0100. Publications

-- Updated on Aug. 11^th, 2014

1. On Comparatives
2. (2014) On the Lexical Meaning of Conditional Connectives in Chinese, paper presented at Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop 15 (2014), University of Macau. [full paper available in the Conference Proceedings. Revised version to appear in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.]
3. (n.d.) Chinese Pragmatics: a survey.
4. (n.d.) Possible-World Theory and Chinese Counterfactuals. In preparation.
5. (n.d.) Corpus of Chinese Rhetoric. In preparation.
6. (n.d.) Lecture Notes on Formal Semantics. In preparation.
7. (n. d.) Lecture Notes on Pragmatic Theory and Chinese Pragmatics. in preparation
8. (2013 n) Direct reference and deferred reference: where formal semantics meets pragmatics. Talk given at Institute of Linguistics, Academy of Social Science, Beijing. December 23rd, 2013. draft
9. (2013 m) Resolution of Chinese Anaphoric Reference in Discourse: a Relevance-Theoretic Characterization. Paper to be presented at the 2nd Conference on Prominence and Locality, Beijing Language University, December 21st, 2013, First draft.
10. (2013 l) Deictic Asymmetry and Deictic Theory. Paper presented at 4th Conference on Syntax and Semantics. Hong Kong Polytechnic University. December, 2013, First draft.
11. (2013 k) The Reach of Counterfactuals in Chinese: conditionals and desideratives -- towards a cross-dialectal study. Paper presented at the Second Syntax and Semantics Forum. PLA Foreign Language University, Qunshan, October, 2013. ppt version
12. (2013 j) Type-Coercion, Ad Hoc Concept Construction, and the Novel Use of BEI-Passivization in Chinese. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Cognitive Semantics. Hunan University, Changsha. March 2013, ppt version.
13. (2013i)
14. 语用学的认知基础及其形式化研究 [Pragmatics: its cognitive basis and its formal analysis], 《语言学》[Linguistics] Chapter 14, (eds.) Chen Dongdong and Wang Zhijie, 中国人民大学出版社。
15. (2013h) 基于HNC的现代汉语句子基本语义类型例句库建设 [Building a Token Corpus of Canonical Semantic Sentence Types for Modern Chinese Based on HNC Theory] (co-authored with Miao Chuanjiang and Liu Xiaodie), Modern Linguistics. (Open Access Journal paper)
16. (2013g) Preface to Wang Yuying: The Ingredients of Counterfactuality in Chinese. (in press)
17. (2013f) Counterfactual Subjunctive Assertions in Shanghai Dialect, paper submitted to Commemorative Essays on the 120th Birthday of Professor Y. R. Chao 《趙元任教授一百二十歲誕辰紀念論文集》, co-authored with Wang Yuying (first author) (book chapter)
18. (2013e).
19. A Formal Characterization of Explicature and its Consequences to Explicating in Chinese. Linguistics and the Human Sciences, Vol. 8.2. 241-253, doi : 10.1558/lhs.v8i2.241, Equinox. (Journal paper)
20. (2013d) 论叙事的“认同” 修辞功能-- 香港新任特首梁振英参选演说分析，《当代修辞学》2013年第二期，76-82. (Journal paper)
21. (2013c) Kearns: Semantics 导读 世界图书出版公司。(Study guide)
22. (2013b) Scalar implicature, contracted article for an encyclopedia. 1500 words. (Version 1.0)
23. (2013a) Presupposition triggers, contracted article for an encyclopedia. 2500 words. (Version 1.0)
24. (2012e) 列锦-模糊-印象；关联-推理-显义 (List Gems, Vagueness, Impression; Relevance, Inference, Explicature). (version 1.0), paper presented at Symposium on Chinese Stylistics, Fudan University, Shanghai.
