Affiliation

Associate Professor
Department of Foreign Language and Literature
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Contact Info

Phone: +886-3-5715131 ext. 62025
E-mail: chen -dot- ty -at- mx -dot- nthu -dot- edu -dot- tw

Office: B506, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Office Hours: 12:00 - 13:00 Wed (Spring 2026)

Copyright Info

Working

• Aug 2022 - Present
  Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
  National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
• Aug 2017 - Jul 2022
  Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
  National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
• Feb 2015 - Jul 2017
  Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute of Linguistics
  National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan
• Jan 2014 - Jan 2015
  Full-time Research Assistant, Department of Chinese as a Second Language
  National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Education

• Ph.D., Department of Linguistics
  University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  Degree received in Nov 2014
• M.A., Institute of Linguistics
  National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan
  Degree received in Aug 2007

Research Interests

• Theoreical and Experimental Linguistics (mostly phonology, phonetics, language processing, and language acquisition)

Research Projects

• The Alignment between Behavioral and Electrophysiological Evidence of Linguistic Learnability in Artificial Grammar Learning Experiments
  Wu Ta-You Memorial Research Award Project
  Principle Investigator, Funded by The National Science and Techonology Council, Taiwan
  Co-PI: Dr. Liao, Chia-Hsuan
  Aug 2024 - Jul 2028
• Implicit and Explicit Learning and Knowledge of Complex Dual-route Stress Systems
  Project for Excellent Young Scholars
  Principle Investigator, Funded by The National Science and Techonology Council, Taiwan
  Aug 2022 - Jul 2025
• A Comprehensive Examination of Evidence and Methodology in Artificial Grammar Learning
  Project for Junior Researchers
  Principle Investigator, Funded by The Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  Aug 2019 - Jul 2023
• Vietnamese anaphoras: Syntax-semantics/pragmatics interface and language acquisition
  Research Project
  Co-Principle Investigator, Funded by The Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  PI: Dr. Chou, Chao-Ting
  Aug 2021 - Jul 2023
• The Attrition and Divergent Attainment of Heritage Languages in Taiwan
  Research Project
  Co-Principle Investigator, Funded by The Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  PI: Dr. Chou, Chao-Ting
  Aug 2019 - Jul 2021
• Acquisition of Chinese Contour Tone Sandhi in Artificial Grammar Learning
  Project for Junior Researchers
  Principle Investigator, Funded by The Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  Feb 2018 - Oct 2019

Book

• Chen, T.-Y., Lu, Y.-A., & Myers, J. (in press).
  Calculating Language: The Guides to Statistics for Linguistic Research (語言算什麼：語言學研究的統計指引). Hsinchu: The NTHU Press.

Journal Articles/Book Chapters

• Chen, T.-Y. (under revision)
  A substantive inductive bias for *NonFinalR in an artificial grammar learning replication experiment. Ms., National Tsing Hua University.
• Chen, T.-Y. & Myers, J. (to appear)
  Modeling cross-linguistic variation in phonological wordlikeness judgments. Open Linguistics. [data]
• Chen, T.-Y. (2025b)
  Word-monitoring reaction time as a measure of implicit and explicit abstract phonological knowledge. Language Awareness. [data]
• Chen, T.-Y. (2025a)
  The ‘starting-small’ effect in phonology: Evidence from biased learning of opaque and transparent vowel harmony. Language and Speech 68(1), 3-35. [data]
• Chen, T.-Y. (2024b)
  Extrapolating from reaction times of acceptability judgments to implicit and explicit learning in artificial grammar learning experiments. In Myers, J. & Tai, H.-Y. (eds.), Looking at Language from ALL Sides (pp.65-86). Taipei: The Crane Publishing. [Accepted Draft]
• Chen, T.-Y. (2024a)
  ENIGMA: A Web application for running online artificial grammar learning experiments. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 53, article 38. [ENIGMA] [Full-text Access]
• Chen, T.-Y. (2022)
  On the learnability of level-based and unit-based tonal OCP generalizations: An artificial grammar learning study. Glossa: A journal of general linguistics 7(1), 1-45. [data]
• Chen, T.-Y., & Myers, J. (2021)
  Worldlikeness: A Web crowdsourcing platform for typological psycholinguistics. Linguistic Vanguard 7(s1), 20190011. https://worldlikeness.org
• Chou, C.-T., Chen, T.-Y., & Acrisio P. (2020)
  Acquisition of null objects in Mandarin Chinese by heritage speakers: Syntax-pragmatics interface knowledge without inflectional morphology. International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 7(2), 223-269.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2020)
  An inductive learning bias toward phonetically driven tonal phonotactics. Language Acquisition 27(3), 331-361. [data]
• Chu, W.-H., Chen, T.-Y., & Lin, D.-Y. (2015)
  The relationship between working memory and Chinese language comprehension skills. Journal of Chinese Language Teaching 12(3), 53-92.
• Chu, W.-H., Lin, D.-Y., Chen, T.-Y., Tsai, P.-S., & Wang, C.-H. (2015)
  The relationships between ambiguity tolerance, learning strategies, and learning Chinese as a second language. System 49, 1-16.
• Chen, T.-Y., & Tucker, B. V. (2013)
  Sonorant onset pitch as a perceptual cue of lexical tones in Mandarin. Phonetica 70(3), 207-239.
• Kirchner, R., Moore, R. K., & Chen, T.-Y. (2010)
  Computing Phonological Generalization over Real Speech Exemplars. Journal of Phonetics 38(4), 540-547.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2010)
  Some Remarks on Contour Tone Units. Journal of East Asian Linguistics 19(2), 103-135.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2007)
  Problems in Analyzing Consonant-Tone Interaction: A reply to Ruangjaroon. Taiwan Journal of Linguistics 5(2), 65-84.

