Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica

　　My research interests lie in the study of the Formosan languages and Formosan linguistics. My work has revolved around four major research activities: (i) research on the Formosan languages (Tsou, Rukai, Saisiyat, Bunun, Atayal, Pazeh, Puyuma, Yami), (ii) historical linguistics (Comparative study of Rukai and PAn reconstructions based on Formosan language data) (iii) building of the Formosan Language Archive, (iv) training of aboriginal assistants (Rukai, Tsou, Saisiyat, Atayal, Bunun, Paiwan, Seediq).

2007-03-19~迄今 Research Fellow, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica (2007.3.19-present)
2011-06-27~2014-06-26 Deputy Director, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica (2011.6.27- 2014.6.26)
2001-09-26~2007-03-18 Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica (2001.9.26-2007.3.18)
1997-08-13~2001-09-25 Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica (1997.8.13-2001.9.25)
1996-11~1997-08-12 Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica (1996.11-1997.8.12)
1993-08~1996-11 Research Assistant, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica (1993.8-1996.11)
1992-08~1993-08 Contract-Based Research Assistant, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica (1992.8-1993.8)

NSC Wu Dah-you Award (2004)
NSC Outstanding Research Award (2010)
Academia Sinica Thematic Research Program (2013-2015)
MOST Outstanding Research Award (2015)
Academia Sinica Investigator Award (2016-2020)
Academia Sinica Investigator Award (2021-2025)

Cultural Pacific Foundation 1993/6~1994/5
National Science Council 1993-1997 (Research assistant)
National Science Council 1997-2015 (PI and Co-PI)
Ministry of Science & Technology 2015-2021 (PI and Co-PI)
Council of Aboriginal Affairs 2001/3~2001/11 (PI)
National project for the Digital Library 2001/1~2001/12 (PI) Archives on Formosan languages – Pilot study
National project for the Digital Library I 2002/1~2006/12 (PI)Archives on Formosan languages
National project for the Digital Library II 2007/1~2012/12 (PI) Archives on Formosan languages
Sustainability Program (Language Archive - The Formosan Languages Digital Archive) 2013-2014
Thematic Research Project Grant No: AS-102-TP-C05 (PI) 2012-2015 The internal relationships of “Tsouic” revisited
Academia Sinica Investigator Award 2016-2020 (PI) A Comparative Study of Rukai
Academia Sinica Investigator Award 2021-2025 (PI) Saisiyat Reference Grammar

International collaboration

Host of Nicole Revel (Sept. 2002 – Cognitive anthropology, literature and linguistics).
Host of Marie-Claude Paris (August 15-Sept. 1, 2004 – Reduplication in Mandarin Chinese and in Formosan languages).
Host of Josiane Cauquelin (March 11-April 15, 2005). Organizer of the Seminar on: How to decipher the Puyuma Ritual Texts (Nankang, Taipei, March 17 and 24, 2003).
Host of Laurent Sagart (August 2005 – EHESS-AS).
Project on Puyuma text digitalization with Josiane Cauquelin (Jan 24-April 28 ,2006). Linguistic analysis of the Puyuma ritual texts and myths.
Project with Prof. Zeng Si-qi (Analysis of the Bunun folktales) – May 13-August 31, 2006.
Host of Marie-Claude Paris (Oct. 29-Nov. 16, 2006) – CNRS/NSC bilateral project.
Project with Prof. Zeng Si-qi (Analysis of the Bunun folktales, ctnd) – June 1-31, 2007.
Project on Puyuma texts and dictionary digitalization with Josiane Cauquelin (March 1-31, 2007 and Sept. 16-Dec. 17, 2007).
Project on Puyuma texts and dictionary digitalization with Josiane Cauquelin (Nov. 1-Dec. 17, 2008).
Project with Véronique Arnaud on Yami rituals – 4 Sept.- 14 Oct., 2009.
Project with Zeng Si-qi (Analysis of the Bunun folktales, ctnd) – Oct.-Nov., 2009
Project with Isabelle Bril on Northern Amis texts and grammar – 15 Oct.-20 Nov., 2009.
Project with Josiane Cauquelin on Puyuma texts and dictionary digitalization with Josiane Cauquelin – Nov. 1-Dec. 5, 2009 (ctnd).
Project with Véronique Arnaud on Yami rituals – 21 Sept.- 22 Dec., 2011 (ctnd). NSC-99-2811-H-001-010
Project with Isabelle Bril on Northern Amis texts and grammar – March 17-26, 2011 (ctnd).
Host of Christopher Joby (December 24, 2020 – December 31, 2021)

