Academic Staff
Ms Sibyl Xi CHEN
Teaching Fellow
- HHB702, Hung Hom Bay Campus
- +852 2766 7423
- sibyl.chen@polyu.edu.hk
Biography
Sibyl’s research interests lie primarily in comparative study of Chinese dialects in syntax, grammaticalization, and language typology. She recently focuses on ditransitive constructions in southern Chinese dialects and polyfunctional use of words.
Education and Academic Qualifications
- Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, The University of Hong Kong
- Master of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Bachelor of Education in English Language Education (First Class Honours, with a second major in Chinese Language Education), The Education University of Hong Kong
Academic and Professional Experience
- Teaching Fellow, Department of Language Science and Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of Language Science and Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Guest Lecturer, Department of Linguistics and Modem Language Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong
- Demonstrator, School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong
Research Interests
Selected Publications
- Chen, X. (2026). Questionnaire on Ditransitive Constructions雙及物結構調查問卷. Eastling 東方語言學, 27, 116-130.
- Chen, X. (2023). Lexical Attrition of Teochew Speakers in Guangzhou. Buckeye East Asian Linguistics, 7, 22-31.
- Chen, X. (2025, October). The Evolution of Ditransitive Constructions in a Linguistics Area: A Case Study of Yue Dialects in Guangxi 語言區域中雙及物結構的變遷：以廣西粵方言為例, The 29th International Conference on Yue Dialects, Macao.
- Chen, X. (2025, September). The Polyfunctional Use of the ACQUIRE Verb ‘de’ 得 in Xiang Sinitic, The International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (ICSTLL), Bern, Switzerland.
- Chen, X. (2025, June). Causative-Permissive Markers in Southern Chinese Dialects 南方方言的致使標記, Symposium on Syntactic-Semantic Theory in Chinese Linguistics 2025 —— Analytic Causative Constructions in Chinese Dialects 2025 年漢語句法語義理論研究學術討論會 —— 漢語方言的分析型致使結構, Shanghai, China.
- Chen, X. (2025, June). Sentence Final Particle in Chaozhou (Chaoan) Min Dialect 潮州（潮安）閩方言的句末助詞, Inter-Regional Forum on Dialectal Grammar, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
- Chen, X. (2025, February). Ditransitive Constructions in Southern Chinese Dialects 漢語南方方言的雙及物結構, 2024/25 School of Chinese Research Student Seminar, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
- Chen, X. (2024, December). The Passive Constructions in Yangjiang Yue Chinese 廣東陽江方言的被動句, The 28th International Conference on Yue Dialects, Hong Kong.
- Chen, X. & Huang H. (2024, October). The Negator [Xən54] in Xing’an Xiang Chinese 興安話的否定副詞「很」, The 6th Neo-descriptivism International Conference第六屆「走向新描寫主義」國際研討會, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
- Chen, X. (2024, September).The Grammaticalization of GIVE in Chinese: As a Substitutional-hypothetical Marker, The 12th International Conference of the European Association of Chinese Linguistics (EACL- 12), Rome, Italy.
- Chen, X. (2024, June). The Investigation on Ditransitive Constructions in Southern Chinese Dialects 漢語南方方言的雙及物結構調查, Symposium on Chinese Language Features: Theories and Practices 漢語特徵研究的理論與實踐研討會, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
- Chen, X. (2024, June). The Evolution of Cantonese in Two Centuries: from Past to Future —— A Case Study of Bei6 從「被」看香港粵語二百年間的變化：過去到將來, The Seventh Forum on Cantonese Linguistics (FoCaL-7), Hong Kong.
- Chen, X. (2023, June). The Hypothetical Usage of Bei in Yue Dialects 粵方言「畀」的假設義用法, The 23rd Workshop on Cantonese (WOC-23), Hong Kong.
- Chen, X. (2022, November). Bei in Bei Zoek —— The 6th Usage of Bei 「畀着」的「畀」——粵方言「畀」的第六種用法, The 26th International Conference on Yue Dialects, online.
- Chen, X. (2022, October). Lexical Influence of Cantonese on Teochew —— A Case Study of a Multilingual Family, Buckeye East Asian Linguistics Forum 5 (BEAL Forum 5), online.
- Chen, X. (2022, May). The Use of the Bei in Contemporary Spoken Cantonese, The 6th Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics (WICL-6), online.
- Chen, X. (2021, March) Teaching, Learning and Sharing via Edmodo, EdmodoCon2020, online.
