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Biography
Janet Davey is a PhD candidate in the School of Literature, Languages & Linguistics (SLLL) and the Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW), researching native Chinese speakers’ understanding of chengyu 成语 ‘Chinese idiomatic expressions’.
Research Interests
Janet has a broad interest in Chinese linguistics, language processing, idiomatic language, Chinese official discourse, semantics and translation, as well as queer and Chinese Australian experiences.
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Chinese only introduced a feminine pronoun in the 1920s. Now, it might adopt a gender-inclusive one
Davey, J., 17 Mar 2025, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › General Article
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Taking 'TA' beyond the binary: In search of multimodal gender-inclusive pronouns in Chinese
Davey, J., 2024, In: Image [&] Narrative. 25, 3, 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Creative chengyu: How semantic compositionality and structural productivity facilitate idiom wordplay in Chinese
Davey, J., 8 Mar 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Taking 'TA' beyond the binary: In search of gender-inclusive pronouns in Chinese
Davey, J., 7 Dec 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Acquisition of negation in L2 Chinese: A corpus-based analysis of negation marker errors in the HSK Dynamic Composition Corpus
Davey, J., 4 Jan 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper