Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Author IDs
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6708-294X
Scopus Author ID: 57192859012
Impact
Qualifications (Brief)
Academic Positions: City University of Hong Kong, Department of Linguistics and Translation; 2018
PhD and MA: Univeristy of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Linguistics; 2012-2018
Biography
Lydia Catedral is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at City University of Hong Kong. She is a sociolinguist and discourse analyst whose research focuses on the intersections between language, identity, and morality across time and space, and the implications for marginalized groups including transnational migrants in the US and Hong Kong, and LGBTQ Christians. She has published in journals such as Language in Society, Language and Communication, and Discourse and Society.
Research Interests/Areas
Sociolinguistics; Discourse Analysis; Ethnography
Language ideologies; language planning; language and spatiotemporal imaginaries; language and morality
Filipina domestic workers in Hong Kong; Uzbek immigrant women in the United States; LGBTQ Christians
Teaching
MA: Sociolinguistics (LT5408)
BA: Sociolinguistics (LT4244); Field and Research Methods in Linguistics (LT4243); Pragmatics (LT3215); and previously - Conversation Analysis
General Education Courses: Image of the City (GE2111)
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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Research output
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“Calming my heartbeat to enjoy the show”: the social-indexical meanings of in-yer-face theater recontextualized China
Liang, X. & Catedral, L., 1 Mar 2025, In: Multilingua. 44, 2, p. 263-287Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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(Re)chronotopizing the pandemic: Migrant domestic workers’ calls for social change
Catedral, L., Dec 2022, In: Language, Culture and Society. 4, 2, p. 136-161Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Chronotopic resolution, embodied subjectivity, and collective learning: A sociolinguistic theory of survival
Karimzad, F. & Catedral, L., Dec 2022, In: Language, Culture and Society. 4, 2, p. 189-217Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus) -
Navigating Topics and Creating Research Questions in Linguistic Anthropology
Karimzad, F. & Catedral, L., 13 Jan 2022, Research Methods in Linguistic Anthropology. Perrino, S. M. & Pritzker, S. E. (eds.). Bloomsbury Academic, p. 13-47 (Research Methods in Linguistics).Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) › peer-review
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Whose Voice Matters? Chronotopic Position(ing)s and the Dialogic Inclusion of Marginalized Stakeholders in Critical Applied Linguistics
Catedral, L. & Djuraeva, M., 7 Oct 2022, (Online published) In: Applied Linguistics. amac052.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
11 Citations (Scopus)
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ResCtrs: Department of Linguistics and Translation - The Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies (HCLS)
FANG, C. A. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator), CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Co-Investigator), HAFNER, C. (Co-Investigator), HUANG, Y.-H. (Co-Investigator), KIM, J. W. (Co-Investigator), LEE, J. S. Y. (Co-Investigator), MAI, Z. M. (Co-Investigator), SCHILLER, N. O. (Co-Investigator), YAN, X. (Co-Investigator) & ZHANG, Q. (Co-Investigator)
1/04/05 → …
Project: Research
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GRF: Caring Transnationally: A Spatiotemporal Model of Moral Discourse and Action
CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/23 → 6/12/24
Project: Research
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ECS: “Public” or “Private” Labor? A Discourse Analytic Comparison of Regulations on Women’s Transnational Domestic Work
CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/21 → 6/12/24
Project: Research
Prizes
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School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics Dissertation Completion Fellowship
CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Recipient), May 2017
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Douglas A. Kibbee Prize for most outstanding dissertation project in the School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics
CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Recipient), May 2017
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Due and Ferber International Award from Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program
CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Recipient), May 2017
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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American Association for Applied Linguistics Multilingual Matters Award
CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Recipient), Mar 2017
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
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Dissertation Project Travel Grant – Graduate College
CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Recipient), May 2016
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
Press/Media
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Comabtting 'job-hopping' isn't the solution, solidarity with Hong Kong's migrant domestic workers is
21/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Evangelicals' failure to love at every scale: LGBTQ and Black Lives Matter
7/10/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Activities
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"We are workers, we are not slaves": The epistemological importance of grassroots discourses on norms for domestic work
REYES, D. A. (Speaker) & CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Speaker)
8 Dec 2023Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Presentation
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18th International Pragmatics Association Conference
LIANG, Y. (Presenter) & CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Presenter)
11 Jul 2023Activity: Organizing or Participating in a conference / an event › Conference / Symposium
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The metapragmatics and materialities of transnationalism: Imagining and enacting care for migrant workers.
CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Speaker) & Karimzad, F. (Speaker)
9 Jul 2023 → 14 Jul 2023Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Presentation
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Differences that make a difference: Language, space-time, and materiality in sociolinguistic advocacy
CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Speaker)
2 Apr 2023 → 3 Apr 2023Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture
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Sociolinguistic approaches to difference: A critical perspective on language in its material and imagined contexts
CATEDRAL, L.H.-C. M. (Speaker)
Mar 2023Activity: Talk/lecture or presentation › Talk/lecture