學術著作 (Publications)

 

(一) 期刊論文/專書論文 (Journal articles/ Book chapters)

1.         Lai, Huei-ling. To appear. Color terms in Chinese. In Chu-Ren Huang, Jing-Schmidt Zhuo, and Barbara Meisterernst. (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Applied Linguistics. Taylor & Francis. (Accepted in 2017/3). (NSC102-2410-H-004-058-MY3)

2.          Lai, Huei-ling, Kawai Chui, Wen-Hui Sah, Siaw-Fong Chung, Chao-Lin Liu. To appear. Language communities, corpora, and cognition. In Shu-Heng Chen (Ed.) Big Data in Computational Social Science and Humanities. Springer. (Accepted in 2017/2).

3.          Lai, Huei-ling, and Siaw-Fong Chung. To appear. Color polysemy: BLACK and WHITE in Taiwanese languages. Taiwan Journal of Linguistics. (Accepted in 2016/9). (Scopus; THCI Level I; ESCI) (NSC102-2410-H-004-058-MY3)

4.          Lai, Huei-ling. 2017. Understanding ethnic visibility through language use: The case of Taiwan Hakka. Asian Ethnicity, 18.3: 406-423. (Scopus; ESCI)  (MOST104-2420-H-004-002-MY2)

5.          Chui, Kawai, Huei-ling Lai, and Hui-chen Chan. 2017.Taiwan Chinese spoken corpus. In Rint Sybesma (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics, 257-259. Leiden: Brill.

6.         Lai, Huei-ling and Chao-Lin Liu. 2017. The evolution of Hakka symbolic code ngang giang (“stiff neck”): A longitudinal analysis of newspapers in Taiwan (客家象徵符碼〈硬頸〉之演變：臺灣報紙媒體縱剖面之分析). Communication & Society《傳播與社會》, 39, 29–60. (TSSCI) (MOST104-2420-H-004-002-MY2) (In Chinese)

7.          Lai, Huei-ling. 2015. Profiling Hakka Bun Causative Constructions. Language and Linguistics, 16.3: 369-395. (SSCI, AHCI). (NSC 100-2410-H-004-185-MY2)

8.          Chen, Yi-chen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2015. Developing EFL learners’ metaphoric competence through cognitive-oriented methods. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 534: 415–438. (SSCI)

9.          Chen, Yi-chen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2014. The Influence of Cultural Universality and Specificity on EFL Learners’ Comprehension of Metaphor and Metonymy. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 24.3: 312-336. (MLA, APA)

10.      Yeh, Chiou-shing, and Huei-ling Lai. 2014. Modal Development of pa3 in Taiwanese Hakka: Grammaticalization and Subjectification (臺灣客語「怕」之情態演變：語法化與主觀化之觀點). Chinese Studies, (漢學研究) 32.1: 305-340. (NSC 100-2410-H-004- 185- MY2) (THCI Core) (In Chinese)

11.      Chen, Yi-chen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2013. Being Aware is not Enough: Learning Metaphor and Metonymy through Cognitive-oriented Methods. Referred Proceedings of ALAA (Applied Linguistics Association of Australia) Conference, 610-639.

12.      Chen, Yi-chen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2013. Teaching English Idioms as Metaphors through Cognitive-oriented Methods: A Case in an EFL Writing Class. English Language Teaching, 6.6: 13-20.

13.      Chen, Yi-chen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2012. EFL learners' awareness of metonymy-metaphor continuum in figurative expressions. Language Awareness, 21.3: 235-248. (SSCI, AHCI)

14.      Li, shih-min, and Huei-ling Lai. 2011b. An analysis of the (im)perfectivity of do2/den2 (著) in Hakka: Interaction of lexical semantics and construction (臺灣客語表成貌與持續貌「著」之探討─詞彙語意與構式互動的觀點). Chinese Studies, (漢學研究) 29.3: 193-230. (NSC 99-2410-H-004-185) (THCI Core) (In Chinese)

15.      Li, Shih-min, and Huei-ling Lai. 2011a. Hakka aspectual ted4 constructions: A constructional approach. International Journal of Language Studies, 5.1: 97-124. (NSC 99-2410-H-004-185)

