NACCL-38 Full Program

Note: for multi-authored presentations, the presenters are indicated via an asterisk (*). Same for all sessions.

12:55PM-2:10PM May 9 Session 1

• Syntax
• Phonetics/Phonology
• Linguistic Landscape
• L2 Acquisition

Location: Session Chair:	Room 111 Pei-Jung Kuo
12:55PM-1:20PM	Control by Syntax and Discourse: Evidence from Mandarin Adjuncts [abstract] Chia-Chi Yu, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica
1:20PM-1:45PM	Deriving Finite Control in Chinese V-de Resultatives [abstract] Zi-chun Lin*, Jen Ting, National Taiwan Normal University
1:45PM-2:10PM	On the Syntax of …De Shihou ‘when; during’ in Mandarin Chinese [abstract] I-hao Woo, University of Colorado Denver

Location: Session Chair:	Room 211 Mengtian Chen
12:55PM-1:20PM	An Accurate Algorithm for Language-independent Audio to Phone Segmentation [abstract] San Duanmu, University of Michigan
1:20PM-1:45PM	现代藏语音系数据库 [abstract] 王文玲, Ludong University; San Duanmu, University of Michigan
1:45PM-2:10PM	基于共振峰及唇形数据的普通话特殊韵母的四呼分析 [abstract] 井立文*, 杨蓓*, Sun Yat-sen University

Location: Session Chair:	Room 212 Junqing (Jessie) Jia
12:55PM-1:20PM	日本华人华侨社区型聚居地的语言景观研究—以埼玉县蕨市和川口市为例 [abstract] 刘淼, Okinawa International University
1:20PM-1:45PM	Moving Boundaries Inside Honolulu Chinatown: Changing Geosemiotic Boundaries in the Linguistic Landscape of Honolulu Chinatown [abstract] Chun-Han Lin, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
1:45PM-2:10PM	Language Contact in the Linguistic Landscape of Honolulu Chinatown: A GIS-Based Multimodal Analysis [abstract] Song Jiang, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Location: Session Chair:	Room 214 Lusine Safaryan
12:55PM-1:20PM	Mapping the Semantic Space of Mandarin Temporal Adverbs: Corpus-Based Correspondence Analysis [abstract] Yun-han Wang*, Indiana University Bloomington; Huichen S. Hsiao, National Taiwan Normal University
1:20PM-1:45PM	How Frequency and L2 Proficiency Moderate the Congruency Effect in Collocational Processing? Evidence from L2 Chinese Learners in an Acceptability Judgment Task  [abstract] Xiaolong Lu, University of Texas San Antonio; Shaohua Fang*, Purdue University; Xiaoyu Liu*, University of Oregon
1:45PM-2:10PM	Task-Adapted AI Training for L2 Pragmatics Assessment  [abstract]  Feng Xiao*, Kun Nie*, Pomona College; Meili Deng*, University of Puerto Rico; Xuren Shen, Institut Le Rosey

 

2:20PM-3:35PM May 9 Session 2

• Syntax: Movement
• Phonetics
• Sociolinguistics
• L2 Acquisition

Location: Session Chair:	Room 111 Lan Zhang
2:20PM-2:45PM	Non-nominal A-movement: Evidence from Mandarin VP-fronting [abstract] Siming Liu, Beijing Language and Culture University; Zhuosi Luo*, Beijing Foreign Studies University
2:45PM-3:10PM	Reduced Wh-Questions in the Xi’an Dialect: Evidence from Functional Markers [abstract] Qinyi Tan, China University of Mining and Technology
3:10PM-3:35PM	On the Syntax, Semantics and Prosody Interface of Anti Pied-piping in Chinese Focus Structures [abstract] Yilin Wang*, Ye Yuan, Beihang University

