About me

Nice to meet you!

I am 顏錦 (YAN Jin, [jɛn˧˥tɕɪn˨˩˦] in Mandarin and [ŋaŋ˨kim˧˧˨] in Eastern Min Chinese), or you can call me Steven.

I am a PhD student in linguistics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) from August, 2025, under the supervision of Professor Victor Junnan PAN, and I am a member of Prof. Victor Pan’s lab. My research interest is mainly on formal linguistics, especially on the Minimalist Program and Chinese syntax, including:

• Syntax-discourse interface (discourse particles in Chinese dialects)
• A/A’-distinction
• Free-Merge

Besides, I am also exploring neurolinguistics, looking forward to explaining human languages from a different perspective.

Languages: Chinese (native, Mandarin/Eastern Min), English (proficient), French (intermediate), Spanish (basic).