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Yumo Ci is a PhD candidate in Linguistics at NOVA University Lisbon. She holds a Master's degree in Portuguese as Foreign or Second Language from the University of Minho. Her research interests focus on L2 speech learning and processing, particularly perception, production, and the cognitive factors that influence these processes. Her current doctoral project examines how Portuguese speakers perceive and produce Mandarin lexical tones.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Yumo Ci

Citation names

  • Ci, Yumo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
EE14-8E7D-6EA7
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2410-2875

Email addresses

  • a2022105439@campus.fcsh.unl.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Linguistics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Chinese (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Japanese Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Education
Degree Classification
2022/09/30 - 2028/06/30
Ongoing
Linguistics (Doutoramento)
Major in Psycholinguistics
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal

Lancaster University, United Kingdom
2018/09/10 - 2022/01/31
Concluded
Portuguese as Foreign or Second Language (Mestrado)
Major in Portuguese as Foreign or Second Language
Universidade do Minho Escola de Letras Artes e Ciências Humanas, Portugal
"Perceção das consoantes fricativas do português língua segunda por aprendentes chineses" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2014/09/01 - 2018/06/15
Concluded
Portuguese (Bachelor)
Major in Portuguese
Sichuan International Studies University, China
16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/02 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Ci, Yumo; Ge, Yuxin; Qi Zheng; Magdalena Kachlicka; Kazuya Saito; Rebuschat, Patrick; Correia, Susana. "Individual Differences in the Sub-lexical Perception and Production of L2 Mandarin Tones". Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics (2025):
    Submitted
  2. Ci Yumo; Cristina Flores; Diana Moreira de Oliveira. "Perceção das consoantes fricativas do português língua segunda por aprendentes chineses". Diacrítica (2023): https://doi.org/10.21814/diacritica.4802.
    10.21814/diacritica.4802
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/02/21 L2 Mandarin sub-lexical tone perception and production: the role of individual differences Language Learning Research Lab Meeting
Lancaster University
2024/11/29 Data analysis—L2 Mandarin sub-lexical tone perception and production: the role of individual differences Language Learning Research Lab Meeting
Lancaster University
2023/12/15 L2 Speech Learning and Individual Differences: Mandarin Tones’ Lexical and Sub-lexical Perception and Production (Poster presentation) 2023 Lisbon Winter Retreat
The Linguistics Research Centre of NOVA University Lisbon (CLUNL) (Lisbon, Portugal)
2023/09/15 Lexical and sub-lexical production of Mandarin lexical tones by Portuguese L2 speakers New trends in Chinese as a Second Language
Lancaster University (Lancaster, United Kingdom)
2023/06/16 Methodology design: Mandarin lexical tone sub-lexical and lexical perception by L2 and HL speakers NLT L2 Phonology Research Forum
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas - Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
2021/06/07 Perceção das Consoantes Fricativas do Português Língua Segunda por Aprendentes Chineses III Jornada Internacional "Princípios e práticas de formação em línguas estrangeiras"
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2019/06/17 Perceção e produção das consoantes líquidas /l/ e /r/ de Português L2 por falantes de Mandarim L1 (Poster presentation) II Jornada Internacional “Princípios e práticas de formação em línguas estrangeiras”
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2024/07/31 - Current NLT L2 Speech Research Forum (2022/10/01)
Meeting (Co-organisor)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Lancaster University, United Kingdom

University of Toronto, Canada

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/07/01 - 2024/07/05 L2 speech learning: from research to pronunciation teaching – Adelina Castelo (Universidade Aberta, Portugal) & Chao Zhou (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Seminar
Lisbon Summer School in Linguistics 2024
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
2024/07/01 - 2024/07/01 Insights into the erosion and the reactivation of childhood languages – Cristina Flores (Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Seminar
Lisbon Summer School in Linguistics 2024
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
2023/12/04 - 2023/12/06 Topic proposer and group discussion leader: Language, Multilingualism, and Multiculturalism in the Alliance
Workshop
EUTOPIA Week Dresden 2023
Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
2023/07/03 - 2023/07/07 Researching L2 speech perception and production in instructed SLA: tasks, measures and cognitive individual differences – Joan Carles Mora (University of Barcelona, Spain)
Seminar
Lisbon Summer School in Linguistics 2023
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
2023/07/03 - 2023/07/07 Linguistic aspects and individual differences in child heritage language development – Vicky Chondrogianni (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Seminar
Lisbon Summer School in Linguistics 2023
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
2023/06/29 - 2023/06/29 Consecutive Interpreter (Chinese–Portuguese) Provided consecutive interpretation during the official signing ceremony of the Cooperation and Friendship Agreement between Leiria (Portugal) and Qingyuan (China), as well as during follow-up visits to NERLEI (Leiria Business Association), Valco Group, and the Polytechnic University of Leiria.
Other
Signing of the Cooperation and Friendship Agreement between the Municipality of Leiria and the People's Government of Qingyuan County.
Câmara Municipal de Leiria, Portugal
2023/06/19 - 2023/06/23 Proposal presentation—Cyber Wellness: A Unified Platform Contributing to European Digital Citizenship (Awarded Best Proposal)
Workshop
EUTOPIA Doctoral Summer School 2023
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2023/05/08 - 2023/05/10 Volunteer Liaison Officer
Other
Visit of Chinese Vice President Han Zheng to Portugal
Embassy of China in Portugal, Portugal
2022/10/26 - 2022/10/28 Attendee
Congress
XXXVIII Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/07/04 - 2022/07/08 L2 speech learning: The effects of phonetic training – Anabela Rato (Universidade de Toronto, Canadá)
Seminar
Lisbon Summer School in Linguistics 2022
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
2022/07/04 - 2022/07/08 Bilingual children’s syntactic knowledge: Ways of assessing its multifaceted dimensions – Jacopo Torregrossa (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
Seminar
Lisbon Summer School in Linguistics 2022
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
2022/07/04 - 2022/07/08 Experimental and computational approaches to lexicon and morphology – João Veríssimo (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Seminar
Lisbon Summer School in Linguistics 2022
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro de Linguística, Portugal
2019/10 - 2019/10 Attendee
Congress
XXXV Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2025/03/26 - 2025/03/26 Topics in Phonology—L2 Mandarin Tone Learning: Insights from Sub-lexical Tone Perception and Production (Mestrado) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
2024/10/30 - 2024/10/30 Introdução às Ciências da Linguagem—Os Sons e os tons: Comparação entre o mandarim e o português (Licenciatura) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2023 Best Proposal Award – Cyber Wellness: A Unified Platform Contributing to European Digital Citizenship

Other distinction

2020 Bolsas de iniciação à investigação – Verão com Ciência
Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos Humanísticos, Portugal

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal