Yu Wei (魏 宇)

Being a polymath in/outside linguistics, I'm at my core a theoretical linguist interested in various interface phenomena of syntax, with secondary trained expertise in experimental syntax and psycholinguistics- especially the divergences and convergences between syntactic theories and formal theories of (syntactic) processing such as Lyn Frazier's garden-path model. Currently, I'm focusing on complex predicates' argument structure, supervised by Drs Marc Richards (primary supervisor), Joan Rahilly and Chen-En Ho, among others. Before joining Queen's as a PhD candidate in Linguistics, I studied linguistics at Leeds (Sep 2020-Jan 2022, MA with Distinction), and then I studied theory-motivated psycholinguistics at York (1st Feb 2022- Feb/July 2024, MA by Research). My first degree was BA and BA (Hons) in Translation from Jiangxi Normal University (2016-2020) and I received advanced training in sciences during senior high schooling. My name in Chinese is WEI Yu (魏宇), and I'm from a historically important City- Wuhan where China's last imperial dynasty ended and European merchants had long shipped goods to our Yangtze River, etc. 

• Linguistics, MA with Distinction, Department of Linguistics and Phonetics, University of Leeds, 2021, supervisor: Dr Valentina Brunetto
• Psycholinguistics, MRes (with no correction, externally examined by Warwick), Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York, 2024, supervisor: Profs George Tsoulas& Heather Marsden
• Conference attendee& PGR organizer- Architecture and Mechanisms for Language Processing-AmLap [(European) psycholing], Sep 2022, York Train Station hotel
• AHRC trainee& PGR organizer- Advanced Core Training in Linguistics, summer 2022& 2023, York Humanities Research Centre Building
• York Papers in Linguistics 2022-2023, Co-editor with Rosario Neyra, Ben Gibb-Reid, Fae Hicks
• York Departmental PGR Newsletters 2022-2023, Co-editor with Rui Qi Choo, etc
• MA Representative for Linguistics and ELT, Leeds, 2020-2021
• Human Sentence Processing spring 2022 registered attendee, permanent member of North America HSP society
• Psycholinguistics@York Cross-departmental inaugural presenter, Nov 2022
• CATTI National Translator's certification, Literary Works award, 2017

I've specialised in phenomena of (1) (Chinese) theoretical and experimental syntax, (2) semantics/prosody's interface with syntax and (3) formally or theoretically modelled psycholinguistics (all processing units of language) and (4) experimental methodology i.e. designing and building (via various platforms) audio-visual judgment tasks, reading/real-time (comprehension) including maze or self-paced reading, as well as (5) data processing on R or sound software and etc, which I've exposed myself widely to since Leeds (2020).