Presentations

REFEREED PRESENTATIONS

2025

Beyond the question: Deriving denial and disapproval in Vietnamese non-canonical interrogatives. At 6th International Workshop on Syntactic Cartography (IWSC6). Chinese U of Hong Kong, 10/31-11/1; with Dylan Tsai. [Presentation | abstract]
On applicative constructions in Vietnamese and some Southern Chinese varieties. At 13th International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL 13). Udon Thani Rajabhat U, 10/23-25; with Dylan Tsai & Xin-Tian Lau [Online presentation]
Passive in early Vietnamese grammars: A critical review. At 12th Int'l Conference on Missionary Linguistics: Linguistic Encounters between Europe and Asia (ICML-12). Nat'l Tsing Hua U, 3/28-30. [Presentation]
On the scales of EVENs: A view from Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese. At 14th Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics (TEAL-14). U of Southern California, 3/18-20; with Roger Liao. [Talk | handout]
Locative wh as negation in Vietnamese. At 14th Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics (TEAL-14). U of Southern California, 3/18-20; with Dylan Tsai. [Talk | abstract]

2024

On three particle uses of verb-based đi in Vietnamese. At 12th Int'l Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL12). Payap U, 10/23-25. [Online presentation]
Disentangling scalarity from additivity: the many even’s of Vietnamese. At 33rd Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 33). Nat'l Tsing Hua U, 6/15-17; with Roger Liao. [Presentation]
Two types of scalar even: evidence from Vietnamese. At 14th Generative Linguistics in the Old World in Asia (GLOW in Asia XIV). Chinese U of Hong Kong, 3/6-8; with Roger Liao. [Presentation]

2023

Every 'where' all at once: Vietnamese đâu from a comparative perspective. At 5th Int'l Workshop on Syntactic Cartography (IWSC 2023). Beijing Language and Culture U, 10/29-30; with Dylan Tsai. [Presentation]
Vietnamese bare reflexive and the blocking effect. At Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics 13 (TEAL-13). Nat'l Taiwan Normal U, 5/12-14; with Tim Chou. [Poster presentation]

2022

(Một) cái: a case of grammaticalization in Vietnamese. At 31st Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 31). The U of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, 5/18-20. [Presentation]

2015

Tiếng Việt như ngôn ngữ di sản: bước đầu tìm hiểu một số đặc điểm ngôn ngữ của người Mỹ gốc Việt [Vietnamese as a Heritage Language: a Preliminary Study on Linguistic Characteristics of Vietnamese Americans]. At Int'l Conference on ‘The Linguistics of Vietnam - 30 years of Renovation and Development’. Hanoi, 8/23. [Presentation]

2025

Canonical and non-canonical why-expressions in Vietnamese. At 2025 NTHU Linguistics Forum: Workshop on Syntax and Semantics. Nat'l Tsing Hua U (Hsinchu), 5/12. [Invited talk]
Comparative Syntax. Institute of Linguistics, Nat'l Tsing Hua U (Hsinchu), 4/30. [Guest lecture, Syntax II]
On modal uses of tense markers in Vietnamese. At 2025 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-5). Ca' Foscari U of Venice, 1/30-31; with Dylan Tsai. [Presentation]
Vietnamese há and Chinese qǐ in rhetorical questions: a diachronic syntax perspective. At 2025 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-5). Ca' Foscari U of Venice, 1/30-31; with Barbara Meisterernst. [Presentation]
Scalar EVENs in Vietnamese and Chinese. At the Joint Research Colloquium in Linguistics. Institute of Linguistics, U of Stuttgart. 1/21. [Invited talk]

2024

The scales of EVEN: A comparative study of Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese. At 13th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Taiwan. Nat'l Tsing Hua U, 10/19; with Roger Liao. [Invited talk]
Vietnamese mình: Attitudes, empathy and the blocking effect. At 15th Workshop on Formal Syntax and Semantics (FOSS-15). Nat'l Taiwan Normal U, 10/12-13; with Tim Chou. [Invited talk]
In search of reason, cause, and purpose: Why-expressions in Vietnamese. At 2024 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-4). Nat'l Yang Ming Chiao Tung U, 3/16-17; with Dylan Tsai. [Presentation]
Locative inversion in Vietnamese. At 2024 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-4). Nat'l Yang Ming Chiao Tung U, 3/16-17; with Tim Chou. [Presentation]

2023

Traversing the ‘where’ landscape: Vietnamese đâu beyond location. At Workshop on the Syntax and Semantics of Austronesian and Southeast Asian Languages (2023 NTHU Linguistics Forum). Nat'l Tsing Hua U, 11/11; with Dylan Tsai. [Invited talk]
Vietnamese modal ĐƯỢC is only dynamic postverbally. At 2023 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-3). Konan U, 3/17-19; with Barbara Meisterernst. [Presentation]
On the non-canonical uses of Vietnamese ĐÂU. At 2023 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-3). Konan U, 3/17-19; with Dylan Tsai. [Presentation]

2022

The syntax and semantics of Vietnamese modal được: a diachronic and comparative account. At 2022 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-2). Konan U, 3/19-20; with Barbara Meisterernst. [Online presentation]
On Vietnamese flip-flop constructions: a comparative perspective. At 2022 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-2). Konan U, 3/19-20; with Dylan Tsai. [Online presentation]

2021

An antisymmetry approach to post-nominal modification in Vietnamese. At Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics, Typology and Language Universals. Harvard-Yenching Institute, 4/16-17; with Yi-Ling Liao & Jonah Lin. [Online presentation]
Non-canonical what-questions in Vietnamese. At Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics, Typology and Language Universals. Harvard-Yenching Institute, 4/16-17; with Dylan Tsai. [Online presentation]

2016

Các vấn đề trọng tâm trong ‘Giáo trình Ngôn ngữ học đại cương’ của Ferdinand de Saussure [Ferdinand de Saussure’s ‘Course in General Linguistics’: the central issues]. At Conference in Honor of the 100th Year of Ferdinand de Saussure’s ‘Course in General Linguistics’. Ho Chi Minh, 12/22. [Presentation]

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