Contact Information

Office: 3069 JFSB

Phone: 422-4952

Email: dana_bourgerie@byu.edu

Commonly Taught Courses Chinese 325: Structure of the Chinese Language
Chinese 326: Survey of Chinese Linguistics
Chinese 495: Senior Seminar on Chinese Linguistics

Biography: Dana Bourgerie is a Professor of Chinese in the Department of Asian and Near Eastern Languages. He earned his Ph.D in East Asian Languages (linguistics focus) in 1991 from The Ohio State University. He also taught one year at his Alma Mater before arriving at BYU. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a visiting lecturer at City University of Hong Kong, and is an adjunct professor in the Overseas Education College at Nanjing University in China. His research interests are in language variation, sociolinguistics, dialect studies (especially Yue), and language acquisition. He is currently doing research on Chinese classifier systems, non-standard varieties of Chinese, and on assessment of advanced Chinese learners. Professor Bourgerie is a past president of the Chinese Language Teachers Association and has served as the director of the Chinese Flagship Center at BYU since its inception in 2002. Sample Publications With Carl Falsgraf. “The Language Flagship: Multiple Approaches to Creating Global Professionals.” In U.S.-China Educational Exchange: Perspectives on a Growing Partnership, ed. Shepherd Laughlin, 83-97. New York: Institute of International Education, 2008. "Computer Aided Language Learning for Chinese: A Survey and Annotated Bibliography." (2003). Journal of Chinese Language Teachers Association (JCLTA). Volume 39:2. "Acquisition of Modal Particles in Chinese Second Language Learners." Occasional Papers/Monograph Series of the Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association (1995) "Postposed Modals in Mandarin and Cantonese: Evidence for Restructuring." Papers in Chinese Linguistics (Hong Kong Linguistics Society, 1999) Beginning Cantonese.

Degrees: BA., U. of Minnesota, 1982
MA, Ohio State U., 1987
PhD, Ohio State U., 1991