov 6-8. [abstract] [slides]
Jiang, Haowen. 2005. Spatial language in Kavalan, presented at the 2nd Workshop on Discourse and Cognition, National Taiwan University, May 7.
Manuscripts
Jiang, Haowen. 2011. Middle Voice in Formosan Languages. Ms. [pdf]
Jiang, Haowen. 2010. Malayalam: a Grammatical Sketch and a Text. Ms. [pdf]
Jiang, Haowen. 2008. Diachrony and Typology: the Case of Passive Constructions in Chinese. Ms. [pdf]
Jiang, Haowen. 2005. The Way to Look for the Missing Frog in Kavalan. Ms. [pdf]
Jiang, Haowen. 2003. An Acoustic Account of Tones in Isolation and Contextual Tonal Variations: a Case Study of Hailu Hakka. Ms. [pdf]
Research Experience
2007-2008. Government-commissioned Project, “Multimedia Dictionary of Isbukun Bunun”, National Taiwan University. (Research Assistant for Dr. Hengsyung Jeng)
2005-2006. NSC Project, “Semantic and Pragmatic Perspective on the Contrastive Analysis of English Content Word Collocations and its Chinese Counterparts,” National Taiwan University. (Research Assistant for Dr. Hengsyung Jeng)
2005-2006. NSC Project, “Discourse and Cognition in Kavalan,” National Taiwan University. (Research Assistant for Dr. Shuanfan Huang)
2004-2005. NSC Project, “Language, Space, and Emotion,” National Taiwan University (Research Assistant for Dr. Shuanfan Huang)
Fieldwork Experience
2012. Fieldwork on Thao (ISO ssf; Austronesian), in Riyue Village, Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, for the project “Nominalizations in Formosan Languages” [map]
2012. Fieldwork on Takituduh Bunun (ISO bnn; Austronesian), in Fazhi Village, Ren’ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, for the project “Nominalizations in Formosan Languages” [map]
2012. Fieldwork on Takibakha Bunun (ISO bnn; Austronesian), in Tannan Village, Singyi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan, for the project “Nominalizations in Formosan Languages” [map]
2012. Fieldwork on Squliq Atayal (ISO tay; Austronesian), in Fuxing Township, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, for the project “Nominalization in Formosan Languages” [map]
2012. Fieldwork on Mayrinax Atayal (ISO tay; Austronesian), in Tai’an Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan, for the project “Nominalization in Formosan Languages” [map]
2011. Fieldwork on Squliq Atayal (ISO tay; Austronesian), in Wulai District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, for the project “Nominalization in Formosan Languages” [map]
2011. Fieldwork on Saaroa (ISO sxr; Austronesian), in Gaozhong Village, Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, for the project “Nominalization in Formosan Languages” [map]
2008. Recording on Isbukun Bunun (ISO bnn; Austronesian), in Guanshan Township, Taitung County, Taiwan, for the project “Building a Multimedia Dictionary of Isbukun Bunun” [map] [map]
2007. Recording on Isbukun Bunun (ISO bnn; Austronesian), in Namaxia Township, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, for the project “Building a Multimedia Dictionary of Isbukun Bunun”
2005-2006. Fieldwork on Kavalan (ISO ckv; Austronesian) in Xinshe Village, Fengbin Township, Hualian County, Taiwan, for the master thesis project “Spatial Conceptualizations in Kavalan” [map]
2004. Fieldwork on Kavalan (ISO ckv; Austronesian) in Xinshe Village, Fengbin Township, Hualian County, Taiwan, for the Field Method paper “Morphological causatives in Kavalan” [map]