LI Xinyi

LI Xinyi is a Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore, conducting advanced linguistic research with a focus on Sinitic language structures. She holds a Ph.D. from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Her educational background includes:

• Ph.D. in Linguistics from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Dr. Li specializes in cross-dialectal analysis of Chinese languages, examining typological variations through geographical and structural lenses. Her work on disjunctive constructions ('or' phenomena) reveals critical insights into syntactic universals and semantic constraints within Sinitic systems. She integrates computational methods with field linguistics to map dialect continua across East Asia, contributing to broader theories of language evolution and contact.