Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft Leibniz-Gemeinschaft

Pui Yee (Minnie) Yuen

CV

Education

  • 2023.07–Pres.
    PhD in General Linguistics
    Humboldt Universität zu Berlin & Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS)
    Dissertation: “Code-Switching within an Integrated Competence: Analysis across different typologies of languages”
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Artemis Alexiadou
  • 2020.10–2022.11
    Master of Arts in Linguistics
    Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
    Cumulative Grade: 1.2
    Thesis: “Periphrastic Causatives in Cantonese: The Case of ‘Zing’ Causative”
    Research Focus: Specific indefinites in Cantonese, Language policy of Cantonese in Hong Kong
  • 2017.10–2020.11
    Bachelor of Arts in English & German Linguistics
    Humboldt Universität zu Berlin & Siegen Universität
    Cumulative Grade: 1.5
    Thesis: “Mixing verb use in the language mixing variety Cantonese-English in Hong Kong”
    Research Focus: Cantonese heritage speakers in Germany and their production of Sentence Final Particles
  • 2012.09–2015.07
    Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) in Accountancy
    City University of Hong Kong
    CGPA: 3.57 (German equivalent: 1.6)

Research and Professional Experience

  • 2023.08–2024.10
    Lab Manager LeibnizDream Project, Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS)
    - Supervised research assistants
    - Prepared studies and managed data collection processes
  • 2021.06–2023.05
    Student Research Assistant, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
    - Conducted corpus searches and data collection from CHILDES
    - Designed experiments using Ibex
    - Analyzed data on grammar variations and double exponence
  • 2021.01–2023.09
    Voluntary Research Assistant Multilingual Assessment Instrument for Narratives (MAIN) project, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong
    - Transcribed Cantonese children data in CLAN formats
  • 2019.02–2019.05
    Research Intern, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
    - Developed research project examining English verb usage in Cantonese discourse
    - Conducted literature review and data collection
    - Performed analysis of linguistic patterns