External examiner

Yang, Doris Hsiao-Feng. 2002. Subgrouping and reconstruction of Batanic languages. MA thesis. Taichung: Providence University. (Advisor: Dr. Der-hwa V. Rau) – Jury member
Lin, Serene Gu-jing. 2002. The complementation of Tsou: Toward a cognitive account of syntactic structures. MA thesis. Taipei: National Taiwan University. Advisor: Dr.Lily I-wen Su – Jury member
Li, Celeste. 2004. The ordering of clitic pronouns in the languages of southeast Mindanao. MA thesis. Taichung: Providence University. (Advisor: C. Randriamasimana; Co-advisor: L. Billings) – Jury member and Chair
Hayung, Tali’. 2008. A study of Jianshih Atayal prefixes. MA thesis. Hsinchu: Hsinchu University of Education. [In Chinese] (Advisor: Lillian M. Huang) – Jury member
Li, Lilian Li-ying. 2010. Clitics in Nantou Isbukun Bunun (Austronesian). MA thesis. Nantou: National Chi Nan University. Advisor: Loren Billings – Jury member & Chair
Liu, Chong-yu Harry. 2011. Echo vowels in Budai Rukai. MA thesis. Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University. Advisor: Hui-chuan J. Huang – Jury member and Chair
Jiang, Yijuan. 2012. A sketch grammar of Takibakha Bunun. MA thesis. Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University. Advisor: Hsiu-chuan Liao – Jury member and Chair
Shih, Winslow Chia-lin. 2012. Case system in Budai Rukai: from a functional-typological perspective. MA thesis. Taipei: National Taiwan University. Advisor: Li-May Sung – Jury member and Chair
Aude Fluckiger. 2013. Lisin: The case of a contemporary aborigine alternative therapist in Taiwan. MA Thesis. Taipei: National Chengchi University. Advisor: David Holm and Pi-chen Liu – Jury Member
Liu, Kun-lung Adlay. 2014. Syntactic interactions with information structure in Squliq Atayal. Ph.D dissertation. Canberra: The Australian National University.
Yong Qian. 2015. A typology of counterfactual clauses. Ph.D dissertation. Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong. Advisor: Matthias Gerner – External examiner
Hemmings, Charlotte. 2016. The Kelabit language, Austronesian voice and syntactic typology. Ph.D dissertation. London: SOAS, University of London
Lin, Hong-rui. 2016. A study of Kaxabu phonology. MA Thesis. Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University.
Wang, Chien-Pang. 2018. Interclausal relations in Tungho Saisiyat: A role and reference grammar approach. Ph.D Thesis. Taipei: National Taiwan Normal University. Advisor: Joy J. Wu – External examiner
Chang, Hui-Huan. 2018. A variationist approach toward a Yami sociogrammar. Ph.D Thesis. Chiayi: National Chung Cheng University. Advisor: D. Victoria Rau – External examiner

Advisor

Lin, Hui-chuan. 1999. Let's talk Mantauran, 1-6 Taipei: The Crane Pub. Co. 【Obtained the Second Prize from the Ministry of Education (Textbook) 1998】
Wang, May Hsiu-mei. 2003. Morphosyntactic manifestation of participants in Tona (Rukai). MA thesis. Taipei: National Taiwan Normal University. Advisor: E. Zeitoun; Co-advisor: L. Huang 【Received the Third Prize from the Ministry of Education (2004)】
Wu Chen-huei, Post-MA (2004-2005) – A study of reduplication in Saisiyat
Chuang, Yun-hsiang. 2007. A semantic and syntactic study of the multiple functions of Taiwan mandarin gen. MA thesis. Taipei: National Taiwan Normal University. Advisor: Lillian M. Huang; Co-advisor: E. Zeitoun
Shih Cindy Peiru. 2008. Interrogative constructions in Plngawan Atayal. MA thesis. Taipei: National Taiwan Normal University. (With CD) Advisor: E. Zeitoun; Co-advisor: Lillian M. Huang
Stacy F. Teng, Ph.D candidate (2006-2007) – A grammar of Puyuma
Chun-mei Chen, Ph.D candidate (2006-2007) – Paiwan and Budai Rukai phonology
Chien-pang Wang, Post-MA (2008-2009) – A study of compounds and complex nominals in Tsou, Saisiyat and Rukai.
Lin, Shu-yi Mars. 2011. Reconstructing negative morphemes in proto-Austronesian: Evidence from Formosan languages. MA thesis. Taipei: National Taiwan Normal University.
Rik de Busser, Post-doc (2011/02-2012/07) – A grammar of Takivatan Bunun.
Huang, Wei-chen. 2012. A study of verbal morphology in Puljetji Paiwan. MA thesis. Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University. Advisor
Pan, Chia-jung. 2012. A grammar of Lha’alua, an Austronesian language of Taiwan. Ph.D dissertation. Cairns: James Cook University. Advisor: Alexandra Aikhenvald – Co-advisor
Lin Hui-chuan (lakadhaalae leeve). 2013. A study of Mantauran Rukai rituals from an ethnolinguistic perspective. MA Thesis. Taipei: National Chengchi University. Advisor: David Holm; Co-advisor: Elizabeth Zeitoun
David Chen. 2014. A study of nominalization in Thao. MA Thesis. Nantou: National Chi Nan University. Advisor: Elizabeth Zeitoun; Co-advisor: Robert Reynolds
Chen, Hsuan-ju. 2016. A study of Kanakanavu phonology: Selected topics. MA Thesis. Nantou: National Chi Nan University. Advisor: Elizabeth Zeitoun; Co-advisor: Hui-chuan J. Huang
lalo a tahesh kaybaybaw. 2017. A phonological study of Hakka loanwords in SaiSiyat. MA Thesis. Miaoli: National United University. Advisor: Elizabeth Zeitoun; Co-advisor: Sheng-yu Teng
Hsu, Hong-hsin Romain. 2018. L’inversion provoquée par des adverbes phrastiques dans la langue française: le cas de ainsi. MA Thesis. Taoyuan: National Central University. Advisor: Elizabeth Zeitoun; Co-advisor: Chen-sheng Wong
Li, Lilian Li-ying. 2018. A grammar of Isbukun Bunun. Ph.D dissertation. Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University. Advisor: Elizabeth Zeitoun; Co-advisor: Chinfa Lien
McNaught, Douglas Iain. 2019. The temporal and modal system of Sakizaya: An Indigenous language of Taiwan. Ph.D dissertation. London: SOAS. Advisor: Peter Austin; Co-advisor: Elizabeth Zeitoun

