CHEN Zhuo

CHEN Zhuo is a Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He holds a B.A. in Chinese Language from Fudan University and two M.A. degrees in Linguistics from UCLA and the University of Kansas.

• Education:
  • B.A. in Chinese Language from Fudan University
  • M.A. in Linguistics from UCLA
  • M.A. in Linguistics from University of Kansas

CHEN Zhuo's primary research interests focus on syntactic theory and Chinese comparative syntax. His work examines A-bar dependencies such as yes-no question-answer pairs and (un)conditionals across Sinitic languages, using original data from understudied non-standard varieties of Mandarin like Wuhu and Nanjing. He also works with other Sinitic languages including Cantonese, Shanghainese, and Teochew.

In addition to his work on Chinese languages, CHEN Zhuo has been a member of UCLA's research group on Dschang, an understudied Grassfields Bantu language spoken in Cameroon, since early 2019. This reflects his broader interest in language documentation and fieldwork.