About

Dr. Liu visited UoA as a visiting scholar in 2016-17. She has published several articles in top Chinese-language journals such as Zhongguo Yuwen ‘Studies of the Chinese Language’, Dangdai Xiucixue ‘Contemporary Rhetoric’, Chinese Language and Discourse and so on.

Research Interests

Interactive linguistics

Functional linguistics study on Mandarin Chinese

Current Projects

Preposition phrases in Chinese narrative and non-narrative discourse

Response to Mandarin rhetorical interrogatives

Recent Publications

2020

Liu, Yaqiong. (2020). On mid-sentence particles ne and a in spoken Chinese (汉语口语中用于句中的“呢”和“啊”), Bulletin of Linguistic Studies, Volume 25, (《语言研究集刊（第二十五辑）》) Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House（上海辞书出版社）. In Chinese.

2019

Liu, Yaqiong. (2019). On the atypical usage of “yige(one)”in spoken Mandarin (普通话口语中非典型的“一个”). Chinese Language and Discourse, Volume 10, Issue 2, p. 285 – 301. In Chinese. https://doi.org/10.1075/cld.00021.liu

2018

Liu, Yaqiong. (2018). The grammatical function of the location expression at the beginning of existential sentences and the use of "Zai (at)" (存现句句首处所成分的语法地位及“在”的使用问题)，In Studies of the Chinese Language periodical office (eds.) Grammar research and exploration (Vol. 19),（中国语文杂志社《语法研究和探索（十九）》），Commercial Press(商务印书馆). In Chinese.