V: Conference Papers
[1] Liao, Chao-chih and Yu-hwei E. Lii-Shih. 1993. Refusal in Mandarin Chinese. Paper Presented at the Fourth International Pragmatics Conference, Shoin Women's University, Kobe, Japan July 25-30.
[2] Liao, Chao-chih. 1994. After being refused: response to face-threatening speech acts. Fourth International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics. July 18-20. Academia Sinica.
[3] Liao, Chao-chih 1994. Men and Women in the Use of Postrefusal Maxims in Two Areas. Paper presented at the Third Kentucky Conference on Narrative. October 14-16. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
[4] Bresnahan, Mary, Wen Ying Liu, Hui Jung Chang, Chao-chih Liao, and Stephanie Futrell. 1994. Resistance: A Taxonomy of Tactics for Refusal for Use in Cross- Cultural Research. Paper presented at Speech Communication Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Nov. 16-22.
[5] Liao, Chao-chih and Mary I. Bresnahan. 1995. A contrastive pragmatic study on American English and Mandarin refusal maxims and strategies. Paper presented at First International Conference on contrastive semantics and pragmatics. University of Brighton, United Kingdom. April 6-9.
[6] Liao, Chao-chih. 1995. Different ways of narrative and value systems of Chinese University Students from Four Areas in the World. Paper presented at the Fourth International Conference on Narrative. October 13-15. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
[7]Liao, Chao-chih. 1995. Stereotypes of and Attitudes toward EFL Writing by Undergraduates in Taiwan: Toward Writing Improvement. Paper presented at The fourth International Conference on English Teaching and Learning, Republic of China. Kaohsiung Teacher's University, Taiwan.
[8] Liao, Chao-chih. 1996. Silence, Face, Intimacy, and Dominance in the Chinese Society. Paper presented at RC 25 conference on the linguistic construction of social and personal identity. University of Evora. March 25-29.
[9] Chiang, Hsiao-chen, and Chao-chih Liao. 1996. Aspects of sex-based Chinese Language in the school reading materials. Paper presented at RC 25 conference on the linguistic construction of social and personal identity. University of Evora. March 25-29.
[10] Liao, Chao-chih. 1996. Oriental Social Conversations: Appropriate Topics, motivations, attitudes, and ritual responses. Paper presented at 5th International Pragmatics Conference. July 4-9, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico.
[11] Liao, Chao-chih. 1996. They Perfer Safe Topics. Presented at the 21st ALAA Conference in Sydney. 3-6 October.
[12] Liao, Chao-chih and Mary I. Bresnahan. 1996. Request Strategies: A Contrastive Study of Mandarin and American English. Presented at the 21st ALAA Conference in Sydney. 3-6 October.
[13] Liao, Chao-chih. 1996. Motivations of Smile, Giggle, Laugh in the Chinese Conversation. Presented at the 21st ALAA Conference in Sydney. 3-6 October.
[14] Liao, Chao-chih.. 1996. Making the difference: Illuminating the corriculum through information technology. ISTE: CPAW Global Electronic Forum. Dec. 6. Tampa, Florida and Monterrey, Mexico.
[15] Liao, Chao-chih. 1997. Understanding sociopragmatic differences from disparities of the Chinese and English version of The Golden Lotus. Paper presented at first on-line international translation colloquium. March 5-14 hosted by The Faculty of Translation at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
[16] Liao, Chao-chih. 1997. Understanding sociopragmatic differences from disparity of Chinese and English version of The Story of The Stone and the implication in MFL/EFL teaching: A sociopragmatic viewpoint. Presented at The First Translation Conference, National Taiwan Normal University. March 22-23.
[17] Liao, Chao-chih. 1997. Chinese Sense of Humor and Appreciation of Jokes. Paper presented at Sixth International Conference on Narrative, Lexington Kentucky. November 7-9.
[18] Liao, Chao-chih. 1998. Space-related Chinese metaphors and their English equivalents. Paper presented at the South African Society for General Literary Studies. University of the Witwatersrand. Johhannesburg, South Africa. June 2-5.
