Research Interests
Mandarin Chinese, Rukai (Austronesian, Taiwan), syntax, semantics
Biography
Dr. Cheng-Fu Chen teaches Mandarin Chinese at all levels. His current research focuses on eventuality, argument structure, and related morphosyntactic and syntactic-semantic issues across typologically diverse languages.
Courses Taught
- Chin 313 Media Chinese I: Newspapers and Internet
- Chin 314 Media Chinese II: Broadcast News
- Chin 325 The Chinese Writing System
- Chin 330 Introduction to Chinese Linguistics
- Chin 401 Advanced Chinese I
- Chin 402 Advanced Chinese II
- Chin 425 Chinese Narratives and Storytelling
- Chin 450 Domain Knowledge
- Chin 550 Advanced Domain Knowledge
Education
M.A. Linguistics, National Taiwan University (1999)
M.A. Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin (2004)
Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin (2008)