Publication

Wang, Wei. (2024). "Insertional code-switching as interactional resource in Mandarin-English bilingual conversation." International Journal of Bilingualism.

Wang, Wei. (2024). "Response particles in Mandarin conversation: Interplay of function and prosody." Chinese Language and Discourse. 

Wang, Wei. 2021. “Pursuing common ground: Nondisaffiliative rhetorical questions in Mandarin conversations.” Research on Language and Social Interaction 54(4). 

Wang, Wei. 2021. "The question-response system in Mandarin conversation." Pragmatics 31(4).

Wang, Wei. 2020. "Grammatical conformity in question-answer sequences: The case of meiyou in Mandarin conversation." Discourse Studies 22(5): 610–631. 

Wang, Wei, & Hongyin Tao. 2020. “From matrix clause to turn expansion The emergence of wo juede ‘I feel/think’ in Mandarin conversational interaction.”  In Maschler et al. (eds.), Emergent Syntax for Conversation: Clausal Patterns and the Organization of Action. John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Wang, Wei. 2018. "Discourse uses and prosodic properties of ranhou in spontaneous Mandarin conversation.” Chinese Language and Discourse 9 (1): 1-26.

Wang, Wei. 2017. “From a conditional marker to a discourse marker: The use of dehua 的话 in natural Mandarin conversation” Journal of Pragmatics 117: 119–138.

Wang, Wei. 2016. “Prosody and discourse functions of ranhou 然后: With implications for teaching Mandarin conjunctions at the discourse level.” In H. Tao (ed.), Integrating Chinese Linguistic Research and Language Teaching and Learning, 145-167. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

Wang, Wei. 2015. “The semantic map of the spatial domain and related functions.” Language and Linguistics 16 (3): 465-500.

Wang, Wei. 2013. Book review Lexicalization: The Origin and Evolution of Chinese Disyllabic Words, by Xiufang Dong. Chinese Language and Discourse 4.1: 149-152.

Wang, Wei. 2024. "Assessing interactive listening in beginning-level L2 Chinese: Developing a data-driven rating scale." Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, St. Louis, Apr.5-7.

Wang, Wei. 2023. "Acknowledging receipt in Mandarin conversation: Implications for developing L2 interactional competence." Paper presented at the 8th International Conference on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Swarthmore College, Jun.9-10.

Wang, Wei. 2021. "Type-conformity in Mandarin polar question-answer sequences." Paper presented at the 17th International Pragmatics Conference (virtual), Jun. 27-Jul.2. [PPT download]

Wang, Wei. 2020. "Mandarin L2 learners' word search in L1-L2 conversations: From intermediate to advanced level." Paper presented at ACTFL 2020 Virtual Convention, Nov. 20-22.

Wang, Wei. 2019. “Prosody as a signaling device for different types of response turns in Mandarin conversation.” Paper presented at the 16th International Pragmatics Conference, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Jun. 9-14.

Wang, Wei. 2019. “Developing L2 learners’ pragmatic competence through teaching Mandarin discourse markers.” Paper presented at the 2019 Annual Conference of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, Seattle, Washington, Apr. 5-7. 

Wang, Wei. 2018. “Positional effect in tone error patterns: Implications for teaching Mandarin tones to adult learners.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Teaching Chinese to Foreign Speakers in a Global Context: Theories and Practices, Confucius Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Nov. 2-4.

Tao, Hongyin & Wei Wang. 2018. “Probing from the extremes: Some universal grammatical, prosodic, and interactional properties in short speech units.” Paper presented at the workshop of Divergent Units and Fuzzy Boundaries, Research Center “Interactional Linguistics” at the University of Potsdam, Germany, Sep. 13-15. 

Wang, Wei. 2017. “Prosody and epistemic stance: the case of wo juede 我觉得 in Mandarin conversation.” Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference of Language and Social Interaction Workshop, Columbia University, New York City, Sep. 21-22.