[19] Liao, Chao-chih and Malcolm Beazley. 1998. Intercultural awareness through cyberspace communications. Paper presented at the South African Society for General Literary Studies. University of the Witwatersrand. Johhannesburg, South Africa. June 2-5.
[20] Beazley, Malcolm and Chao-chih Liao. 1998. Teleliteracy through emailing between EFL and ENL speakers: Taiwan and Australia. Paper presented at the South African Society for General Literary Studies. University of the Witwatersrand. Johhannesburg, South Africa. June 2-5.
[21] Liao, Chao-chih. 1998. Chinese ideology concerning giving advice/suggestion, pragmatic transfer, and intercultural communication. Paper presented at 6th International Pragmatics Conference, July 19-24. Reims. France.
[22] Liao, Chao-chih. 1998. Different authentic English teaching and learning materials. Paper presented in poster sessions of The Seventh International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching, English Teacher’s Association, ROC. Nov 13-15. National Taiwan Normal University.
[23] Liao, Chao-chih. 1998. Teleliteracy in EFL students. Paper presented at The Seventh International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching, English Teacher’s Association, ROC. Nov 13-15. National Taiwan Normal University.
[24] Liao, Chao-chih. 1998. Writing for intercultural understanding: Emailing between Ireland and Taiwan. Paper presented at The Second International Conference on Multimedia Language Education. December 18-20. Kaohsiung: Chinese Military Academy. In The Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Multimedia Language Education. Taipei: Crane. Pp. 183-195.
[25] Liao, Chao-chih and Malcolm R. Beazley. 1999. Writing for Intercultural understanding: Emailing between Australia, Ireland, Taiwan, and the United States. Paper presented at International Council for Open and Distance Education. June 20-24. Vienna, Austria.
[26] Beazley, Malcolm R. and Chao-chih Liao. 1999. Teleliteracy: Writing for Intercultural understanding. Paper presented at International Council for Open and Distance Education. June 20-24. Vienna, Austria.
[27] Liao, Chao-chih. 1999. International Email Swapping of High School Students: Taiwan Experience. Paper presented at 1999 International Conference on ESL/EFL Literacies in the Asia-Pacific Region. Tunghai University. December 4-5.
[28] Liao, Chao-chih. 1999. Teaching FCU Non-English Majors E-mailing. Paper presented at The Eighth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching, English Teacher’s Association, ROC. Nov 11-13. National Taiwan Normal University.
[29] Liao, Chao-chih. 1999. Theory and Practice of Interactive Emailing Politeness: Teaching Non-English Majors to Write English Email to EFL International Key Pals. Paper presented at The Third International Conference on Multimedia Language Education. December . Kaohsiung First Technical University.. In The Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Multimedia Language Education. Taipei: Crane.
[30] Liao, Chao-chih. 1999. Emailing Politeness: Chinese, German and the USA Discourse. Paper presented at International Symposium on Linguistic Politeness (Theoretical Approaches and Intercultural Perspectives). December 7-9. Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
[31] Liao, Chao-chih. 1999. Why do most Chinese want to become more humorous. Eleventh International Humor Conference of the International Society for Humor Studies. June 29-July 3. Holy Names College, Oakland California.
[32] Liao, Chao-chih. 2000. Emailing Politeness for Taiwan-Chinese Students. Paper presented at Chin Min College. Miao-li. May 19.
[33] Liao, Chao-chih. 2000. Question-Answer adjacency pair in emailing: Taiwanese versus International email penpals. Paper presented at the 7th International Pragmatics Conference. Budapest, Hungary. 9-14 July.
[34] Liao, Chao-chih and Hans-Georg Wolf. 2000. Understanding Germans and Taiwan-Chinese by reading their responses to the comic film When Harry Met Sally. Paper presented at the 12th ISHS 2000 Conference. Kansai University, Osaka, Japan. July 24-28.
[35] Liao, Chao-chih and Goh Abe. 2000. Comparison of Taiwan-Chinese and Japanese Sense of Humor. Paper presented at the 12th ISHS 2000 Conference. Kansai University, Osaka, Japan. July 24-28.
