Manuscripts

Under revision. Asymmetries in doubling and Cyclic Linearization.

In prep. Aspectual verbs in Cantonese: a split aspect analysis. [with Victor Pan]

In prep. Epistemic indefinites in Cantonese: a case study of mzi

In prep. Hyperraising, evidentiality and phase deactivation. [with Ka-Fai Yip]

Publications

2017. Defocalization in Cantonese right dislocation. Gengo Kenkyu 152: 59-87.

Proceedings:

2020. Expressing ignorance beyond the nominal domain in Japanese: a comparative view. JK 26.

2020. Defending the notion of defocus in Cantonese. Yue 22.

2020. Quantifier-Raising a head. GLOW in Asia 12 & SICOGG 21.

2019. Head movement with semantic effects: Aspectual verb raising in Cantonese. LSA 93.

2018. Deontic modality in Japanese: Positioning the expressions of recommendation. JK 25. [with Tony Tsz-Fung Lau]

2018. Epistemic indefinites and reportative indefinites in Cantonese. PACLIC 32. [with Hok Yuen Wong]

Presentations

1. Movement of quantificational heads, at NELS 51, UQAM (webinar).

2. Strength in deontic modals as acceptability and optimality, at NACCL-32, UConn (webinar).

3. Generalized Scope Economy, at NACCL 32, UConn (webinar). [with Ka-Fai Yip]

4. Hyperraising and evidentiality, at SICOGG 22, Gyeongsang National University (webinar). [with Ka-Fai Yip]

5. Generalized Scope Economy, at SICOGG 22, Gyeongsang National University (webinar). [with Ka-Fai Yip]

6. Syllable deletion and morphological length in Cantonese verbs, at FoCaL 3, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.

7. M-zi ‘not-know’ in Cantonese as an epistemic marker, at WICL 5, The Ohio State University (webinar).

8. Zero-coded passives in Cantonese, at WICL 5, The Ohio State University (webinar). [with Sheila Shu-Laam Chan and Ka-Fai Yip]

9. Verb doubling and Cyclic Linearization, at WCCFL 38, UBC.

10. Raising, phase unlocked, at WCCFL-38, UBC. [with Ka-Fai Yip]

11. M-zi ‘not-know’ in Cantonese as an epistemic marker, at ARF 2019, HKEduU.

12. Sentence-initial root modals and focus, at ARF 2019, HKEduU. [with Ka-Fai Yip]

13. Quantifier-Raising a head, at GLOW in Asia 12 & SICOGG 21, Dongguk University.

14. Two classes of doxastic attitudes verbs, at FoCaL 2, HKEduU. [with Ka-Fai Yip]

15. Strength in possibility modals: From weak necessity to strong possibility, at IACL 27, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies.

16. Head movement with semantic effects: Aspectual verb raising in Cantonese, at LSA 93, New York City.

17. Decomposing wh-expressions in Cantonese，at CSS 11, CUHK. [with Hok-Yuen Wong]

18. Epistemic indefinites and reportative indefinites in Cantonese, at PACLIC 32, HKPolyU. [with Hok-Yuen Wong]

19. Two subclasses of verbs of thinking in Cantonese, ARF 2018, CUHK. [with Ka-Fai Yip]

20. Expressing ignorance beyond the nominal domain in Japanese: a comparative view, at JK 26, UCLA.

21. Strength in possibility modals: From weak necessity to strong possibility, at NASSLLI 2018, CMU.

22. Defending the notion of defocus in Cantonese, at Yue 22, HKEduU.

23. Deontic modality in Japanese: Positioning the recommendation-type modal expressions, at JK 25, Hawai’i University at Manoa. [withTony Tsz-Fung Lau]

24. Right dislocation of verb in Cantonese - A case of head movement to specifier，at Yue 21, Macao Polytechnic Institute.

25. A study on periphery of Japanese and Cantonese, at Yue 20, CUHK.