PhD student at the University of Mannheim
tianyi.bai@students.uni-mannheim.de
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CV
Since September 2024: Doctoral candidate at the University of Mannheim (German Linguistics and Media Studies). Dissertation topic: Cooperation and coordination in challenging situations: Multiactivity and progressivity in everyday language tandem interaction.
09.2022 – 09.2024: Master’s studies at the University of Mannheim (Language and Communication). Master’s thesis: Negative responsive particles in chat communication.
09.2017 – 06.2022: Bachelor’s degree at Beijing Foreign Studies University (German Studies).
09.2019 – 01.2020: Exchange semester at the University of Passau.
Research Interests
> Multimodal Conversation Analysis
> Interactional Linguistics
> Chat Communication
> Second Language Acquisition and Language Teaching
Conference Publication
Bai, T. (2023). The Reply Function in WhatsApp Chat Communication. In L. Cotgrove, L. Herzberg, H. Lungen, & I. Pisetta(Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on CMC and Social Media Corporafor the Humanities 2023 (pp.29-32). University of Mannheim; Leibniz-lnstitut fur Deutsche Sprache (IDS). CMC2023.proceedings.v1.1.pdf
Looking for Participants.
I am currently researching everyday interactions between German learners and native German speakers as part of my doctoral thesis.
For my project, I am looking for:
-> Language pairs who already speak German together.
or
-> Individuals who would like to find a suitable language partner.
The language partners will meet for a short, informal conversation or a leisure activity (e.g., cooking together or playing a game). A video recording will be made – purely for academic purposes and protected in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
As a token of appreciation, each participant will receive €20 per recording.
The location and time will be arranged flexibly.
Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.12.2025
Tianyi Bai 