Conference Papers

• Chen, T.-Y. & Liao, C.-H. (2026)
  Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence of a phonetic naturalness bias in phonological learning. Poster to presented at LabPhon 20: The 19th international conference of laboratory phonology, Jun 24-29, 2026, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2025)
  Understanding the Knowledge Acquired in Artificial Grammar Learning Experiments: A Computer-learning Approach. Paper to presented at JSLS2025: The Japanese Society for Language Sciences 26th Annual International Conference, Jul 12-13, 2025, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2024)
  Revisiting the phonological learnability of *NonFinalR: A large-scale experimental study. Poster presented at LabPhon 19: The 19th international conference of laboratory phonology, Jun 26-29, 2024, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2023)
  Predicting the learning and attrition of disyllabic tonal patterns in dominated dialects in Taiwan. In Y.-L. Chen, S. Chen, & E. Aldridge (eds.), The Proceedings of Academia Sinica Linguistics Forum-4, 5-28. Taipei: Academia Sinica.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2023)
  A ‘starting-small’ effect on biased learning of transparent and opaque vowel harmony. In S.-Y. Lam & S. Ozaki (eds.), The Proceedings of NELS53 (Vol.1), 163-176. University of Göttingen, Germany.
• Myers, J., & Chen, T.-Y. (2022)
  An online exploration of cross-linguistic variation in wordlikeness judgments. Paper presented (online) at LabPhon 18: The 18th international conference of laboratory phonology, Jun 23-25, 2022.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2021)
  Inverse reaction time as an objective confidence-based awareness measure in adult artificial grammar learning experiments. Paper presented (online) at ExLing 2021: The 12th International Conference of Experimental Linguistics, Oct 11-13, 2021, Univeristy of Athens, Athens, Greek.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2020)
  The representation of contour tones in the learnability of dissimilatory tonal patterns. Paper presented (online) at The Annual Meeting on Phonology 2020, Sep 18-20, 2020, University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2019)
  From the learnability of tonal dissimilation to the representation of contour tones. Poster presented at The International Conference on Phonetics and Phonology 2019, Dec 13-15, 2019, NINJAP, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan.
• Chou, C.-T. & Chen, T.-Y. (2019)
  Acquisition of Null Objects in Mandarin Chinese by Heritage Speakers. Paper presented at The 27th Annual Conference of International Association of Chinese Linguistics, May 10-12, Kobe, Japan.
• Myers, J. & Chen, T.-Y. (2019)
  Variation in syllable decomposition across Sinitic language. Paper presented at The 27th Annual Conference of International Association of Chinese Linguistics, May 10-12, Kobe, Japan.
• Chen, T.-Y. & Sie, Y.-S. (2019)
  A Reassessment of the effects of neighborhood density and phonotactic probability on L2 English word learning. Proceedings of The 11th International Conference on Mental Lexicon 1, e032.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2019)
  On the Analytic Bias toward Phonetically Driven Tonal Phonotactics. Paper presented at The 16th Old World Conference on Phonology, Jan 16-18, Verona, Italy.
• Myers, J. & Chen, T.-Y. (2018)
  Productive knowledge of formal regularities in Chinese characters. Paper presented at ICPEAL17-CLDC 9 Joint Conference, Oct 19-21, Taipei, Taiwan.
• Myers, J. & Chen, T.-Y. (2017)
  Linguistic typology and cross-linguistic psycholinguistics. Paper presented at The 50th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE-50), Sep 10-13, Zurich, Switzerland.
• Chen, T.-Y. & Myers, J. (2017)
  Cross-linguistic variation in phonemic decomposition. Paper presented at The 50th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE-50), Sep 10-13, Zurich, Switzerland.
• Chen, T.-Y. & Myers, J. (2017)
  Worldlikeness: A web-based tool for typological psycholinguistic research. University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics 23(1), Article 4.
• Myers, J. & Chen, T.-Y. (2016)
  The time course of sociolinguistic influences on wordlikeness judgments. Proceedings of ExLing 2016, 119-122.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2015)
  Probablistic Selection of Input in diachronic Mandarin Tone 3. Poster presented at The International Conference on Phonetics and Phonology 2015, Sep 25–27, Keio University, Mita Campus, Tokyo, Japan.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2015)
  Slope-based Tonal Phonology: A case study of Hakha Lai. Proceedings of the 49th Chicago Linguistic Society, 69-84.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2013)
  Toward a Featureless Tonal Phonology. Poster presented at The CUNY Conference on the Feature in Phonology and Phonetics, Jan 16–18, City University of New York, New York, United States.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2011)
  Changzhi Suffix Tonal Reduplication. University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics 17(1), 51-60.
• Chou, C.-T. & Chen, T.-Y. (2010)
  Multiple Spell-out and Xiamen Tone Sandhi. Paper presented at The Georgetown Linguistic Society 2010, Feb 12–14, Georgetown University, Washington D.C, Maryland, United States.
• Chen, T.-Y. (2008)
  Revisiting Yantai Tone Sandhi. Toronto Working Paper in Linguistics 28: Proceedings of the ICEAL, 1-14.

