Yunchuan Chen, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Director of Undergraduate 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 2026):

• AMES 353S.01, EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AS L2S Synopsis

  Perkins 070, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as LINGUIST 353S.01)

• JPN 407S.01, ISSUES IN JAPANESE LANG/SOC I Synopsis

  Languages 208, TuTh 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

• ARABIC 782.02, ARABIC FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Synopsis

  Online ON, F 04:40 PM-05:55 PM; Class Bldg 106, MWF 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

• KOREAN 782.02, KOREAN FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Synopsis

  Online ON, F 04:40 PM-05:55 PM; Perkins 059, MWF 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

• ARABIC 782.03, ARABIC FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Synopsis

  Online ON, F 04:40 PM-05:55 PM; Class Bldg 241, MWF 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

• ARABIC 782.04, ARABIC FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS Synopsis

  Online ON, F 04:40 PM-05:55 PM; Languages 312, MWF 03:05 PM-04:20 PM

• AMES 353S.01, EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AS L2S Synopsis

  TBA, MTuTh 03:30 PM-05:35 PM

  (also cross-listed as LINGUIST 353S.01)

• JPN 305.01, ADVANCED JAPANESE Synopsis

  Perkins 065, MWF 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

Education:

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

Keywords:

Muser Mentor

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Zhang, X; Chen, Y, Beyond politeness: The strategic use of addressee honorifics and plain forms in Japaneseself -introductions on a gay dating application, Proc Ling Soc Amer, vol. 11 no. 1 (April, 2026), pp. 6051 [doi]  [abs]
2. Xiong, R; Chen, Y, A Mixed-Effects Analysis of Addressee Honorifics in Japanese Voice Actor Livestreams, Proc Ling Soc Amer, vol. 11 no. 1 (April, 2026), pp. 6052 [doi]  [abs]
3. Chen, Y; Nyah, N, The interpretation of English bare plurals by native Japanese speakers, Proc Ling Soc Amer, vol. 11 no. 1 (April, 2026), pp. 6057 [doi]  [abs]
4. Chen, Y, Input-induced inter-speaker variation: evidence from Thai, Chinese and Japanese quantifier-negation sentences, Lingua, vol. 329 (January, 2026), pp. 104071-104071, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs]
5. Chen, Y; Danzhen, L, On Tibetan-Chinese Bilinguals’ Interpretation of SOV Sentences in Both Languages, University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics, vol. 32 (2026), pp. 11-18