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Xinyu Zhu

Doctoral Student in Linguistics - Xinyu’s thesis is entitled ‘The Syntax of Reduplicated Adverbs in Mandarin'

Research project title

The Syntax of Reduplicated Adverbs in Mandarin

Supervisors

Prof Michelle Sheehan, Dr William van der Wurff + Dr Cong Zhang

Contact details

Email: x.zhu28@newcastle.ac.uk 

 

Research interests

  • Adverb syntax; Chinese dialects syntax (esp. Wu Chinese)
  • Generative Syntax: Minimalist Program; Distributed Morphology
  • Syntax-Prosody Interface
  • Natural Language Processing (Python)
  • All sorts of interesting language phenomena

A brief outline of my research project

My research will explore the syntactic variations in reduplicable adverbs in Mandarin that are caused by reduplication.

My academic background

  • MA Linguistics, University of Leeds
  • BA English Language & Literature, China Jiliang University
  • Diploma in Business English, Zhejiang Financial College