16.      Lai, Huei-ling, and Wan-jyun Luo. 2010. Verbal polysemy of Hakka piong3 'to put': Frames and constructions. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 38.2: 224-260. (NSC 95-2411-H0004-026-MY2; NSC 97-2411-H-004-110-MY2) (SSCI, AHCI)

17.      Lai, Huei-ling, and Shih-min Li. 2010. Hakka corpus: Construction and Application (客語語料庫的建構及應用). Post-conference Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of Hakka Studies, (客語千秋：第八屆國際客方言學術研討會論文集), 300-312. Taipei: Crane. (In Chinese)

18.      Chui, Kawai, and Huei-ling Lai. 2008. The NCCU Corpus of Spoken Chinese: Mandarin, Hakka, and Southern Min. Taiwan Journal of Linguistics, 6.2: 119-142. (MLA, LLBA, LA, THCI Core)

19.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2008b. Using constructions as information management devices: Analysis of Hakka lien5...ya3/du3 constructions. Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology Academia Sinica, 79.2: 343-376. (NSC 95-2411-H-004-026-MY2) (AHCI; TSSCI)

20.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2008a. Understanding and classifying two-part allegorical sayings: Metonymy, metaphor, and cultural constraints. Journal of Pragmatics, 40.3: 454-474. (NSC 93-2411-H-004-039 ; NSC 94-2411-H-004-007) (SSCI, AHCI)

21.      Liao, Pei-yun, and Huei-ling Lai. 2007. Hakka verbs of removal: Integration of verbal meanings and [VX] constructions. Taiwan Journal of Linguistics, 5.2: 1-44. (MLA, LLBA, LA)

22.      Chiang, Shu-mei, and Huei-ling Lai. 2007. Grammaticalization and beyond: The invisible space behind the body-part term boi55 (背) ‘back’ in Hakka. Tsing Hua Journal of Chinese Studies, 37.1: 275-304. (THCI)

23.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2007. Morphosyntactic and semantic changes of Hakka si2: A multi-level analysis. Language and Linguistics, 8.2: 553-574. (SSCI, AHCI, MLA, CSA, LLBA)

24.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2006. Iconic coding of conceptualization: Hakka reduplicative constructions. Language and Linguistics, 7.2: 483-499. (MLA,CSA,LLBA)

25.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2004. The syntactic grounding and conceptualization of Hakka BUN and LAU. Concentric: Studies in Linguistics, 30.1: 87-105.

26.      Lai, Huei-ling and Shu-mei Chiang. 2003. Intrapsychological force-dynamic interaction: Verbs of refraining in Hakka. Taiwan Journal of Linguistics, 1.2: 35-64. (MLA, LLBA, LA)

27.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2003c. The semantic extension of Hakka LAU. Language and Linguistics, 4.3: 533-561. (MLA, CSA, LLBA)

28.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2003b. The lexicalization patterns of verbs of hitting in Hakka. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 31.2: 340-361. (AHCI)

29.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2003a. Hakka LAU constructions: A constructional approach. Language and Linguistics, 4.2: 357-378. (MLA, CSA, LLBA)

30.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2002b. From verb to verbal complement: Evidence from the verb DO in Hakka. Form and function: Linguistic studies in honor of Shuanfan Huang, ed. by Lily I-wen Su, Chinfa Lien, and Kawai Chui, 225-247. Taipei: Crane.

31.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2002a. The grammaticalization of the verb DO in Hakka. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 30.2: 370-391. (AHCI)

32.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2001. On Hakka BUN: A case of polygrammticalization. Language and Linguistics, 2.2: 137-153. (MLA, CSA, LLBA)

33.      Lai, Huei-ling. 1999. Rejected expectations: two scalar particles CAI and JIU in Mandarin Chinese. Linguistics, 37.4: 625-661. (SSCI)

 

 (二) 教科書 (Textbook)

 Lai, Huei-ling. 2017. Semantics (語意學). Taipei: Wu-Nan (五南出版社).(In Chinese)

 

(三) 研討會/會議論文 (Conference presentations / Proceedings)

1.          Hsu, Hsiao-ling, Huei-ling Lai, and Jyi-Shane Liu. 2017. Meaning Extensions, Word Component Structures and Their Distribution: Linguistic Usages Containing Body-Part Terms Liǎn/Miàn, Yǎn/Mù and Zuǐ/Kǒu in Taiwan Mandarin. In: Ekštein K., Matoušek V. (eds) Text, Speech, and Dialogue. TSD 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10415. Springer, Cham.