Location: Session Chair:	Room 211 Ho-Hsin Huang
2:20PM-2:45PM	Effects of Acoustic-Phonetic and Semantic Cues on Mandarin Speech Recognition by L1 and L2 Listeners of Mandarin [abstract]  Kaidi Chen, Columbia University
2:45PM-3:10PM	Prosodic Fluency Measures for Automated AI-based Assessment of L2 Mandarin Speech [abstract]  Ok Joo Lee*, Jieun Park, Xiong Yan, Seoul National University
3:10PM-3:35PM	The Accuracy of AI in Comprehending Disfluent L2 Chinese Speech [abstract]  Yu Liu*, Stephanie Backman*, Brigham Young University

Location: Session Chair:	Room 212 Song Jiang
2:20PM-2:45PM	A Study of the Transliterations of Honolulu Chinatown Street Names [abstract]  Xingyu Li, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
2:45PM-3:10PM	Language in Late Adulthood as a Dynamic System: Evidence from Naturalistic Mandarin “Old-Old” Conversations [abstract]  Jiale Ding, Zhejiang University
3:10PM-3:35PM	[Modifier + de + noun head] Construction as a Device for Self-initiated Self-repair in Mandarin Conversation [abstract]  Hsin-Tzu Jen, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Location: Session Chair:	Room 214 Feng Xiao
2:20PM-2:45PM	Beyond the L2 Motivational Self: The Chinese Heritage Self as a Framework for Understanding CHL Motivation [abstract]  Xiaohong Wen, University of Houston
2:45PM-3:10PM	How to Minimize the Negative Impact of L1 translation on Chinese L2 Vocabulary Acquisition [abstract]  Runqing Qi, University of Colorado Boulder
3:10PM-3:35PM	Using Praat-aided Corrective Feedback to Enhance Learner Engagement in Individualized Mandarin Chinese Tone Practice [abstract] Junqing (Jessie) Jia*, Hamilton College; Mengtian Chen*, Duke Kunshan University

