Presentations

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2024. “Property-concept Words in Northern Luzon Languages”, paper read at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 33), GIS NTU Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan (& online via GoogleMeet), June 15-17, 2024. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan (with Li-yang Chuang, Andre Goderich, Ting yu Lin, Samuel Yu-hsiang Pan, Kye Shibata, Walis Hian-chi Song, Li-yang Tseng, Chih-hung Yang, and Fang-chi Yeh). 2024. Language Contact in Taiwan and its Implications for PAn Reconstruction, paper read at the Workshop on Southeast Asian Linguistics (HRESAL 2): Language Contact and Historical Relationships of Languages in Southeast Asia, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, June 18, 2024. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2023. ‘hair’-related Words in Philippine Languages: Direct Inheritance, Innovation, or Borrowing?”, paper read at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 2023), Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, May 16-18, 2023. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2023. “Intransitive -en and -an Constructions in Northern Luzon Languages”, paper read at the Themed Panel on Clausal Features of Northern Luzon Languages, The 5th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of the Philippines (LSPIC 2023), April 27-29, 2023. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2022. “Language Contact in East Northern Luzon”, paper read at the Online Conference on Historical Relationships of East and Southeast Asian Languages (HRESAL) 2022. National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, September 3-4, 2022 (via GoogleMeet). 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2019. ‘Linguistic Diversity and Convergence in Southeast Asia’, paper read at the International Conference on Languages, Cultures and Education in Southeast Asia: Identity and Diversity, Royal University of Phnom Penh, October 16-19, 2019. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2019. ‘Another Look at the Clause Structure in Philippine Languages’, keynote speech given at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 29), KFC Halls and Rooms, Ryogoku, Tokyo, Japan, May 27-29, 2019. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2018. ‘Puzzles in Ilongot Phonology and Lexicon’, paper read at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 28), Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 17-19, 2018. [MOST 106-2918-I-007-002; MOST 105-2410-H-007-055] 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2018. ‘Verbal Affixation Marking in Ilongot and its Implication for the Reconstruction of Proto-Southern Cordilleran Verbal Affixation System’, paper read at the 1st ILAS Annual Linguistics Forum: The Evolution of Grammar (第一屆中研語言學論壇:語法的演化), Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, April 20, 2018. [MOST 106-2918-I-007-002] 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2016. ‘Reconstructing Proto-Northern Luzon Locative Personal Pronouns’, paper read at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 26), Century Park Hotel, Manila, the Philippines, May 26-28, 2016.

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2015. ‘To Raise or to Front?: Puzzles in the Development of Vowels in Ilongot’, paper read at the 13th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (13-ICAL), Academia Sinica, Taiwan, July 18-23, 2015.

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2013. “Functions of Reflexes of PAN/PMP *maR- in Philippine Languages”, paper read at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 23), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, May 29-31, 2013. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2012. On the reconstruction of the base for ‘headhunting’ in Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian”, paper read at the 12th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (12-ICAL), Udayana University (Denpasar), Bali, Indonesia, July 2-6, 2012. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2011. “On the reconstruction of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *si- ‘simultaneous/ concomitant aspect’”, paper read at the 20th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL2011), National Museum of Ethnology (MINPAKU), Osaka, Japan, July 25-30, 2011. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2010. “The development of so-called “Instrumental Focus” verbs in Philippine languages,” paper read at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 20), University of Zurich, Switzerland, June 10-11, 2010. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2010. “Morphosyntactic irregularities in local pronouns in some western Austronesian languages,” paper read at the Workshop on “Between You and Me: Local Pronouns Across Modalities”, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, June 7-8, 2010. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2009. “On the development of the nominal phrase marking system in Ilongot,” paper read at the Conference on South East Asian Languages, Université Paris Diderot and INALCO, Paris, France, December 17-19, 2009. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2009. “On the development of comitative verbs in Philippine languages,” paper read at the Workshop on Coordination and Comitativity in Austronesian Languages (南島語並列及伴同結構小型研討會), Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica (中央研究院語言學研究所), Taipei, Taiwan, November 7-8, 2009. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2009. “When a first person participant meets a second person participant: Irregularities in personal pronoun systems in Philippine languages,” paper read at the 11th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (11-ICAL), Aussois, France, June 22-25, 2009. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2009. “The state of the art of the documentation of Philippine languages,” paper read at the 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), the Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA, March 12-14, 2009. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2008. “The development of  benefactive affect verbs in Philippine languages: Some implications for comparative Austronesian linguistics,” paper read at the 18th International Congress of Linguists (CIL 18), Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, July 21-26, 2008. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2006. “A typology of first person dual pronouns in Philippine languages and their reconstructibility,” paper read at the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (10-ICAL), Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, the Philippines, January 17-20, 2006. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2005. “Pronominal forms in Central Cagayan Agta: Clitics or agreement features?” paper read at the 15th Annual Southeast Asian Linguistics Society Meeting (SEALS XV), Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, April 20-22, 2005. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2002. “The interpretation of tu and Kavalan ergativity,” paper read at the 9th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (9-ICAL), Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, January 8-11, 2002. 