2.          Lai, Huei-ling. 2017. Refining newsworthiness through collocation analysis in news discourse. Paper presented at the 15th International Pragmatics Conference, July 16-21, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

3.          Liu, Chao-Lin, Shu-hua Zhang, Yuan-li Geng, Huei-ling Lai and Hong-su Wang. 2017. Character Distributions of Classical Chinese Literary Texts: Zipf’s Law, Genres, and Epochs. Paper presented at the International Conference of Digital Humanities (DH-2017), August 8-11. Montreal, Canada.

4.          Lai, Huei-ling , Yi-Lun Weng, and Chao-Lin Liu. 2016. Employing digital tools to re-examine distributional hypothesis: A case study of Kèjiā ‘Hakka’ in news corpora. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities (DADH-2016), December 1-3. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

5.          Lai, Huei-ling, Yi-Lun Weng, and Chao-Lin Liu. 2016. Measuring collocation strength with digital tools: An analysis of Kèjiā ‘Hakka’ in Taiwan news corpora. Paper presented at the 2016 International Conference on Innovation Studies (IS-2016), November 12-13. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.

6.          Hsu, Hsiao-ling, Huei-ling Lai, and Jyi-Shane Liu. 2016. Word constituents and meaning distributions of body-part terms- A case study of face (lian3/mian4), eye (yan3/mu4) and mouth (zui3/kou3). Paper presented at the 2016 International Conference on Innovation Studies (IS-2016), November 12-13. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.

7.          Wang, Yun-Chien and Huei-ling Lai. 2016. Digital archives and application of the NCCU corpus of spoken Hakka. Paper presented at the 2016 International Conference on Innovation Studies (IS-2016), November 12-13. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.

8.          Li, shih-min and Huei-ling Lai. 2016. From Verbs to Conjunctions: Grammaticalization and lexicalization of Go3 in Hakka(從動詞到連接詞：臺灣客語「過」之語法化和詞彙化). Paper presented at the 11th International Symposium on Taiwanese Languages and Teaching (IsTLT-2016), July 12-13. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

9.          Yeh, Chiou-shing and Huei-ling Lai. 2016. The syntactic and semantic features and emergence of mood of chog8 in Taiwan Hakka (臺灣客語「著(chog8)」的句法語意屬性及其情態浮現). Paper presented at the 11th International Symposium on Taiwanese Languages and Teaching ((IsTLT-2016), July 12-13. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

10.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2016. The emergence of metaphor in media discourse: Evidence from < ngangjiang stiff neck> in Taiwan Hakka. The 17th National Conference on Linguistics (NCL2016), May 23-24. Tatung University (TTU), Taipei, Taiwan. (Keynote Speech)

11.      Lai, Huei-ling, Shao-chun Hsu, and Chao-lin Liu. 2015. Hakka symbolic code <nganggiang stiff neck>: An analysis of its innovative development in Taiwan newspapers. Paper presented at the International Conference on Corpus Linguistics and Technology Advancement 2015 (CoLTA 2015), December 16-18. The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong.

12.      Lai, Huei-ling, Yen-Ju Chen, and Shao-chun Hsu. 2015. Hěn X Constructions in Spoken Corpora: A Syntactic and Semantic Analysis. Paper presented at the International Conference on Corpus Linguistics and Technology Advancement 2015 (CoLTA 2015), December 16-18. The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong.

13.      Chen, Yen-Ju, Huei-Ling Lai, and Shao-Chun Hsu. 2015. The Syntactic and Semantic Analysis of Hěn X Constructions in Spoken Corpora. Proceedings of the 29th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information, and Computation (PACLIC-29), 286-292. October 30 – November 1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

14.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2015. Proverbial Expressions in Hakka: Linguistic and Cultural Constraints. Paper presented at the 2015 International Conference on Applied Linguistics (ICAL2015), May 30-31. National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan.