3:35PM-4:35PM May 9 Poster Session

Location: Second-Floor Atrium

Refreshments available during this session

1.	基于语料库分析的中文社交媒体新词规律研究（2023-2024） [abstract] Meilin Biao, San Francisco State University
2.	Sensitivity to Sexist Language in Chinese: Investigating the Influence of Personal Background Factors [abstract] Jiayang Sun, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
3.	中文二语习得过程中的音节意识与句法偏误：以同素同义单双音节词为例 Competing Cues in Differential Sensitivity to Syllabic and Syntactic Errors in Chinese L2 Acquisition: A Study of Verbal Monosyllabic-Disyllabic Word Pair Processing [abstract] 钟金雷*, 郭嘉骐*, Freie Universität Berlin
4.	“双匹配”中文泛读教学法：人工智能辅助海外华裔中文教学的实践与探索 A “Dual-Matching” Approach to Optimizing Extensive Reading Input : AI-Assisted Instruction for Overseas Chinese Heritage Learners  [abstract] 李静华, 刘杭,  毛晓雷, 唐人婕, 王梦达, 张海燕, 庄华萍* (University of Waterloo)；金鑫 (Grand River Chinese School)
5.	Using ChatGPT to Obtain Effective Feedback for Learning Mandarin Near-synonyms [abstract] Huichen S. Hsiao, National Taiwan Normal University; Anwei Yu*, Indiana University
6.	Mandarin Possessors Move Through the Edge Too [abstract]  Liumao Zhong*, Yuhuan Wang, Stony Brook University
7.	News Media Sentiment Toward Chinese AI: a Comparative Analysis with Belt and Road Initiative Involvement and Public Opinion on China [abstract] Asya Vaisberg*, Feng Xiao*, Pomona College
8.	Anti-locality in Gei-adversative Construction [abstract] Chun-Tien Jonathan Chen, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
9.	Monophthongal Transcription of Pinyin <ao> [abstract] Grace Martin, Florida International University
10.	Immersive Learning via Social Annotation: A Preliminary Study on Heritage and Second Language Learner’s Cognitive Engagement Patterns with Literary Text [abstract] Liana Chen*, The George Washington University; Helen Kai-Yun Chen, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages
11.	Wholesale or Property-by-Property Transfer Evidence from Initial-State L3 Chinese Acquisition [abstract] Lusine Safaryan*, Yang Zhao, Peking University
12.	Assessing Simplification in a Vacuum: A Statistical Analysis of Table 2 of the Second Round of Simplified Chinese Characters [abstract] Jake Messick, The George Washington University
13.	Linguistic Features, Task Type, and Proficiency in L2 Chinese Comprehensibility and Accentedness: An Exploratory Analysis [abstract] Kaidi Chen*, Columbia University; Danwei Li*, Barnard College; Zhupeng Li, University of Connecticut
14.	The Evolution of Jìn Chinese Entering Tones: Evidence from Lǚliáng and Bìngzhōu [abstract] Yang Wei 魏陽, Hong Kong Shue Yan University
15.	汉语准定语结构及其同义变体的话题化分析 [abstract] 赵田雨*, 袁野, Beihang University
16.	Deriving Pseudogapping in Chinese [abstract] Tommy Tsz-Ming Lee, City University of Hong Kong; Yuyang Liu*, Yale University
17.	中文道歉篇章中句型事理關係與誠意感知之研究——語義與語用觀點 [abstract] Yun-Ting Tuan*, Hsiao-Jung Cheng*, National Tsing Hua University
18.	On Mermaid Construction ''shi ... de yangzi'' in Mandarin Chinese [abstract] Yupei Zhang, The University of Tokyo
19.	Tone in Kunming Chinese Reduplication: Against Input-Reduplicant Correspondence [abstract] Cassandra Caragine, University of Maryland
20.	Examining the Prosodic Realization of Narrow Focus in Mandarin TTS [abstract] I Meng Lin, Boston University
22.	Effects of Gesture Mediated Chinese Tone Teaching in a Chinese-as- a-second-language Classroom [abstract] Xiaoyu Liu, University of Oregon
23.	Changsha Hua HOW/ WHY Alternations: A Causal Solution [abstract] Kate Yangshuying Zhou, University of British Columbia
24.	临床语言学视角下汉语腭裂术后儿童嗓音障碍及形成机制研究 [abstract] 时秀娟, 山东大学

4:35PM-6:15PM May 9 Session 3

• Quantification/Focus
• Adjectival Semantics
• Sociolinguistics
• L2 Acquisition

Location: Session Chair:	Room 111 I-hao Woo
4:35PM-5:00PM	The Distributive Quantifier GE in Mandarin Chinese [abstract] Pei-Jung Kuo, National Chiayi University
5:00PM-5:25PM	Only-Focus in Taiwanese: kan-na vs. nia-(nia) [abstract]  Jarry Chuang, National Tsing Hua University; Chun-Tien Jonathan Chen*, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
5:25PM-5:50PM	谓词前“是”字句的“行”、“知”、“言”三域用法 [abstract]  孙艺珊, Osaka Sangyo University

Location: Session Chair:	Room 211 Meili Deng
4:35PM-5:00PM	Chinese Reduplicated Adjectives as Concrete Instantiations of Properties [abstract]  Chen-Sheng Liu 劉辰生, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
5:00PM-5:25PM	Adjectives of Quantity as Intensionalized Verbal Modifiers in Chinese [abstract]  Zhiguo Xie, The Ohio State University
5:25PM-5:50PM	Multimodal and Dynamic Sensory Contributions to Adjective Meaning [abstract]  Yimei Shao*, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Haoran Jiang, Tianjin University; Yu-Yin Hsu*, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Xiangbin Teng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
5:50PM-6:15PM	Automating Lexical Frequency Modeling in Chinese Using Interpretable Machine Learning [abstract]   Haocheng Yang*, Jinghang Gu, Huiheng Zeng, Chu-Ren Huang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Location: Session Chair:	Room 212 Kun Nie
4:35PM-5:00PM	The Ideological Construction of Standard English: Power, Orthography, and the Marginalization of CPE in 19th-Century Canton [abstract] Ruofan Wang, The Ohio State University
5:00PM-5:25PM	Translanguaging in Chinese Rap Music: A Tripartite Framework [abstract]  Kate Yangshuying Zhou*, Chenxi Xu*, The University of British Columbia
5:25PM-5:50PM	Substrate Transfer in Action: The Additive, Scalar, and Distributive Triad of Singlish ‘also’ from Chinese [abstract]  Lemin Gao, University of Chicago

