Jiang Wu
Postdoc
- Name
- Dr. J. Wu
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2125
- j.wu@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-3195-9372
Jiang Wu is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Linguistics. He is currently involved in the NWO-funded project "On the representation of quantity: how our brains shape language".
More information about Jiang Wu
Fields of interest
- Semantics
- Experimental methods
- Cross-linguistic variation
- Austronesian linguistics
- Malayic languages
- Language contact
- Typology
Research
My postdoc research focuses on cross-linguistic semantic variation, specifically regarding quantity expressions. I am interested in whether genetically unrelated languages share similar properties in their use of quantity expressions and how this aligns with the broader cognition of number and quantity.
Prior to the current project, my training mainly encompassed descriptive and historical linguistics, as well as linguistic typology. I had a specific focus on Austronesian and Malayic languages, which constituted the primary subject of my PhD dissertation.
Grants and awards
- 2017: NWO "PhDs in the Humanities"
Curriculum vitae
| 2023-present | Postdoctoral researcher, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics |
| 2017-2023 | PhD in linguistics (cum laude), Malayic varieties in Kelantan and Terengganu: Description and linguistic history, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics |
| 2015-2017 |
ResMA in linguistics (cum laude), Leiden University |
| 2010-2014 | BA in Malay language and literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University |
Postdoc
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics
- LUCL Frans
- Wu J. (28 September 2023), Malayic varieties of Kelantan and Terengganu: description and linguistic history (Dissertatie. Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL), Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University) LOT dissertation series no. 651. Amsterdam: LOT. Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Klamer M.A.F. & Hoogervorst T.G., Adelaar K.A.
- Wu J. (2022), Plural words in Austronesian languages: typology and history, Oceanic Linguistics 61(2): 721-756.
- Wu J. (2022), Review of: Gil D. & chapper A. (2020), Austronesian undressed: how and why languages become isolating. Typological Studies in Language no. 129. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Oceanic Linguistics 61(2): 791-796.
- Klamer Marian, Edwards O.D.E., Fricke H.L.A., Gialitaki Z., Moro F.R., Palmér A.I, Saad G., Sulistyono Y., Visser E. & Wu J. (2021), Practicalities of language data collection and management in and around Indonesia, Wacana: Jurnal Transformasi Sosial 22(2): 467-521.
- Freelance editor for the publication of Linguistic Bibliography and Linguistic Bibliography Online