Papers
Journal Articles
Accepted Fang, Shaohua and *Wang, Shuyan. L2 interpretation of quantifier scope:
Influence of individual difference factors. Language and Cognition
2025 Wang, Shuyan and Xu, Ting. On the acquisition of English complex predicates and complex word formation:
Revisiting the parametric approach. Languages. https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10/8/201
2024 Wang, Shuyan. Specifier-to-head reanalysis: Evidence from Mandarin and Cantonese. The Linguistic Review.
2022 Wang, Shuyan, Kido, Yasuhito, and Snyder, William. Acquisition of English adjectival resultatives:
Support for the Compounding Parameter. Language Acquisition. DOI: 10.1080/10489223.2021.2009835
2022 Wang, Shuyan. Effects of processing limits on computing scalar implicatures: Evidence from child
English and child Mandarin. Language Learning and Development. DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2022.2086131
Under revision Wang, Shuyan and Fang, Shaohua. Some and or in second language acquisition: Exploring
linguistic and cognitive factors.
Under review Wang, Shuyan. Facilitating alternative-retrieval can make it work.
To be submitted Wang, Shuyan. Processing scalar implicatures: Lexical scales and ad hoc scales.
To be submitted Wang, Shuyan, Lee, Margaret C.Y., Lillo-Martin, Diane and Deborah Chen Pichler.
Development of syntax in spoken English by bimodal bilingual deaf children with cochlear implants:
Comparison with hearing bilinguals and monolinguals
Conference Proceeding Papers
2021 Wang, Shuyan. Scope Assignment and Scalar Implicatures in Child English: The Role of Working
Memory. University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics: Vol. 27.1. Proceedings of
the 44th Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC 44).
2020 Wang, Shuyan. A prosodic analysis of Mandarin classifiers. Proceedings of the 32nd North American
Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-32), pp.322-330.
2020 Wang, Shuyan, Kido, Yasuhito, and Snyder, William. Spontaneous production of adjectival resultatives
and N-N Compounds in child English. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Boston University Conference
on Language Development (BUCLD 44), ed. Megan M. Brown and Alexandra Kohut, 717-723.
Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. www.lingref.com/bucld/44/BUCLD44-57.pdf
2019 Wang, Shuyan. An intermediate stage of spec-to-head reanalysis: evidence from Mandarin and
Cantonese. GLOW in Asia XII in Seoul and SICOGG XXI, 555-564.
2018 Wang, Shuyan. The Role of Processing Capacity in Scope Assignment by Mandarin-acquiring
Children. Proceedings of the 26th Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe
(ConSOLE), 228-240.
Manuscripts
2019 Wang, Shuyan. Reconsideration of yi ‘one’ and classifiers in Mandarin Chinese. Generals paper,
University of Connecticut.
2019 Wang, Shuyan. Scope assignments and scalar implicatures in child language: effects of processing limits.
Generals paper, University of Connecticut.
Accepted Fang, Shaohua and *Wang, Shuyan. L2 interpretation of quantifier scope:
Influence of individual difference factors. Language and Cognition
2025 Wang, Shuyan and Xu, Ting. On the acquisition of English complex predicates and complex word formation:
Revisiting the parametric approach. Languages. https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10/8/201
2024 Wang, Shuyan. Specifier-to-head reanalysis: Evidence from Mandarin and Cantonese. The Linguistic Review.
2022 Wang, Shuyan, Kido, Yasuhito, and Snyder, William. Acquisition of English adjectival resultatives:
Support for the Compounding Parameter. Language Acquisition. DOI: 10.1080/10489223.2021.2009835
2022 Wang, Shuyan. Effects of processing limits on computing scalar implicatures: Evidence from child
English and child Mandarin. Language Learning and Development. DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2022.2086131
Under revision Wang, Shuyan and Fang, Shaohua. Some and or in second language acquisition: Exploring
linguistic and cognitive factors.
Under review Wang, Shuyan. Facilitating alternative-retrieval can make it work.
To be submitted Wang, Shuyan. Processing scalar implicatures: Lexical scales and ad hoc scales.
To be submitted Wang, Shuyan, Lee, Margaret C.Y., Lillo-Martin, Diane and Deborah Chen Pichler.
Development of syntax in spoken English by bimodal bilingual deaf children with cochlear implants:
Comparison with hearing bilinguals and monolinguals
Conference Proceeding Papers
2021 Wang, Shuyan. Scope Assignment and Scalar Implicatures in Child English: The Role of Working
Memory. University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics: Vol. 27.1. Proceedings of
the 44th Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC 44).
2020 Wang, Shuyan. A prosodic analysis of Mandarin classifiers. Proceedings of the 32nd North American
Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-32), pp.322-330.
2020 Wang, Shuyan, Kido, Yasuhito, and Snyder, William. Spontaneous production of adjectival resultatives
and N-N Compounds in child English. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Boston University Conference
on Language Development (BUCLD 44), ed. Megan M. Brown and Alexandra Kohut, 717-723.
Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. www.lingref.com/bucld/44/BUCLD44-57.pdf
2019 Wang, Shuyan. An intermediate stage of spec-to-head reanalysis: evidence from Mandarin and
Cantonese. GLOW in Asia XII in Seoul and SICOGG XXI, 555-564.
2018 Wang, Shuyan. The Role of Processing Capacity in Scope Assignment by Mandarin-acquiring
Children. Proceedings of the 26th Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe
(ConSOLE), 228-240.
Manuscripts
2019 Wang, Shuyan. Reconsideration of yi ‘one’ and classifiers in Mandarin Chinese. Generals paper,
University of Connecticut.
2019 Wang, Shuyan. Scope assignments and scalar implicatures in child language: effects of processing limits.
Generals paper, University of Connecticut.
