{"id":5,"date":"2017-12-06T14:11:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T14:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/professor-example\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2019-05-02T20:01:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T20:01:31","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/yimei-xiang\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Papers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A hybrid categorial approach to question composition<\/strong>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/ling.auf.net\/lingbuzz\/004178\">Paper<\/a>)<br \/>\n2018. Under revision.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Function alternations of the Mandarin particle <em>dou<\/em>: Distributor, free choice licensor, and \u2018even\u2019<\/strong>. \u00a0(<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/ling.auf.net\/lingbuzz\/003598\">Paper<\/a>)<br \/>\n2018. Accepted (with minor revision). <em>Journal of Semantics<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mention-some readings of plural-marked questions: Experimental evidence<\/strong>.\u00a0(<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/yimeixiang.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/2017-nels-xiangcremers.pdf\">Paper<\/a>)<br \/>\nXiang, Yimei\u00a0and Alexandre\u00a0Cremers.<br \/>\n2017. <em>Proceedings of North East Linguistics Society 47<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>ONLY<\/em>: An NPI-licenser and NPI-unlicenser<\/strong>.\u00a0(<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jos\/article\/34\/3\/447\/3829886?guestAccessKey=444ee89f-5129-4e3b-98a2-e86b676476f2\">Paper<\/a>)<br \/>\n2017.\u00a0<em>Journal of Semantics <\/em>34(3): 447-481. doi: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1093\/jos\/ffx006\">10.1093\/jos\/ffx006<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Interpreting Questions with Non-exhaustive Answers<\/em><\/strong>. (<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/ling.auf.net\/lingbuzz\/003360\">Paper<\/a>)<br \/>\n2016. Ph.D. Dissertation. Harvard University. Committee: Gennaro Chierchia, Danny Fox, C.-T. James Huang.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Solving the dilemma between uniqueness and mention-some.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/yimeixiang.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/2015-nels46-xiang.pdf\">Paper<\/a>)<br \/>\n2016.\u00a0<em>Proceedings of North East Linguistics Society 46<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Complete and true: A uniform analysis for mention-some and mention-all questions<\/strong>.\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/proceedings-xiang.pdf?m=1453218973\">Paper<\/a>)<br \/>\n2016.\u00a0<em>Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 20<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mandarin particle <em>dou<\/em>: A pre-exhaustification exhaustifier<\/strong>.\u00a0(<a title=\"Paper\" href=\"https:\/\/yimeixiang.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/2016-eiss11-xiang.pdf\">Paper<\/a>)<br \/>\n2016. <em>Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics 11<\/em>. [See manuscript 2017 for updates]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mention-some readings of questions: Complexities from number-marking.<\/strong><br \/>\n2015.\u00a0 <em>Proceedings of Amsterdam Colloquium 20<\/em>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/yimeixiang.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/2015-ac20-xiang.pdf\">Paper<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>A Grammatical view of exhaustification with focus movement:<br \/>\nEvidence from NPI-Licensing.<\/strong><br \/>\n2015. <em>Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 19<\/em>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/yimeixiang.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/2015-sub19-xiang.pdf\">Paper<\/a>) [See <em>JoS<\/em> 2017 for new analysis]<\/li>\n<li><strong>Obligatory neg-raising in Mandarin: Negatives and aspects<\/strong>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/yimeixiang.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/nr_mandarin.pdf\">Paper<\/a>)<br \/>\n2014. Unpublished manuscript. Harvard University.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Neg-raising: Focus and implicatures.<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/yimeixiang.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/2013-sub18-xiang.pdf\">Paper<\/a>)<br \/>\n2013.\u00a0<em>Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 18<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Neg-raising and aspect: Evidence from Mandarin<\/strong>.<br \/>\n2013.\u00a0<em>University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics\u00a0Vol. 19<\/em>.\u00a0[Bad paper. Don&#8217;t read\/cite. ]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Selected Talks and Posters without proceedings<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>See a full list of talks\/posters in my <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/yimeixiang.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/11\/cv_yimeixiang_1812.pdf\">CV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>2018<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Quantifying into questions<\/strong>.<br \/>\nInvited tutorial.\u00a0The Workshop of multiple\u00a0<em>wh<\/em>\u2013 constructions and their kin. University of Nantes. Sep 2018. (<a href=\"https:\/\/yimeixiang.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/09\/2018-nanteworkshop-qiq1.pdf\">Handout<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>A hybrid categorial approach to question composition.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>NYU Semantics Group. Sep 2018.\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/yimeixiang.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/09\/2018-nyu-categorial.pdf\">Handout<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ling.auf.net\/lingbuzz\/004178\">related paper<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The Workshop of multiple <em>wh<\/em>&#8211; constructions and their kin. University of Nantes. Sep 2018<\/li>\n<li>Rutgers University. Feb 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Complete and true: Attitudes held of questions.<\/strong><br \/>\nInvited colloquium. Rutgers University. Feb 2018.\u00a0(<a title=\"completetrue_rutgers_yxiang_slides\" href=\"https:\/\/yimeixiang.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/06\/completetrue_rutgers_yxiang_slides.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>2017<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sensitivity to false answers in interpreting questions under attitudes.<\/strong><br \/>\nNorthwestern University, Tsinghua University, ILLC at University van Amsterdam, questions and attitudes workshop at Carnegie Mellon University, XPrag 2015<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alternations of logical functions: Mandarin particle <em>dou<\/em> as a pre-exhaustification exhaustifier.<\/strong> (<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/bclu_dou.pdf\">Handout<\/a>)<br \/>\nSJTU,\u00a0BLCU, MIT Exhaustivity Workshop,\u00a0EACL 9, and LAGB 2015<\/li>\n<li><strong>Semantics bootcamp: Questions.<\/strong>\u00a0(<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/bootcamp_pku_2017.pdf\">Part I<\/a>) (<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/bootcamp_pku_2017_part_2.pdf\">Part II<\/a>)<br \/>\nPeking University. July.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Wh<\/em>-items quantify over polymorphic sets.<\/strong>\u00a0(<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/cls53-handout-yxiang.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)<br \/>\nCLS 53. University of Chicago. May 25-27.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composing complex questions: Multi-<em>wh<\/em> questions and questions with quantifiers.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>DiP colloquium, ILLC, University van Amsterdam, March 17.\u00a0 (<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/composingcomplexquestions.pdf\">Handout<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>David Pesetsky&#8217;s 60th birthday workshop. MIT. Feb. 11.\u00a0(<a title=\"Poster\" href=\"http:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/pesetsky60-poster-xiang.pdf\">Poster<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Composing questions: A hybrid categorial approach<\/strong>.\u00a0(<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/glow40-slides-yxiang.pdf\">Slides<\/a>)(<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/glow40-slides-yxiang_01.pdf\">Printable<\/a>)<br \/>\nCompositionality at the Interfaces, GLOW 40,\u00a0 Leiden University, March 14.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Till 2016<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Deriving the ambiguity of mention-some questions by pre-exhaustifications.<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/disjunctive-ma-for-lsa-3.pdf?m=1453176177\">Handout<\/a>)<br \/>\nLSA 2016, Washington. January 2016.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deriving disjunctive mention-all answers.<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/disjunctive_ma_ac.pdf?m=1450365039\">Handout<\/a>)<br \/>\nInquisitive Semantics closing workshop &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.illc.uva.nl\/inquisitivesemantics\/workshops\/inqturn-closing-event-2015\">Questions in Semantics and Logic&#8221;<\/a>, ILLC, University van Amsterdam. December 2015.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multiple exhaustifications and multiple scalar items.<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/plc39-hdt-yxiang_0.pdf\">Handout<\/a>)<br \/>\nPLC 39. University of Pennsylvania. March 2015.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Obligatory neg-raising in Mandarin: Negatives and aspects<\/strong>.\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/teal9_hdt2.pdf\">Handout<\/a>)<br \/>\nTEAL 9, Nantes. September 2014.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focus structure and NPI-licensing<\/strong>.\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.harvard.edu\/files\/yxiang\/files\/glow37_xiang.pdf\">Poster<\/a>)<br \/>\nGLOW 37, Brussels. April 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Papers A hybrid categorial approach to question composition. (Paper) 2018. Under revision. Function alternations of the Mandarin particle dou: Distributor, free choice licensor, and \u2018even\u2019. \u00a0(Paper) 2018. 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