Location: Session Chair:	Room 214 Ok Joo Lee
4:35PM-5:00PM	Longitudinal Development of Chinese Directional Complements in L2 Chinese: Use, Type Expansion, and Accuracy  Shuyi Yang, Johns Hopkins University [abstract]
5:00PM-5:25PM	Preferred Argument Structure in CFL Learners’ Written Summaries [abstract]  Lan Zhang, University of Memphis
5:25PM-5:50PM	范围副词“都1”的隐性总括义：习得情况及教学建议 [abstract]  杜宇潇*, 张方正, Harvard University
5:50PM-6:15PM	When Switching Gets Harder: Morphosyntactic Category, Constituent Size, and Acceptability in English-Mandarin Code-Switching [abstract]  Mei Li*, Hongchen Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology

11:10AM-12:25PM May 10 Session 1

• Modals and Quantifiers
• Computational Linguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Corpus and Lexicon

Location: Session Chair:	Room 111 Chen-Sheng Liu
11:10AM-11:35AM	Modeling Prohibition: A Case Study on Mandarin Jinzhi [abstract] Jingwen Huang*, Beijing Language and Culture University; Zhuosi Luo*, Beijing Foreign Studies University
11:35AM-12:00PM	Mandarin Ability Modals hui and neng in Innate Abilities and Learned Skills: An Experimental Study [abstract] Ye Zheng*, Shin Fukuda, Li Julie Jiang, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
12:00PM-12:25PM	Prosodic Effects on Quantifier Scope Interpretation in Chinese [abstract] Shaohua Fang*, Purdue University; Fei Yuan*, University College Dublin

Location: Session Chair:	Room 211 Yu-Yin Hsu
11:10AM-11:35AM	When More Data Is Not Enough: Language as Ideological Memory in Gendered Language Models [abstract] Yingqiu Ge*, Jinghang Gu, Huiheng Zeng, Chu-Ren Huang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
11:35AM-12:00PM	Grammatical Cues Enhance Accuracy of Word Segmentation: Evidence from Taiwan Hakka [abstract] Yi-Ling Liao*, Wen-Jet Wang, Tzong-Hong Lin, National Tsing Hua University
12:00PM-12:25PM	Tracing American Media Sentiment Toward the Chinese Language (2020–2025): An NLP-Based Corpus Analysis [abstract] Asya Vaisberg, Pomona College

Location: Session Chair:	Room 212 Jianfei Chen
11:10AM-11:35AM	"Doll-like" Girls and "Narrow-waisted" Men: How AI Prompts Reinforce and Challenge Hegemonic Gender Norms in China [abstract] Yifan Wu*, York University; Carla Moriarty, Victoria University of Wellington
11:35AM-12:00PM	基于深度访谈的汉语亲密关系背称新词研究 Beyond Romance: An Interview-Based Study of Neologistical Terms of Reference for Intimate Partners in Mandarin Chinese [abstract] 钟金雷*, 郭嘉骐*, Freie Universität Berlin
12:00PM-12:25PM	Cantonese Established Deviance [abstract] Seth Wyatt, University of New Mexico

Location: Session Chair:	Room 214 Yu Liu
11:10AM-11:35AM	“东西”是什么东西？— A Semantic Study of Dongxi in Mandarin Chinese [abstract] Xinya Lan, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
11:35AM-12:00PM	汉语量词“个”与日语量词「つ」「個」的对照研究——多义网络的分析 [abstract] 许川阳, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
12:00PM-12:25PM	《现代汉语词典》第7版收录方言条目问题探析 [abstract] 杨柳, 四川大学

