Cheryl Yeo

Doctoral candidate (Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Schmidt)

Institute of English Philology

Curriculum Vitae

2021 – Present
Doctor of Philosophy (English Linguistics)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (University of Munich), Germany
2019 – 2021
Master of Arts (English Linguistics)
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (University of Munich), Germany
2007 – 2011
Bachelor of Arts (Education) with Honours
Major in English Language and Linguistics, Minor in Geography
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Academic Profile

  • Sociolinguistics
  • World Englishes
  • Singapore English
  • Asian Englishes
  • Sociophonetics
  • Phonetics and Phonology
  • Variation in Language
  • Accents

  • 2026 ICAME47 Conference, ‘Rhoticity in Singapore English’, University of Koblenz, Germany
  • 2025 ICAME46 Conference, ‘Rhoticity in Singapore English’, University of Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2025 LMU Class of Language Graduate School Colloquium, ‘Rhoticity in Singapore English’, University of Munich
  • 2024 English Linguistics Research Colloquium (Anglistik Oberseminar), ‘Rhoticity in Singapore English’. University of Munich
  • 2023 LMU Class of Language Graduate School Colloquium, ‘Rhoticity in Singapore English’, University of Munich
  • 2022 FJUEL 2022 Linguistics Conference, ‘Rhoticity in Singapore English’, University of Ausburg

Yeo, Cheryl. 2026. "Rhoticity in Singapore English. Variation in authentic speech". English World-Wide, 47/1, 103–136.