CV

Curriculum Vitae of Zhongyang YU. You can also download the PDF version from the top-right button.

Contact Information

Name Zhongyang YU
Professional Title PhD student in Linguistics
Email zy-yu@link.cuhk.edu.hk
Phone +852 54658856
Location Hong Kong,

Education

  • 2023 - Present

    Hong Kong

    PhD in Linguistics
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    • Supervisor: Prof. Lawrence Cheung
    • Co-supervisor (from 2025): Prof. Victor Junnan Pan
  • 2021 - 2022

    Master of Arts in Linguistics (with Distinction)
    Queen Mary University of London
    • Dissertation: Mandarin suffix -men and approximate number
    • Supervisors: Dr. David Hall, Dr. Coppe van Urk
  • 2016 - 2021

    Beijing, China

    Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Technology
    Peking University

Non-degree Programs

Jul 2023: The 5th Crete Summer School of Linguistics
Jan 2022: V-NYI #4

Service

Mar 2024: Organizer Committee, Generative Linguistics in the Old World in Asia XIV (GLOW in Asia XIV), CUHK

Conference Presentations

Jan 2026: *Head Movement of clitic in PP: in a long and pied-piping style*. 34th Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe (ConSOLE34), IUSS Pavia.
Feb 2025: *Deriving Sogdian pronominal cliticization*. The 50th Incontro di Grammatica Generativa (IGG50), University of Padova.
Aug 2024: *An Agree account for Sogdian second position clitics*. The 26th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG26), Jeonbuk National University.
May 2024: *Split ergativity in Sogdian revised*. International Symposium on Silk Road Linguistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
May 2023: *Split ergativity in Sogdian*. The 29th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-29), Macau University of Science and Technology.

Teaching

Sep 2023 – Dec 2023: Teaching Assistant, UG LING2005 Syntax I
Jan 2024 – Apr 2024: Teaching Assistant, UG LING1003 Exploring Grammar: English
Sep 2024 – Dec 2024: Teaching Assistant, UG LING1000 Invitation to Linguistics
Jan 2025 – Apr 2025: Teaching Assistant, UG LING2005 Syntax I

Languages

Mandarin Chinese : Native
English : Fluent
Spanish : Intermediate
Yoruba : Beginner
Vietnamese : Beginner
Latin, Ancient Greek, Sogdian : Text reading

Skills

Natural Language Processing:
Web Development:

Academic Interests

Syntax: Iranian linguistics, Sogdian, Historical linguistics