Karen
Steffen Chung
National Taiwan University
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Taipei, Taiwan
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Longer
curriculum vitae with links
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links
Publications
PhD
dissertation and book:
Mandarin
Compound Verbs 漢語複合動詞.
Leiden University, Department of
Descriptive and Comparative Linguistics, Leiden, The Netherlands;
advisor: Prof. F.H.H. Kortlandt. September 2004. Taiwan
Journal of
Linguistics : Book Series in Chinese Linguistics No. 1. (In English)
Taipei: Crane's,
February 2006. (252pp+xxxvi) Also at: 汎亞&購達
National Taiwan University 2007 Excellent Scholarly Book Award
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Papers and book chapters:
"Hypercorrection
in Taiwan Mandarin".
Journal
of Asian Pacific Communication abstract,
Zhou, Minglang (ed.),
Language
Planning and Varieties of (Modern Standard) Chinese:
Special issue of Journal
of Asian Pacific Communication 16:2 (2006).
2006. ca. 160 pp. (pp. 197–214). Paper originally presented at
The
Ninth International Conference on Chinese Linguistics,
held at the York Hotel, sponsored by National University of
Singapore, Singapore, June 26-28, 2000.
"Contraction
and Backgrounding in Taiwan Mandarin".
Concentric:
Studies in Linguistics, Vol.
32, No. 1, January 2006.
Paper originally presented at IACL/NACCL conference
at the
University of California, Irvine, June 22-24, 2001.
“Living (happily)
with contradiction”.
Festschrift for Frederik Kortlandt : Studies in Slavic
and General Linguistics (SSGL 32) Ed. Jos Schaeken
et al. Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi, 2006.
"Some
Returned Loans: Japanese Loanwords in Taiwan
Mandarin". pp. 161-179 in Language
Change in East Asia.
McAuley, T.E., ed. 2001. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon. Paper
originally presented at the Workshop on Language Change in Japan
and East Asia Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK. May 21-22, 1999 (.pdf)
"Verb + Noun Function-Describing
Compounds". Bulletin of
the College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan University, No. 41,
June 1994, pp. 181-221. (.pdf)
Articles and papers on ESL teaching:
"Ten
core themes in pronunciation teaching".
Proceedings
of the Phonetics
Teaching and
Learning Conference (PTLC),
University College London, July 27-
30, 2005.
「艾莉英語教室」
"Ally in the English Classroom" (in Chinese).
敦煌英語教學雜誌
Cave's English Teaching. 28, Jan. 2001, pp. 38-42.
「進入教學的世界﹕體驗童謠的趣味」
"Teaching English
in Rhyme" (in Chinese). 敦煌英語教學雜誌
Cave's English
Teaching. 21, April 1999. pp. 38-43. (.pdf)
"About Pronunciation". English Teaching and Learning,
National Taiwan Normal University, vol. XXII, no 4, issue
no. 88. May 1998. pp. 77-91.
The following paper was originally submitted for inclusion as
a chapter in a book on "Good Language Learners" but
subsequently withdrawn, so I am putting the original online here,
for the reference of anyone interested:
Pronunciation
and Good Language Learners (unpublished manuscript)
by Karen Steffen Chung, February 2006.
Article on advising students:
「顧忌」與「非遊戲」(.pdf)
"Using 'Scruples' and 'Ungame' to Talk with Advisees"
(in Chinese). Taiwan University Student Advisor Monthly. 薪橋台大導師月訊.
導師開講. No. 1, March 2001. (.doc)
Book reviews:
Review of: Perng, Ching-hsi. Poems for Everyone.
一場英美文學的邀宴：評《好詩大家讀：英美短詩五十首賞析》.
文訊 269, March 2008, p. 100-101 (in Chinese).
Review of: Lieber, Rochelle. Morphology
and Lexical
Semantics. Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 104.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004;
posted over LINGUIST e-mail discussion list, May 2, 2005.
Review of: Teschner, Richard V. & M. Stanley Whitley.
Pronouncing English: A stress-based approach with CD-ROM.
Georgetown: Georgetown University Press, 2004; posted over
LINGUIST e-mail discussion list, August 2, 2004.
Review of:
Bauer, Laurie. Morphological
productivity.
Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 95, Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2001;
Canadian
Journal of Linguistics/
Revue canadienne de linguistique, 48
(1/2), 2003, 80-82.
Review of: Hardcastle, William J. & Nigel Hewlett, eds.
Coarticulation:
Theory, data and techniques. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 1999; SIL International
electronic book reviews, 2003-025. (.pdf)
Review
of: Shi, Yuzhi. The
establishment of modern Chinese grammar:
The formation of the resultative construction and Its effects.
