I am a 4th-year PhD student. My main areas of interest include phonology and phonetics. I have used artificial language learning experiments to study phonological universals, and I am also working on the tonal patterns of a variety of Southwestern Mandarin.
Chong, A., Yu, B. & Do, Y. (2026). Conservativity in the scope of phonological generalization learning. Linguistics Vanguard. https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2025-0197
Sze, S. S. L., Yu, X., Van Hoey, T., Yu, B., & Do, Y. (2026). Bilinguals’ advantages in executive function: Learning phonotactics and alternation. Second Language Research, 42(1), 135-164. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676583251327097
Yu, B., Zheng, S., & Do, Y. (2025). Learners' Generalization of Alternation Patterns from Ambiguous Data. In Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology. https://doi.org/10.7275/amphonology.3008
Yu, B., & Do, Y. (2022). The transmission of vowel harmony and vowel disharmony: An iterated learning study. In Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology. https://doi.org/10.3765/amp.v10i0.5439
Yu, B., & Rasin, E. (2026). Learning attested and unattested opaque interactions in the lab. LabPhon 20 (poster).
Yu, B., Zheng, S., & Do, Y. (2025). Learners' generalization of alternation patterns from ambiguous data. Annual Meeting on Phonology (oral presentation).
Yu, B., & Do, Y. (2022). The transmission of vowel harmony and vowel disharmony: An iterated learning study. Annual Meeting on Phonology (oral presentation).
2026 Fall: 24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, Teaching Trainee
2026 Srping: 24.962 Advanced Phonology, Teaching Trainee
2025 Fall: 24.961 Introduction to Phonology, Teaching Trainee