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Dr. Xiaoting Li is a Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta and currently serves as Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts. She holds a PhD in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from Peking University (2011), was a DAAD Fellow at the University of Potsdam (2008–2010), and received the Humboldt Fellowship for research at the University of Freiburg (2019–2021).
Her research focuses on multimodal analysis of interactional linguistics, particularly exploring how Mandarin speakers use lexico-syntactic, prosodic, and embodied resources in conversation. Key areas include syntactic incompleteness, causal clauses (e.g., yinwei), and embodied communication in activity closings.
Recent projects include SSHRC-funded studies on unfinished utterances in Mandarin and intercultural communication. She actively participates in networks like the International Network of Interactional Linguistics and the Scientific Network of Multimodality and Embodied Interaction.
Publications highlight cross-linguistic analyses of dispreferred responses, multimodal turn construction in Mandarin, and the role of interpersonal touch in conversational joking. Awards include the DAAD Fellowship and Humboldt Fellowship.
Teaching focuses on Chinese linguistics and sociolinguistics, with graduate supervision in interactional linguistics and multimodal analysis. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics and empirical interactional studies, emphasizing the integration of verbal, vocal, and visual data.