25. (2012d) The reach of counterfactual meaning in Chinese, (version 1.0) presented at IACL conference. (with Maggie Wang)
26. (2012c) The reach of counterfactual meaning in Shanghainese, (version 1.0) presented at Forum on Y. R. Chao and Linguistics, Hong Kong Institute of Education. (with Maggie Wang)
27. (2012b) Deixis and anaphora, Chapter 16 in A Comprehensive Grammar of Chinese, eds. Huang Chu-ren & Shi Dingxu, Cambridge University Press. (version 6.0).
28. (2012a) 从形式语义学到形式语用学 (From formal semantics to formal pragmatics), in 熊学亮(ed.)《中国特色的语言学研究——程雨民先生85岁诞辰学术思想研讨会论文集》，复旦大学出版社，24-36。
29. (2011) 论语用推理的逻辑属性 — 形式语用学初探 (On the Logical Nature of Pragmatic Inference ——Towards a Formal Theory of Pragmatics)，
30. 吴炳章，徐盛恒 主编中国认知语言学研究论文集系列：《认知语用学研究》，上海外语教育出版社 (Previous journal paper re-printed as book chapter).
31. (2011) (editor)《走近形式语用学》 Approaching Formal Pragmatics (Edited book, book chapters)，上海教育出版社。
32. (2011) (2nd author) “XP + 的” 结构的名词性及“的”的语义功能， 《当代语言学》第1期, 49-62. [co-authored with 贺川生] (Journal paper)
33. (2011) (2nd author) Type-shifting, Chinese hen + N structure, and implications for semantic parameters, Lingua. Vol. 121, 890-905 [co-authored with HE, Chuansheng] (Journal paper) doi:10.1016/j.lingua.2010.12.002 | How to Cite or Link Using DOI
34. (2011) (2nd author) 贝叶斯概率模型及其在语用学上的应用(Bayesian probabilistic model and its applications in pragmatics), in 蒋严 （主编）《走近形式语用学》，第12章 [co-authored with 黄振荣](Book chapter)
35. (2011) (2nd author) 信号博弈与语用问题 (Signal games and pragmatic analysis), in 蒋严 （主编）《走近形式语用学》，第13章 [co-authored with 仪小明](Book chapter)
36. (2011) (2nd author) 汉语违实语义的构成因素(The ingredients of counterfactuality in Chinese)， in 蒋严 （主编）《走近形式语用学》，第9 章 [co-authored with 王宇婴](Book chapter)
37. (2011) (1st author) 语用学理论与语用推理的逻辑 (Pragmatic theory and the logic of pragmatic inference), in 蒋严 （主编）《走近形式语用学》，第一章 [co-authored with 袁影](Book chapter)
38. (2011) “都”的形式语用学 (the Formal Pragmatics of "dou"-quantification), in 蒋严 （主编）《走近形式语用学》，第十一章 (Book Chapter)
39. (2011) (1st author) 论名词组的语义内容 （On the semantic content of noun phrases）, in 蒋严 （主编）《走近形式语用学》，第二章 [co-authored with 潘海华 & 邹崇理](Book Chapter)
40. (to appear) (2nd author) NP Interpretation and Donkey Sentences in Chinese, Journal of East Asian Linguistics [Co-authored with Pan Haihua](Journal paper)
41. 2010. (1st author) 临场概念与隐喻理解 (Ad Hoc Concepts and Metaphor Comprehension) 《当代修辞学》 Vol. 157, No. 3, pp.1-6 [Co-authored with 袁影] (Journal paper)
42. 2010. Guide to <Ronnie Cann: Formal Semantics> [Ronnie Cann: Formal Semantics 导读] ，剑桥大学出版社、世界图书出版公司。(Study guide)
43. 2010. (2nd author) 修辞三段论与寓义的语用推导。(Rhetorical syllogism and the pragmatic derivation of implicatures) 《外语教学与研究》Vol.42, No.2, pp.98-104。[Co-authored with 袁影] (Journal paper)
44. 2010. (2nd author) 西方修辞学史的雄辩叙事重构 -- 评刘亚猛 新著《西方修辞学史》。(An Eloquent Reconstruction of Western Rhetorical History -- a review of Liu Yameng's A History of Western Rhetoric) 《当代修辞学》Vol. 157, pp. 91-95。[Co-authored with 袁影] (Book Review)
45. 2009. (2nd author) The Function of měi in měi-NPs. In Proceedings of the 21st North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-21). Volume 2. Edited by Yun Xiao. Smithfield, Rhode Island: Bryant University. Pages 304-322. [Co-authored with 黄瓒辉] (Conference proceedings)
46. 2009. (2nd author) 论“修辞情境”的基本要素及核心成分 -- 兼评比彻尔等“修辞情境”观。 (Rhetorical Situation: Fundamental Components and Essential Sub-elements: with a Review on Bitzer, Burke and Vatz)《修辞学习》Vol. 154, pp.1-8。[Co-authored with 袁影] (Journal paper)
47. 2009. 关联理论与汉语修辞研究. [Relevance Theory and Chinese Rhetoric Studies]. In 陈汝东，ed. 《修辞学论文集》【中国修辞学会会刊】， Vol. 12. 哈尔滨：黑龙江人民出版社, pp.76-84 ISBN 9787207081674／H313 (Book article)
48. 2008. Providing artistic justifications to Chinese Modernist poetry through linguistic means. 11th CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE EMPIRICAL STUDY OF LITERATURE AND RELATED MEDIA, Memphis University, Tennessee, USA, July 8-11, 2008 (http://igelweb.org/igelweb/IGEL2008/)
49. 2008. 梯级模型与 "都" 的语义刻画(Scalar Model and the Semantic Characterization of “dou”). In 程工，刘丹青 eds. 《汉语的形式与功能研究》(Formal and Functional Studies in Chinese)，北京：商务印书馆， pp.123-132 ， ISBN 978-7-100-05952-7。(Book article)
50. 2008. 《关联：交际与认知》（当代语言学理论丛书）（Authorized translation of Dan Sperber & Deirdre Wilson (1995) Relevance: Communication and Cognition, Blackwell. 2nd edition）， 北京：中国社会科学出版社，1st Ed, 432pp ，ISBN 978-7-5004-7061-8/H . (Book translation) <Buy from Dangdang Bookshop> <Buy from Joyo Amazon><Buy from Welan Bookshop>
51. 2008. 关联理论的认知修辞学说 (上). [Relevance theory as Cognitive Rhetoric, I] 《修辞学习》, Vol. 147, No. 3, pp.1-9。(Journal paper) <Download .pdf>
52. 2008. 关联理论的认知修辞学说 (下). [Relevance theory as Cognitive Rhetoric, II] 《修辞学习》, Vol. 147, No. 4, pp.14-21。(Journal paper) <Download .pdf>
53. 2007. 隐含, 显义与显谓 (Implication, Explicature and Explicating). In 邵敬敏，张先亮, ed., 《汉语语法研究的新拓展 (3)》, 东北师范大学出版社, 长春, pp.74-90 , ISBN 9787560248868 (Conference proceedings)
54. 2007 《上海风情话》[Glamorous Shanghainese]，香港理工大学、香港电台 联合出版。[Co-authored with 石定栩] (Textbook) <Download a copy>
55. 2006. 序言《时尚英语 -- 美国流行文化A to Z》（作者：刘彦） [Forward to Liu, Yan. English -- the Real Deal]., 外语教学与研究出版社, ISBN 7-5600-5421-8 (Forward)
56. 2005. 形式语用学与显义学说 - 兼谈显谓与汉语配价研究的关系(Formal Pragmatics and Explicature Theory)，载刘丹青(主编)《语言学前沿与汉语研究》，上海教育出版社 (Frontiers in Linguistics and Analyses of Chinese Language. Shanghai Education Press)， pp.143-170，ISBN 7544404633. (Book chapter)
