Dr Yating Yu Postdoctoral Fellow

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Research Overview My research focuses on gendered, sociocultural, and media discourses with the aim of understanding how people in society use language for representations, (de)legitimation, and identity-construction. I am interested in exploring the interplay of discourse, discursive (i.e. journalism) practice, and sociocultural context from a critical perspective so as to uncover the ideological implications. The main analytical/theoretical frameworks that I adopt are corpus-assisted discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis.




Education and Academic Qualifications Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2020)
Master of Arts in English Language Arts (Distinction), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2013)




Research Interests
Corpus-assisted Discourse Studies
(Critical) Discourse Analysis
Corpus Linguistics
Metaphor Studies
Gender Studies
Cultural Studies
Media and Journalism



Research Output

Journal Articles
Yu, Y. & Tian, F. (Forthcoming). Leftover or individualised? Representations of Chinese single womanhood in Western English-language news media. Asian Studies Review. (SSCI & Scopus)

Yu, Y. (Forthcoming). Resisting foreign hostility in China’s English-language news media during the COVID-19 crisis. Asian Studies Review. (SSCI & Scopus)

Yu, Y., & Nartey, M. (2021). Constructing the myth of protest masculinity in Chinese English-language news media: A critical discourse analysis of the representation of ‘leftover men.’ Gender and Language, 15(2), 184?206. https://doi.org/10.1558/genl.18823

Yu, Y. & Tay, D. (2020). A mixed-method analysis of image-schematic metaphors in describing anger, anxiety, and depression. Metaphor and the Social World, 10 (2), 253–272. (ESCI & Scopus)

Yu, Y. (2020). Perpetuating and/or resisting the “leftover” myth? The use of (de)legitimation strategies in the Chinese English-language news media. Feminist Media Studies, 1–18. (SSCI & Scopus)

Yu, Y. (2019). Media representations of “leftover women” in China: A corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis. Gender and Language, 13 (3), 369 – 395. (SSCI & AHCI & Scopus)

Yu, Y. (2019). Metaphorical representations of “leftover women”: between traditional patriarchy and modern egalitarianism. Social Semiotics, 1–18. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10350330.2019.1625515 (SSCI & AHCI & Scopus)

Yu, Y. (2014). Gender and conversational humour in a televised situational comedy: Implications for EFL contexts. English for Specific Purposes World, 43 (15). Retrieved from http://www.esp-world.info/Articles_43/YU_Yating.pdf





Book Chapters
Yu, Y. (Forthcoming). A global fight for a shared future: Metaphorical representations of COVID-19 in China Daily. In R. Breeze, K. Kondo, A. Musolff & S.Vilar-Lluch (Eds.), Pandemic and Crisis Discourse. Communicating COVID-19. London: Bloomsbury.










Others







Awards and Scholarships
The PolyU Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship
Awarded by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Jan 2021 – Jan 2024

Emerging Scholar Award (a fee waiver for the conference registration)
Awarded by Common Ground Research Networks (the States of Illinois, USA), at The Fifth International Conference on Communication & Media Studies, the University of Toronto, Canada on 1-2 October 2020

The ASAA Postgraduate Award (AU$250)
Awarded by The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), 2020

Best Paper Award (Honorable Mention)
Awarded by the Joint Postgraduate Student Symposium on Language, Culture and Cognition held at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on April 20, 2018

Ph.D. Scholarship (Monthly Stipend for Three Years)
Awarded by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2017 – 2020

President’s Award for Outstanding Performance in Administrate Services (HK$20,000; Team Award for Four Members)
Awarded by The Education University of Hong Kong, 2016

Postgraduate Performance Award (HK$5000)
Awarded by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2013





Invited talks
Yu, Y. (2020). Media representations of ‘leftover women’ in China: A corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis. ENGL-RCPCE PhD student talk series. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. October 22, 2020.




Community and Volunteer Services
Hall Tutor and Treasurer, Homantin Student Halls of Residence, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Oct 2018 – Present)

Helper, Orientation programme and promotional webinar for potential students at the Department of English (ENGL), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Sep 24, 2020)

Secretary for PhD Student/Staff Consultative Group (SSCG) Meetings at the Department of English (ENGL), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Sep 2019 – Aug 2020)

Helper and timer, 12th Conference of RaAM – the Association for Researching and Applying Metaphor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (April 27 – 30, 2018)

Session Chair, International Conference on ESP, New Technologies and Digital Learning, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Dec 7 – 9, 2017)










Esteem Measures 2021–Present, Reviewer, Feminist Media Studies (SSCI & Scopus)

2021–Present, Reviewer, Metaphor and the Social World (ESCI & Scopus)

2020–Present, Reviewer, Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics (SSCI & Scopus)

2020–Present, Reviewer, Journal of Language and Discrimination