Upcoming Presentations
Wang, Shuyan. (2022). Processing limits can delay children’s computation of scalar implicatures. Poster at the 15th Generative Approaches to
Language Acquisition (GALA 15). Frankfurt, Germany. Sept 2022.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations
Wang, Shuyan. (2020). Covert exhaustifier or not? Child language can help. Talk at the 51st meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS 51). The Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada. Nov 6-8, 2020. (Virtual)
Wang, Shuyan. (2020). Universal free choice inferences of dou-constructions in child Mandarin. Talk at the 45th Annual Boston University Conference on
Language Development (BUCLD 45). Boston, MA, USA. November, 2020. (Virtual)
Wang, Shuyan. (2020). A prosodic analysis of Mandarin classifiers. Talk at the 32nd North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-32). University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. Sept 18-20, 2020. (Virtual)
Wang, Shuyan. (2020). Scope Assignment and Scalar Implicatures in Child English: The Role of Working Memory. Talk at the 44th annual Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC 44). Philadelphia, PA, USA. March, 2020. (Cancelled due to Covid-19)
Wang, Shuyan, Kido, Yasuhito, and Snyder, William. (2019). Adjectival Resultatives and Novel Compounds in Children's English: Support for the Compounding Parameter. Poster at the 44th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 44). Boston, MA, USA.
November, 2019.
Wang, Shuyan. (2019). Adjectives or Relative Clauses? A New Perspective on Adjectives in American Sign Language. Poster at the 13th Conference of Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR 13). University of Hamburg, Germany. September, 2019.
Wang, Shuyan, Kido, Yasuhito, and Snyder, William. (2019). The Acquisition of English Adjectival Resultatives: Support for the Compounding Parameter. Talk at the 14th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA 14). Milan, Italy. September, 2019.
Wang, Shuyan. (2019). Scope and Scalar Implicatures in Children's Mandarin: The Role of Working Memory. Poster at the 14th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA 14). Milan, Italy. September, 2019.
Wang, Shuyan. (2019). An intermediate stage of spec-to-head reanalysis: evidence from Mandarin and Cantonese. Poster at GLOW in Asia XII in Seoul and SICOGG XXI. August, 2019.
Wang, Shuyan, Kido, Yasuhito, and Snyder, William. (2019). Acquisition of English Adjectival Resultatives: Support for the Compounding Parameter. Poster at the 42nd Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW 42). Oslo, Norway. May, 2019.
Wang, Shuyan. (2018). Effects of Processing Capacity on Scope Assignment by Mandarin-acquiring Children. Poster at ConSOLE 2018. University College London. Feb, 2018.
Wang, Shuyan. (2018). The Role of Processing Capacity in Scope Assignment by Mandarin-acquiring Children. Poster at 2018 LSA Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. January, 2018.
Other Presentations
Wang, Shuyan. (2019). Free choice inference with preverbal disjunction in child Mandarin. Language Acquisition Workshop in New England (LAWNE). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MA, USA. November 2019.
Wang, Shuyan. (2017). The relation between processing capacity and scope assignment by Mandarin-acquiring children. Language Acquisition Workshop in New England (LAWNE). University of Massachusetts, MA, USA. November 2017.
Wang, Shuyan. (2017). The Semantic Role of Classifiers in Mandarin and Its Consequences. The 7TH UConn Linguistics Graduate Roundtable. University of Connecticut, CT, USA. November 2017.
Wang, Shuyan. (2017). Children’s knowledge of scope assignment in Mandarin Chinese. The Maryland-MIT-Harvard-UMass-UConn Worshop in Formal Linguistics (ECO-5). University of Connecticut, CT, USA. April 2017.
Wang, Shuyan. (2017). Is there smuggling or not in Chinese passives? The Workshop on Passives, co-sponsored by University of Geneva and the Neurobiology of Language program at University of Connecticut. University of Geneva, Switzerland. January, 2017.
