XUAN WANG 王 璇
I recently completed my PhD in Linguistics at University of Canterbury, New Zealand. My dissertation looks at the formation of a new urban dialect in Hohhot, China. I'm especially interested in socio-phonetics, language contact, attitudes, and I also have a passion in quantitative methods. I did my PhD under the supervision of Dr. Kevin Watson and Dr. Lynn Clark.
Recent Conferences
NWAV Asia-Pacific 4, Taiwan, China
Apr 22-24, 2016
MY RESEARCH
My PhD project looks at a new urban dialect formed in Hohhot, China, induced by dialect contact between Mandarin and Jin(晋) dialect. In this video , David Gulasi, who is an Australian living in Hohhot, is translating Mandarin into Jin ...
Hohhot is where I grew up. It is an interesting city, with multiple cultures, complicated linguistic situation, and social conflicts between different speech communities...