Reid, Lawrence A., and Hsiu-chuan Liao. 2001. “Syntactic typology of Philippine languages”, paper read at the International Symposium on Austronesian Cultures: Issues Relating to Taiwan, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, December 8-11, 2001. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2001. “The Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy revisited: A view from ergative languages”, paper read at the Fourth Biennial Conference of the Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT IV), University of California at Santa Barbara, July 19-22, 2001. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2023. “Linguistics (語言學)”. Guest lecture given at HSS 100200: Basic Issues in Humanities and Social Sciences (人文社會學科基本問題) [Instructor: Dr. Jen-to Yao (姚人多)], Interdisciplinary Program of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University (國立清華大學人文社會學院學士班), December 21, 2023. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2022. ‘Personal Pronouns and Transitivity in Northern Luzon Languages,’ Resource speaker at “UST Webinar on Grammars of Philippine Languages” (online), Graduate School of English Language Studies and the Department of English, University of Santo Tomas, October 8, 2022. [NSC-98-2410-H-007-048-MY2] 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2020. “The Austronesian Language Family: A Historical Linguistic Perspective (南島語系: 歷史語言學的觀點).’ Invited lecture given at the National Museum of Prehistory (國立臺灣史前文化博物館), Taitung, Taiwan, October 12, 2020. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2019. “Climate Change: A Linguistic Perspective (氣候變遷: 語言學的觀點)”. Guest lecture given at HSS 101400 Taiwanese Society: Interdisciplinary Dialogue (台灣啟航：跨領域的解讀與對話) [Instructor: Dr. Chin-Shou Wang (王俊秀)], Interdisciplinary Program of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University (國立清華大學人文社會學院學士班), December 5, 2019.  

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2018. ‘Austronesian Languages: A Historical Linguistic Perspective (南島語: 歷史語言學的觀點).’ Guest lecture given at ANTH676500: Archaeology of Southeast Asia (東南亞考古學) [Instructor: Dr. Cheng-hwa Tsang (臧振華)], Graduate Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University (國立清華大學人類學研究所), November 12, 2018. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2018. ‘Austronesian Languages: A Historical Linguistic Perspective (南島語: 歷史語言學的觀點).’ Guest lecture given at ANTH676500: Archaeology of Southeast Asia (東南亞考古學) [Instructor: Dr. Cheng-hwa Tsang (臧振華)], Graduate Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University (國立清華大學人類學研究所), November 12, 2018. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2016. ‘Linguistics: Its Relevance to Our Everyday Life (語言學與我們日常生活的關連性).’ Guest lecture given at HSS 101400 Taiwanese Society: Interdisciplinary Dialogue (台灣啟航：跨領域的解讀與對話) [Instructor: Dr. Chon Ip Ng (吳俊業)], Interdisciplinary Program of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University (國立清華大學人文社會學院學士班), October 27, 2016.

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2015. ‘Indigenous Languages of Taiwan: A Historical Linguistic Perspective  (臺灣南島語: 歷史語言學的觀點).’ Guest lecture given at HSS 101400 Taiwanese Society: Interdisciplinary Dialogue (台灣啟航：跨領域的解讀與對話) [instructor: Dr. Lung-chih Chang (張隆志)], Interdisciplinary Program of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University (國立清華大學人文社會學院學士班), October 22, 2015. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2014. ‘Historical Linguistics and Indigenous Languages of Taiwan (歷史語言學與臺灣南島語).’  Guest lecture given at HSS 101400 Taiwanese Society: Interdisciplinary Dialogue (台灣啟航：跨領域的解讀與對話) [instructor: Dr. Lung-chih Chang (張隆志)], Interdisciplinary Program of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University (國立清華大學人文社會學院學士班), November 27, 2014.