Wang, Shuyan. (2022). Processing limits can delay children’s computation of scalar implicatures. Poster at the 15th Generative Approaches to
Language Acquisition (GALA 15). Frankfurt, Germany. Sept 2022.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations
Wang, Shuyan. (2020). Covert exhaustifier or not? Child language can help. Talk at the 51st meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS 51). The Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada. Nov 6-8, 2020. (Virtual)
Wang, Shuyan. (2020). Universal free choice inferences of dou-constructions in child Mandarin. Talk at the 45th Annual Boston University Conference on
Language Development (BUCLD 45). Boston, MA, USA. November, 2020. (Virtual)
Wang, Shuyan. (2020). A prosodic analysis of Mandarin classifiers. Talk at the 32nd North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-32). University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. Sept 18-20, 2020. (Virtual)
Wang, Shuyan. (2020). Scope Assignment and Scalar Implicatures in Child English: The Role of Working Memory. Talk at the 44th annual Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC 44). Philadelphia, PA, USA. March, 2020. (Cancelled due to Covid-19)
Wang, Shuyan, Kido, Yasuhito, and Snyder, William. (2019). Adjectival Resultatives and Novel Compounds in Children's English: Support for the Compounding Parameter. Poster at the 44th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 44). Boston, MA, USA.
November, 2019.
Wang, Shuyan. (2019). Adjectives or Relative Clauses? A New Perspective on Adjectives in American Sign Language. Poster at the 13th Conference of Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR 13). University of Hamburg, Germany. September, 2019.
Wang, Shuyan, Kido, Yasuhito, and Snyder, William. (2019). The Acquisition of English Adjectival Resultatives: Support for the Compounding Parameter. Talk at the 14th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA 14). Milan, Italy. September, 2019.
Wang, Shuyan. (2019). Scope and Scalar Implicatures in Children's Mandarin: The Role of Working Memory. Poster at the 14th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA 14). Milan, Italy. September, 2019.
Wang, Shuyan. (2019). An intermediate stage of spec-to-head reanalysis: evidence from Mandarin and Cantonese. Poster at GLOW in Asia XII in Seoul and SICOGG XXI. August, 2019.
Wang, Shuyan, Kido, Yasuhito, and Snyder, William. (2019). Acquisition of English Adjectival Resultatives: Support for the Compounding Parameter. Poster at the 42nd Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW 42). Oslo, Norway. May, 2019.
Wang, Shuyan. (2018). Effects of Processing Capacity on Scope Assignment by Mandarin-acquiring Children. Poster at ConSOLE 2018. University College London. Feb, 2018.
Wang, Shuyan. (2018). The Role of Processing Capacity in Scope Assignment by Mandarin-acquiring Children. Poster at 2018 LSA Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. January, 2018.
Other Presentations
Wang, Shuyan. (2019). Free choice inference with preverbal disjunction in child Mandarin. Language Acquisition Workshop in New England (LAWNE). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MA, USA. November 2019.
Wang, Shuyan. (2017). The relation between processing capacity and scope assignment by Mandarin-acquiring children. Language Acquisition Workshop in New England (LAWNE). University of Massachusetts, MA, USA. November 2017.
Wang, Shuyan. (2017). The Semantic Role of Classifiers in Mandarin and Its Consequences. The 7TH UConn Linguistics Graduate Roundtable. University of Connecticut, CT, USA. November 2017.
Wang, Shuyan. (2017). Children’s knowledge of scope assignment in Mandarin Chinese. The Maryland-MIT-Harvard-UMass-UConn Worshop in Formal Linguistics (ECO-5). University of Connecticut, CT, USA. April 2017.
Wang, Shuyan. (2017). Is there smuggling or not in Chinese passives? The Workshop on Passives, co-sponsored by University of Geneva and the Neurobiology of Language program at University of Connecticut. University of Geneva, Switzerland. January, 2017.