15.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2014. Cultural Perspectives of Proverbial Constructions: Hakka Evidence. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference of Construction Grammar (ICCG 8), September 3-6. University of Osnabrück, Germany.

16.      Yeh, Chiou-shing, Huei-ling Lai, and Chun Chang. 2013. Psych-verbs in Sinitic Languages: Lexical Properties, Constructions and Speaker’s Epistemological Stances. Paper presented at the 19th International Congress of Linguistics (CIL-19), July 22-27. University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

17.      Lai, Huei-ling, and Chiou-shing Yeh. 2013. Metaphor in Hakka Proverbial Expressions: Specificity and Genericity of Cultural Constraints. Paper presented at the 12th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-12), June 23-28. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

18.      Chen, Yi-chen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2013. Teaching Metaphor and Metonymy of Emotion Expressions: The Effects of Metaphoric Mapping Approach. Paper presented at the 12th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-12), June 23-28. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

19.      Yeh, Chiou-shing, and Huei-ling Lai. 2013b. The emergence of the evaluative adverb ho2ded4 in Taiwan Hakka: An integrated approach of grammaticalization and lexicalization. Paper presented at the 12th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-12), June 23-28. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

20.      Yeh, Chiou-shing, and Huei-ling Lai. 2013a. The Usage and Grammaticalization of Evaluative Modals in Taiwanese Hakka: A Corpus-based perspective (以語料庫之觀點分析臺灣客語評價性情態詞之用法及其語法化歷程). Paper presented at the 21th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-21), June 7-9. National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.

21.      Liu, Hsiao-chien, Shu-Chuan Tseng, and Huei-ling Lai. 2013. A usage-based perspective on the comparison between directional complement constructions in Hakka and Mandarin Chinese. Paper presented at the 21th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-21), June 7-9. National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.

22.      Chen, Yi-chen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2012b. Being Aware is not Enough: Learning Metaphor and Metonymy through Cognitive-oriented Methods. Paper presented at the 2012 Applied Linguistics Association of Australia National Conference (ALAA), November 12-14. Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

23.      Lai, Huei-ling, and Shu-chen Lu. 2012. Semantic distributions of the color terms black and white in Taiwanese languages. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 26th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information, and Computation (PACLIC-26), 179-186. November 8-10. Universitas Indonesia, Bali, Indonesia.

24.      Yeh, Chiou-shing, and Huei-ling Lai. 2012b. Modal development of ho2ded4 in Taiwan Hakka: Grammaticalization, Lexicalization and Subjectivity (臺灣客語「好得」之情態演變：語法化、詞彙化及主觀性). Proceedings of the 62th annual conference of the Chinese Linguistic Society of Japan, 135-139. October 27-28. Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.

25.      Li, shih-min, and Huei-ling Lai. 2012b. Corpus-based Approaches to Taiwan Hakka Go3 Constructions: Motion Event-frame Viewpoints (從語料庫看臺灣客語「過」構式：運動事件框架觀點). Paper presented at the 20th Annual Conference of the IACL (IACL-20) (國際中國語言學學會第20屆年會), August 29-31. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, PRC.

26.      Li, shih-min, and Huei-ling Lai. 2012a. Go3 Constructions in Hakka: Windowing of paths in Motion Event-Frame. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-7), August 10-12. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea.

27.      Yeh, Chiou-shing, and Huei-ling Lai. 2012a. The Multi-functions of tin7 in Taiwanese Hakka: Grammaticalization and Lexicalization. Paper presented at the New Reflections on Grammaticalisation V (NRG-5), July 16-19. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, England.     

28.      Tseng, Po-wen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2012. The emergence of imperative and evaluative meanings: evidence from Taiwanese languages. Paper presented at the New Reflections on Grammaticalisation V (NRG-5), July 16-19. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, England.

