Academic activities

Invited Talks:

  • Hsu, Yu-Yin (2017) Lexical Effects on Processing Double Quantified Sentences in Chinese. The 23rdJoint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing (JWLLP-23). Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, December 15th, 2017.
  • Hsu, Yu-Yin (2017) Information Structure within the Nominal Domain. Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, June 5th, 2017.
  • Hsu, Yu-Yin. (2015) The Syntax of Modal Auxiliaries in Chinese. Invited talk at the IU Linguistics Department Colloquium Series 2015, Indiana University Bloomington, IN, May 1st, 2015.
  • Hsu, Yu-Yin. (2014) The Interaction of Syntax and Information Structure in the Sentence-internal Domain. Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, January 24th, 2014.

Academic Service

  • Journal Reviewer: Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Journal of Linguistics, PLOS One, LINGUA, Journal of Phonetics, Lingua Sinica, Studies in Chinese Linguistics,
  • Grant Reviewer for Competitive Research Funding Schemes for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector under Research Grants Council (UGC/FDS14/H01/17)
  • Monograph Reviewer: Concentric: Studies in Linguistics
  • Award Reviewer: LSHK Outstanding Thesis Award


  • Conference Programme Chair

o The 32nd Pacific The 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 32), December 1-3, 2018, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.


  • Conference Organizing Committee

o The 25th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing (JWLLP), December 3, 2018, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

o The 22nd Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing (JWLLP), April 7-8, 2017, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.

o The 5th Workshop on Variations in Action: A Multilingual Approach (VariAMU), April 8, 2017, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.