[36] Liao, Chao-chih. 2000. Responses to the American comedy When Harry Met Sally: Comparing Humor between Taiwanese and German students. Paper presented at The Fourth International Conference on Multimedia Language Education. October 27-29. Yuan-Ze University.
[37] Liao, Chao-chih and Wei-ling Huang. 2000. Optimal Amount of English During the Class: Ten Case Studies at FCU. The Ninth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching. November 10-12. Taipei: Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center.
[38] Liao, Chao-chih. 2000. Taiwanese University Undergraduates’ Attitudes toward Personal Names Fashionable at Different Times. Paper presented at the Special International Congress on Behaviorism and the Sciences of Behavior. December 13-15. Taipei: Grand Hotel.
[39] Liao, Chao-chih. 2000. Taiwan-Chinese Nicknaming Phenomenon. Paper presented at American Name Society Conference. Washington D. C. Dec 27-30.
[40] Liao, Chao-chih. 2001. A Linguistic Study of English Names in Taiwanese University Students. Paper presented at Fortieth Annual International Names Institute. New York: Baruch College (CUNY). May 3-5.
[41] Liao, Chao-chih. 2001. EFL Teaching and Proper Names. Paper presented at Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology. May 11.
[42] Liao, Chao-chih. 2001. Culture in EFL learning: English Names of Taiwanese Students. Paper presented at Chinese Military Academy. June 1.
[43] Liao, Chao-chih and Goh Abe. 2001. Contrasting Joke Appreciation between Japanese and Taiwanese: Other- versus Self-Deprecating. Paper presented at the 13th ISHS Conference. Maryland: College Park. July 5-9.
[44] Liao, Chao-chih. 2001. For Whom to be Humorous. Paper presented at the 13th ISHS Conference. Maryland: College Park. July 5-9.
[45] Liao, Chao-chih. 2001. A Sociolinguistic Study of School Names in Taiwan. Paper presented at PLANSUS (Placename Survey of the United States). Boise, Idaho. September 4-8.
[46] Liao, Chao-chih. 2001. Relevance Theory and Chinese Verbal Humor. Keynote Speech at the Second Relevance Theory Symposium. Kuangdong University of Foreign Studies. Nov 9-10.
[47] Liao, Chao-chih. 2001. Culture in EFL Learning: Short, Affectionate and Formal English Names. The Tenth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching. November 10-12. Taipei: Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center. Nov. 16-18.
[48] Liao, Chao-chih. 2001. English Email Discourse Analysis: Taiwanese versus Czech Students. Paper presented at The Fifth International Conference on Multimedia Language Education. December 21-23. National Taiwan University.
[49] Liao, Chao-chih. 2001. Tone and Phonetic Analysis of Taiwanese Personal Names. 2001 Annual Meeting of American Name Society. New Orleans: The Ambassador Hotel. December 27-30.
[50] Liao, Chao-chih. 2002. The sociology of language in Religions in Taiwan. Paper presented at University of Gent. Belgium. April 4-6.
[51] Liao, Chao-chih. 2002. Sociology of Languages and Religions for Chinese in Taiwan and Overseas. Paper presented at The International Colloquium of The Sociology of Language and Religion. University of Surrey Roehamptom. June 20-22.
[52] Liao, Chao-chih and Goh Abe. 2002. Comparing Japanese and Taiwanese Appreciation of Chinese Jokes. Paper presented at the 14th ISHS Conference. Forli, Italy. July 3-7.
[53] Chang, Tsung-chin and Chao-chih Liao. 2002. Humor at Work. Paper presented at the 14th ISHS Conference. Forli, Italy. July 3-7.
[54] Liao, Chao-chih. 2002. Universality, Humor and Huachi. Paper presented at the 14th ISHS Conference. Forli, Italy: July 3-7.
[55] Liao, Chao-chih. 2002. Good EFL Learners, Learning Strategies, Doing Researchers and Teachers. Paper presented at The Sixth International Conference on Multimedia Language Education. July 18-20. National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences. Proceedings of the Conference. Taipei: Crane. Pp. 168-180.
