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Chien-Jer Charles Lin is an Associate Professor at the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University Bloomington. As director of the Language and Cognition Lab, he investigates the interface of grammar, cognition, and society, with a focus on Mandarin Chinese and cross-linguistic comparisons.
- Education: PhD in Linguistics from the University of Arizona (2006)
His research integrates psycholinguistic experiments (eye-tracking, EEG), corpus analysis, and sociolinguistic fieldwork to study:
- Processing of head-final structures (e.g., Chinese relative clauses)
- Cognitive effects of tone sandhi and phonetic orthography
- Discourse relations (causals, concessives, counterfactuals)
- Linguistic bias and sociopolitical identity in language variation
His 15 most recent articles (2015–2024) reflect interdisciplinary focus on:
- Mandarin phonology (tone sandhi, neutral tones)
- Syntactic typology and parsing universals
- Translation syntax and corpus authenticity metrics
- Lexical ambiguity and metaphorical polysemy
- Discourse coherence and cognitive load
Scientific Awards:
- Trustees’ Teaching Award (IU, 2016)
- Young Scholar Award (IACL, 2010)
- PACLIC-19 International Young Scholar Award (2005)
- Fulbright Scholarship (2001–2003)
He advises graduate students across IU’s Cognitive Science Program, Psychological and Brain Sciences, and Second Language Studies, and has secured grants from IU’s Research Equipment Fund, Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation, and Mellon Innovating International Research Fellowship.
