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Research areas:
As a trained general and English linguist (Ph.D. Göttingen, defense 2011, degree 2012), I investigate semantic and pragmatic properties of natural languages with a focus on my two second languages English and German, as well as my two mother tongues Mandarin and Wu Chinese, using theoretical and experimental linguistic methods. In addition, I am interested in their interface with syntax and their bearing on language acquisition and language processing.
Educational background:
| 1996-2000: | B.A. in English (Nanjing Normal University) |
| 2003-2007: | M.A. in English/General Linguistics/French (University of Göttingen) |
| 2007-2011: | Ph.D. in English Linguistics (University of Göttingen) |
Current and past positions:
| 04/2019-present: |
Junior professor in linguistics, Department of English and American Studies, HU Berlin (Successful intermediate evaluation 01/2023) |
| 10/2018-03/2019: | Senior researcher and lecturer in linguistics, Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University |
| 12/2017-04/2018: | Visiting scholar, Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago |
| 08/2013-09/2018: | Researcher and lecturer in linguistics, Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University |
| 2012-2020: | Associate member and principle investigator of the project “Projective Meaning” within the priority program “Cognitive Studies from Interdisciplinary Perspectives” funded by the Chinese National Social Science Foundation, Peking University |
| 10/2012-07/2013: | Parental leave |
| 04/2012-09/2012: | Replacement professor in syntax, English Department, University of Göttingen |
| 02/2009-01/2012: | Researcher in linguistics, English Department, University of Göttingen |
| 02/2007-01/2009: | Researcher in linguistics, CRC441, University of Tübingen |
Scientific boards:
| 2021- | Chair of the Ethics Committee, Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, HU Berlin (on leave during the winter term 2022/23) |
| 2019-2021: | Member of the Commission for Research Data Management, Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, HU Berlin |
| 2022-2023: | Chair of the Program Committee, 45th annual meeting of the DGfS (German Linguistic Society), University of Cologne |
| 2017-2021: | Member of the Steering Committee for the DFG-SPP XPrag.de |