I am interested in the way people conceptualize the world, and the factor(s) attributed to such variation, particularly those who speak more than one language. The objectives of my research are to navigate such variation and the related factors and to develop intervention strategies as interdisciplinary inspirations. Having received academic training in theoretical and typological linguistics and collaborated with interdisciplinary researchers, I have been working on improving documentation methodology and its application.

Journal articles and book chapters

• Bohnemeyer, J., K.  Donelson, Y.-T. Lin, R. Moore,  H.-C.  Hsiao,  J. Sánchez,  J. Lovegren,  J.  Olstad, G.  Pérez  Báez,  J.  Seong. (In prep). Evidence of an ongoing worldwide shift toward egocentric spatial cognition.

• Lin, Y. -T. (In prep). Exploring the Diversity of Spatial Referencing Strategies in a Multilingual Society: A Cast Study in Taiwan.

• Lin, Y. -T. (In prep). A Comparative Analysis of Spatial Conceptualization in Taiwanese Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese Min Nan. 

• Donelson, K.,  Y.-T. Lin, Bohnemeyer, J. Semantic and cognitive transfer (under review). 

• Bohnemeyer, J., A. Alshehri, J. Blythe, L. Cerqueglini, E. Danziger, K. Donelson, A. Eggleston, A. Gaby, Y.-T. Lin, J. Lum, R. Moore, T. Nikitina, & H. Stoakes. (2022). Reference frames in language and cognition: Cross-population mismatches. Linguistics Vanguard. 8,s1: 175-89. [SSCI] 

• Lin, Y.-T. (2022). The Influence of Language, Culture, and Environment on the Use of Spatial Referencing in a Multilingual Context: Taiwan as a Test Case. Linguistics Vanguard 8, s1: 161–73. [SSCI]

Selected conference presentations

• Lin, Y. -T. (accepted). Bilingualism and Spatial Cognition in Taiwan: Lexical Specification Across Frames of Reference. [Paper presentation] at the 17th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina. July 14-18, 2025

• Lin, Y. -T. (2024). Advancing ESL/EFL Multiliteracies through Wikipedia: An Innovative University-Community Education Program in Taiwan. [Paper presentation] at the 21st AILA World Congress, Online and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Lin, Y. -T. (2024). Collaborative Reading and Writing on English Wikipedia as New Fashion for Gen Z: A Case Study in Taiwan. Wiki Workshop 2024. Online.

• Lin, Y. -T. (2024). Spatial Language and Cognition in Taiwan: Bilingualism and Beyond. [Paper presentation] at the 21st AILA World Congress, Online and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Lin, Y. -T. (2023). Documenting Bilingual Multimodality in Taiwan: Semantic Typology as a New Approach. [Poster presentation] at the 24th National Congress of Linguistics at National Taiwan University, Taiwan.

• Lin, Y.-T. (2023). Semantic Typology: New Approaches to Exploring Conceptual Transfer in Bilingualism, [Paper presentation]. The 16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany.

• Bohnemeyer, J., K. Donelson & Y. -T. Lin (2023). Semantic and cognitive transfer. Concepts in Sociocultural Space: The Balkans and the Caucasus in Focus, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.

• Lin, Y.-T. (2021). A Linguist’s Spinoff in Fostering Civic Engagement, [Paper presentation]. The Pre-conference Workshop on Language Documentation, Interdisciplinary Theory and Sustainable Development Goals, Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory 6, Online and SOAS Campus, University of London, England, UK.

Invited talks/workshops 

• Lin, Y. -T. (2025). GAI-assisted English Reading and Writing of Biographies on Wikipedia. Invited Workshop at Department of Foreign Languages and Applied Linguistics, Yuan Ze University.

• Lin, Y. -T. (2025). Who Tells the Better Story? Gender Perspectives in Wikipedia Biographies. Invited Workshop at Department of English, Soochow University.

• Lin, Y. –T. (2023). Unpacking Conceptual Transfer in Bilingual Spaces: Taiwan as a Test Case. Invited Talk at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan.

• Lin, Y. –T. (2020). Empirical Research  on Law Consciousness: Design and Application. Invited Workshop at the Department of Law, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. 

• Lin, Y. –T. (2020). Community Proposal Writing Workshop at the Sin Pin Pier Art Society, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

• Lin, Y. –T. (2020). Seminar on Everyday Civic Engagement, Invited Workshop for the Civil Service Development Institute at the Sin Pin Pier Art Space, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. 

• Lin, Y. –T. (2016). Spatial Language and Cognition in Taiwanese Populations: Research Findings and Application. Invited talk at the Chinese Consumer Center, Stans Foundation founded by Acer Inc. November 7, 2016, Taipei, Taiwan. 

2025 Investigating Spatial Referencing Strategies in Taiwanese Bilinguals in Physical and Virtual Environments, NTD 679,000, General Education Center, NDU, Taiwan   

2023        Innovative Teaching Strategies and Materials Development (PBL Teaching), NTD 57,600, Center for Teaching and Learning Development, NTUST, Taiwan

2023 Subsidy for Domestic Scholars and Experts to Attend International Academic Conferences, NTD55,000, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan  (NSTC 112-2914-I-011-006-A1)

2022 Innovative Teaching Strategies and Materials Development (PBL Teaching), NTD 46,000, Center for Teaching and Learning Development, NTUST, Taiwan 

2016 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Award, USD 15,000, Department of Linguistics, University at Buffalo-SUNY, USA (NSF Award No. BCS-1551925, PI Jürgen Bohnemeyer)

2015 Professional Development Award, USD 318, Graduate Student Employee Union, University at Buffalo-SUNY, USA  

2013–2015 Graduate Assistantship, International Student Services, University at Buffalo-SUNY, USA 

2012–2013     Teaching Assistantship, Chinese Program, University at Buffalo-SUNY, USA