Ph.D. in Linguistics, 2017, The University of Kansas

M.Phil. in Linguistics, 2012, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

M.A. in English Language and Literature, 2004, Tianjin Normal University

B.A. in English Education, 2001, Tianjin Normal University

Phonology, Phonetics, Speech perception, Second language acquisition, Chinese dialects

I am interested in supervising research graduate projects on phonetics, experimental phonology, second language phonetics/phonology, sound change, and language typology.

Li, Mingxing, and Zhang, Jie. 2017. “Perceptual Distinctiveness between Dental and Palatal Sibilants in Different Vowel Contexts and its Implications for Phonological Contrasts.” Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 18. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/labphon.27

Li, Mingxing and Wee, Lian Hee. 2015. “Modern Chinese Phonology.” Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics, eds., Wang, William S.Y., and Sun, Chaofen, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Li, Mingxing and Wee, Lian Hee 2014. “Review on Modern Lingusitics by Baoya Chen.” Yuyanxue Luncong [Essays on Linguistics], Commercial Press, Peking, vol. 49, pp. 274-290. 

Li, Mingxing. 2012. “The Phonetics of Neutral Tone in Loudi Chinese.” Hanyu Qingsheng de Youxuanlun Fenxi [An Optimality-theoretic Account of Neutral Tone in Chinese Dialects]. eds., Jilun Lu, and Jialing Wang, Daxue Chubanshe, Tianjin.