Cheng-Yu Edwin Tsai
蔡承佑
I am an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Department of English in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau. I previously taught in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at City University of Hong Kong (08/2016 - 05/2022). I was born and bred in Chiayi (嘉義), Taiwan.
My CV
Email: cytsai [at] um.edu.mo
Education
Ph.D. in Linguistics, Harvard University
M.A. in Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University
Research interests
syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface
Recent activities (May 2023-)
"Scalar particles and discourse structure", RIBiLT Chinese Language and Linguistics Webinar Series, 29 June, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (online)
"A QUD-based approach to Mandarin dou", the 2nd International Symposium on Formal Approaches to Meaning in Chinese, 21 June, CUHK
""只要"条件句再探", 第四届现代汉语副词句法语义研讨会, 10 June, GDUFS [wtih XJR Huang]
"Scalar particles that regulate partial and complete answers: The case of Mandarin jiu", IACL-29, 29 May, MUST
"Free choice, discourse structure, and Mandarin dou", TEAL-13, 12 May, NTNU (poster)
"Free choice, discourse structure, and Mandarin dou", WCCFL-41, 5 May, UCSC (virtual poster)