moira yip is a british linguist. she earned her phd in linguistics in 1980 from mit. she retired in 2009 from university college london (ucl). she had been professor of linguistics there. at ucl she also was co-director of the centre for human communication. she was also pro-provost for china. before joining ucl, she was professor of linguistics and acting dean at the university of california-irvine (1992-1999) and associate professor at brandeis university (1982-1992).