Organization of workshops and conferences

Organizer of the Eighth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (8ICAL), Nankang, Taipei, Dec. 28-30, 1997
Organizer of the Workshop providing the results of the training program of 6 Aboriginal assistants, Nankang, Taipei, June 1, 1999.
Organizer of the Workshop providing the results of the training program of 5 Aboriginal assistants, Nankang, Taipei, June 28, 2000
Organizer of the Workshop on Nominalization in Formosan languages (Nankang, Taipei, Oct. 21-22, 2000).
Organizer of the Tutorial on Miao-yao Phonology (Nankang, Taipei, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 2000).
Organizer of the Seminar on Malagasy Syntax – Charles Randriamasimanana (Nankang, Taipei, March 10 ~ April 28, 2001).
Co-organizer of the Symposium on International Symposium on Austronesian Cultures: Issues Relating to Taiwan (Dec. 8-12, 2001).
Co-organizer of the Workshop on Chinese dialects (Dec. 22-23, 2001)
Co-organizer of the Workshop on Mongolian Languages (Nankang, Taipei, Sept. 4-5, 2002).
Organizer of the Seminar on: Topics on Austronesian linguistics – K.A. Adelaar (Nankang, Taipei, Dec. 7, 2002 ~ Jan. 18, 2003).
Organizer of the Colloque: Les langues austronésiennes [Workshop on Austronesian languages] (Paris, France, Feb. 5-7, 2003).
Organizer of the Seminar on: Takia, a papunised Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea (Nankang, Taipei, Oct. 10-Nov. 29, 2003).
Co-organizer of the 2nd Workshop on Formosan Languages (Nankang, Taipei, Nov. 1-2, 2003).
Organizer of the 2005 International Conference and Courses on Role and Reference Grammar (Nankang, Taipei, June 26-30, 2005)
"The Past Meets the Present: A Dialogue Between Historical Linguistics and Theoretical Linguistics". Taipei, Academia Sinica, July 14-16, 2008. (Member of the organizing committee)
Co-organizer of the Workshop on Coordination and Comitativity in Austronesian Languages (Taipei, Academia Sinica, Nov. 7-8, 2009).
Organizer of the 12th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-12), Taipei, Academia Sinica, June 19-21, 2010
Organizer of Sino-Tibetan Comparative Studies in the 21st Century (Taipei, Academia Sinica, June 24-26, 2010)
Organizer of the 19th Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA-19) (June 26-30, 2012)
Organizer of the Thirteenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (13-ICAL) (18-23 July, 2015)
Workshop on “Verb classes in Formosan languages and beyond: Cross-linguistic, comparative and diachronic perspectives” (15-16 Nov. 2019)
Organization of a seminar on Siraya (held at Academia Sinica on April 27, 2021)

Editorial tasks

Executive editor of Language and Linguistics (2012.01.01-2013.06.30)
Executive editor of Language and Linguistics (2008.12.15-2011.12.31)
Acting Chief-editor of Language and Linguistics (2008.04.14-2008.12.14)
Editorial board member of Concentric (2005.09-) & Co-chief Editor (2006.01)
Associate editing board member of Oceanic Linguistics (2004.09-)
Editing board member of Pacific Linguistics (2003-2018)

Elizabeth Zeitoun. 2016-09-23. Linguistic studies on Formosan languages (Etudes linguistiques des langues autronésiennes de Taiwan). Institute of Linguistics. Paris Diderot University.
Elizabeth Zeitoun. 1995. Problèmes de linguistique dans les langues aborigènes de Taiwan. Paris. University Paris 7, Ph.D Dissertation.
齊莉莎. 1992. 鄒語焦點與格位標記研究:語法與語意. 語言學研究所. 國立清華大學. (80 pages.)