1:15PM-2:30PM May 10 Session 2

• Aspects and Reflexives
• Phonetics
• Historical Phonology
• L2 Pedagogical Research

Location: Session Chair:	Room 111 Victoria Bogushevskaya
1:15PM-1:40PM	Beyond Telicity: Reframing Mandarin Phase Complements through a Grammar of Boundedness [abstract] Xiaolin Niu, University of Washington
1:40PM-2:05PM	Revisiting VV in Mandarin: New Evidence from Northeastern Chinese [abstract] Jin-Lin Chen*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mengyi Zhu, Peking University
2:05PM-2:30PM	Why Pre-exemption of the Reasoning: Intensifier Ziji as Root [abstract] Xiangyu Wang 王翔宇, Oxford University

Location: Session Chair:	Room 211 Kaidi Chen
1:15PM-1:40PM	Individual Differences of Cue Weights in Bilingual Speech Are Correlated Across Languages and Contrasts: A Case Study of Changsha-Mandarin Bilinguals’ Sibilant Production [abstract] Xinyu Liao*, University of Toronto; Chenzi Xu, University of Oxford
1:40PM-2:05PM	挪威籍學習者華語捲舌音之聲學特徵分析 [abstract] 林汶儀, National Taiwan University
2:05PM-2:30PM	Tonal Alignment Contrasts Falling Tones in Feixiang Chinese [abstract] Jianfeng (Steven) Guo, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Location: Session Chair:	Room 212 Zuoyu Tian
1:15PM-1:40PM	Early Chinese Loanwords in Tai and Vietnamese and Evidence of Loss of Old Chinese Coda Clusters with Stops plus *s [abstract] Mark Alves, Montgomery College
1:40PM-2:05PM	Parallel Reflexes and Vocalic Shift in Early Chinese [abstract] David Prager Branner, Independent Scholar
2:05PM-2:30PM	Rethinking Strengthening and Vowel Apicalization in the Xiang Dialects Through a Raising Perspective [abstract] Han Lee, University of Washington

Location: Session Chair:	Room 214 Huaping (Cindy) Zhuang
1:15PM-1:40PM	What Textual Elements Can Help B2 Adult Learners Enhance Communicative Mandarin Competence at a Taiwan Language Institute? [abstract] Wenching Chuang, University of Chichester
1:40PM-2:05PM	Advancing Pragmatic Inference in Chinese through Theatrical Texts: A Practitioner Inquiry on "The Thunderstorm" [abstract] Jianfei Chen, George Mason University
2:05PM-2:30PM	基于语料的高级汉语写作偏误分析与教学启示 [abstract] Xiang Jian, University of Southern California

2:40PM-3:55PM May 10 Session 3

• Constructions & Prosody-Syntax
• Phonology in Sociolinguistics
• Historical Linguistics
• Writing and Lexicon

Location: Session Chair:	Room 111 Zhuosi Luo
2:40PM-3:05PM	Mandarin Dialects: A Comparative Study of Noun Types in the ‘X ge N’ Construction [abstract] Trevor Harms, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
3:05PM-3:30PM	A Unified Lexical Analysis of the Chinese Particle Le in Sign-Based Construction Grammar [abstract] Linjun Yao, The Ohio State University
3:30PM-3:55M	韵律、语体与动词的重新分析——以服务为例 [abstract] 苏婧*, 王丽娟, 冯胜利, 北京语言大学

Location: Session Chair:	Room 211 Xiang Jian
2:40PM-3:05PM	Variable Adaptation of Intervocalic Nasals in Mandarin Loanwords: Corpus, Perception, and Production Evidence from Bilinguals [abstract] Ho-Hsin Huang, Michigan State University
3:05PM-3:30PM	Exploring Tonal Assignment of English Loanwords in Standard Mandarin — a Corpus-based Study [abstract] Yeheng Wu, Independent Scholar
3:30PM-3:55M	A Different Kind of “G-dropping”: Variation in Syllable-final [-ŋ/-n] in Toronto Heritage Cantonese [abstract] Irene Zhuang, University of Toronto

