Preface by the Publisher.................................................................................................................................................................Huang, Meng-lan

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Preface by the Chief Editor..................................................................................................................................................................Yungyu Chen

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The Language Mosanic and its Biological Bases...........................................................................................................................William S-Y Wang

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New Directions in Taiwan Linguistics...........................................................................................................................................JAMES H-Y. TAI

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Intercultural Studies – a Synergetic Effect on the Development of Foreign Language Studies..............................................................Daniel, T. C. Lo

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The Construction and Application of a Legal Corpus.................................................................................................................Ester, S.M. LEUNG

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Communication and Integration: Trombetti and Saussurean Linguistics...................................................................................................Yungyu Chen

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Form and Meaning Variations of English Proper Nouns Denoting Nationalities....................................................................................Liu, Hsiao-mei

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Trauma/Representation/The Other: The Historical Memory and Body Writing of Asian Diasporic Women Artists.....................................Ying-Ying Chien, Shu-Chuan Chen

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