About

Jiehai Liu is currently a linguist at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Leiden University Center for Linguistics. He holds a Ph.D. in linguistics from Nanjing University, China. His research interests include syntax, cognitive grammar, construction grammar, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence. His current research focuses on mirativity in Chinese and other languages, with two primary objectives: employing cognitive construction grammar to investigate the mechanisms underlying mirativity production and comprehension, and utilizing natural language processing and machine learning technologies to analyze miratives across languages.

Experience

Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China

Associate Professor, English Department (Oct. 2020 - present)
Lecturer, English Department (June 2008 - Oct. 2020)
Teaching Assistant, English Department (Aug. 2003 - June 2008)

Leiden University, the Netherlands

Postdoc/guest researcher, Center for Lingusitics / Center for Digital Humanities (Feb. 2022 - Feb. 2024)
Supervisor: prof. dr. Sjef Barbiers
Funded by the China Scholarship Council

University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Visiting researcher, Grammar & Cognition research group (Aug. 2014 - Aug. 2015)
Host: prof. dr. Enoch O. Aboh
Funded by Jiangsu Provincial Government Scholarship, China

Education

PhD in linguistics

Nanjing University, China (Sept. 2012 - Sept. 2020)
Dissertation: The adverbial function and mirativity of verbal classifier constructions in Mandarin Chinese: A Cognitive Grammar account
Supervisor: prof. dr. Ren ZHANG

MA in linguistics and applied linguistics

Nanjing Normal University, China (Sept. 2004 - June 2007)
Thesis: Formal semantic analysis of quantifier scope ambiguity in English
Supervisors: prof. dr. Lianhe SI, prof. dr. Bing XIN

BA in English language and literature

Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China (Sept. 1999 - June 2003)
Thesis: English translation skills of cultural concepts with Chinese characteristics
Supervisor: prof. Sanning HE

Contact

Email: liujiehai@nuist.edu.cn
Update: May 10, 2025