菈露．打赫斯．改擺刨. 2020. 東河賽夏語中客語、閩南語和日語借詞之音韻探討. Cahiers de Linguistique Orientale 49卷第二期，頁168-216.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Stacy F. Teng. 2016. Reassessing the Position of Kanakanavu and Saaroa among the Formosan Languages. Oceanic Linguistics 55.1:163-198.
Teng, Stacy F. and Elizabeth Zeitoun. 2016. The Noun-verb distinction in Kanakanavu and Saaroa: Evidence from pronouns. Oceanic Linguistics 55.1:134-161.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, Tai-hwa Chu, Lalo a Tahesh Kaybaybaw. 2011. ki as a marker of coordination and comitativity in Saisiyat. Language and Linguistics 12.1:77-107.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, Stacy F. Teng, Raleigh Ferrell. 2010. Reconstruction of ‘2’ in PAn and related issues. Language and Linguistics 11.4: 853-884.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2007. Reduplication in Mantauran Rukai. Faits de Langues: La Réduplication 29: 37-47.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Hua, Jia-jing. 2005. A note on Paiwan tj, dj, lj. Language and Linguistics 6.3, 499-504.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Yu, Ching-hua. 2005. Language analysis and language processing. Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing 10.2, 167-200.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Wu, Chen-huei. 2005. Saisiyat reduplication revisited. Concentric 31.2, 31-56.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2004. Introduction. Faits de Langues : Les Langues austronésiennes 23-24:7-9.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2004. Les langues austronésiennes: situation géo-linguistique. Faits de Langues : Les Langues austronésiennes 23-24:11-21.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2004. Typologie des langues austronésiennes de Taïwan. Faits de Langues : Les Langues austronésiennes 23-24:41-58.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, Yu Ching-hua and Weng Cui-xia. 2003. The Formosan Language Archive: development of a multimedia tool to salvage the languages and oral traditions of the indigenous tribes of Taiwan. Oceanic Linguistics 42.1: 218-232.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2002. Nominalization in Mantauran (Rukai). Language and Linguistics 3.2:241-282.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2001. Negation in Saisiyat: another perspective. Oceanic Linguistics 40.1: 125-134.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and L. Huang. 2000. Discussion on ka-, an overlooked marker of verbal derivation in the Formosan languages. Oceanic Linguistics 39.2:391-414.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2000. Dynamic vs. stative verbs in Mantauran (Rukai). Oceanic Linguistics 39.2:415-427.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, L. Huang, M. Yeh and A. Chang. 1999. Existential, possessive and locative constructions in the Formosan languages. Oceanic Linguistics 38.1: 1-42.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 1998. Les langues austronésiennes de Taiwan: un bilan linguistique. Perspectives Chinoises 49:47-55.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 1997. Coding of grammatical relations in Mantauran. Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology 68.1: 249-281.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 1997. The pronominal system of Mantauran (Rukai). Oceanic Linguistics 36.2: 114-148.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, L. Huang, M. Yeh, A. Chang, J. Wu.. 1996. The temporal/aspectual and modal systems of the Formosan languages: a typological perspective. Oceanic Linguistics 35.1: 21-56.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 1996. The Tsou temporal, aspectual and modal system revisited. Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology 67.3: 503-532.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 1993. A semantic study of Tsou case markers. Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology 64.4:969-989.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and P. Ladefoged. 1993. Pulmonic ingressive phones do not occur in Tsou. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 23.1: 13-15.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 1993. When et la temporalité. Cahiers de recherche en linguistique anglaise 6: 87-110.

Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2016-08. Sketch grammar of Rukai. Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples. (227 pages.)
齊莉莎. 2016. 台灣南島語言叢書8 魯凱語語法概論. 台北: 原住民族委員會. (227 pages.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, Tai-hwa Chu and Lalo a Tahesh Kaybaybaw. 2015-02. A Study of Saisiyat Morphology. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press. (630 pages.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2007-11. A Grammar of Mantauran Rukai. Taipei: Academia Sinica. (xviii+551 pages.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Hui-chuan Lin. 2003-12. We Should Not Forget the Stories of The Mantauran: Memories of the past. Taipei: Academia Sinica. (xvi+558 pages.)
齊莉莎. 2000. 台灣南島語言叢書5 布農語參考語法. 台北: 遠流出版社.
齊莉莎. 2000. 台灣南島語言叢書7 鄒語參考語法. 台北: 遠流出版社.
齊莉莎. 2000. 台灣南島語言叢書8 魯凱語參考語法. 台北: 遠流出版社.

Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2017. Rukai (Tona) Language. In Rint Sybesma (ed.), Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics, 3:646-653. Brill: Online 2017.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2015. Analogy and grammatical change: A case study of the verb of “saying” in Mantauran Rukai. In Elizabeth Zeitoun, Stacy F. Teng and Joy J. Wu (ed.), New Advances in Formosan Linguistics, 431-450. Studies on Austronesian Languages, Asia-Pacific Linguistics series A-PL 017 / SAL 003. Canberra: The Australian National University.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, Stacy F. Teng and Joy J. Wu. 2015. Foreword. In Elizabeth Zeitoun, Stacy F. Teng and Joy J. Wu (ed.), New Advances in Formosan Linguistics, v-xix. Studies on Austronesian Languages, Asia-Pacific Linguistics series A-PL 017 / SAL 003. Canberra: The Australian National University.
Yun-hsiang Chuang and Elizabeth Zeitoun. 2013. Decoding the Multifunctional Usages of gen in Chinese. In Cao Guangshun, Hilary Chappell, Redouane Djamouri, Thekla Wiebusch (ed.), Breaking down the barriers: Interdisciplinary studies in Chinese linguistics and beyond, 279-304. Language and Linguistics Monograh Series. Taipei: Academia Sinica.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, Tai-hwa Chu and Lalo a Tahesh Kaybaybaw. 2011. Chonglun saixiayu shuxie xitong. [A discussion on the orthography of Saisiyat]. In Shih-hui Lin (ed.), Yuanzhuminzu yuyan fazhan lilun yu shiwu lunchong [The Indigenous Languages [of Taiwan]: Theory and Practice], 276-302. Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2011. Le tsou. In Bonvini, Emilio, Joëlle Busuttil et Alain Peyraube (ed.), Dictionnaire des langues, 1177-1185. Paris: PUF.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2011. Les langues austronésiennes de Taiwan. In Bonvini, Emilio, Joëlle Busuttil et Alain Peyraube (ed.), Dictionnaire des langues, 1155-1161. Paris: PUF.
齊莉莎. 2011. 臺灣南島語言學研究. In 楊儒賓等 (ed.), 人文百年化成天下─中華民國百年人文傳承大展, 337-343. 新竹: 國立清華大學.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Stacy F. Teng. 2009. From ki-N 'get N' in Formosan languages to ki-V 'get Ved' (passive) in Rukai, Paiwan and Puyuma. In Bethwyn Evans (ed.), Discovering History through Language: Papers in Honour of Malcolm D. Ross, 479-500, Pacific Linguistics 605. Canberra: The Australian National University.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2009. Reassessing the reconstruction of plural affixes in PAn: Evidence from the Formosan languages. In Alexander Adelaar and Andrew Pawley (ed.), Austronesian Historical Linguistics and Culture History: a Festschrift for Bob Blust, 359–372. Pacific Linguistics 601. Canberra: The Australian National University.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Yu Ching-hua. 2007-10. The Formosan Language Archive. In Department of Chinese Language and Literature, National Taitung University (ed.), The Indigenous Languages [of Taiwan]: Theory and Practice, 28-42. Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples, Executive Yuan.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Josiane, Cauquelin. 2006. An ethnolinguistic note on the etymology of ‘Puyuma’. In Chang, Yung-li, Lillian M. Huang, Dah-an Ho (ed.), Streams converging into an Ocean: Festschrift in Honor of Prof. Paul Jen-kuei Li on His 70th Birthday, 653-663. Taipei: Academia Sinica.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Wu, Chen-Huei. 2006. Reduplication in Formosan languages. In Chang, Yung-li, Lillian M. Huang, Dah-an Ho (ed.), Streams converging into an Ocean: Festschrift in Honor of Prof. Paul Jen-kuei Li on His 70th Birthday, 97-142. Taipei: Academia Sinica.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2005. Tsou. In Nikolaus Himmelmann and Sander Adelaar (ed.), The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, 259-290. London & New York: Routledge.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2000. Notes on a possessive construction in the Formosan languages. In Videa DeGuzman and Byron Bender (ed.), Grammatical analysis: morphology, syntax and semantics, 241-257. Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, Huang, Lillian, Marie M. Yeh, Joy J. Wu and Anna H. Chang. 1999. A typological study of pronouns in the Formosan languages. In Wang, Samuel H., Tsao Feng-fu and Lien Chin-fa (ed.), Selected Papers from the 5th International Conference on Chinese Linguistics, 165-198. Taipei: The Crane Pub. Co.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, L. Huang, M. Yeh, A. Chang and J. Wu. 1999. Interrogative constructions in some Formosan languages. In Yin Yuen-mei, Yang I-li, Chan Hui-chen (ed.), Chinese Languages and Linguistics, V: Interactions in Language. Symposium Series of the Institute of Linguistics (Preparatory Office), Academia Sinica, No.2, 639-680. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics (Preparatory Office).
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, M. Yeh, L. Huang, A. Chang, J. Wu. 1998. A Preliminary Study on the Negative Constructions in some Formosan Languages. In Shuan-Fan Huang (ed.), Selected Papers from the Second International Symposium on Languages in Taiwan, 79-110. Taipei: The Crane Pub. Co..
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, L. Huang, M. Yeh, A. Chang, J. Wu. 1998. A typological overview of nominal case marking of the Formosan languages. In Shuan-Fan Huang (ed.), Selected Papers from the Second International Symposium on Languages in Taiwan, 21-48. Taipei: The Crane Pub. Co..
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and L. Huang. 1997. Toward a typology of tense, aspect and modality in the Formosan languages: a preliminary study. In Tseng Chiu-yu (ed.), Proceedings of the IsCCL4, Symposium Series of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, No.4: 595-618. Taipei: Academia Sinica.

