Presentations

REFEREED PRESENTATIONS

2025

Mood selection and Vietnamese main-clause complementizer. At Western Conference On Linguistics 2025 (WECOL2025). California State U, Fresno, Nov. 21-22. [Online presentation]
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, Oct. 31-Nov. 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, Oct. 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). NTHU, Mar. 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, Mar. 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, Mar. 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, Oct. 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). NTHU, Jun. 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, Mar. 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 & Culture U, Oct. 29-30; with Dylan Tsai. [Presentation]
Vietnamese bare reflexive and the blocking effect. At Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics 13 (TEAL-13). NTNU, May 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). U of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, May 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, Aug. 23. [Presentation]

2025

How-expressions in Old Vietnamese with reference to (Annamese) Middle Chinese. At Seminar on Comparative Syntactic Studies of Modern and Classical Chinese. Institute of Linguistics, NTHU, Sep. 15.
Comparative Syntax. At Syntax II. Institute of Linguistics, NTHU, Apr. 30.

2025

Canonical and non-canonical why-expressions in Vietnamese. At 2025 NTHU Linguistics Forum: Workshop on Syntax and Semantics. NTHU, May 12. [Invited talk]
On modal uses of tense markers in Vietnamese. At 2025 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-5). Ca' Foscari U of Venice, Jan. 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, Jan. 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. Jan. 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. NTHU, Oct. 19; with Roger Liao. [Invited talk]
Vietnamese mình: Attitudes, empathy and the blocking effect. At 15th Workshop on Formal Syntax and Semantics (FOSS-15). NTNU, Oct. 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). NYCU, Mar. 16-17; with Dylan Tsai. [Presentation]
Locative inversion in Vietnamese. At 2024 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-4). NYCU, Mar. 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). NTHU, 11/11; with Dylan Tsai. [Invited talk]
Vietnamese modal ĐƯỢC is only dynamic postverbally. At 2023 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-3). Konan U, Mar. 17-19; with Barbara Meisterernst. [Presentation]
On the non-canonical uses of Vietnamese ĐÂU. At 2023 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-3). Konan U, Mar. 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, Mar. 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, Mar. 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, Apr. 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, Apr. 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, Dec. 22. [Presentation]

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