Position(s):
PhD Student
Department/Section:
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics
Contact details:
Telephone number:
+44 (0)1223 335 000 (Main Faculty number)
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Location:
Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages Raised Faculty Building University of Cambridge Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge CB3 9DA United Kingdom
About:
Cherry has previously studied Linguistics as well as Language and Communication at the University of Hong Kong (2009-2012), and completed an MPhil in Linguistics at DTAL (2013-2014), after one year of teaching at HKU’s department of linguistics. Cherry’s main research interest is on Chinese syntax, particularly the dialectal variations in Cantonese, with a special focus on negation, aspect, and classifiers. Beyond syntax, she also works on conversation analysis and has an enthusiasm for language documentation.
Teaching interests:
- Syntax
- Chinese
- Cantonese dialects
Research interests:
- Dialectal variations
- Chinese negation systems
- Historical linguistics
- Cantonese conversations
- Language contact and change
Recent research projects:
- MPhil dissertation: ‘Disambiguating [±Specific] noun phrases in Chinese: A comparative study of Cantonese and Mandarin’
- PhD thesis: ‘Negation strategies: A cross-linguistic study of Hong Kong Cantonese, Gaozhou Cantonese, and Mandarin’
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