Location: Session Chair:	Room 212 David Prager Branner
2:40PM-3:05PM	蔡家話的全濁字局部清化 [abstract] 李文希 (Man Hei Lee), University of Sydney
3:05PM-3:30PM	从“摩切”到“环睁”——刮目相看之刮字词源歧解考辨 [abstract] 曾江, Independent Scholar
3:30PM-3:55M	“弗”字合音说献疑 [abstract] 林智, 中国社会科学院语言研究所

Location: Session Chair:	Room 214 Fei Yuan
2:40PM-3:05PM	Identifying Visual-Orthographic Unit and Motor Mechanism in Chinese L2 Character Writing [abstract] Yi Dai*, Min Wang, University of Maryland, College Park; Feng Xiao*, Pomona College
3:05PM-3:30PM	Lexical Predictors of Generative-AI Mnemonic Quality for Chinese Vocabulary [abstract] Bin Yang, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
3:30PM-3:55M	“When Writing No Longer Counts”: Chinese Character Writing and Language Ideologies in the Age of AI, from a Sociolinguistic Perspective [abstract] Fang Yan, Princeton University

4:05PM-5:20PM May 10 Session 4

• Experimental Approaches
• Applications of LLMs
• Historical Linguistics
• L2 Phonology

Location: Session Chair:	Room 111  Shuyi Yang
4:05PM-4:30PM	Grammatical Illusions in Long-Distance Chinese Classifier Processing: The Roles of Phonology, Orthography, and Semantics [abstract] Xiaoyu Liu*, Nayoung Kwon, University of Oregon
4:30PM-4:55PM	Influence of Animacy and Collectivity on the Production of the Optional Mandarin Plural Marker "men" [abstract] Pu Meng*, Cynthia Lukyanenko, Sylvia Woodrose Schwartz, George Mason University
4:55PM-5:20PM	Can Semantic Similarity Capture Headedness Distributions? Evidence from Chinese Disyllabic Compounds [abstract] Dongxu Wu, The Ohio State University

Location: Session Chair:	Room 211 Runqing Qi
4:05PM-4:30PM	Iconicity, Humour, and Pragmatic Loss in AI Translation: A Russian-Chinese Case Study [abstract] Victoria Bogushevskaya, University of Bergamo
4:30PM-4:55PM	Exploring Sentence-Final Particles in Self-Talk: A Case Study of ne (呢) and ma (嘛) through the Lens of Human and LLM Judgements [abstract] Xiaomeng Sun, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
4:55PM-5:20PM	Productive Knowledge of Chinese Character Form Patterns in Human Memory and LLMs [abstract] Yue Shi Yang, National Chung Cheng University

Location: Session Chair:	Room 212 Mark Alves
4:05PM-4:30PM	An OT analysis for guping in regulated verse [abstract] Yuxuan (Melody) Wang, Harvard University
4:30PM-4:55PM	The Story of a Light Verb Modal in Chinese [abstract] Mingyang Bian*, Paloma Jeretič, University of Pennsylvania
4:55PM-5:20PM	A Computational Approach for Dating Chinese Texts: Insights from the Biji Text [abstract] Zuoyu Tian, Macalester College

Location: Session Chair:	Room 214 Fang Yan
4:05PM-4:30PM	The Influence of L1 Phonology on the Acquisition of L2 Mandarin Lexical Tonal Perception [abstract] Pin-Yu Eric Chen*, Indiana University; Isabelle Darcy, Université Grenoble-Alpes
4:30PM-4:55PM	The Cross-Script Phonological Priming Effect from L2 to L1 with English-Speaking Learners of Mandarin in Visual Word Recognition [abstract] Danwei Li, University of Connecticut & Barnard College
4:55PM-5:20PM	Mandarin Chinese Lexical Tone Processing by Bilingual Speakers of Non-Tonal Languages [abstract] Latifa Charaa, Nabila Louriz, Hassan II University of Casablanca