Publications
Fafulas, S., Guo, J., Berríos, J., & Geeslin, K. L. (2025). A study of lexical bases and variation of progressive constructions in the Spanish of English-speaking learners. In A. Gudmestad, M. Kanwit & M. Solon (Eds.) Research at the intersection of second language acquisition and sociolinguistics: Studies in honor of Kimberly L. Geeslin (pp. 11-34). Benjamins.
Geeslin, K. L., Goebel-Mahrle, T., Guo, J., & Linford, B. (2023). Variable subject expression in second language acquisition: The role of perseveration in acquisition. In P. Herbeck & P. Posio (Eds.) Referring to discourse participants in Ibero-Romance languages (pp. 69-106). Language Science Press.
Guo, J., & Rodríguez, J. M. M. (2021). ¿Puedo tener el menú? Teaching requests at restaurants. IULC Working Papers, 21(2).
Guo, J., & Rodríguez, E. (2021). ¡Estás de buen ver! Teaching topic appropriateness. IULC Working Papers, 21(2).
Dissertation
The acquisition of anaphoric direct objects in a third language: A variationist perspective
(Funded by National Science Foundation Linguistics Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant)
I would like to express my deepest appreciation to Professor Kimberly Geeslin for her immense support and guidance, which were instrumental in shaping this dissertation study at its early stage and in applying for this NSF grant. The enduring impact of her mentorship will be forever remembered and appreciated.
Peer-reviewed Conference Presentations
Guo, J. (2025, November 13-15). Learning Spanish as a third language: Linguistic transfer in variable anaphoric direct objects acquisition by L1 Mandarin, L2 English speakers [Poster presentation]. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Fafulas, S., Berríos, J., & Guo, J. (2025, November 13-15) Revisiting the aspect hypothesis through the lens of Spanish progressive constructions [Conference presentation]. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Guo, J. (2024, November 7-9). A variationist approach to third language acquisition: Acquiring Spanish variable direct objects by L1 Mandarin L2 English speakers [Conference presentation]. New Ways of Analyzing Language Variation (NWAV) 52, Miami Beach, FL, United States.
Fafulas, S., Guo, J., Berríos, J., & Geeslin, K. L. (2024, November 7-9). A study of lexical bases and variation of progressive constructions in the Spanish of English-speaking learners. [Panel presentation]. New Ways of Analyzing Language Variation (NWAV) 52, Miami Beach, FL, United States.
Guo, J. (2024, July 5-7). The influence of first and second language in L1 Mandarin, L2 English speakers’ acquisition of Spanish variable direct objects [Conference presentation]. The 9th Language Studies Forum for Emerging Scholars, Shanghai, China.
Guo, J. (2024, March 16-19). The effects of third language proficiency on native language [Conference presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2024 Conference, Houston, Texas, United States. Slides
Guo, J. (2024, January 4-7). Linguistic transfer in L3 acquisition of Spanish variable anaphoric direct objects by L1 Mandarin, L2 English speakers [Poster presentation]. Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, New York, NY, United States.
Guo, J. (2023, October 12-14). ¿Qué tú piensas? The non-inversion of subject and verb in direct wh-questions: a variationist analysis of Puerto Rican Spanish [Conference presentation]. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS), Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States. Slides
Guo, J., & Félix-Brasdefer, J. C. (2022, November 3-5). Expressing indirectness and insistence in Chinese and Spanish refusals to invitations and offers [Conference presentation]. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS), virtual, Arizona State University, United States.
Fafulas, S., Geeslin, K., & Guo, J. (2022, October 13-15). Lexical bases and variation of progressive constructions in the Spanish of English-speaking learners [Conference presentation]. New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) 50, San Jose, CA, United States.
Guo, J. (2022, September 12-14). Pragmalinguistic resources of trilingual speakers: merged or diverged? [Conference presentation]. Pragmatics & Language Learning Conference (PLL), virtual, the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa & the University of Oregon, United States.
Félix-Brasdefer, J. C., & Guo, J. (2021, March 19-23). The art of refusal: A cross-cultural study of pragmatic strategies in Chinese and Spanish [Conference presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), virtual, United States.
Félix-Brasdefer, J. C., & Guo, J. (2020). The art of refusal in positive and negative politeness cultures: Cross-cultural pragmatic variation in students from China, United States, and Mexico [Conference presentation]. 20th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning (PLL), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States (Accepted, cancelled due to Covid-19).
Guo, J., & Rodríguez, J. M. M. (2020). ¿Puedo tener el menú? Teaching requests at restaurants [Joint poster presentation]. 20th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning (PLL), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States (Accepted, cancelled due to Covid-19).
Guo, J., Jarret, D., Pollock, M., & Wheeler, J. (2019, October 24-26). Differential object marking in Spanish: Contrasting prescription and usage [Conference presentation]. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS), University of Texas, El Paso, TX, United States.
Guo, J. (2019, May 1-4). ¿Cómo tú estás? A variationist analysis of word order in Caribbean Spanish [Conference presentation]. 49th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL), University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
Guo, J. (2018, October 25-27). Pragmatic transfer of refusal from L1 Chinese and L2 English to L3 Spanish [Conference presentation]. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium (HLS), University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States.
Work in progress
Guo, J. (submitted). L1 attrition in a native context: Insights from third language acquisition and morphosyntactic variation.
Guo, J., Jarret, D., Pollock, M., & Wheeler, J. (revising for resubmission). Diachronic variation in Spanish differential object marking: A comparison of four centuries of grammars and written production in peninsular Spanish.
Félix-Brasdefer, J. C., & Guo, J. (revising for resubmission). A cross-cultural study of refusal strategies in Chinese, English, and Spanish.
Guo, J. (in preparation). Linguistic transfer in L3 acquisition of Spanish variable anaphoric direct
objects by L1 Mandarin, L2 English speakers
Guo, J. (in preparation). ¿Qué tú piensas? The non-inversion of subject and verb in direct wh-questions: a variationist analysis of Puerto Rican Spanish