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Xinyi Li graduated in Portuguese Language and Culture at the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (China) in 2017, and in 2021 she completed her master’s degree in the specialisation area “Syntax and Second Language Acquisition” at the University of Lisbon. Currently, she is a PhD candidate in General Linguistics at NOVA FCSH. Her research interests include syntax, linguistic processing and second language acquisition. Grantee of the Research Grant of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, IP (FCT) with reference UI/BD/152815/2022.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Xinyi Li

Citation names

  • Li, Xinyi
  • Xinyi Li

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8615-9BA9-49B8
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4776-891X

Email addresses

  • xinyi.li@campus.fcsh.unl.pt (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Linguistics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Chinese (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/10/12 - 2026/04/01
Ongoing
General Linguistics (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
2017/09/15 - 2021/04/20
Concluded
General and Romance Linguistics (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"Acquisition of european portuguese cleft structures by L1 Mandarin learners" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
18
2013/09/01 - 2017/06/20
Concluded
Língua e Cultura Portuguesas (Bachelor (1st cycle))
Major in Portuguese Language and Culture
Universidade de Estudos Estrangeiros de Guangdong, China
17
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2021/01/10 - Current PhD candidate Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/04/01 - 2026/04/01 The syntax and Processing of Cleft Structures in Native and Non-Native European Portuguese
UI/BD/152815/2022
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Li, Xinyi; Santos, Ana Lúcia; Lobo, Maria. Corresponding author: Li, Xinyi. "L3 acquisition of Portuguese clefts by L1-Mandarin L2-English speakers". In L3 Development After the Initial State, edited by Megan M. Brown-Bousfield; Suzanne Flynn; Éva Fernández-Berkes, 172-204. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2023.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Li, Xinyi; Lobo, Maria; Joana Teixeira. "The syntax-discourse interface in L2 acquisition: Evidence from clefts in European Portuguese". Paper presented in GALA 2024 Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition, Lisbon, 2024.
Conference poster
  1. Li, Xinyi. "Testing the syntax and processing of cleft structures in L1 and L2 European Portuguese". Paper presented in Workshop on L2 sentence and discourse processing, 2022.
Journal article
  1. Chao Zhou; Xinyi Li. "LextPT: A reliable and efficient vocabulary size test for L2 Portuguese proficiency". Behavior Research Methods (2021): https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01731-1.
    10.3758/s13428-021-01731-1
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Acquisition of European Portuguese cleft structures by L1 Mandarin learners". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10451/47757.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/09/13 The syntax-discourse interface in L2 acquisition: Evidence from clefts in European Portuguese GALA 2024 Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition
NOVA University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/10/27 Efeitos de Intervenção no Processamento de Estruturas Clivadas do Português Europeu XXXIX Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística
Universidade da Beira Interior (Covilhã, Portugal)
2021/10/01 L3 Acquisition of European Portuguese Clefts by L1-Mandarin L2-English Speakers Virtual Workshop on L3 Development After the Initial State
Boston University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Applied Sciences Burgenland (United States)
2021/08/06 LextPT: um teste fiável e eficiente do tamanho de vocabulário de português L2 X EMEP – Encontro Mundial sobre o Ensino de Português
American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese (United States)
2021/07/26 LextPT: um teste fiável e eficiente do tamanho de vocabulário de português L2 O XIII Congresso da Associação Internacional de Lusitanistas
Universidade de Roma (Roma, Italy)
2021/06/24 LextPT: a reliable and efficient vocabulary size test for L2 Portuguese proficiency XV International Symposium of Psycholinguistics
Universities Nebrija; Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
2019/10/11 Aquisição de estruturas clivadas por falantes de mandarim que adquirem português europeu como língua não materna XXXV Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa deLinguística (ENAPL)
Associação Portuguesa deLinguística (Braga, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024/04/19 - 2024/04/20 XVIII Forum for Linguistic Sharing (2024/04/19 - 2024/04/20)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
2022/07/01 - 2022/07/03 XVI Forum for Linguistic Sharing (2022/07/01 - 2022/07/03)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024/10/29 - 2024/10/29 Métodos experimentais na aquisição da sintaxe de língua não materna (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2024/10/28 - 2024/10/28 Introdução às Ciências da Linguagem - Ordem de palavras: Mandarim e Português (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2023/12/12 - 2023/12/12 Aquisição e desenvolvimento da língua não materna [L2 Acquisition and Development] (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal