Yen-Hwei Lin
(She/Her)
liny@msu.edu
(517) 353-8776
B468 Wells Hall
619 Red Cedar Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824
FacultyLinguistics, Languages, and CulturesDeans AdministrationSecond Language Studies
Professor
Interim Dean, College of Arts & Letters
Linguistics
Biography
Ph.D., Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin
Yen-Hwei Lin’s research has focused on phonological representations and constraints with particular interests in feature theory, moraic and syllabic structures, the phonology-morphology interface, phonetically-based phonology, and Chinese phonology. She is the author of The Sounds of Chinese, co-editor of Lingua Sinica and an associate editor of Language and Linguistics.
University News
Online Repository at MSU to Host NEH-funded Research Expanding Public Access
Knowledge Commons, managed by Michigan State University, was awarded a multi-year contract from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to host and make publicly available NEH-funded…Read now »
MSU Researcher Awarded $650K NSF Grant to Expand Educational Opportunities Through Linguistics Project
Michigan State University Researcher and Assistant Professor of Linguistics Betsy Sneller was awarded $646,385 from the U.S. National Science Foundation, or NSF, to expand educational opportunities…Read now »
Yen-Hwei Lin Recommended as Interim Dean of MSU’s College of Arts & Letters
Yen-Hwei Lin has been recommended to serve as Interim Dean of Michigan State University’s College of Arts & Letters, effective June 10. She will assume the role of Interim Dean Designee…Read now »
Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures Hosts Annual Award Ceremony
The Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures (LiLaC) hosted its annual awards ceremony on April 28 to honor its students for their outstanding work during the 2022-2023 academic…Read now »
2023 Varg-Sullivan Endowed Graduate Awards Presented
This year’s winners of the Varg-Sullivan Endowed Graduate Awards are Mona Jahani, MFA Candidate in Theatre Design, the Outstanding Achievement in the Arts recipient, and Naiyan Du, Ph.D. Candidate…Read now »
MSU Linguistics Ascends Rankings as a Solid Choice for Scholarship
Michigan State University’s Linguistics program is ranked among the top places in the field for study, research, and employment…Read now »
Yen-Hwei Lin Appointed Chair of LingLang Department
After more than a year serving as Acting Interim Chair and then Interim Chair of the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages, Yen-Hwei Lin has been…Read now »
Yen-Hwei Lin to Lead LingLang Department 
Dr. Yen-Hwei Lin has been appointed Acting Interim Chair of the Department of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages, effective November 5, 2018, through August 15,…Read now »