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Author IDs
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5190-8065
Scopus Author ID: 57215214582
Impact
Qualifications/Experiences
2024. Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
2019. M.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2016. B.A. and L.L.B in English and International Politics, Shandong University
Biography
Dr. Aini Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at City University of Hong Kong. She received her PhD in Linguistics from University of Pennsylvania in 2024. Her research combines corpus and experimental approaches to investigate how language variation is perceived and produced.
Research Interests/Areas
- Experimental sociolinguistics
- Sociolinguistic cognition
- Psycholinguistics
- Sociophonetics
- Laboratory phonology
- Language variation and change
- Quantitative methods
Teaching
LT5408 Sociolinguistics
LT5462 Social Approaches to Language in Education
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations from the last five years
Research output
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Validating explicit rating tasks for measuring pronunciation biases: A case study of ING variation
Li, A. & Tamminga, M., 17 Feb 2026, (Online published) In: Behavior Research Methods. 58, 3, 19 p., 66.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Bilingual influences and sources of variability in acceptability judgments: A case study of Chinese
Hu, H. (Co-first Author), Li, A. (Co-first Author), Patterson, Y., Huang, J. & Lin, C.-J. C., Apr 2025, In: Lingua. 318, 103911.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Gender effects in Mandarin creaky voice evaluation: a matched-guise study
Li, A. & Lai, W., Dec 2025, In: Linguistics Vanguard. 11, 1, p. 375-383Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Intra- and interspeaker repetitiveness in Chengdu Mandarin locative variation
Li, A., Tamminga, M. & Hu, H., Mar 2025, In: Language Variation and Change. 35, 1, p. 107-127 21 p.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
Open AccessFile27 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars) -
Language Variation and Perception: Subject Pronominal Expression in Native and Non-Native Mandarin Chinese
Zhang, X., Li, A. & Li, X., May 2025, In: Languages. 10, 5, 104.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
Open AccessFile10 Downloads (CityUHK Scholars)
Projects
- 1 Active
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TDG(CityU): Hands-on Sociolinguistics: Promoting team-based learning in the study of speech community
LI, A. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/02/26 → …
Project: Research
Activities
- 3 Presentation
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Tacit knowledge of stylistic variation: Evidence from (ING) perception in native and non-native listeners
LI, A. (Speaker) & Wade, L. (Speaker)
5 Sept 2025Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Presentation
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Probing variable perceptions of gendered adjective-noun combinations in Mandarin
ZHOU, J. (Speaker) & LI, A. (Speaker)
7 Aug 2025Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Presentation
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Native vs. non-native sociolinguistic perception: The case of Mandarin subject pronoun expression
LI, A. (Speaker), Zhang, X. (Speaker) & Li, X. (Speaker)
6 Aug 2025Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Presentation
Supervised Students
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Miss Yi ZHANG, 張藝
- Department of Linguistics and Translation - P/T Research Assistant
Person: P/T Research Assistant, Doctor of Philosophy (Student)