Curriculum vitae
A summary of education, publications, teaching, awards and conference activity. The PDF is the authoritative version.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Linguistics)
- Thesis: Variation and Conventionalisation: Rhotacization in Beijing Dialect
- Supervisors: James Walker, Lauren Gawne, David Bradley
Master of Literature (Linguistics and Applied Linguistics)
- Thesis: Research on Language Maintenance and Language Shift: A Mongolian Village Case Study
Bachelor of Arts (English)
Publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles
- 2025 Gan, Qiao and Ye, Jingyuan. (2025). Contextualizing the variation in causal clause ordering in Mandarin Chinese: A multifactorial analysis. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory.
Book chapters
- in press Ye, Jingyuan. (in press). Unravelling complex linguistic dynamics: Rhotacization in Beijing dialect. In Walker, J. A., et al. (Eds.), Diversity in Dialect and Language: Selected Papers from Methods in Dialectology XVIII (Melbourne, 2024). Language Science Press.
Manuscripts in preparation and under review
- in preparation Ye, Jingyuan and Walker, James A. (in preparation). Unpacking the envelope: Methodological insights from rhotacization in Beijing Chinese.
- in preparation Ye, Jingyuan and Zhao, Rixin. (in preparation). From sound to lexicon: Rhotacization and the primacy of linguistic constraints.
- in preparation Ye, Jingyuan. (in preparation). How do speakers place themselves: Negotiating between Beijingness and standardness.
Teaching
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LIN1IML Imagine a Language
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Statistics Consultant
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Subject Support Tutor
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LIN2MKM Making Meaning
Grants, scholarships and awards
Internal Research Grant Scheme ($1,300)
Internal Research Grant Scheme ($4,466)
Graduate Research Scholarship and Full-Fee Research Scholarship
Second- and Third-Class Scholarships
National Encouragement Scholarship
Outstanding League Cadres
Conference presentations and invited talks
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- Variation and Conventionalisation: Rhotacization in Beijing Chinese
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- How do speakers place themselves?
- Exploring rhotacization in Beijing dialect from a variationist perspective
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- Where to rhotacize in Chinese: Using phonological clues to interpret morphological change
- Morphology and rhotacization in Beijing Chinese: Unravelling complex linguistic dynamics
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- Rhotacization in Beijing Chinese and the Principle of Accountability
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- Linking mobility to language use: Rhotacization in Beijing dialect
- Second-person pronouns in Beijing
Academic and community service
HDR Conference Organising Committee
- Member of the organising committee for a faculty-wide HDR research conference, coordinating logistics across multiple stakeholders.
- Liaised with plenary speakers on scheduling and communication, and supported programme coordination and on-site facilitation.
Conference Volunteer — Methods in Dialectology XVIII
- Supported conference organisation, session coordination and delegate assistance for an international linguistics conference with approximately 200 attendees.
Classroom Support Volunteer
- Supported adult English learners from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds through classroom facilitation, small-group activities and one-to-one assistance.
Conference Interpreter and Volunteer
- Provided English–Mandarin interpretation and served as liaison with international delegates.
Language skills
- Native
- Mandarin Chinese
- Advanced
- English
- Beginner
- Japanese, Mongolian, Cantonese
Referees
Referee details are available on request.