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