Prof. Dr. Mingya Liu

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Department of English and American Studies

I am a W1-Professor for Empirical English Linguistics (EEL) at the Department of English and American Studies of the HU Berlin. Broadly speaking, my research lies at the interface of lexicon/syntax/semantics/pragmatics, and their bearing on questions in language processing, acquisition and use. More specifically, I have worked on issues including structural dependencies (polarity sensitivity, obligatory relative clauses), logical vs. non-at-issue/ social meanings (negation, modality, adverbs, conditionals), as well as doubling phenomena and register (negative concord, modal concord) with a focus on varieties of English, German and Chinese. For my research, I use a combination of cross-, theoretical-, socio- and psycholinguistic methods.

 

Projects

A07 Register effects in discourse expectations: Negation and modality in English

Contact

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Dorotheenstraße 28, 10117 Berlin

(030) 2093-70908

mingya.liu@hu-berlin.deWebsite https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9426-3669

Postal address

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin