(2021): Vietnamese and Nominal Mapping Parameter. Invited by Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle , CNRS-Université de Paris, 4 Mar.
(2021): The Boundaries of Grammar: Which Categories We Can and Which Categories We Can’t Do Without. Visiting Scholar Talk, Harvard Yenching Institute. Chaired by Gennaro Chierchia (Harvard University), 26 Feb.
(2019): Definiteness split in Vietnamese, Workshop on Comparative Syntax in East and Southeast Asia. Sogang University, Seoul, 15-16 December.
(2019): Interrogative/Negative syncretism in Vietnamese, Webinar talk at Nanolab, 11 October.
(2019): Bat wings, human hands, and Vietnamese tense. Invited by Institute of Linguistics, Hanoi, 22 June.
(2019): Understanding ISI-Scopus. Invited by Department of Science & Technology, University of Languages & International Studies, Vietnam National University –Hanoi, 16 January.
(2018): Classifiers and plural markers (in)compatibility: the case of Vietnamese. Invited by National Chengchi University (Taiwan), 4 December.
(2018): Vietnamese – the mutant: From an Austroasiatic origin to a tonal language written with the Latin alphabet. Invited by National Chengchi University (Taiwan), 3 December.
(2018): The nanosyntax of Vietnamese perfect. Invited by National Tsinghua University (Taiwan), 19 May.
(2018): Linguistics: Theoretical and applied (co-presented with Assoc. Prof Đinh Điền, Computational Linguistics Center. University of Science, VNU-Ho Chi Minh city). Invited by Ton Duc Thang University. 20 March.
(2017): Nanosyntax of Tense and Aspect. Invited by National University of Singapore. 30 October.
(2017): Generative grammar and Vietnamese. Invited by Computational Linguistics Center. University of Science, VNU-Ho Chi Minh city, 19 October.
(2017): Vietnamese plural markers. Invited by National Tsinghua University (Taiwan), 12 October.
(2017): To be tensed or not to be tensed: the case of Vietnamese. Invited by Vietnam Institute of Linguistics. 3 April.
(2015): “Optional Expletives in Radical Pro-drop languages – A view from Vietnamese”. Invited by Institute of Linguistics / German Studies (ILG), University of Stuttgart,14 July.
(2014): “The syntax of Vietnamese tense and aspect”. Invited by HiTT- University of the Basque Country, 14 November.
(2021): (with Lam, D). To be definite or not to be definite: Oral presentation at the Annual National Conference on ‘Doing research and Teaching Foreign Languages, Linguistics, and International Studies in Vietnam’, held at VNU University of Languages & International Studies, 24 April.
(2020): One is enough: Vietnamese interrogative/negative syncretism. Oral presentation at International Conference 'From T to C: grammatical representations of Tense and Speech Acts'. Sponsored by NAFOSTED, held at Institute of Linguistics, Hanoi, 15-16 January.
(2019): Vietnamese interrogative/negative syncretism and beyond, Oral presentation at the twelfth installment of the Brussels Conference on Generative Linguistics (BCGL) on Suppletion, Allomorphy, and Syncretism, Brussels, December 16-17.
(2019): (with Nguyen, T.) Towards developing a deep word knowledge test for learners of Vietnamese. Oral presentation at the 6th Annual International Conference of the Asian Association for Language Assessment (AALA), held at VNU University of Languages & International Studies, 16-18 October. (https://www.aalawebsite.com/conference-program-3)
(2019): “Vietnamese tensedness: when functionalists meet formalists”. Oral presentation at the Annual National Conference on ‘Doing research and Teaching Foreign Languages, Linguistics, and International Studies in Vietnam’, held at VNU University of Languages & International Studies, co-hosted with Hue University & University of Da Nang, 26 April 2019.
(2018): (with Tsai, W.T. Dylan). “Some observations on Vietnamese demonstratives”. Proceedings of the 5th NAFOSTED Conference on Information and Computer Science (NICS), Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, November 23-24, 2018.
(2018): (with Dinh, D. & Trinh, T.) Anteriority and Simultaneity In Vietnamese. Oral presentation at SEALS 28 (20 (Anniversary Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society), Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 17-19, 2018 .
(2018): (with Trinh, T. & Phan, H.). Notes on Classifiers In Bahnar, Mandarin and Vietnamese. Oral presentation at SEALS 28 (20 (Anniversary Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society), Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 17-19, 2018 .
(2018): (with Lander, E.). ‘Vietnamese plurals and classifiers’. Poster Presentation at the Workshop on Current Issues in Comparative Syntax: Past, Present, and Future, National University of Singapore, 1-2 March.
(2017): (with Nguyễn, Văn Hiệp). Có hay không hiện tượng đề hóa trong tiếng Việt? Nhìn lại cuộc tranh luận giữa Cao Xuân Hạo với Trịnh Hữu Tuệ dưới góc độ ngữ pháp tạo sinh. Hội Ngôn ngữ học thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (Linguistics Association of Ho Chi Minh city). 23 December.
(2016): The syntax of Vietnamese tense and aspect. Oral presentation at International Conference on Asian Linguistics (ICAL2016@HCMC), Nguyễn Tất Thành University, 15-16 December.
(2016): (with Lander, E.). “Plurality and topic-prominence – The case of Vietnamese ”. Oral presentation at 9th Days of Swiss Linguistics. University of Geneva, 29 June - 1July.
