- Courses
- o APPLIED LINGUISTICS 10W: Language in Action: Perspectives from Applied Linguistics. This is a lower-division pro-seminar that carries GE credit in Foundations of the Arts and Humanities in the area of Philosophical and Linguistic Analysis. My participation in this course is typically done by giving a lecture on analyzing language based on electronic corpora.
- o ASIAN 19: Fiat Lux Freshman Seminar. This is a seminar for freshman undergrads. Non-freshman undergrads may also enroll if space is available. Recent seminar topics include: Demystifying Asian Languages, Understanding Chinese Cultures Through Keywords, and Globalization and the Chinese Language.
- o ASIAN 100: Research Methods in Asian Linguistics. This is a required course for the undergraduate major in Asian Languages and Linguistics in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.
- o ASIAN 200: Research Methods in East Asian Linguistics. This is a required course for graduate students in the East Asian Linguistics track in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. You need to be a graduate student in order to enroll in this class.
- o ASIAN 222A-222B: Seminar in Corpus Linguistics. This is a two-quarter sequence in corpus linguistics. Any graduate students in a language-related field are welcome to enroll in the class. The first quarter is devoted to lectures and discussions, while the second quarter for students to work on their own corpus projects and eventually term papers (there is no formal lecturing in the second quarter). This course is typically offered every other year.
- o CHINESE 103: Topics in Chinese Language and Culture, which is an upper division undergrad course focusing on the mutually consitutive relation between language and culture in the Chinese context.
- o CHINESE 120: Introduction to Chinese Linguistics. This is an uppder division undergrad course in Chinese linguistics, which offers an introduction to the scientific study and systematic understanding of Mandarin Chinese and its regional varieties. This course is taught in English.
- o CHINESE 224A-224B: Selected Topics in Chinese Linguistics. This is an advanced seminar, taught in two quarters, for graduate students in Chinese linguistics. You have to be a graduate student to enroll in this class. Links.
Note that UCLA is on a three-quarter system: fall (Sept.-Dec.), winter (Jan.-Mar.), and spring (Apr.-June).
Listed below are courses that I recently taught. To find out whether or not I offer a particular course in a particular year or quarter, please check the Schedule of Classes from the UCLA Registrar's Office. Some of the undergraduate and graduate seminars with the same titles may focus on different topics in different times.
Comic books from a bookstore in Wuzhen, Zhejiang, Summer 2010