Zeitoun, Elizabeth, and lalo a tahesh kaybaybaw. 2019-05. A morphological study of Hakka, Taiwanese Southern Min and Japanese loanwords in Saisiyat. (Paper presented at SEALS-29 (Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 2019), Tokyo, 2019-05-27~2019-05-29.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, and Stacy F. Teng. 2019-05. Origin and development of the active/passive morphology in Rukai and alignment patterns. (Paper presented at SEALS-29 (Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 2019), Tokyo, 2019-05-27~2019-05-29.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, lalo a tahesh kaybaybaw and Hong-sui Lim. 2018-10. A study of Japanese, Hakka and Taiwanese Southern Min loanwords in Saisiyat from a phonological perspective. (Paper presented at The 12th International Symposium on Taiwanese Languages and Teaching (ISTLT-12), Kaohsiung, 2018-10-26~2018-10-27.)
齊莉莎. 2018-06. 以台灣南島語比較構擬古南島語的交互前綴. (發表於 2018年高雄學學術研討會~高雄港市邁向現代化110週年慶, 高雄, 2018-06-08~2018-06-09.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, Tai-hwa Chu and lalo a tahesh kaybaybaw. 2018-05. A preliminary study of onomatopoeia in Tungho Saisiyat. (Paper presented at SEALS-28, Kaohsiung, 2018-05-17~2018-05-20.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2018-04. From space to time: (Re-)examining the grammaticalization path of some spatial prefixes in Formosan languages. (Paper presented at the First ILAS Annual Linguistics Forum, Taiwan, 2018-04-20~2018-04-20.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2017-12. Language contact and language change among the Formosan languages: Exemplification with Saisiyat, Thao, Kaxabu, Atayal Creole and Puyuma. (Paper presented at National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, 2017-12-29~2017-12-29.)
齊莉莎. 2017-12. 再論魯凱語六個方言的「親屬」詞. (發表於魯凱學, 屏東, 2017-12-08~2017-12-09.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2017-11. Are there prepositions in all the Rukai dialects?. (Paper presented at the Workshop on nouns, pronouns and verbs and their teaching in Formosan languages, Taipei, 2017-11-19~2017-11-19.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2017-06. A comparative study of locative/directional and instrumental verbs vs. prepositions in Rukai. (Paper presented at 30e Journées de Linguistique d’Asie Orientale, Paris, France, 2017-06-29~2017-07-01.)
Teng, Stacy F. and Elizabeth Zeitoun. 2017-06. Allomorphy and homophony in Formosan languages: A study of Ca-reduplication (and its variants) and implication for reconstruction. (Paper presented at the 9th International Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference (APLL9), Paris, France, 2017-06-21~2017-06-23.)
Zeitoun Elizabeth and Anna H. Chang. 2017-04. Reconstruction of the PAN morpheme *ka- and its grammaticalization in the Formosan languages. (Paper presented at The 24th meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association AFLA-24, Seattle, USA, 2017-04-07~2017-04-09.)
Zeitoun Elizabeth, Tai-hwa Chu and Lalo a tahesh kaybaybaw. 2017-03. A study on the creation of “new words” in Saisiyat. (Paper presented at the European Association of Taiwan Studies EATS 2017, Venice, Italy, 2017-03-02~2017-03-04.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2016-07. A comparative study of nominalization in Rukai. (Paper presented at the 11th International Symposium on Taiwanese Languages and Teaching, Taipei, 2016-07-12~2016-07-13.)
Zeitoun Elizabeth and Stacy F. Teng. 2016-05. Lexical vs. synctactic nominalization in Saaroa and Kanakanavu. (Paper presented at the APLL-8, London, 2016-05-13~2016-05-14.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2016-05. The dynamic/stative distinction in Formosan languages in relation to PAn *pa- and *ka-. (Paper presented at the 15th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-15), Hsinchu, 2016-05-27~2016-05-29.)
Zeitoun Elizabeth and Hsuan-ju Chen. 2016-04. Monophthongization in Kanakanavu. (Paper presented at the NWAV-AP 4, Chiayi, 2016-04-22~2016-04-24.)
Teng, Stacy F. and Elizabeth Zeitoun. 2015-07. A re-assessment of voice and nominalization in Saaroa. (Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (13-ICAL), Taipei, 2015-07-18~2015-07-23.)
Zeitoun Elizabeth and Hsuan-ju Chen. 2015-07. A typology of minimal words in Formosan languages. (Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (13-ICAL), Taipei, 2015-07-18~2015-07-23.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2015-06. Language contact in Saisiyat. (Paper presented at the 2nd World Congress of Taiwan Studies, London, 2015-06-18~2015-06-21.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Lillian M. Huang. 2015-02. Designing reference grammars for Taiwan indigenous languages: collaborative work between linguists and native speakers. (Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (4ICLDC), Honolulu, Hawai‘i, 2015-02-26~2015-03-01.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, Tai-hwa Chu and Lalo a tahesh kaybaybaw. 2014-12. A preliminary study on the creation of new words in Saisiyat. (Paper presented at 2014 Taiwan Indigenous Languages International Conference, Taipei, 2014-12-27~2014-12-27.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2014-09. 1994-2014: Twenty years of Formosan linguistics. (Paper presented at the 2014 The International Conference on Formosan Indigenous Peoples: Contemporary Perspectives, Taipei, 2014-09-15~2014-09-17.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2014-06. Kanakanavu voice revisited. (Paper presented at the ILAS bi-monthly colloquium, Taipei, 2014-06-16~2014-06-16.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Stacy F. Teng. 2014-06. The position of Kanakanavu and Saaroa within the Formosan languages revisited. (Paper presented at IsCLL-14, Taipei, 2014-06-04~2014-06-06.)
Teng, Stacy F. and Elizabeth Zeitoun. 2014-05. Kanakanavu personal pronouns revisited. (Paper presented at the 7th Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics International conference (APLL7), London, 2014-05-16~2014-05-17.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2013-05. Language contact and language change among the Formosan languages: an exemplification with Saisiyat. (Paper presented at 10th European Congress of Taiwan Studies (EATS 2013), Lyon, 2013-05-02~2013-05-04.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth et al. 2012-06. A Cross-linguistic Study of "say" based on the Academia Sinica Language Archives data. (Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Sinology, Taipei, 2012-06-20~2012-06-22.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2011-07. The verb ‘say’ in Mantauran Rukai: analogy and syntactic change. (Paper presented at Workshop on "Stance Marking Across Languages: Typological, Diachronic and Discourse Perspectives", Hong Kong, 2011-07-18~2011-07-20.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2011-07. Towards the reconstruction of reciprocal prefixes in PAn based on a comparative study of Formosan languages. (Paper presented at Workshop on the Typology of Languages in China, Hong Kong, 2011-07-21~2011-07-21.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, Tai-hwa Chu and Lalo a Tahesh Kaybaybaw. 2011-05. A discussion on the orthography of Saisiyat [In Chinese]. (Paper presented at 「原住民族語言發展—理論與實務研討會(Formosa LDC), Taipei, 2011-05-12~2011-05-13.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Tai-hwa Chu. 2010-10. Nominalization in Saisiyat. (Paper presented at Eighth International Symposium on Taiwanese Languages and Teaching, Miaoli, 2010-10-15~2010-10-16.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2010-03. More on reduplication in Saisiyat. (Paper presented at The 6th anniversary commemoration of the establishment of the Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 2010-03-01~2010-03-01.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2009-11. ki as a marker of coordination and comitativity in Tungho Saisiyat. (Paper presented at Workshop on Coordination and Comitativity in Austronesian Languages, Taipei, 2009-11-07~2009-11-08.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2008-07. Reassessing the reconstruction of plural affixes in PAn: Evidence from the Formosan languages. (Paper presented at International Conference The Past Meets the Present: A Dialogue Between Historical Linguistics and Theoretical Linguistics, Taipei, 2008-07-14~2008-07-16.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2007-09. Three western scholars’ contibutions to Formosan linguistics. (Paper presented at The International Conference on the One Hundred Year Anniversary of Linguistics in Taiwan: In Memory of Prof. Naoyoshi Ogawa, Taichung, 2007-09-08~2007-09-09.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2007-08. The Formosan Language Archive. (Paper presented at The Indigenous Conference on Aboriginal Languages: Theory and Practices, Taipei, 2007-08-28~2007-08-29.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2006-06. The kinship terms of Mantauran Rukai or why are there 5 words for ‘father’?. (Paper presented at The International Symposium and Workshop on "Comparative Perspectives on Austronesian Studies" 「從比較觀點看南島文化研究」國際論壇暨研習會, Taitung, 2006-06-23~2006-06-25.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Stacy F. Teng. 2006-05. The morpheme ki- in Rukai, Paiwan and Puyuma: innovation or borrowing?. (Paper presented at The IACL 14 & IsCLL 10 Joint Conference, Taipei, 2006-05-25~2006-05-29.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Huang, Lillian M.. 2006-03. Preliminary remarks on Nominalization in Formosan languages. (Paper presented at The 13th annual meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association, Hsinchu, 2006-03-24~2006-03-26.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2005-06. Prototypical and less prototypical patterns of reduplication in Formosan languages. (Paper presented at The Taiwan-Japan Joint Workshop, Taipei, 2005-06-23~2005-06-24.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2005-02. How to proceed with data archiving on endangered languages. (Paper presented at Workshop on the Documentation of Endangered Languages, Hawai‘i, 2005-02-07~.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2005-02. The Formosan Language Archive: Towards the preservation and revival of the indigenous languages of Taiwan. (Paper presented at Celebration of the first anniversary of the creation of the Institute of Linguistics, Taipei, 2005-02-21~.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Yu Ching-hua. 2004-03. The Formosan Language Archive: Language Processing and Linguistc Analysis. (Paper presented at The 1st International Joint Conference on Language Language Processing (IJCNLP-04) Asian Language Resources Workshop, Sanya City. Hainan Island, China, 2004-03-22~2004-03-24.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Malcolm Ross. 2003-11. Change and stasis in grammatical constructions in Rukai. (Paper presented at Second Workshop on Formosan Languages, Taipei, Academia Sinica, 2003-11-01~2003-11-02.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2003-11. Prototypical and less prototypical morphological features in Formosan Languages. (Paper presented at Workshop on Morphology, Taipei, 2003-11-08~2003-11-09.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2003-07. Taiwan’s NDAP Language Archives Project: From bronze inscription texts to Austronesian field recording. (Paper presented at Workshop on Digitizing and annotating texts and field recordings, EMELD Language Digitization, Project Conference 2003, Michigan State University, 2003-07-11~2003-07-13.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2003-03. Toward a reconstruction of Proto-Rukai morpho-syntax. (Paper presented at AFLA X, Hawai'i, 2003-03-28~2003-03-30.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth, and Tien-hsin Hsin. 2002-11. Glottal hopping in Mantauran Rukai. (Paper presented at The Eighth International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics, Taipei, 2002-11-08~2002-11-09.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2002-01. Reciprocals in Formosan languages. (Paper presented at International Conference on Austronesian Languages. (ICAL9), Canberra, Australia, 2002-01-08~2002-01-11.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2001-12. Typology of the Formosan languages. (Paper presented at International Symposium on Austronesian Cultures: Issues Relating to Taiwan, Taipei, 2001-12-08~2001-12-12.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2001-06. Plurality in Mantauran Rukai. (Paper presented at The 10th International Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-10), Irvine, 2001-06-22~2001-06-24.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2000-10. Nominalization in Mantauran (Rukai). (Paper presented at Workshop on Nominalization in Formosan Languages, Taipei, 2000-10-21~2000-10-22.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 1997-12. Temporal, hypothetical and counterfactual clauses in Formosan languages. (Paper presented at The Eighth International Conference on Austronesian languages, Taipei, 1997-12-28~1997-12-30.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 1997-06. Existential, Possessive and Locative constructions in Formosan languages. (Paper presented at The Sixth International Conference on Chinese Linguistics, Holland, 1997-06-18~1997-06-21.)

