Index - Assistant Professor (Teaching)

Name

Prof. Hannah Ying LIU

Title

Assistant Professor (Teaching)

Education Background

PhD (Applied Linguistics), City University of Hong Kong
DipTESOL, Trinity College London
CertTESOL, Trinity College London

Research

Corpus Linguistics, Phraseology, Critical Discourse Analysis, World Englishes, English for Academic Purposes

Personal Website

https://myweb.cuhk.edu.cn/liuying

liuying@cuhk.edu.cn

Office Address

TXB525

Phone

23516581

Teaching Area

English for Academic Purposes; English Communication

Other

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

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. (2025, July 25-27). Variations in nominalization across Chinese and British Media English [Conference presentation]. The 26^th Conference of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE26), Giessen, Germany. https://www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties/f05/engl/ling/iawe26

Liu, Y. (2025, July 18-20). The design and evaluation of AI-assisted tutor for personalized education [Conference presentation]. The International Conference of Computer-Assisted Language Learning 2025 (JALTCALL 2025), Tokyo, Japan. https://jaltcall.org/jaltcall-2025/

Liu, Y. (2025, July 10-13). A contrastive analysis of welcome messages from presidents in universities [Conference presentation]. The 23^rd AsiaTEFL International Conference 2025, Hong Kong, China. https://www.asiatefl2025.org/

Liu, Y. & Wang, Q. (2025, July 4-7). Leveraging large language models for personalized course tutoring [Conference presentation]. International Summit on the Use of AI in Learning and Teaching Languages and Other Subjects, Hong Kong, China. https://events.polyu.edu.hk/AIinLT/home

Liu, Y. (2024, October 25-27). Presidents’ messages in higher education in China and US [Conference presentation]. The 5^th Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistics Conference (APCLC 2024), Shanghai, China. https://apclc2024.org/

Liu, Y. (2024, July 7-10). A corpus-based study of phraseological patterns in English academic writing [Conference presentation]. The 16^th Teaching and Language Corpora Conference (TaLC 2024), Manchester, UK. https://talc2024.co.uk/

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