Hong-Sui LIM
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Education: Ph.D. in Chinese Language and Literature, National Chi Nan University |
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Professional Experience:
♦ Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica
♦ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, National Chi Nan University
Honors and Awards:
♦ Academic Research Award, National Chi Nan University (2025)
♦ Excellence Award for Scholarly Publications, Taiwan Historica, Academia Historica, for A Reference Grammar of Kaxabu: A Severely Endangered Formosan Language (2025)
♦ Academic Research Award, National Chi Nan University (2024)
♦ Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Chinese Phonology Society, for “The Development of Nasalized Open-Syllable Rhymes in the Zhongwei Dialect of Ningxia” (2024)
♦ Seventh Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Taiwan Languages and Literature Society, for A Reference Grammar of Kaxabu: A Severely Endangered Formosan Language (2023)
♦ Recognized for ranking among the top 10% of courses in end-of-semester teaching evaluations, National Chi Nan University (Spring Semester, Academic Year 2024–2025)
♦ Outstanding Teaching Assistant Supervisor Award, National Chi Nan University (Spring 2024; Fall 2022; Fall 2021; Fall 2020)
JOURNAL ARTICLES
♦ Huang, Chin-Wen, and Hong-Sui Lim. 2011. “The Compounding of the Popular Expression ‘Sha Hen Da’.” National Central University Journal of Humanities 48: 163–205.
♦ Lim, Hong-Sui. 2017. “A Study of Taiwanese Township Place Names Derived from Indigenous Languages.” Journal of Taiwan Indigenous Studies 7(2): 153–178.
♦ Lim, Hong-Sui. 2019. “The Development of Nasalized Rhymes in the Yancheng Dialect.” Studies in Chinese Phonology 22: 65–102.
♦ lalo a tahesh kaybaybaw, Hong-sui Lim, and Elizabeth Zeitoun. 2020. “A Study of Japanese, Hakka and Taiwanese Southern Min Loanwords in Saisiyat from a Phonological Perspective.” Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale 49(2): 168–216. [Scopus-indexed journal]
♦ Lim, Hong-Sui. 2022. “Integrating Technology into Chinese Language Education: A Teaching Practice Study of the ‘Science and Technology Storytellers’ Project.” Journal of General Education 30: 69–133. [Tier 3, Taiwan Humanities and Social Sciences Journal Evaluation]
♦ Lim, Hong-sui, and Elizabeth Zeitoun. 2023. “A Note on Morphological Changes in Kaxabu.” Oceanic Linguistics 62(1). [A&HCI; Scopus]
♦ Lim, Hong-Sui. 2024. “A Preliminary Cross-Linguistic Comparison of Temporal Expressions in Formosan Languages.” Journal of Taiwan Studies 23 (April 2024). [Tier 3, Taiwan Humanities and Social Sciences Journal Evaluation]
♦ Lim, Hong-Sui. 2024. “The Development of Nasalized Open-Syllable Rhymes in the Zhongwei Dialect of Ningxia.” Studies in Chinese Phonology 33 (December 2024). [Tier 3, Taiwan Humanities and Social Sciences Journal Evaluation]
♦ Lim, Hong-Sui. 2026. “When AI Becomes Students’ Ultimate Teammate: An Exploratory Study of Integrating Generative AI into First-Year College Chinese.” Journal of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities. [Accepted October 27, 2025; scheduled for publication in April 2026]
BOOKS
♦ Lim, Hong-Sui. 2023. A Reference Grammar of Kaxabu: A Severely Endangered Formosan Language, Volume 1. Hualien: College of Indigenous Studies Press, National Dong Hwa University. [ISBN: 9786269761937]
♦ Lim, Hong-Sui. 2023. A Reference Grammar of Kaxabu: A Severely Endangered Formosan Language, Volume 2. Hualien: College of Indigenous Studies Press, National Dong Hwa University. [ISBN: 9786269761944 (Vol. 2); 9786269761951 (complete set)]
BOOK CHAPTERS
♦ Lee, Jui-Yuan, and Hong-Sui Lim. 2021. “A Cross-Disciplinary Ensemble: Curriculum Design, Story Creation, and Multidimensional Empowerment.” In Chiang, Ta-Shu and Chang, Li-Ya (eds.), Building Shui-Sha-Lian Studies: Action Research on Humanities Innovation and Social Practice at National Chi Nan University, 243–271. Nantou: National Chi Nan University.
♦ Lim, Hong-sui, and Elizabeth Zeitoun. 2024. “Pazeh and Kaxabu.” In Paul Jen-kuei Li, Elizabeth Zeitoun, and Rik Busser (eds.), Handbook of Formosan Languages: The Indigenous Languages of Taiwan. Leiden: Brill.
♦ Lim, Hong-sui. 2025. “Place-Names and Their Origins.” In Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao (ed.), Encyclopedia of Taiwan Studies Online. Leiden: Brill.
THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
♦ Lim, Hong-Sui. 2012. “A Study of Temporal and Spatial Expressions in Kaxabu.” Undergraduate thesis, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, National Chi Nan University, Nantou. Also published in Collected Graduation Theses 13: 168–188.
♦ Lim, Hong-Sui. 2016. A Phonological Study of Kaxabu. Master’s thesis, Institute of Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu.
♦ Lim, Hong-Sui. 2022. A Reference Grammar of Kaxabu: A Severely Endangered Formosan Language. Doctoral dissertation, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, National Chi Nan University, Nantou.