John Benjamins, 2002. Studies
in Language Companion Series 59;
posted over LINGUIST e-mail discussion list, Feb. 15, 2003.
Review of: Lecumberri, M. Luisa Garcia and John A. Maidment.
English transcription
course. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2000; Notes
on Linguistics
4 (2001): 124-126. (.pdf)
Review of: Jerome L. Packard. The
morphology of Chinese:
A linguistic and cognitive approach. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2000; posted over LINGUIST e-mail
discussion list, March 26, 2001.
Review of:
Watt, David L.E. The
phonology and semology of
intonation in English: An instrumental and systemic perspective.
Bloomington: Indiana University Linguistics Club Publications, 1994;
posted over LINGUIST e-mail discussion list, June 5, 1998.
Review of:
Taylor, Paul Alexander. A
phonetic model of intonation
in English. Bloomington: Indiana University Linguistics Club,
1994;
posted over LINGUIST e-mail discussion list, Oct. 19, 1997.
Review of: Giulio Lepschy, ed. History
of linguistics; vol. 1:
The Eastern traditions of linguistics. London & New York:
Longman,
1994; Historiographia Linguistica, vol. XXII, No. 3, 1995. p. 401-409.
(.pdf)
Review of:
de Saussure, Ferdinand. Saussure's
Third Course of
Lectures on General Linguistics
(1910-1911), ed. and transl. by
Eisuke Komatsu & Roy Harris. Oxford & New York: Pergamon Press,
1993; Historiographia
Linguistica, vol. XXI, No. 3, 1994. p.448-451.
(Originally also posted over LINGUIST e-mail discussion list.)
Book notices:
Book notice on: Benczes, Réka. Creative compounding in English:
The semantics of metaphorical and metonymical noun-noun
combinations. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2006. Pp. xvi, 206. (to
appear in
online edition of Language (Journal of the Linguistic Society of America))
Book notice on: "Writing
Panare – Portrait of a Linguist on Fieldwork"
(video). Camera/sound/direction by Paul Henley. Granada Centre for
Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester. 1996. 29 minutes.
Language (Journal of the Linguistic Society of America) 82.1
(2006). p. 199. (.pdf)
Book notice on: Reetz, Henning. Artikulatorische
und akustische Phonetik.
Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 1999. Pp. 200. Paper.
Language (Journal of the Linguistic Society of America) 81.3,
(2005). p. 785. (.pdf)
Book notice on: Neufeld, Eldo. A
dictionary of Plautdietsch rhyming words.
(LINCOM Studies in Germanic Linguistics 15). Munich: Lincom Europa,
2002. Pp. vi, 67. Language (Journal of the Linguistic Society of America)
81.1,
(2005). p. 284. (.pdf)
Book notice on: Gao, Hong. The
physical foundation of the patterning
of physical action Verbs : A study of Chinese verbs. Travaux de
l'institut
de linguistique de Lund XLI. Lund: Lund University, 2001. Pp. 265, xiv.
Language (Journal of the Linguistic Society of America) 79.4,
(2003). p. 800-801. (.pdf)
Book notice on: Cohen, Ariel. Think
generic! The meaning and use
of generic statements. Stanford: CSLI Publications, Center for
the
Study of Language and Information, 1999. pp.xiii, 208. Language
(Journal of the Linguistic Society of America) 78.1,
(2002). p. 203. (.pdf)
Book notice on: Chen, Ping. Modern
Chinese: History and sociolinguistics.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. pp. xiv, 229. Language (Journal
of the Linguistic Society of America) 78.1
(2002). p. 203-204. (.pdf)
Book notice on: Brinton, Laurel J., & Minoji Akimoto, ed. Collocational
and
idiomatic aspects of composite predicates in the history of English.
Studies in Language Companion Series. Amsterdam & Philadelphia:
John Benjamins, 1999. pp.xii, 283. Language (Journal of the Linguistic
Society of America) 78.1
(2002). p. 204-205. (.pdf)
Book notice on: Ning Yu. The
contemporary theory of metaphor:
A perspective from Chinese. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John
Benjamins,
1998. Pp. vii, 278. Language (Journal of the Linguistic Society of America),
76.1 (2000) p. 231. (.pdf)
Book notice on: Kageyama, Taro, ed. Verb
semantics and syntactic structure.