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2013. ‘An Introduction to Languages of Taiwan’. Invited guest lecture at Fo Guang Shan Manila Mabuhay Temple (佛光山萬年寺), Malate, Manila, the Philippines, May 4, 2013. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2012. Subgrouping of Austronesian languages (南島語的分群).  Guest lecture given at Visiting Professor Khalil Iskarou’s Field Methods class, National Tsing Hua University, June 25, 2012. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2009. “How to arrange your research material?” (紙本資料系統化整理).   Lecture given at the 2009 Second LST (Linguistic Society of Taiwan) Workshop on “iData 2009: 語料及文獻彙整演講” (2009臺灣語言學會第二次語言學沙龍), National Taiwan Normal University (國立臺灣師範大學), Taipei, Taiwan, October 9, 2009.

Liao, Hsiu-chuan, and Lawrence A. Reid. 2009. “So-called “Instrumental Focus” verbs in South-Central Cordilleran Languages,”  paper read at the Workshop on Monsoon Asia and Multi-culturalism (季風亞洲與多元文化), Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, National Tsing Hua University (國立清華大學人文社會研究中心), June 18, 2009 [sponsored by the Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan]. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2009. “Field data management.” Lecture given at the LST (Linguistic Society of Taiwan) 2009 Fieldwork Workshop (2009台灣語言學會田野調查沙龍), Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University (國立臺灣師範大學), Taipei, Taiwan, April 11, 2009. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2008. “When a first person participant meets a second person participant: Irregularities in personal pronoun systems in Philippine languages.”   National Tsing Hua University and Academia Sinica Austronesian Linguistics Program Lecture Series No. 5 (國立清華大學語言學研究所暨中央研究院語言學研究所 南島語學程系列演講之五).  Lecture delivered at the Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University (國立清華大學語言學研究所), Hsinchu, Taiwan, November 5, 2008.  

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2007. “An overview of the Austronesian language family”.  Graduate Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University (國立清華大學人類學研究所), Hsinchu, March 28, 2007.  

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2006. “A typology of benefactive affect verbs in Formosan and Philippine languages: Some implications for comparative Austronesian linguistics”.  Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University (國立清華大學語言學研究所), Hsinchu, April 20, 2006.   

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2006. “Philippine linguistics: The state of the art 1981-2005”, The Annual Lecture of The Brother Andrew Gonzalez, FSC, Distinguished Professorial Chair in Linguistics and Language Education, hosted by the Linguistic Society of the Philippines, March 4, 2006. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2005. “Typological status of Philippine-type languages: An evaluation.”  Austronesian Linguistics Lecture, University of the Philippines—Diliman (菲律賓大學), Quezon City, Metro-Manila, Philippines, July 14, 2005.   

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2005. “Constraints on the order of personal pronouns in Atayal: Semantic, syntactic, phonological, or all of the above?” National Taiwan Normal University (國立臺灣師範大學), Taipei, Taiwan, May 3, 2005. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2005. “Prenominal elements in Formosan and Philippine languages: Determiners, nouns, or what?” Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Chengchi University (國立政治大學), Taipei, Taiwan, May 2, 2005. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2005. “Pronominal forms in Central Cagayan Agta: Clitics or agreement features?”  Linguistics and Lunch Lecture, Summer Institute of Linguistics—Philippines, Quezon City, Metro-Manila, Philippines, January 11, 2005. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2004. “Prenominal elements in Philippine-type languages: Determiners, nouns, or what?” Metro Manila Linguistic Circle, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines, July 23, 2004. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2002. (with Tomoko Kozasa and Lawrence Kenji Rutter).  “The Canberra tale.”  Austronesian Circle, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, February 28, 2002.  

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2002. “The interpretation of tu and Kavalan ergativity.”  Tuesday Seminar, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, February 19, 2002. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 2001.“The documentation of Formosan languages: Past and present”, a lecture given to the Formosan Indigenous Culture Exchange Group on September 5, 2001, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. 

Liao, Hsiu-chuan. 1999. “The need for the documentation of minority languages: The example of Oceanic languages” (A summary report of a group project done by Hsiu-chuan Liao, Yoshiko Isozaki, Kenji Rutter, and Kenneth Rehg).  Forum on the Endangered Languages Issue, Tuesday Seminar Series, Department of Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. April 15, 1999.