Yunchuan Chen, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

My research interests are experimental approaches to grammars, L2 acquisition and heritage languages. My research projects so far include Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Tibetan, Thai and Nuosu Yi. I am also interested in how to teach/learn foreign languages effectively with meaning-based approaches.  

Contact Info:

Office Location:	Rm 225 2204 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27708
Email Address:
Web Page:	https://sites.google.com/view/yunchuan-chen/home

Teaching (Spring 2025):

• AMES 334S.01, JPN LANGUAGE & SOCIETY Synopsis

  Gray 319, WF 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as LINGUIST 334S.01)

• AMES 503S.01, ASIAN & MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES Synopsis

  Gray 319, WF 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• JPN 782.01, JAPANESE FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Synopsis

  Social Sciences 124, F 06:15 PM-07:30 PM

• KOREAN 782.01, KOREAN FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Synopsis

  Social Sciences 124, F 06:15 PM-07:30 PM

• ARABIC 791.01, INDEPENDENT STUDY Synopsis

  Social Sciences 124, F 06:15 PM-07:30 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Hawaii, Manoa	2019
M.A.	University of Hawaii, Manoa	2012

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Muser Mentor

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Chen, Y; Huan, T, Scope assignment in Quantifier-Negation sentences in Tibetan as a heritage language in China, Second Language Research, vol. 40 no. 3 (July, 2024), pp. 785-799 [doi]  [abs]
2. List, A; Chen, Y, An experimental investigation of the Deep Double-o Constraint in Japanese causative constructions, Journal of Japanese Linguistics, vol. 40 no. 1 (May, 2024), pp. 87-108, Walter de Gruyter GmbH [doi]  [abs]
3. Chen, Y, An experimental approach to the reconstruction of the head quantifier phrase in Chinese relative clauses, Canadian Journal of Linguistics, vol. 69 no. 1 (March, 2024), pp. 118-128 [doi]  [abs]
4. Chen, Y, An Experimental Investigation into the Scope Assignment of Japanese and Chinese Quantifier-Negation Sentences, Languages, vol. 9 no. 3 (March, 2024), pp. 111-111, MDPI AG [doi]  [abs]
5. Chen, Y, Acquisition of Japanese relative clauses by L1 Chinese learners: Evidence from reflexive pronoun resolution, Second Language Research, vol. 38 no. 3 (July, 2022), pp. 499-529 [doi]  [abs]