Tokyo: Kurosio Publishers, 1997. Language (Journal of the Linguistic Society
of America) 75.1
(1999), p. 193-194. (.pdf)
Book notice on: ABC
(Alphabetically-based computerized)
Chinese-English dictionary. John DeFrancis, comp. Honolulu:
University of Hawaii Press, 1996. Language (Journal of the Linguistic
Society of America), 74.3
(1998), p. 660-661. (.pdf)
Book notice on: Ladefoged, Peter. 1996. Elements
of acoustic phonetics.
2nd ed. Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Language
(Journal of the Linguistic Society of America), 74.3
(1998), p. 661. (.pdf)
Book notice on: Sun, Chaofen. 1996. Word-order
change and
grammaticalization in the history of Chinese. Stanford: Stanford
University Press. Language (Journal of the Linguistic Society of
America), 74.1
(1998), p. 237. (.pdf)
Book notice on: Chang Chung-ho & Hans Frankel, intro., transl.,
annot.
Two Chinese treatises on calligraphy. New Haven & London:
Yale
University Press, 1995. Language (Journal of the Linguistic Society of
America) 73.2
(1997) p. 437-438. (.pdf)
Book
reviews for Amazon
Translations:
Chinese-to-English translation of libretto for the modern
Peking opera,
The Kingdom of Desire, adapted from Shakespeare's Macbeth,
by Lee, Huey Ming. Contemporary Legend Theatre, 1986.
Chinese-to-English translations for The
Chinese PEN:
September
25, 2007, No. 141, vol. 35, No. 3
Short story: "The
Story of Beggar's Cottage"
by
Ah Sheng
Poem: "Return
to Angkor"
by Hsu Hui-chih
Poem: "Neon
Lights"
by
Chen Yu-hong
June 25, 2007, No. 140, vol. 35, No. 2
Poem: "To
express it in a different way"
by Chen Yu-hong
March 25, 2007, No. 139, vol. 35, no. 1
Poems: "The
orchid cactus looks out at the sea"
2
"I
told you before"
2
by
Chen Yu-hong, p. 66-69.
June 25, 1999, No. 108, vol. 27, no. 2
"My
Heart Soars: A Factory Girl's Story",
by Hu Tai-li, p. 17-37.
March 25, 1999, No. 107, vol. 27, no. 1
"The Former and Present Lives of Cobblestones –
Notes on Visits to the Huatung Rift Valley",
by Wang Wen-chin, p. 1-4.
"Bedtime Reminder", by Lu Chao Yu, p. 65-68.
June 25, 1998, No. 104, vol. 26, no. 2
"Homer in the Eye of the Storm",
by Teresa Buczacki, p. 29-33.
"Insights from 'A Patch of Sunlight'",
by Teresa Buczacki, p. 34-41.
Dec. 25, 1997, No. 102, vol. 25, no. 4
"The Russian Doll",
by Chang Chi-jiang, p. 67-88.
June 25, 1997, No. 100 Anniversary issue,
vol. 25, no. 2
"Calendars and Pocket Watches:
Christmas Gifts of Love", by Kao Ta-peng, p. 104-114.
"The Man Who Lost His
Voice", by Chang Chi-jiang, p.
96-103;
reprinted in An
Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature,
Vol. 3, Essays. Chi, Pang-yuan, ed. Taipei: National Bureau of
Compilation and Translation. 2004.
March 25, 1997, No. 99, vol. 25, no. 1
"Fertile Fields",
by Wu Ming, p. 20-35.
"Mulberry Trees", by Wu Ming, p. 36-52.
Dec.
25, 1996, No. 98, vol. 24, no. 4
Two Essays by Wang Ting-chun, p. 1-11:
"Old is Beautiful", p. 1-6.
"Heaven", p. 7-11.
June
25, 1996, No. 96, vol. 24, no. 2
"Hair", by Cheng Ch'ing-wen, p. 55-73; also collected in
The Three-Legged Horse (short stories by Cheng Ch'ing-wen).
New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Pp. 240.
March 25, 1996, No. 98, vol. 24, no. 1
"The Thousand Mile Mountain Path –
A Spring Visit to the Recluse of the Plantains"
by Chen Hsing-hui, p. 1-13.
Three essays by Ai Ya:
"Of
Tears and Lachrymatories", p. 14-16.
"Song", p. 16-17.
"The Poet Named Chou Mengtieh", p. 17.20; reprinted in
An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature,
Vol. 3, Essays. Chi, Pang-yuan, ed. Taipei:
National Bureau of
Compilation and Translation. 2004.
Sept. 25, 1995, No. 93, vol.
