Paul Jen-Kuei Li 李壬癸 Election Year 2006 Institute of Linguistics
Academia Sinica
128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Taipei 11529, Taiwan Tel: (02) 2652-5030 / Fax: (02) 2785-6622
Current Positions
Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica
Education
B.A., (English), National Taiwan Normal University (1955-1960)
M.A., (English Language & Literature), University of Michigan (1962-1963)
Ph.D., (Linguistics), University of Hawaii at Manoa (1967-1970,1972-1973)
Professional Experience
Lecturer, National Taiwan Normal University (1963.08-1967.07)
Associate Research Fellow(1970-1976), Research Fellow (1976-1997), Director, Division of Language (1981-1986), Deputy Director (1990-1993), Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Assistant Professor, Nanyang University, Singapore (1973.06-1974.06)
Visiting Associate Professor (1974-1976), Professor(1976-1984), National Taiwan University (joint appointment)
Professor and Director (1986-1989), Adjunct Professor (1990-1995), National Tsing-hua University
Visiting Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa (1984.08-12)
Visiting Scholar, Ohio State University (1985.01-08)
Visiting Professor, LSA Linguistic Institute, Cornell University (1997.06-07)
Research Fellow and Director (1997-2000), Research Fellow (2000-2006), Distinguished Research Fellow (2006), Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica
Specialties
Linguistics
Awards and Honors
Distinguished Research Award, National Science Council (1987,1995,1998,2000)
Significant Contributions to Formosan Language Studies, Ministry of Education (1996)
Academic Award for Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Education (1998)
Award for Group or Individual Contributions to the Social Development of the Aborigines, Council of Indigenous Affairs, Executive Yuan (2000)
Distinguished Scientist and Technician Award, Executive Yuan (2002)
Humanities Achievement Award, Taiwanese-American Foundation (2005)
Life-time Achievement Award, Linguistic Society of Taiwan (2005)
Academician of the Academia Sinica (2006), Academia Sinica
Special Service Medal Award (2007), Academia Sinica
Distinguished Alumnus Award (2007), National Taiwan Normal University
Distinguished Research Award for Fellows with Special Contract (2008), National Science Council
Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America (2008), Linguistic Society of America
2009 Presidential Science Prize (2009)
Honorary Chair Professor, National Tsing Hua University (2010-2013)
Chair Professor, National Taiwan Normal University (2017-2025)