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Education

  • 2020 – 2026

    Doctor of Philosophy (Linguistics)

    La Trobe University · Melbourne, Australia

    • Thesis: Variation and Conventionalisation: Rhotacization in Beijing Dialect
    • Supervisors: James Walker, Lauren Gawne, David Bradley
  • 2015 – 2019

    Master of Literature (Linguistics and Applied Linguistics)

    Beijing Language and Culture University · China

    • Thesis: Research on Language Maintenance and Language Shift: A Mongolian Village Case Study
  • 2011 – 2015

    Bachelor of Arts (English)

    Dalian Minzu University · China

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.

Full publication list with DOIs and BibTeX

Teaching

  • 2025

    LIN1IML Imagine a Language

    Tutor · La Trobe University

  • 2025

    Statistics Consultant

    Consultant · Department of Languages and Cultures, La Trobe University

  • 2025

    Subject Support Tutor

    Tutor · Department of Languages and Cultures, La Trobe University

  • 2024

    LIN2MKM Making Meaning

    Tutor · La Trobe University

Teaching in detail

Grants, scholarships and awards

  • 2023

    Internal Research Grant Scheme ($1,300)

    La Trobe University

  • 2021

    Internal Research Grant Scheme ($4,466)

    La Trobe University

  • 2020 – 2025

    Graduate Research Scholarship and Full-Fee Research Scholarship

    La Trobe University

  • 2017 – 2018

    Second- and Third-Class Scholarships

    Beijing Language and Culture University

  • 2014

    National Encouragement Scholarship

    Ministry of Education of China

  • 2014

    Outstanding League Cadres

    Dalian Minzu University

Conference presentations and invited talks

1invited talk · 7conference presentations

  • 2026

    • Variation and Conventionalisation: Rhotacization in Beijing Chinese University of Melbourne , Melbourne, Australia
  • 2025

    • How do speakers place themselves? Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society (ALS2025) , Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
    • Exploring rhotacization in Beijing dialect from a variationist perspective New Ways of Analyzing Variation – Asia Pacific 8 (NWAV-AP8) , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • 2024

    • Where to rhotacize in Chinese: Using phonological clues to interpret morphological change Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society (ALS2024) , Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    • Morphology and rhotacization in Beijing Chinese: Unravelling complex linguistic dynamics Eighteenth International Conference on Methods in Dialectology (Methods XVIII) , La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
  • 2023

    • Rhotacization in Beijing Chinese and the Principle of Accountability Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society (ALS2023) , University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  • 2022

    • Linking mobility to language use: Rhotacization in Beijing dialect New Ways of Analyzing Variation – Asia Pacific 7 (NWAV-AP7) , Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
    • Second-person pronouns in Beijing International Conference on Intercultural Pragmatics and Communication (INPRA 9) , University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

All talks and conferences

Academic and community service

  • 2024

    HDR Conference Organising Committee

    Graduate Research Conference, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University

    • 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.
  • 2024

    Conference Volunteer — Methods in Dialectology XVIII

    La Trobe University

    • Supported conference organisation, session coordination and delegate assistance for an international linguistics conference with approximately 200 attendees.
  • 2024

    Classroom Support Volunteer

    North Melbourne Language & Learning, Melbourne

    • Supported adult English learners from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds through classroom facilitation, small-group activities and one-to-one assistance.
  • 2018

    Conference Interpreter and Volunteer

    International Symposium on Language Planning, Maintenance, and Shift: China–Europe Perspectives

    • 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.