57. 2005. 形式语用学与显义学说(Formal Pragmatics and Explicature Theory). In 熊学亮, 蔡基刚, ed., 《语言界面》, 复旦大学出版社, Shanghai, pp.140-178 (2005) ISBN 7-309-04640-4. (Conference proceedings)

1. 2005. Explicature and Explicating: Free or Linguistically Directed Enrichment. In Proceedings of the 17th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-17). Edited by Gao, Qian. Monterey Language Institute, California.152-160.(Conference proceedings)

1. 2005. (2nd author). Linguistic action verbs and logical prompting in political discourse. In Wolfgang Thiele, Joachim Schwend and Christian Todenhagen (eds.) Political Discourse: Different Media - Different Intentions – New Reflections. Stauffenburg Verlag. [Co-authored with Grundy, Peter.] (Book chapter)
2. 2005 (1st author).《形式语义学引论》，北京： 中国社会科学出版社。第二版 [Co-authored with 潘海华] (Textbook) <Contents> <Buy from Dangdang Bookshop><Buy from Joyo Amazon> <Buy from Welan Bookshop><Download the first edition>
3. 2005. 语用推理与“都”的句法／语义特征(Pragmatic Inference and the Syntactic/Semantic Characteristics of “dou”)， In 严辰松 高航, ed., 《语用学》, 上海外语教育出版社, Shanghai, pp.460-486 , ISBN 7-81095-508-X (Previous journal paper re-printed as book chapter).
4. 2002. 论语用推理的逻辑属性 — 形式语用学初探 (On the Logical Nature of Pragmatic Inference ——Towards a Formal Theory of Pragmatics)，《外国语》，NO.3, pp.18 – 29。(Journal paper)
5. 2002. Logic and language from a certain point of view. Invited speech given at Linguistics Society, Hong Kong University Student Union. March, 2002, revised 2004. (Written speech)
6. 2001. 语言水平测试中理解型试题的语用考察 [Comprehension Questions in Language Proficiency Tests: Some Pragmatic Considerations],《现代外语》, 第1期, 55-64。(journal paper)
7. 2001. (2nd author). The bare past as an ideological construction in Hong Kong discourse. In Rene Dirven, Roslyn Frank and Cornelia Ilie (eds.) Language and Ideology, Volume II: Descriptive cognitive approaches. John Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia, 117-134. [Co-authored with Grundy, Peter.] (Book chapter)
8. 2001. (2nd author). Ideological ground and relevant interpretation in a cognitive semantics. In Rene Dirven, Bruce Hawkins and Esra Sandikcioglu (eds.) Language and Ideology: Vol. 1: Theoretical Cognitive Approaches. John Benjamins, Amsterdam/ Philadelphia, 107-140. [Co-authored with Grundy, Peter.] (Book chapter)
9. 2001. Abductive Reasoning as Pragmatic Inference -- Towards a Formal Theory of Pragmatics. In Studies in Chinese Linguistics, Volume II, (ed.) Haihua Pan. Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Book Series, 91 - 115. (Book chapter)
10. 2001. 言语真实性在谈论层面的验证：认知语义分析[Establishing Veracity on the Level of Discourse: a Cognitive Semantic Account]，First Conference in Cognitive Linguistics, Shanghai. (Conference Paper).
