Prof. XU received her PhD degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before joining UM, she worked in CUHK for a few years. Prof. XU’s research interests lie primarily in Chinese dialectology, Chinese phonology, historical linguistics and contact linguistics. The results of her findings appear in journals including Studies of the Chinese Language (中國語文), Language and Linguistics, Journal of Chinese Studies, etc. And Prof. XU’s has published two monographs . She is also the Principal Investigator of many academic projects. Now Prof. XU focuses on the synchronic and diachronic research of Chinese dialects around the west Pacific Ocean.

Chinese dialectology, Chinese phonology, historical linguistics, contact linguistics

方言學，音韻學，漢語史，接觸語言學

擬招收漢語方言研究、漢語史方向博士研究生，申請者須有明確研究選題或方向，並滿足學校申請要求，具體要求請詳見https://grs.um.edu.mo/index.php/prospective-student/doctoral-degrees-programmes/?lang=zh-hant。

Current Research

The Study of Phonological Change and Historical Strata in Min Dialects of Guangdong and Hainan Provinces粵瓊閩語音韻演變與歷史層次研究 UM SRG（SRG2020-00003-FAH）

Dialects of South China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties: Research of Chinese History Based on Dicionário Português-Chinês and other Romanized Dialect Records in Hong Kong and Macao明清時期華南地區的漢語方言：基於《葡漢辭典》及港澳等地其他羅馬字文獻的漢語史研究（MYRG2020-00059-FAH）