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Biography

Dr. Hannah Liu is an Assistant Professor (Teaching) in English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. She received her PhD in Applied Linguistics from City University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining CUHKSZ, she taught EAP, ESP and Linguistics courses to students from a variety of disciplines in two other Hong Kong universities. She is interested in corpus-based language studies. Her most recent work compares syntactic features in world Englishes and aims to provide empirical evidence for English variety variations.

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Research

Selected Publications:

Liu, Y., Fang, A. C., & Wei, N. X. (2017). A corpus-based study of syntactic patterns of nominalizations across Chinese and British Media English. In Z. C. Xu, D. Y. He & D. Deterding. (Eds.). Researching Chinese English: State of the Art, pp. 77-92. Dordrecht: Springer.

Liu, Y., Wei, N. X., & Fang, A. C. (2016). Variations in nominalizations across Chinese and British Media English: A corpus-based study. In F. A. Almeida, I. O. Barrera, E. Q. Toledo & M. S. Cuervo (Eds.). Input a Word, Analyze the World: Selected Approaches to Corpus Linguistics, pp. 183-200. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Liu, Y. (2015). A Corpus-based study of zunshou and its English equivalents. In Proceedings of the 29th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 29), pp. 378-386.

Liu, Y., Fang, A. C., & Wei, N. X. (2014). A corpus-based quantitative study of nominalizations across Chinese and British Media English. In Proceedings of the 28th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 28), pp. 101-110.

Liu, Y. (2014). Subjectless clauses in Chinese political texts: Features and their English equivalents. In N. X. Wei and J. Lu, (Eds.). Phraseology in Contrast: Evidence from English-Chinese Corpora, pp. 210-232. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

International Conference Presentations:

Liu, Y. (2018). Phraseological Patterns in English Academic Texts. Presented at the 16th Asia TEFL International Conference, 27 – 29 June 2018, Macau.

Liu, Y. (2018). A Contrastive Analysis of Presidents’ Messages in Higher Education. Presented at the 4th Corpora and Discourse International Conference (CAD 2018), 22 – 24 June 2018, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

Liu, Y. (2015). A corpus-based study of zunshou and its English equivalents. Paper presented at the 29th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 29), 30 October - 1 November 2015, Shanghai, China.

Liu, Y., Fang, A. C., & Wei, N. X. (2014). A corpus-based quantitative study of nominalizations across Chinese and British Media English. Paper presented at the 28th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 28), 12-14 December 2014, Phuket, Thailand.

Liu, Y., Wei, N. X., & Fang, A. C. (2014). Variations in nominalization across Chinese and British Media English: A corpus-based study. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics (CILC 2014), 22-24 May 2014, Las Palmas, Spain.

Liu, Y., Fang, A. C. & Wei, N. X. (2014). A corpus-based comparative-contrastive approach towards the use of nominalizations across Chinese and British Media English. Paper presented at the Second Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference (APCLC 2014), 7-9 March 2014, Hong Kong.

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Awards and honors

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Publications

Funded Projects:

Principle Investigator. Leveraging Advanced Language Models for Personalized Education: Design and Evaluation of AI-assisted Course Tutoring. Teaching Innovation Grant 2024, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, RMB80,000 (2024-2026)

Principle Investigator. A Contrastive Analysis of Presidents’ Messages in Higher Education in China and US. HSS Research Grant, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, RMB30,000 (2023-2025)

Publications:

Liu, Y., Fang, A. C., & Wei, N. X. (2017). A corpus-based study of syntactic patterns of nominalizations across Chinese and British Media English. In Z. C. Xu, D. Y. He & D. Deterding. (Eds.). Researching Chinese English: State of the Art, pp. 77-92. Dordrecht: Springer.

Liu, Y., Wei, N. X., & Fang, A. C. (2016). Variations in nominalizations across Chinese and British Media English: A corpus-based study. In F. A. Almeida, I. O. Barrera, E. Q. Toledo & M. S. Cuervo (Eds.). Input a Word, Analyze the World: Selected Approaches to Corpus Linguistics, pp. 183-200. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Liu, Y. (2015). A Corpus-based study of zunshou and its English equivalents. In Proceedings of the 29th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 29), pp. 378-386.

Liu, Y., Fang, A. C., & Wei, N. X. (2014). A corpus-based quantitative study of nominalizations across Chinese and British Media English. In Proceedings of the 28th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 28), pp. 101-110.

Liu, Y. (2014). Subjectless clauses in Chinese political texts: Features and their English equivalents. In N. X. Wei and J. Lu, (Eds.). Phraseology in Contrast: Evidence from English-Chinese Corpora, pp. 210-232. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

Conference Presentations:

Liu, Y. (2024). Presidents’ Messages in Higher Education in China and US. Presented at the 5th Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference (APCLC), 25-27 October, Shanghai.

Liu, Y. (2024). A Corpus-based Study of Phraseological Patterns in English Academic Writing. Presented at the 16th Teaching and Learning Corpora Conference (TaLC), 7-10 July, Manchester, UK.

Liu, Y. (2018). Phraseological Patterns in English Academic Texts. Presented at the 16th Asia TEFL International Conference, 27-29 June, Macau.

Liu, Y. (2018). A Contrastive Analysis of Presidents’ Messages in Higher Education. Presented at the 4th Corpora and Discourse International Conference (CAD 2018), 22-24 June, Lancaster, United Kingdom.

Liu, Y. (2015). A corpus-based study of zunshou and its English equivalents. Paper presented at the 29th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 29), 30 October - 1 November, Shanghai, China.

Liu, Y., Fang, A. C., & Wei, N. X. (2014). A corpus-based quantitative study of nominalizations across Chinese and British Media English. Paper presented at the 28th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 28), 12-14 December, Phuket, Thailand.

Liu, Y., Wei, N. X., & Fang, A. C. (2014). Variations in nominalization across Chinese and British Media English: A corpus-based study. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Corpus Linguistics (CILC 2014), 22-24 May, Las Palmas, Spain.

Liu, Y., Fang, A. C. & Wei, N. X. (2014). A corpus-based comparative-contrastive approach towards the use of nominalizations across Chinese and British Media English. Paper presented at the Second Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference (APCLC 2014), 7-9 March, Hong Kong.

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