29.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2012. Regularity and Idiomaticity: A Continuum. The 13th National Conference on Linguistics (NCL2012), May 23-24. Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Tainan, Taiwan. (Keynote Speech)

30.      Chen, Yi-chen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2012a. Learning Metaphor and Metonymy: A Comparison of Two Cognitive-oriented Methods. Paper presented at the 6th Conference on Language, Discourse, and Cognition (CLDC2012), May 4-6. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

31.      Yeh, Chiou-shing, and Huei-ling Lai. 2011. Logical Information Processing of Possibility and Negation: Cases from Taiwanese Hakka. Proceedings of the 25th Pacific Asia Conference on Language Information and Computing (PACLIC-25), 70-79. December 16-18. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

32.      Chen, Yi-chen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2011. The Effects of EFL Learners’ Awareness and Retention in Learning Metaphoric and Metonymic Expressions. Proceedings of the 25th Pacific Asia Conference on Language Information and Computing (PACLIC-25), 541-548. December 16-18. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

33.      Peng, Xiao-zhen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2011b. Conceptual Metaphors and Metonymies of Classifiers and Measure Words in Taiwan Hakka. Paper presented at the 11th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-11). July 11-17. Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an, PRC.

34.      Chen, Yi-chen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2011b. EFL learners' comprehension of metaphor: The impact of cultural universality and specificity. Paper presented at the 11th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-11). July 11-17. Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an, PRC.

35.      Peng, Xiao-zhen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2011a. Idiomatic Classifier/Measure Word Constructions in Taiwan Hakka: A Metonymy-Metaphor Interaction Perspective. Paper presented at the Conference on Metaphor and Communication. May 12-14. University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

36.      Chen, Yi-chen, and Huei-ling Lai. 2011a. Cultural factors in EFL learners' comprehension of metaphor: A case study of anger expressions. Paper presented at the 2011 International Conference and Workshop on TEFL and Applied Linguistics. March 10-12. Ming Chuan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

37.      Chiang, Shu-mei, and Huei-ling Lai. 2010b. The polysemous modality function of Hakka ho2: A lexical and constructional account (從詞彙與構式看客語「好」字之多義情態功能). Proceedings of the 60th annual conference of the Chinese Linguistic Society of Japan, 279-280. November 13-14. Kanagawa University, Yokohama, Japan.

38.      Yeh, Chiou-shing, and Huei-ling Lai. 2010. A Study on the development of grammatical functions and semantic investigation of the morpheme gam2 in Hakka (客語「敢」字之語法功能演變與語意探究). Proceedings of the 60th annual conference of the Chinese Linguistic Society of Japan, 312-316. November 13-14. Kanagawa University, Yokohama, Japan.

39.      Li, Shih-min, and Huei-ling Lai. 2010c. On (im)perfectivity of do2/den2 (著) in Taiwan Hakka: A corpus analysis (台灣客語方言完成體與持續體之關係探索：語料庫觀點). Paper presented at the 9th International Conference of Hakka Studies (第九屆國際客家方言研討會). October 19-22. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, PRC.

40.      Chiang, Shu-mei, and Huei-ling Lai. 2010a. Argument mismatches of Hakka potentiality-charactering constructions: Frames, constructions and information structure. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference of Construction Grammar (ICCG-6). September 3-5. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. (NSC 99-2411-H-004-185)

41.      Li Shih-min, and Huei-ling Lai. 2010b. Understanding and classifying the causal relations of the causative BUN construction in Hakka. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference of Construction Grammar (ICCG-6). September 3-5. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. (NSC 99-2411-H-004-185)

42.      Li, Shih-min, and Huei-ling Lai. 2010a. An analysis of (im)perfectivity of do2/den2 (著) in Hakka: Interaction of lexical semantics and construction (客語兼表完成貌與持續貌「著」之探討：詞彙語意與構式互動的觀點). Paper presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-18) and the 22nd North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-22). May 20-22. Harvard University, Boston, USA.  

43.      Lai, Huei-ling, and Yi-chen Chen. 2010. The effects of EFL learners' application of metaphor and metonymy in learning and retaining emotion expressions. Paper presented at the 2010 International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching (ALLT). April 15-17. National Taiwan University of Science & Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.