[56] Chuang, Yuangshan, Boyd Davis, Cheng-Ho Wang, Pei-ling Wang, Ching-hsing Lee, Mei-hua Cheng, Chao-chih Liao. 2002. The National English Proficiency Test for All on the Web. Porceedings of International Conference: A New Paradigm for Innovative Multimedia Language Education in the 21st Century. Pp. 45-68. Seoul: Seoul Education Training Institute. October 3-5.
[57] Liao, Chao-chih. 2003. Jokes about SARS. Paper presented at 15th ISHS (International Society of Humor Studies) Conference. July 8-12. Northeastern Illinois University.
[58] Chi, Huan-ting and Chao-chih Liao. 2003. Medical versus non-Medical Taiwanese watching Patch Adams. Paper presented at 15th ISHS (International Society for Humor Studies) Conference. July 8-12. Northeastern Illinois University.
[59] Chiang, Hsiao-chen and Chao-chih Liao. 2003. EFL Teachers and Teaching in Elementary Schools in Central Taiwan. Paper presented at The Twelfth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching. November 10-12. Taipei: Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center.
[60] Liao, Chao-chih. 2003. Teaching ESP in the Course ‘English Conversation and Reading.’Paper presented at The Twelfth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching. November 10-12. Taipei: Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center.
[61] Chi, Huan-Ting, Chao-chih Liao and Dar-Yu Yang. 2003. Emergency staff’s Concepts and Attitudes toward SARS at its Initial Phase in Taiwan. Paper presented at the Second Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress. Barcelona, Spain. September 13-17.
[62] Chuang, Yuangshan and Chao-chih Liao. 2003. Humor in Class: Teacher- versus Student-deprecating. Paper presented at ROCMELIA conference. National Chia Yi University. December 19-21.
[63] Chiang, Hsiao-chen and Chao-chih Liao. 2003. Humor and Language Teachers. Paper presented at ROCMELIA conference. National Chia Yi University. December 19-21.
[64] Liao, Chao-chih. 2003. Feeling Relief or Not Toward Different Jokes. Paper presented at ROCMELIA conference. National Chia Yi University. December 19-21.
[65] Liao, Chao-chih. 2004. Street-Name Patterns in Taichung, Taiwan. Paper presented at American Name Society Annual Meeting in Conjunction with Linguistic Society of America. January 9-10. Sheraton Boston Hotel.
[66] Liao, Chao-chih. 2004. Disasters from Pun in Chinese History. Paper presented at Sociolinguistics Symposium. April 1-4. Newcastle Upon Tyne, England.
[67] Liao, Chao-chih. 2004. Recycling jokes: Law versus non-Law students. Paper presented at 16th ISHS (International Society of Humor Studies) Conference. June 14-18. France: Dijon.
[68] Chou, Ming-yu, and Chao-chih Liao. 2004. Humor and Good Teachers in Business Administration. Paper presented at 16th ISHS (International Society of Humor Studies) Conference. June 14-18. France: Dijon.
[69] Chang, Tsung-chin and Chao-chih Liao. 2004. Content Analysis of Political Jokes in Taiwan. Paper presented at 16th ISHS (International Society of Humor Studies) Conference. June 14-18. France: Dijon.
[70] Liao, Chao-chih. 2004. Importance of Humor in the Qualities of Good English Teachers. Paper presented at 5th Pan-Asian Conference on Language Teaching at FEELTA. June 24-27. Russia: Vladivostok.
[71] Liao, Chao-chih. 2004. Cross-cultural Issue. Paper presented at Panel of 5th Pan-Asian Conference on Language Teaching at FEELTA. June 24-27. Russia: Vladivostok.
[72] Kuo, Yi-hsiang and Chao-chih Liao. 2004. Free-Topic vs. Assigned-topic Email Writing: Content Anallysis. Paper presented at The Thirteenth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching. November 12-14. Taipei: Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center.
[73] Liao, Chao-chih. 2004. Reflective Teaching in ESP: Legal English. Paper presented at The Thirteenth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching. November 12-14. Taipei: Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center.
