I am an Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau. I previously taught in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at City University of Hong Kong (08/2016 - 05/2022). I was born and bred in Chiayi (嘉義), Taiwan.
My CV
Email: cytsai [at] um.edu.mo
Ph.D. in Linguistics, Harvard University
M.A. in Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University
syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface
"結合歷時演變探析動詞重疊結構「VV」與「V(一)下」的句法", The 6th International Workshop on Syntactic Cartography , 31 Oct-1 Nov, CUHK. [with Xinjunrong Huang]
"Decomposing sufficiency jiu-constructions", International Conference on Formal Linguistics 2025, 8-9 Nov, GDUFS
"Prosodic variation and discourse effects of sentence-final particles: The case of ma in the Changchun dialect", International Conference on Formal Linguistics 2025, 8-9 Nov, GDUFS. [with Nancy Bian]