Presentation

Luo, Zhuosi. (forthcoming). Contextual causee interpretation in the permissive causative: A case study on Teochew. 

• The 11th International Conference on Formal Linguistics (ICFL-11) [第十一届形式语言学国际研讨会]. Guangzhou, China. 

*Luo, Zhuosi. (forthcoming). TBA. 

• Workshop on Converging on Causal Ontology Analyses (COCOA). French National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre national de la recherche scientifique; CNRS ). Paris, France. 

Luo, Zhuosi.  (2025). Acknowledging the gap while bridging it: The experimental vs. theoretical divide on the cognitive science study of language. 

• Global Chinese Scholars'  Symposium on Linguistics and Language Education [首届全球华人学者语言学与语言教育国际学术]. Hangzhou, China.

Luo, Zhuosi & Biggs, Alison. (2025). Big and small as dimension-less degree modifiers: Evidence from Shantou Teochew. 

• The 43rd West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 43). Seattle, US.

Luo, Zhuosi & Biggs, Alison. (2025). Interpreting adjectives: Insights from adjective classifiers. 

• Asian Online Workshop on Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics. Online, China.

*Luo, Zhuosi. (2024). Part I:  Meaning representation in the brain. Part II: Acknowledging the gap while bridging it: The experimental vs. theoretical divide on the cognitive science study of language. 

• School of Foreign Studies, Minzu University of China. Beijing, China. 

*Luo, Zhuosi. (2024). Causality, modality and contextual argument interpretation. 

• Asian Online Workshop on Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics. Online, China.

*Luo, Zhuosi. (2024). Contextual causee interpretation and the elusive nature of agency. 

• Workshop on Converging on Causal Ontology Analyses (COCOA), French National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre national de la recherche scientifique; CNRS ). Paris, France. 

Luo, Zhuosi & Biggs, Alison. (2024). Classifier and comparison class: Evidence for cross-linguistic variation in the calculation of standards. 

• Sinn und Bedeutung 29 (SuB-29). Noto, Italy. 

*Luo, Zhuosi. (2024). Acknowledging the gap while bridging it: Psycho/Neurolinguistics in the wake of current theoretical linguistic advances. 

• Changing Boundaries: The Second International Workshop on Language and Brain (CB-2024) [改写分界线： 第二届语言与脑科学国际研讨会]. Beijing, China. 

*Luo, Zhuosi. (2024). Cause(e, e’) is not sophisticated enough, so is the label AGENT/CAUSEE: Lessons from Teochew. 

• Language Processing Lab, Department of Linguistics, The University of Chicago. Chicago, US. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2024). Multidimensional causality and modality: A case study on Teochew periphrastic causatives. 

• The 10th Mid-Atlantic Colloquium of Studies in Meaning (MACSIM-10). University of Maryland, US. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2024). Interpreting causee in a ‘permissive’ causative: A case study on Teochew. 

• Presented at the Prospective Linguistics Ph.D. Student Day. Georgetown University, US. 

*Luo, Zhuosi. (2024). Causality and modality. 

• Department of Chinese, Beijing Normal University. Beijing, China. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2024). Causality and modality: A case study on Teochew periphrastic causatives. 

• The 98th Annual Meeting of Linguistic Society of America (LSA-98). New York, US. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2024). Interpreting causee in a ‘permissive’ causative: A case study on Teochew. 

• The 98th Annual Meeting of Linguistic Society of America (LSA-98). New York, US. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). Contextual causee interpretation in Teochew attitude-bearing causatives. 

• The 15th Syntax and Semantics Conference in Paris (CSSP-15); Moral Language Workshop. École normale supérieure, France. 

*Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). Interpreting the causee in a ‘permissive’ causative: A case study on Teochew. 

• The SynNYU Workshop, Department of Linguistics, New York University. New York, US. 

*Biggs, Alison & Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). Building adjectives. 

• Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics, Concordia University. Montreal, Canada. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). Causal cognition and agency encoded in linguistic expressions. 

• The 1st Annual Academic Conference of the Professional Committee on Language, Cognition and Intelligence Development, Society on Modernization of Chinese Language [中国语文现代化学会语言认知与智能发展专业委员会第一届学术年会]. Tsinghua University, China. 

*Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). Cause(e1, e2) is not sophisticated enough: A case study on Teochew. 

• The 5th International Workshop on Syntactic Cartography (IWSC-5) [第五届句法制图国际研讨会]. Beijing, China. [Note: One of the conference themes is causative.]

Kang, Xing & Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). The syntax and semantics of intentional control verb shitu in Mandarin. 

• The 5th International Workshop on Syntactic Cartography (IWSC-5) [第五届句法制图国际研讨会]. Beijing Language and Culture University, China. [Note: One of the conference themes is causative.]

*Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). Causality and modality: plural causal instantiations in Teochew. 

• Workshop on Converging on Causal Ontology Analyses (COCOA). French National Centre for Scientific Research (Centre national de la recherche scientifique; CNRS ). Paris, France. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). Contextual causee interpretation and LF phasehood: Lessons from Teochew permissive bun-causative. 

• Workshop on Verbal Domains. Newcastle University, UK. 

Kang, Xing & Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). The syntax and semantics of intentional control verb shitu in Mandarin. 

• The 29th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-29) [国际中国语言学学会第二十九届年会]. Macao, China. [Note: Declined due to schedule conflict] 

Luo, Zhuosi & Kang, Xing. (2023). A sublexical modal analysis of Mandarin rang-causative. 

• The 13th Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics (TEAL-13) [第十三届东亚理论语言学论坛]. National Taiwan Normal University, China. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). Contextual causee interpretation: Lessons from Teochew kə-causative. 

• The 41st West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL-41). University of California, Santa Cruz, US. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). Cause(e1, e2) is not sophisticated enough: Lessons from Teochew. 

• The 9th Mid-Atlantic Colloquium of Studies in Meaning (MACSIM-9). University of Pennsylvania, US. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). Taxonomy of implicit causees in Teochew causatives. 

• The 46th Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW-46). University of Vienna & the University of Graz, Austria. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). Thematic relations are not syntactic-layer-linked primitives: Lessons from the CAUSEE interpretation in Teochew ‘give’-causative. 

• Presented at the Prospective Linguistics Ph.D. Student Day. Georgetown University, US. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2023). Thematic relations are not syntactic-layer-linked primitives: Lessons from the CAUSEE interpretation in Teochew ‘give’-causative. 

• The 97th Annual Meeting of Linguistic Society of America (LSA-97). Denver, US. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2022). Thematic interpretation of optional CAUSEE in Teochew ‘give’-causative. 

• The Brussels Conference on Generative Linguistics 15 (BCGL-15): Argument structure, theta-roles, and their realization. KU Leuven, Belgium. 

*Kotfila, Jessica & Luo, Zhuosi. (2022). Linguistics primer on compositional semantics. 

• Neuroscience of Language journal club. Georgetown University. Washington DC, US. 

Biggs, Alison & Luo, Zhuosi. (2022). Adjective classifiers and comparison class. 

• The Annual Conference of the Canadian Linguistic Association (ACL|CLA-2022). Online, Canada. 

Biggs, Alison & Luo, Zhuosi. (2021). The morphosyntax and semantics of adjective classifiers. 

• The 54th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE-54); Workshop: Adjective: the unknown category. Online, Europe. 

Biggs, Alison & Luo, Zhuosi. (2021).A comparative approach to adjective classifier morphosyntax. 

• The 33rd meeting of the North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-33). University of Chicago, US. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2021). Specificity and quantifier scope in Teochew: empirical supports for choice function. 

• The 95th Annual Meeting of Linguistic Society of America (LSA-95). Online, US. 

Biggs, Alison & Luo, Zhuosi. (2020). The morphosyntax of adjective classifiers in Shantou Teochew. 

• The 56th Annual Meeting of Chicago Linguistics Society 56 (CLS-56). University of Chicago, US. [Note: Cancelled due to Covid] 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2019). The cartographic map of Teochew possessive structure. 

• The Joint Conference of Changing Boundaries & The 3rd International Workshop on Syntactic Cartography (IWSC-3) [“改写分界线”语言学系建设国际研讨会暨第三届句法制图国际研讨会]. Beijing Language and Culture University, China. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2018). Derived heads of Cantonese left periphery and cartographic distributions of its sentence final particles. 

• The 8th International Conference on Formal Linguistics (China) (ICFL-8) [第八届形式语言学国际研讨会]. Zhejiang University, China. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2018). The grammatical sound changes in Teochew. 

• The 5th International Conference of Chinese Prosodic Grammar (ICCPG-5) [第五届韵律语法研究国际研讨会]. Fudan University, China. 

Luo, Zhuosi. (2018). The synthetic performances of Teochew. 

• The International Workshop on Syntactic Analyticity and Grammatical Parameters [语言句法分析性与语法参数理论国际研讨会]. Workshop in honor of Professor C. -T. James Huang’s 2015 work On Syntactic Analyticity and Parametric Theory. Beijing Language and Culture University, China.