Jackson Sun (linguist)

Jackson T.-S. Sun
Born1956 (age 69–70)
Taiwan
EducationNational Taiwan Normal University (BA, MA)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics
InstitutionsAcademia Sinica

Jackson T.-S. Sun, also known as Jackson Tianshin Sun (Chinese: 孫天心; pinyin: Sūn Tiānxīn), is a Taiwanese linguist working on languages of the Sino-Tibetan and Austroasiatic families. He is best known for his pioneering documentation and historical-comparative work in Tani, Rgyalrongic, and Tibetic languages. Sun is a research fellow at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan.

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