[74] Liao, Chao-chih. 2005. The names of streets, buildings and landscapes in Lukang, a historic town in Taiwan. Paper presented at American Name Society Annual Meeting in Conjunction with Linguistic Society of America. January 6-9. San Francisco: Hyatt Regency Hotel.
[75] Liao, Chao-chih and Doron Gil. 2005. Comparing Taiwanese and Israelis’ Perceptions of the movie Patch Adams. Paper presented at 17th ISHS (International Society for Humor Studies) Conference. June 13-17. Ohio: Youngstown State U.
[76] Chang, Tsung-chin and Chao-chih Liao. 2005. Playing and Being Played a Prank. Paper presented at 17th ISHS (International Society for Humor Studies) Conference. June 13-17. Ohio: Youngstown State U.
[77] Liu, Chien-cheng, Chao-chih Liao and Ming-yu Chou. 2005. Humor and Good Teachers of Business Administration: Facts versus Hopes. Paper presented at 17th ISHS (International Society of Humor Studies) Conference. June 13-17. Ohio: Youngstown State University.
[78] Liao, Chao-chih. 2005. Humor in Elementary School EFL Classroom: Fact and Hope. Paper presented at the Fourteenth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching. November 11-13. Taipei: Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center.
[79] Liao, Chao-chih. 2005. Comparing Taiwanese and Russian Verbal Responses to Embarrassing Scenarios. Paper presented at the Fourteenth International Symposium and Book Fair on English Teaching. November 11-13. Taipei: Chien Tan Overseas Youth Activity Center.
[80] Liao, Chao-chih. 2005. How Machine Translation Helps in Language Learning. The Ninth International Conference on Multimedia Language Education of ROCMELIA. December 9-11. Tainan County: Kun Shan University.
[81] Liao, Chao-chih. 2006. Nicknames of Teachers. Paper presented at American Name Society Annual Meeting in Conjunction with Linguistic Society of America. January 5-8. Albuquerque, New Mexico: Hyatt Regency Hotel.
[82] Liao, Chao-chih and Theresa Hsiao-ping Chen. 2006. Self-Perceived Communication Abilities and Gap with Reality. Paper presented at 2006 International Conference and Workshop on TEFL and Applied Linguistics. Department of Applied English, Ming Chuan University. March 10-11.
[83] Liao, Chao-chih. 2006. Negotiation Style Preference of Undergraduates in Taiwan. Paper presented at 2006 International Conference on English Instruction and Assessment. Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Chung Cheng University. April 22-23.
[84] Liao, Chao-chih. 2006. Self-Perceived Communicative Competence: English versus Non-English Majors. Paper presented at the 2006 International Conference on English Language Education. Department of Applied English Language, Fortune Institute of Technology. April 28.
[85] Liao, Chao-chih. 2006. Comparing Translation of Proper Nouns in Hung Lou Meng by Four Different English Version. Paper presented at 2006 International Conference and Book Fair on English Language Teaching and Learning. Yuanpei University of Science and Technology. May 27.
[86] Liao, Chao-chih. 2006. Translation of Proper Nouns in The Importance of Being Earnest and Hung Lou Meng. Paper presented at third OCIT Conference on Applied Foreign Language Teaching. Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology. June 3.
[87] Liao, Chao-chih and Tsung-chin Chang. 2006. Sense of Humor: Americans vs. Taiwanese. Paper presented at 18th ISHS Conference. July 3-7. Denmark: Copenhagen (Danish University of Education).
[88] Liao, Chao-chih & Miyazaki, M. & Kuniyoshi, H. & Tobita, R., 2006. Japanese Attitudes toward Pranks. Paper presented at 18th ISHS Conference. July 3-7. Denmark: Copenhagen (Danish University of Education).
[89] Ravi, Rajamani and Chao-chih Liao. 2006. Comparing Taiwanese and Indian Sense of Humor. Paper presented at 社會語言學與功能語言學國際研討會. November 7. Taiwan:中興大學. 會議論文集. Pp. 39-50.
[90] Liao, Chao-chih. Sociolinguistic Analysis of Cold Jokes. Paper presented at 社會語言學與功能語言學國際研討會. November 5-6. Taiwan: 元智大學.