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DING Yanyin Kris

Ph.D.

Tel 3943 7021
Office Fung King Hey 314

Title of Dissertation:
An Analysis of WeChat Users’ Bilingual Practices in Self-Presentation

Supervisor:
Professor Carmen LEE

From a functional perspective, my research probes into the bilingual linguistic resources that WeChat users deploy to manage their online self-images. The research also aims to compare and explain the potentially different self-images constructed in two languages on WeChat communication.

Research Interests
Digital Discourse Analysis, Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC), Multimodal Discourse Analysis, Language Use in Digital Age