11. 2001. (2nd author). Cognitive semantics and deictic reference. 526, LAUD Linguistic Agency, Universitat Essen, 23pp. [Co-authored with Peter Grundy] (Working paper)
12. 2000. 汉语条件句的违实解释，《语法研究和探索》十， 北京：商务印书馆，pp.257 – 279。(Book chapter)
13. 1998 (1st author).《形式语义学引论》，北京： 中国社会科学出版社。第一版 [Co-authored with 潘海华] (Textbook) <Read the book online> , <Download the first edition>
14. 1998. Remarks On Scope Interpretation in Chinese, in Gu, Yang (ed) (1998) Theoretical Explorations in Chinese Linguistics. Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. (Book chapter)
15. 1998. A Procedural Account of Chinese Quantification. Studia Linguistica Serica. (ed.) Benjamin K. T'sou, Language Information Sciences Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong, 415 - 429. (Book chapter)
16. 1998. (1st author). 汉语语句的类型表达，载黄昌宁 主编《1998中文信息处理国际会议论文集》，北京： 清华大学出版社，323 - 329。 [Co-authored with 潘海华] (Conference proceeding)
17. 1998. 语用推理与'都'的句法／语义特征 (Pragmatic Inference and the Syntactic/Semantic Characteristics of “dou”)，《现代外语》，NO. 1，pp. 10 - 24。(Journal paper)
18. 1997. (1st author). On the Semantic Content of Noun Phrases, in Xu, Liejiong. (徐烈炯) (ed.) (1997) The Referential Properties of Chinese Noun Phrases. Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, pp. 3-24. [Co-authored with Pan Haihua (潘海华）and Zou Chongli (邹崇理) ] (Book chapter)
19. 1997. (3rd author). On the Extractability of Adjuncts in Relativization. Proceedings of LSA Linguistic Workshop: Interface Strategies in Chinese: Syntax and Semantics of Noun Phrases. Cornell University, July 12, 1997, 84 - 101. [Co-authored with Carine Yiu and Shi Dingxu] (Conference paper)
20. 1995. Logical Dependency in Quantification. Doctoral Dissertation. London University.
21. 1993. Quantifier-Raising at LF, the Branching Quantifier Analysis, and Logical Dependency in Labelled Deductive Systems (Three Theories of Quantification), in SOAS Working Papers inLinguistics and Phonetics, Vol. 3, 228 - 258. (Working paper)
22. 1993. ed. SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics and Phonetics, Vol. 3. Co-edited with Margaret Cobb. (Edited working papers)
23. 1991. A Note on Huang's Head-Final Convention in Chinese, in UCL Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 3. 33 - 64. (Working paper)
24. 1989. Chomsky on Language and Knowledge, Selected Translation of Chomsky (1988) Language and Problems of Knowledge, 《国外语言学》, 1989, Issue 2, 73 - 76.
25. 1987. Translation of Newmeyer "Has There Been a 'Chomskyan Revolution' in Linguistics?", 《国外语言学》, 1987, Issue 4, 154 – 155 + 180.
26. 1986. Duplicate Sequence and Their Filters [同形词序列句及其鉴别式], 《现代英语研究》, Issue 2, 1986, Volume 15, Fudan University Press. 40 – 47. (Journal paper)

In Progress

• 《语用学入门》(Pragmatics: an Introduction)，Beijing University Press (contract signed, targeted to complete by ?)
• 《形式语义学中级教程》(Formal Semantics: an Intermediate Coursebook) (in progress, 50000 characters completed, targeted length: 200,000 characters), [arranged with Commercial Press, Beijing].
• On the Impossibility of Rightward Quantification of DOU
• The scalar meaning of the Chinese lian...dou : a typological perspective
• A Unified analysis of some cognitively significant figures of speech in Chinese
  • The Semantics and Pragmatics of DOU Quantification in Chinese <book project>
• Context in pragmatics and in rhetoric
• Translation project

Media Productions

• Language analyst, script writer, and footage transcriber for《中国语言文化系列》 [Chinese Language and Culture through Discourse] : A Six-Volume Video/VCD Series, 30 minutes per volume, dubbed in Cantonese, with transcription of Mandarin and Shanghainese and a user manual. Sponsored by the University Research Grant Council, Hong Kong. Jointly produced by the PolyU [Dept. of Chinese & Bilingual Studies] and Hong Kong Breakthrough Media Company. 1998
• Language analyst and script writer for 《反斗多声道: 两文三语直通车》，香港理工大学、香港电台电视部联合制作。2005年
• Teacher, script writer, and photographer for 《上海风情话》(Glamorous Shanghainese)，香港理工大学、香港电台第5台联合制作。2007年。View programs on-line.
• Guest and teacher 《光辉岁月 —— 世博上海话》(Expo Shanghainese), Radio and Television, Hong Kong, on-going. Program page.