Awards

• 2026
  Ching Jing Distinguished Young Scholar. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.
• 2025
  Talent Development Fund Academic Research Award. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.
• 2023
  Ta-You Wu Memorial Award. National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan.

Spring 2026

• Phonology (Undergraduate)
• Bilingual Web Design (Undergraduate)

Courses Offered in the Past

• Applied Linguistics (Undergraduate)
  Spring 2020, 2025
• Basic Web Linguistic Application Development (Undergraduate)
  Fall 2017-2018
• Bilingual Web Design (Undergraduate)
  Fall 2020-2022
• English I (Undergraduate)
  Fall 2018-2022, 2024
• English II (Undergraduate)
  Spring 2019-2023, 2025
• Language and Statistics in R (Undergraduate)
  Spring 2022-2023, Fall 2024-2025
• Phonology (Undergraduate)
  Spring 2018-2023, 2025
• Reading and Writing I (Undergraduate)
  Spring 2018
• L2 Phonological Acquisition: Theory, Methods, and Pedagogy (Graduate)
  Fall 2017
• Tool-assisted Phonetic Analysis in Foreign Language Teaching (Graduate)
  Spring 2018-2019
• Implicit and Explicit Language Learning (Graduate)
  Fall 2019, 2022, 2024, Spring 2021
• Web-based Language Teaching Tool Design (Graduate)
  Fall 2021, 2025

Awards

• College Teaching Excellence Awards, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
  National Tsing Hua University, Spring 2021
• Outstanding Teacher Awards, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
  National Tsing Hua University, Fall 2020

Supervising Students

None

Supervised Theses

• Ting-Chun Chen (陳廷軍), Aug 2020
  Affective Sound Symbolism in English and Mandarin Chinese
  中英文之聲音情感象徵探究
• Yi-Sin Sie (謝依芯), Aug 2020
  Lexical and Sublexical Processing Factors in L2 English Auditory Word Learning
  詞彙與次詞彙處理因素對英語單字聽覺學習之影響

Current Research Assistants

Yun Chan (詹芸), Wei-Chin Chang (張瑋芩), Wei-Hsin Lo (羅惟馨), Wen-Chi Su (蘇玟綺), Yan-Yun Tu (涂彥允)

Former Research Assistants

Ssu-Han Chang (張思涵), Han-Chun Lin (林翰君), Yi-Shan Lin (林意珊), Jui-Chen Ku (谷睿蓁), Tzu-Hsuan Tseng (曾子軒), Hong-Yi Wang (王泓懿), Hsin-Ju Wu (吳欣儒), Bo-Ting Yang (楊伯廷)