23, no. 3
(One of) Two essays by Chen Hsing-hui:
"Rain Falls on All the Car Roofs of the World", p. 2-4
Poems by Chang Hsiang-hua, "Ball-point Pen", "Poem
on Marriage",
"Silver Bird", "Tea Does Not Speak – for Petar",
p. 76-78.
"Spring Rain", by Cheng Ch'ing-wen. p. 39-56; also collected
in
The Three-Legged Horse (short stories by Cheng Ch'ing-wen).
New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Pp. 240; and in the
Chinese-English bilingual short story and essay collection:
Taiwan Literature in Chinese and English.
Chi, Pang-yuan, ed. Taipei: CommonWealth Publishers, 1999.
Chinese-to-English translations of poetry by Shiang-hua
Chang:
(1) Affection
is Everywhere, 1994; (2) Waiting
for Snow, Taoran Press, 1994.
Chinese-to-English cookbook translations for Wei-Chuan
Publishing:
(1) Chinese
One Dish Meals, 1987; (2) Vegetarian
Cooking, 1988;
(3) Microwave
Cooking: Chinese Style, I988; (4) Microwave
Cooking:
Chinese Style II, 1989; (5) Japanese
Cuisine, 1989; (6) Chinese
Dim Sum, 1990.
English-to-Chinese translation of comics for the China
Post,
in cooperation with Chung, Hwa, 1987-1988.
Articles translated for Sinorama:
"The Taipei Tree Frog", July 1987, vol. 12, no. 7, p. 72-74.
"The National Institute of the Arts", June 1987, vol. 12, no. 6,
p. 34-43.
"One Hundred Years of Working on Taiwan's Railroad", June 1987,
vol. 12, no. 6, p. 116-123.
"Matchmaking for Fine Food", April 1987, vol. 12, no. 4, p. 27-35.
Chinese nursery rhymes translated for Sinorama:
"A Shuttlecock Rhyme". July 1987, vol. 12, no. 7, p. 33.
"The Sheperdess", May 1987, vol. 12, no. 5, p. 53.
"The Rainbow". April 1987, vol. 12, no. 4, p. 97.
"The Little Water Buffalo". Sept. 1987, vol 12, no. 9, p. 20.
"Riding a Bamboo Horse", June 1987, vol. 12, no. 6, p. 31.
Recipes translated for Sinorama:
"Fresh Bamboo Shoots and Greens", July 1987, vol. 12, no. 7, p.
124.
"Carrot and White Radish Julienne", Sept. 1987, vol 12, no. 9, p.
113.
"Oxtail in Brown Sauce", Feb. 1987, vo. 12, no. 2, p. 115.
"Duck with Mushrooms and Preserved Cabbage", April 1987, vol. 12,
no. 4, p. 112.
"Duck Strips with Celery", June 1987, vol. 12, no. 6, p. 92.
"Pork and Rice Dumplings, Huchow Style";
"Red Bean Paste Dumplings, Huchow Style" May 1987, vol. 12, no.
5, p. 118-119.
Miscellaneous writing:
Founded, served as editor-in-chief of The
Foreign Exchange,
English newsletter of the Department of Foreign Languages
and Literatures, National Taiwan University.
September 1995-June 1997.
Ling Yu. A
Family in Taiwan. Photos by Chen Ming-Jeng. Minneapolis:
Lerner Publications, 1990. 31p. ages 4-8. Ghostwrote this book for author.
"Language", Chapter 4, Republic
of China Yearbook. 1989, p 34-47.
Taipei: Kwang Hwa, 1989.
Also served as managing editor of the ROC Yearbook,
translated speeches for the ROC president.
"Separations and Reunions". Free
China Review, January 1991,
vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 34-37.
"Don't Touch That Knob!". Free
China Review, August 1990,
vol. 40, no. 8, pp. 30-35.
"Ritzen bridging cultures, East and West: Review of Belgian pianist's
concert shows".
(review of Peter Ritzen's 9/21/92 piano/choral concert) The
China Post,
September 24, 1992.
"Zither Master Visits
Taiwan". (Interview of guzheng master Zhang Yan), Free
China Journal,
February 26, 1990, p. 6.
"Chang Yen's cheng concert: A rich celebration of music that gives
more than asked for".
China
News, May 1, 1990.
"Spreading
The 'Taiwanese' Word; Two New Language Books Sign Of Changing TImes".
Free China Journal,
July 26, 1990.
"Shotgun Progress". (editorial on first heart transplant
in ROC) The China Post,
August 20, 1987, p. 4.
"Welcoming Our Sons-in-Law". (editorial on legal rights of
foreign sons-in-law in Taiwan)
The China Post,
July 10, 1987.