Ang Ui-jin (; born 16 June 1946) is a Taiwanese

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

. He was the chief architect of the

Taiwanese Language Phonetic Alphabet Taiwanese Language Phonetic Alphabet (), more commonly known by its initials TLPA, is a romanization system for the Taiwanese language, Taiwanese Hakka language, and Formosan languages. Based on Pe̍h-ōe-jī and first published in full in 1998, it ...

and remains a scholar in the progressive reform and development of

Taiwanese Hokkien Taiwanese Hokkien () (; Tâi-lô: ''Tâi-uân-uē''), also known as Taigi/Taigu (; Pe̍h-ōe-jī/Tâi-lô: ''Tâi-gí / Tâi-gú''), Taiwanese, Taiwanese Minnan, Hoklo and Holo, is a variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively by about 70% ...

Biography

Ang Ui-jin obtained his

Bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in Chinese Studies from Chinese Culture University in 1969 and his

Master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

from the Chinese Language Research Institute of National Taiwan Normal University in 1973. He was persecuted during the

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and sentenced to life imprisonment for "crimes of rebellion" () in 1973. Later, he was granted amnesty and released from prison after 6 years and 8 months. He then obtained his

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

from the Language Research Institute of National Tsing Hua University. His research expertises include

Min Nan Southern Min (), Minnan (Mandarin pronunciation: ) or Banlam (), is a group of linguistically similar and historically related Sinitic languages that form a branch of Min Chinese spoken in Fujian (especially the Minnan region), most of Taiwan ...

phonetics Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds, or in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specialize in studying the physical properties of speech are phoneticians. ...

dialectology Dialectology (from Greek , ''dialektos'', "talk, dialect"; and , ''-logia'') is the scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-field of sociolinguistics. It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their assoc ...

, Chinese phonology, and the sociology of language. He was once a full-time associate professor at

Yuan Ze University Yuan Ze University (YZU; ) is a private university located in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Established in 1989, YZU campus is in Zhongli District, Taoyuan; Taipei; and Bade District, Taoyuan. Yuan Ze has five colleges, Engineering (accredited by IEET), ...

. He became dean and full-time professor at the Department of Taiwanese Languages and Literature at National Taichung University in 2006. He was the 6th President of the

Taiwan Linguistics Society Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast ...

(). In 1992 he founded

magazine ''

Digest of the Taiwanese language Digest may refer to: Biology * Digestion of food *Restriction digest Literature and publications *''The Digest'', formerly the English and Empire Digest * Digest size magazine format * ''Digest'' (Roman law), also known as ''Pandects'', a diges ...

'' (). Ang Ui-jin's oldest son is

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(), the founder of the

Formosa Festival of International Filmmaker Awards Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is an island country located in East Asia. The main island of Taiwan, formerly known in the Western political circles, press and literature as Formosa, makes up 99% of the land area of the territorie ...

(FFIFA) and an award-winning director in Taiwan.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ang, Ui-Jin Linguists from Taiwan 1946 births Living people People from Chiayi County National Taiwan Normal University alumni National Tsing Hua University alumni

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