44.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2009b. The interaction of lexical semantics and constructions: Present and Future (詞彙語意與構式的互動：現況與展望). Paper presented at the Mini-workshop on Interaction of Lexical Semantics and Constructions (「詞彙語意與構式的互動」小型工作坊). November 14. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.

45.      Lai, Huei-ling, and Shih-min Li. 2009. The syntactic and semantic extension of Hakka GUO: A cross-categorical perspective (客語「過」構式句法及語意之衍變：跨範疇之觀點). Proceedings of the 59th annual conference of the Chinese Linguistic Society of Japan, 257-261. October 24-25. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

46.      Chiang, Shu-mei, and Huei-ling Lai. 2009. Form-function mismatches in non-referential interrogatives: A case study of iu1 ma4ge3 ho2 V constructions in Hakka (無指疑問句之「形式—功能」誤配：客語「有麼介好V」構式研究). Proceedings of the 59th annual conference of the Chinese Linguistic Society of Japan, 262-266. October 24-25. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

47.      Yeh, Chiou-shing and Huei-ling Lai. 2009. Argument realization and transitivity of a family of da2 constructions in Hakka: A Construction Grammar account (以構式語法觀點談客語「打」字群之論元體現與及物性). Proceedings of the 59th annual conference of the Chinese Linguistic Society of Japan, 228-232. October 24-25. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

48.      Li, Shih-min, and Huei-ling Lai. 2009. Interaction of aspect and construction: Evidence from the ted4 construction in Hakka. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-17). July 2-4. EHESS, Paris, France. 

49.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2009a. The NCCU Corpus of Spoken Chinese: Hakka Corpus. Multi-Development and Application of Languages and Linguistics. May 15-16. National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. (Keynote Speech)

50.      Lai, Huei-ling, and Shih-min Li. 2008. Hakka Corpus: Construction and Application (客語語料庫的建構及應用). Paper presented at the 8th International Conference of Hakka Dialects (第八屆國際客家方言研討會). November 22-24. National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

51.      Lai, Huei-ling, and Wan-jyun Luo. 2008. The implicit theme construction in Hakka: Interaction of structure, meaning and discourse. Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-5). September 26-28. The University of Texas at Austin, USA. (NSC 97-2411-H-004-110-MY2)

52.      Lai, Huei-ling, and Chiou-shing Yeh. 2008. Causative constructions with or without causative markers: Cases from Hakka. Paper  presented at the 5th International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-5). September 26-28. The University of Texas at Austin, USA. (NSC 97-2411-H-004-110-MY2)

53.      Chiang, Shu-mei, and Huei-ling Lai. 2008. Argument Realization in the Family of Potential Constructions in Hakka. Paper presented at the 18th International Congress of Linguistics (CIL-18). July 21-26. Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

54.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2008b. 'Putting' and 'Removing' in Hakka: Argument Structure, Constructions and Information Management. Paper presented at the 18th International Congress of Linguistics (CIL-18). July 21-26. Korea University, Seoul, Korea.

55.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2008a. A Corpus-based Exploration of Research Topics on Hakka Grammar. 行政院客家委員會96年度補助大學暨獎助學術研究計畫成果發表會. June 6. National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

56.      Chui, Kawai, Huei-ling Lai, and Hui-chen Chan. 2008. The NCCU Corpus of Spoken Chinese: Mandarin, Hakka, and Southern Min. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Wenshan International Symposium (Theme: Spoken Corpus: Language Documentation and Applications), 68-100. May 19. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.

57.      Chiang, Shu-mei, and Huei-ling Lai. 2007. Evaluating and comparing in an implicit way: A case study of NP1 V NP2 m5 X constructions in Hakka. Paper presented at the 10th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-10). July 15-20. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

58.      Lai, Huei-ling, and Shu-mei Chiang. 2007. The family of Hakka idiomatic gin2 X gin2 Y constructions: Paratactic constructions with subordinate meanings. Paper presented at the 10th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-10). July 15-20. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

59.      Luo, Wan-jyun, and Huei-ling Lai. 2007. “piong3” 'put' and its variants in Hakka: Frames and Constructions. Paper presented at the 8th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop (CLSW-8). May 21-23. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

60.      Chiang, Shu-mei, and Huei-ling Lai. 2006. A Family of NP1 V NP2 m5 X constructions in Hakka. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG-4). September 1-3. The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

61.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2006b. Lien…ya/du constructions in Hakka. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Construction Grammar  (ICCG-4). September 1-3. The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

62.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2006a. The interaction patterns of two-part allegorical sayings: A typological perspective. Paper presented at IACL-14 & IsCLL-10 Joint Conference. May 25-29. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

63.      Lai, Huei-ling, and Hui-shan Gao. 2005. Linguistic manifestation of human thinking process: Evidence from Mandarin Chinese. Proceedings of 2005 International Symposium on Body & Cognition: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, 13-1~12-20. June 4-5. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

64.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2005b. A taxonomic framework for two-part allegorical sayings. Paper presented at 9th International Cognitive Linguistics conference (ICLC 2005). July 17-22. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

65.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2005a. The semantic division of labor of BUN, LAU, TUNG in Hakka. Symposium on 90-92 NSC Projects. May 28-29. National Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.

66.      Chiang, Shu-mei, and Huei-ling Lai. 2004. Verbs of urging in Hakka: A perspective from force-dynamics. Proceedings of the 5th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop (CLSW-5), ed. by Ji Dong Hong, Lua Kim Teng, and Wang Hui, 316-320. June 14-16. National University of Singapore, Singapore.

67.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2004c. Iconic coding of conceptualization: Hakka reduplicative constructions. Proceedings of the Second Workshop of Chinese Dialects (第二屆漢語方言小型研討會─客家語研究), 33-47. May 22-23. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

68.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2004b. Mental space links between expectations: Hakka SI as an evaluative indicator. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-9), 333-350. November 19-21. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

69.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2004a. Same constructions but different grammaticalization paths of Hakka LAU and TUNG. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Taiwanese Languages and Teaching (第五屆台灣語言及教學國際學術研討會), 195-210. May 22-23. Prudence University, Taichung, Taiwan.

70.      Lin, Su-chu, and Huei-ling Lai. 2002. On semantic relatedness of the Mandarin polysemous word CHU. Proceedings of the 1st Cognitive Linguistics Conference, 97-113. January 12-13. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.

71.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2002c. The semantic extension of Hakka LAU: Metonymy through event frames. Paper presented at IACL-11. August 20-22. Aichi Prefectural University, Nagakute, Japan.

72.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2002b. The metonymic process of Hakka LAU. Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Chinese Lexical Semantics, 41-56. May 1-3. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

73.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2002a. Hakka LAU constructions: A constructional approach. Proceedings of the 1st Cognitive Linguistics Conference, 66-81. January 12-13. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.

74.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2001. The grammaticalization of Hakka BUN. Proceedings of the Symposium on Selected NSC Projects in General Linguistics from 1998-2000 (八十九年度語言學門 <一般語言學> 研究成果發表會), 431-449. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

75.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2000b. The polygrammaticalization of Hakka BUN. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Chinese Languages and Linguistics (IsCLL-7), 213-231. National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan.

76.      Lai, Huei-ling. 2000a. The lexicalization patterns of verbs of hitting in Hakka. Proceedings of the 2000 NCCU Teachers' Conference on Linguistics Research, 200-211. National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan.

77.      Lai, Huei-ling. 1999. From verb to verbal complement: Evidence from the verb DO in Hakka. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Grammaticalization. Potsdam University, Germany.

78.      Lai, Huei-ling. 1996. The conditionals vs. CAI and JIU in Mandarin Chinese. Paper presented at ICCL-5. National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

79.      Lai, Huei-ling. 1995b. Rejected expectations: two time-related scalar particles CAI and JIU in Mandarin Chinese. Proceedings of NACCL-7/ICCL-4, 151-168. Madison, Wisconsin.

80.      Lai, Huei-ling. 1995a. The lian…ye/dou construction in Mandarin. Paper presented at the 65th annual meeting of Linguistics Society of America. New Orleans, USA.

81.      Lai, Huei-ling. 1994. The interaction between topic-comment and focus-background structures: a study of the lian…ye/dou construction. Proceedings of a conference in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Journal of Semantics, 513-522. Heidelberg, Germany.