Yi You(尤易) is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in Chinese Linguistics. Before joining the University of Arizona, she completed her B.A. and M.A. in Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages at Nanjing University.
As a researcher, Yi is dedicated to exploring the mechanisms of stance and stancetaking in human language. Her work primarily utilizes Corpus Linguistics methods to analyze pragmatic functions in discourse. She is deeply committed to interdisciplinary approaches, prioritizing the synthesis of data-driven methodologies and theoretical frameworks. Rather than viewing methodologies in isolation, she aims to bridge the gap between the macro-patterns revealed by quantitative corpus data and the micro-nuances of qualitative pragmatic interpretation.
Yi’s intellectual curiosity extends far beyond linguistics. She is an avid learner with interests spanning nearly every academic discipline. When she is not analyzing linguistic data, she enjoys visiting museums, watching films, listening to diverse music genres, and photography.