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We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming Brown Bag meeting featuring Prof. Andrei Munteanu. The details of the event are as follows: Speaker: Prof. Andrei Munteanu(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) Time: 12:10-13:10, Friday, March 20 Venue: HB 207 (人社二館 207) , NYCU Registration:  Please register in advance via the following link https://forms.gle/G55jXkfLnZ5ua9r18 Abstract:  I present Wordlist Distortion Theory, a probabilistic framework for evaluating comparative reconstruction attempts. The series of transformations – sound changes, borrowing, semantic change, etc. – acts as the input to the framework’s evaluation function. The output is the estimated probability that a randomly […]

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures warmly invites you to a guest lecture by Professor Ian Haywood, Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Roehampton, London. Professor Haywood is a leading scholar of Romantic and Victorian visual culture and a former President of the British Association for Romantic Studies (2015–2019). Lecture Title: Frankenstein and Romantic Visual Culture Date: Tuesday, April 28 Time: 2:00 PM Venue: HB207

Date & Time: April 28 (Tue), 13:30–15:30 Title: Who Gets to Be Social? Neurodiversity and Justice in Dementia Care Speaker: Prof. Shu-Min Lin(Professor and Director, Graduate Institute of English Teaching, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University) Venue: Room 203, 2nd Floor, Humanities and Social Sciences Building II (HB203) Abstract: Who gets to count as social in dementia care? Drawing on five years of ethnographic research at adult day centers in Taiwan, this talk examines how neurodiversity-affirming care can be enacted in everyday institutional interactions. Using the concept of frame lamination, […]

Congratulations to Prof. Kang-Yen Chiu of our department on receivingthe 🏅 Jack Medal (The Jack Medal) awarded by theInternational Association for the Study of Scottish Literatures (IASSL). Prof. Chiu is the only awardee worldwide this year and also the first Chinese scholar to receive this honor since the establishment of the award. This prestigious international prize recognizes the best scholarly article of the year in Scottish literary studies on the theme of “Reception” or “Diaspora.”The scope of the award covers research on literary traditions in Scots, English, Gaelic, and Latin. […]

🔥 The 19th Linguistics Salon Is Here! 🔥📍 2026 Linguistics Salon: Language as a Multifaceted Prism – Perspectives on Mind, Sound, and Society 📍 The theme of this year’s salon, “Language as a Multifaceted Prism: Perspectives on Mind, Sound, and Society,” centers on linguistics and explores how language shapes thought, how sound is perceived and interpreted, and how language reflects interaction and meaning in society.From cognition and phonetics to fieldwork and digital media, the salon offers a series of inspiring talks. We are honored to invite the following distinguished speakers […]

April 11 | NYCU Day — Let’s Reunite at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature! How long has it been since you last met your old classmates?Was it the day of your graduation ceremony? Now it’s time to come back to NYCU, back to the Foreign Languages Department,and reconnect with familiar faces in familiar places! This year marks NYCU’s 130th anniversary, and the university will host an expanded alumni reunion dinner.The Department of Foreign Languages warmly invites alumni to “claim a table and dine together”, sharing laughter and enjoying […]

📢 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University | Department of Foreign Languages🎓 M.A. Program in Foreign Literatures & Linguistics — Entrance Examination Now Open! 🌟 115 Academic Year | Track A: Literature✦ Application Period: Dec. 9–16, 2025✦ Admission Quota: 3 students (General Applicants)✦ Thesis Options: In addition to traditional research theses, students may choose literature reviews, translations, or creative writing! Details are available in the Literature Track curriculum and study regulations. 🌐 More Information: Literature Track Website: https://fl.nycu.edu.tw/%e6%96%87%e5%ad%b8%e7%b5%84%e7%b3…/ Literature Track Curriculum: https://fl.nycu.edu.tw/%e6%96%87%e5%ad%b8%e7%b5%84%e8%aa…/ NYCU Admissions Website: https://exam.nycu.edu.tw/ ✨ Join NYCU Foreign […]

📢 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University | Department of Foreign Languages🎓 M.A. Program in Foreign Literatures & Linguistics — Entrance Examination Now Open! 🌟 115 Academic Year | Track B: Linguistics✦ Application Period: Dec. 9–16, 2025✦ Examination Date: Feb. 5, 2026✦ Admission Quota: 2 students (General Applicants) 🌐 More Information:Linguistics Track Website: https://fl.nycu.edu.tw/%e8%aa%9e%e8%a8%80%e5%ad%b8%e7%b5…/NYCU Admissions Website: https://exam.nycu.edu.tw/ ✨ Join NYCU Foreign Languages and explore new horizons in linguistics and literature! 📘 FB Post: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17VcaC4RBU/ 👉 Details for Track A can be found here.

Dear All, We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming talk of the NYCU Phon Brown Bag Series: 11/14 (Friday), 12:10pm Dr. Andre Goderich (國立彰化師範大學英語學系)   “Phonological alternations in Matu’uwal Atayal”   Location: HB207 (人社二館207) More info on NYCU Phon Brown Bag: https://sites.google.com/view/nctu-brown-bag-series/home Abstract: Matu’uwal is an Atayal dialect spoken in Miaoli county. In this talk, I will present the different synchronic and diachronic phonological alternations in Matu’uwal, mainly in its vowels, using both rule-based and constraint-based phonology. Matu’uwal has two main synchronic vowel changes: rhythmic vowel weakening, and hiatus resolution. Rhythmic vowel […]

Language is the algorithm of knowledge production.We read its source code—from sound, syntax to meaning,from theory, reality to technology. What we study is not only language,but the very equations that construct understanding. This is Foreign Languages and Literatures at NYCU. We warmly welcome all students interested in the M.A. Program, Track B (Linguistics), Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, to join our online information session!Date: September 19, 2025Time: 12:20 PM(The meeting link will be sent one day before the session.) #More Information: M.A. […]