Edward Li
PhD Linguistics & English Language
![](https://www.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/uoe_profile_picture/public/328130938.jpg?itok=xuoXqV7E)
- Linguistics and English Language
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: Qi.Li@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
-
Dugald Stewart Building
- City
- 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AD
Qualifications
2018-present: PhD Linguistics and English Language, The University of Edinburgh
- Project: The Division of Labour between the Locative Inversion Construction and the Existential Constructions in English: Perspective and Fictive Paths
2016-2017: MSc English Language, The University of Edinburgh
- Dissertation: How Information Structural Constraints Bias Comprehenders to Expect New Information
2011-2015: BA English, Fujian Medical University
- Dissertation: Gender Differences in Emotive Expressions—A Case Study of Pride and Prejudice
Responsibilities & affiliations
Member of The Linguistic Society of Belgium
https://sites.uclouvain.be/bkl-cbl/en/members/directory/
Undergraduate teaching
09/2019 - 08/2020: Tutor in Linguistics and English Language
09/2019 - 08/2021: Tutor in PPLS Writing Centre
Conference details
I am interested in conferences that focus on General Linguistics, Pragmatics, Syntax and Construction Grammar.
Invited speaker
22/10/2021
Linguist’s Day of the Linguistic Society of Belgium
Title: The Distribution and Constraints of Existential Clauses and Locative Inversion in English, Brussels, Belgium.
12/06/2021
Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference
Title: The Distribution and Constraints of Existential Clauses and Locative Inversion in English, Edinburgh, UK.