Zeitoun, Elizabeth, Stacy F. Teng and Joy J. Wu Editors. 2015. New Advances in Formosan Linguistics. Canberra: The Australian National University. (Studies on Austronesian Languages, Asia-Pacific Linguistics series A-PL 017/SAL 003, xxiv+558. pages.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth ed.. 2009-12-28. Formosan Linguistics: Stanley Starosta’s contributions, Language and Linguistics Monograph Series. Taipei: Academia Sinica. (xxv+xxx+977 pages.)
Zeitoun, Elizabeth ed.. 2007. Role and Reference Grammar in Taiwan, Special Issue of Language and Linguistics, 8.1. Taipei: Academia Sinica.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth Responsable scientifique . 2004. Faits de Langues – Les langues austronésiennes. Gap: Ophrys.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth ed.. 2004. Issues on Austronesian Linguistics. Special Issue of Language and Linguistics, 5.2. Taipei: Academia Sinica.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth ed.. 2002. Nominalization in Formosan Languages. Special Issue of Language and Linguistics 3.2. Taipei: Academia Sinica.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth and Paul Jen-kuei Li ed.. 1999. Selected papers from the Eighth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics. Symposium Series of the Institute of Linguistics (Preparatory Office), No.1. Taipei: Academia Sinica.

Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2012. Review of “Foong Ha Yap, Karen Grunow-Harsta, and Janick Wrona, eds. 2011. Nominalization in Asian languages: Diachronic and typological perspectives. Typological Studies in Language 96, xvii + 796 pp. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. ISBN 978-90-272-0677-0, $158.00, harbound. . Oceanic Linguistics. 51.2: 606-6 pages.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2008. Review of Josiane Cauquelin. 2004. The Aborigines of Taiwan. The Puyuma: from headhunting to the modern world. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon. 277pp. Hardcover ISBN 0-415-31413-5.. Journal of Austronesian Studies. 2.1: 127-131 pages.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2005. Review of Josiane Cauquelin. 2004. The Aborigines of Taiwan. The Puyuma: from headhunting to the modern world. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon. 277pp. Hardcover ISBN 0-415-31413-5.. 東台灣研究 [Journal of Eastern Taiwan Studies]. 10:131-136 pages.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2005. Review of Wang, Shan-shan. 2004. An ergative view of Thao syntax. Ph.D. dissertation, Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 389 pp. Concentric. 31.1:159-165 pages.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 2002. Review of Li, Paul Jen-kuei, and Shigeru Tsuchida. 2001. Pazih Dictionary. 391 pp. Language and Linguistics Monograph Series, No. A2. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics (Preparatory Office), Academia Sinica, 36.2:429-436.. Language and Linguistics. 3.2:481-490 pages.
Zeitoun, Elizabeth. 1997. Review of A parametric grammar of Seediq written by Arthur Holmer. Oceanic Linguistics. 36.2:429-436 pages.

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Elizabeth ZEITOUN