Invited Talks

2025 Nov
Genre as emergent stratum: What does the study of casual conversation tell us about genre? The 10th International Conference on Appliable Linguistics: New Developments in Genre and Register. Martin Centre for Appliable Linguistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Plenary.

2025 Nov
Some issues around the discussion of a morpheme rank in an axis-based model of language. The 3rd International Online Systemic Functional Linguistics Interest Group Conference (SFLIG 2025), University of Tasmania, Nara University of Education & The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Keynote.

2025 July
Grammatical argumentation in SFL: A synthesis of grammatical descriptions from 2004 to 2024 with insights into the description of Khorchin Mongolian. The 50th International Systemic Functional Congress (ISFC 50), University of Glasgow. Plenary.

2025 Apr
Interlocutor positioning: Negotiating knowledge and responsibility. The 30th Symposium on Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, City University of Macau.

2024 Nov
Reflections on describing the interpersonal grammar of Khorchin Mongolian. The 9th International Conference on Appliable Linguistics: Language Description Informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Plenary.

2024 Oct
Knowledge positioning in conversation: An SFL perspective. International Conference on Hallidayan Linguistics, Sun Yat-sen University (Online). Plenary.

2022 Dec
语篇视角的语法描写：蒙古语时态系统与命题协商，第十五届研究生学术研讨会暨第五届外国语言文学博士论坛，厦门大学（Describing grammar from the perspective of discourse. Xiamen University）

2022 Jan
Epistemic relations in economics and linguistics: Legitimising objects of study and approaches in introductory textbooks. LCT3.5-China, Wits LCT Research Hub–The LCT Centre for Knowledge-Building–University of International Business and Economics.

2021 Dec
Realising engagement: A crosslinguistic consideration. International Conference on Appliable Linguistics and Appraisal Studies, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Keynote.

2021 Nov
Describing and characterising mood as a clause system: Data, axis, and discourse. International Research Collaboration WCU, Universitas Indonesia.

2020 Dec
Dialogic positioning in Khorchin Mongolian: The temporal and spatial dimensions of propositional engagement in conversations. SFL Pre-conference Institute – Vietnam International Linguistics Conference, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.

2020 Dec
信息协商与语步系统，功能语言学青年学者京师论坛，北京师范大学（Negotiation of information and the move systems. Beijing Normal University）

2019 Oct
Move systems: Realising knowledge exchanges. The Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association Annual Conference (ASFLA 2019), The University of Sydney. Keynote. & Interdisciplinary Discourse Analysis in Education, the Arts and Social Sciences (IDEAS) Research Group, University of Wollongong.

2018 Nov
Interpersonal functionality: Bonding and consensus. Colloquium on Functional Linguistics: Descriptive and Typological Perspectives, The University of Sydney.

2017 Nov
Grammar of negotiation: The least delicate interpersonal clause system in Khorchin Mongolian. Postgraduate Research Seminar, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Beijing Normal University.

Workshops/Guest Lectures

2025 Nov
History Discourse. Workshop for the 10th International Conference on Appliable Linguistics. Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

2025 Apr
Why do English clauses need a Subject? Beijing Norman University, Zhuhai.

2025 Mar
Approaching the interpersonal grammar of languages other than English. Hong Kong Metropolitan University.

2024 Nov
Describing interpersonal grammar: MOOD. Workshop for the 9th International Conference on Appliable Linguistics. Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

2024 Oct
研究框架的建构与创新：基于交换结构的会话研究，重庆交通大学（Building and innovating your research framework: The study of conversation based on the exchange structure model. Chongqing Jiaotong University）

2024 Sept
学术写作中的一些语言现象，中国科学院心理研究所（Some features of academic writing, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences）

2024 June
Describing interpersonal grammar systemic-functionally. Pre-congress workshop. The 49th International Systemic Functional Congress (ISFC49), University of New South Wales.

2022 Nov
语言研究中的对象、问题与方法，学业科研发展中心科研立项指导讲座，对外经济贸易大学（Object of study, research problems, and methods in linguistics, University of International Business and Economics）

2020 Jul
Analysing information flow in student writing. Universitas Indonesia.

2020 Jun
Choosing a research topic in linguistics: A personal reflection, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, Indonesia.

2019 Dec
Speech function and exchange structure, Beijing Normal University.

2019 Nov
How to write a linguistic interpretation: Comparing texts, The University of Sydney.

Conference Parallel Sessions/Colloquia/Seminars

2025 July
Is there a morpheme rank? Colloquium on word grammar: SFL perspectives, the 50th International Systemic Functional Congress (ISFC 50), University of Glasgow.

2024 July
Verb systems in Khorchin Mongolian: Seen from above. Colloquium on Word Structure: An SFL Perspective, the 49th International Systemic Functional Congress (ISFC 49), University of New South Wales.

2024 July
English nomenclature of chemical compounds. Colloquium on Word Structure: An SFL Perspective, ISFC49, UNSW (with YU Zhigang).

2024 July
Negotiating patient experience: Comparing interactions among physiotherapists in history taking. ISFC49, UNSW (with Harni Kartika-Ningsih, Jing Hao, and Faizah Abdullah Djawas).

2023 Nov
Dynamism in action exchanges: Negotiating responsibility. 8th International Conference on Appliable Linguistics, Shanghai Jiaotong University.

2022 Jul
The interpersonal system of predication in Khorchin Mongolian. ISFC47, Shenzhen University.

2021 Nov
Move options in action exchange. The 1st International Online Systemic Functional Linguistics Interest Group (SFLIG) Conference, University of Tasmania, Molloy College & The University of British Columbia.

2021 Oct 
蒙古语科尔沁土语的“格”系统，第17届中国功能语言学学术研讨会，韩山师范大学（The CASE system in Khorchin Mongolian. Hanshan Normal University）

2021 Sept
蒙古语科尔沁土语中语气词与时态标记的互动，中国民族语言学会第十四次全国学术研讨会，中央民族大学（The interaction between modal particles and tense markers in Khorchin Mongolian. Minzu University of China）

2020 May
TENSE in Khorchin Mongolian: An interpersonal perspective. SFLIG 2020 Webinar, University of Tasmania.

2019 Jul
The ASSESSMENT system in Khorchin Mongolian. ISFC46, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

2018 Jul
Nominal group system and structure in Khorchin Mongolian. ISFC45. Boston College.

2018 Jul
Translation as re-instantiation: Translators’ choices (with A/Prof. Mira Kim). ISFC45, Boston College.

2018 Jul
Abstraction or generalisation? Comparative issues around modal assessment: Examples of Khorchin Mongolian and Chilean Spanish (with A/Prof. Teresa Oteíza). Systemic Language Modelling (SLaM) Network Pre-ISFC Seminar, Boston College.

2018 Jun
Stance as a subsystem of Khorchin Mongolian indicative mood. Systemic Functional Linguistics and Social Semiotics Seminar, The University of Sydney.

2017 Nov
Grammar of negotiation – MOOD in Khorchin Mongolian. International Colloquium on Systemic Functional Language Typology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

2017 Jul
Negotiating meaning: MOOD in Khorchin Mongolian. ISFC44, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.

2017 Jul
A proposal for multi-layered glossing in SFL – Construing ‘possession’ – in/un/nu and tai in Modern Written Mongolian. ISFC44, University of Wollongong.

2016 Jul
Towards a systemic profile of transitivity in Mongolian. ISFC43, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia.

2015 Dec
Participant roles in Mongolian: A preliminary study based on a folk tale. International Conference on Functional Language Typology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.