Brief Introduction Top

Ph.D., University of New England  
澳大利亚新英格兰大学博士学位

MA, Australian National University  
澳大利亚国立大学碩士学位

Grad.Dip., Australian National University  
澳大利亚国立大学毕业文凭

B.A (Hons), Australian National University  
澳大利亚国立大学荣誉学士学位

B.A., Australian National University  
澳大利亚国立大学学士学位

Teaching Areas Top

Chinese Semantics  

汉语语义学

Chinese Language Acquisition

汉语语言习得

Advanced Translation 

高级翻译

Language and Culture

语言与文化

Chinese Music, Language and Literature

中国音乐，语言与文学

Current Research Top

Semantic and conceptual development during the first four years

出生到四岁之幼儿的语义发展与概念发展

The semantics of function words in Chinese Mandarin

汉语功能词的语义

Cultural keywords in regional varieties of Chinese Mandarin

地方性汉语的文化关键词

The link between Chinese language and music

汉语与华乐的关联

Research Interests Top

Semantics   

Publications Top

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

• Tien, Adrian. In preparation. Lexico-semantic bootstrapping and the acquisition of Mandarin Chinese: a Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) perspective.

  
   
  

• FORTHCOMING PUBLICATION:

  Tien, Adrian. Forthcoming. ‘What’s Up?’ Identifying semantic prime HAPPEN in Mandarin Chinese. In Cliff Goddard (Ed.) New Studies in Cross-Linguistic Semantics: Explications, Metalanguage, Grammar. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 

  
   
  

ARTICLES IN JOURNAL

• ARTICLES TO BE SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION:

  Tien, Adrian. In Preparation. Lexical and Conceptual Primes: A survey of early production vocabulary in child Mandarin.                                                                                      

  Tien, Adrian. In Preparation. Early desideratives and related speech acts in protolinguistic expressions.

  Tien, Adrian. In Preparation. A description of early grammar in child Mandarin.  

  Tien, Adrian. In Preparation. Universal Syntax of Semantic Primes in Child Mandarin: From an NSM perspective.      

  
   
  

CONFERENCE PAPERS

• Tien, Adrian. 2007. The “paradoxical” world of “turtle hair”, and “Taiwan guest”: subcultural keywords in contemporary Taiwanese society. Proceedings of the Conference on "Written communication: Intercultural Aspect", School of Translation, Regional Open Social Institute, Kursk: Russia.

   

  Tien, Adrian. 2007. Discourse particles in adult Mandarin, and their counterparts in child Mandarin. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Language Acquisition, Oviedo: Spain.

   

  田映春2007。中华之声：华乐与华语的文化研究。第二届族群、历史与文化亚洲联合论坛：产业、文化与族群关系研究”国际学术研讨会。广西桂林：中国。

  
   
  

THESES/DISSERTATIONS

• The Semantics of Children’s Mandarin Chinese: The first four years. Unpublished PhD Dissertation, University of New England, 2005,  449pp.
   
  

Other Information Top

Accolades 主要奖项

Recipient (awarded the title, “Queen’s Young Achiever”, or QTA), Queens Trust Award 1997

1997年女王杰出青年奖得主

Nominee, Young Canberra Citizen of the Year 1997<?

1997年澳大利亚坎培拉首都特区杰出青年市民奖提名

 Young Leader, Johnson & Johnson Young Leaders’ Forum of Australia 1997

1997优生与优生青年领袖座谈会"青年领袖“参加者

Other interests and activities 其它兴趣与活动

Solo piano recital during the March 2007 NUS National Arts Festival, organised by the University Cultural Centre/Centre for the Arts.

2007年三月国大（艺术中心）举办的国家艺术季中在个人钢琴独奏会发表演出。

活跃钢琴演奏家，钟楼琴演奏家，音乐学家，曾多次赢得世界音乐奖项，包括1998年荷兰世界钟楼琴比赛第一名，并多次应邀参加音乐世界巡回演奏。

Here is the concert programme from the March 2007 piano recital:

以下附上一份2007年三月在国大（艺术中心）举行的钢琴独奏会之节目表：