(2016): (with Duffield, N.). “What do Chinese L2 learners know about Telicity and Unaccusativity in Vietnamese: an experimental psycholinguistic approach”. Oral presentation at the 2 nd Conference on Tense, Aspect and Modality in L2 (TAML2). University of York, 20-21 June.
(2016): (with Duffield, N.). “A Nano-Syntax account of the Negation Constraint on the Perfect Auxiliary in Vietnamese”. Oral presentation at Chronos 12 (International Conference on Actionality, Tense, Aspect, Modality/Evidentiality). Caen University, 15-17 June.
(2016): (with Lander, E.). “Plurality in Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese”. Oral presentation at NWASV2 (International symposium on New Ways of Analyzing Syntactic Variation). Ghent University, 19-20 May.
(2015): (with Lander, E.). “Plurality in classifier languages – From Vietnamese perspective”. Oral presentation at LAGB (Annual Meeting of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain), University College London, 15-18 September.
(2015): (with Lander, E.). “Counting plurals in Vietnamese”. Oral presentation at Workshop on Lexical Plurals, Ghent University, 9-10 September.
(2015): (with Greco, C. & Haegeman, L.). “Optional expletives in Radical Null Subject Languages and the syntax of Specificity”. Poster presentation at TEAL 10 (International Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics). Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, 13-14 June.
(2015): (with Greco, C. & Haegeman, L.). “Expletives in Radical Null Subject Languages – The case of Vietnamese”. Oral presentation at CamCos 4 (Cambridge Comparative Syntax). University of Cambridge, 7-9 May.
(2014): “Definiteness in Vietnamese in comparison to Chinese”. Poster presentation at TEAL 9 (International Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics). Université de Nantes, 25-26 September.
(2014): (with Lander, E.). “Vietnamese and the DP/NP parameter”. Oral presentation at PARLAY 2 (Annual Postgraduate and Academic Researchers in Linguistics at York). University of York, 12 September.
(2014): “Overt expletives in prodrop languages – Evidence from Vietnamese”. Oral presentation at Workshop on “Understanding Prodrop”. University of Trento, 19-21 June.
(2014): “The syntax of Vietnamese tense and aspect”. Oral presentation at GIST 7: Cartography & Beyond . Ghent University, 4-6 June.
(2014): “Definiteness in Vietnamese and Chinese”. Oral presentation at CamCos 3 (Cambridge Comparative Syntax). University of Cambridge, 8-10 May.
(2013): “Complex Predicate Constructions in Vietnamese: In support of the Extended VP shell hypothesis”. Presentation at the international conference on 'The linguistics of Vietnam in the context of renovation and integration', Institute of Linguistics, Hanoi, 11 May.
(2011): (with Duffield, N.). “What do Chinese L2 learners know about Inner Aspect and Unaccusativity in Vietnamese: an experimental psycholinguistic approach”. Presentation at the International Conference on Linguistics Training and Research in Vietnam. Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 11 November.
(2011): “On the structure and acquisition of Vietnamese complex causatives and verb-particle constructions”. Got accepted to the GALA (Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition) Thessaloniki, 6-8 September.
(2011): “The projection and acquisition of Inner Aspect in Vietnamese”. Got accepted to EUROSLA 21 (21th Annual Conference of the European Second Language Association). Stockholm, 8-10 September.
(2011): “The syntactic and semantic behaviors of Vietnamese telic particles”. Oral presentation at CHRONOS 10 (10th international conference on tense, aspect, modality and evidentiality). Aston University, 18-20 April.
(2010): (with Duffield, N.). “Aspect Exposed: On the Syntactic Representation of Tense and Aspect in Vietnamese”. Oral presentation at SEALS 20 (Anniversary Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society). University of Zurich, 10-11 June.
(2010): “The projection of Inner Aspect in Vietnamese”. Oral presentation at Workshop on Tense and Aspect in Generative Grammar. University of Lisbon, 1-2 July.
(2010): “A formal approach to verbal aspect in Vietnamese”. Oral presentation at the 5th Newcastle Postgraduate Students Conference . Newcastle University, 23 March.
(2010): “The realization of Outer Aspect in Vietnamese”. Oral presentation at the annual Postgraduate Colloquium . University of Sheffield, 18 May.
(2021): Using cognito forms in designing language test. VNU University of Languages & International Studies, 16-23 September.
(2019): VIBE program (Building capacity of academic staff members and senior leaders at Vietnam National University, Hanoi by entrepreneurial approach to foster 21st century skills and attributes in students), Hanoi, 28 Oct – 5 Nov, funded by UCD Innovation Academy and Irish Aid.
(2015): LOT Summer School, 22-26 June.
Courses attended:
Syntax, by Jim McCloskey
Semantics/pragmatics, by Donka Farkas.
(2014): ACTL Summer School, London, 23-27 June.
Courses attended:
· Universals in Phonology, by Larry Hyman.
· Universals in the nominal phrase, by Guglielmo Cinque.
(2014): GLOW Spring School, Brussels, 7-11 April.
Courses attended:
· Building Syntax, by Hagit Borer
· Nanosyntax: An advanced introduction, by Pavel Caha
· The mechanisms of language acquisition, by Charles Yang.