Zhengyuan Yang

My main research focus is on how adult second language learners process the grammatical and semantic cues embedded in Mandarin classifiers, how this pattern differs from adult native speakers, and how it changes as learners' Mandarin proficiency increases. Additionally, I aim to explore how statistical learning can assist novice learners in understanding Mandarin classifiers.

Short Biography

I was born in China and completed my undergraduate degree in Linguistics and Sociology at the University of Toronto, followed by an MSc in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Oxford. In October 2022, I began my DPhil in Education at the same university.