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Meet Dr. Ming Chew Teo
MODERN & CLASSICAL LANGUAGES & LITERATURE
Dr. Ming Chew Teo is an associate professor in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures at Virginia Tech, specializing in Chinese studies. His research delves into language contact between Chinese and other languages, second language acquisition, cognitive linguistics, and sociolinguistics. Drawing from a diverse linguistic landscape — including various Chinese dialects, Malay, Tamil, and English spoken in Singapore — Dr. Teo explores the intricate social and linguistic forces shaping language variation in the city-state. His work offers critical insights into multilingual interactions and the evolving nature of language in diverse communities.
Publications
Publications
Book
Teo, Ming Chew. 2020. Crosslinguistic influence in Singapore English: Linguistic and social aspects. Abingdon, UK: Routledge.
Articles
Teo, Ming Chew and Jingxia Lin. 2024. Creating individual styles through discourse variation in Singapore Mandarin. Chinese Language and Discourse. 16.1: 55-80.
Teo, Ming Chew. 2021. The role of ambiguity and semantic continuity in contact-induced grammaticalization: [有 yǒu + VP] in Colloquial Singapore Mandarin. Chinese Language and Discourse 13.2: 275-301.
Teo, Ming Chew. 2019. The role of parallel constructions in imposition: A synchronic study of ‘already’ in Colloquial Singapore English. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 34.2: 347-377.
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