I am interested in the question what constituents our knowledge of language, with a research focus on syntax, semantics and their interfaces. To that end, I am open to different approaches, including theorizing from cross-linguistic data,
psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics, language acquisition of different populations, such as first language acquisition, second language acquisition and heritage speakers with incomplete language acquisition. (complete CV)
Current projects
Processing resumptive pronouns in syntactic islands (with Dr. Maria Polinsky and Dustin Heestand)
Processing Russian numeral-noun agreement among different populations: native speakers, L2 learners and heritage speakers (with Dr. Maria Polinsky and Boris Harizanov)
Processing negative polarity items (with Brian Dillon and Dr. Colin Phillips)
An ERP study on Chinese plural/singular distinction -- the role of individulization (with Dr. Taomei Guo and Jingjing Guo)
An MEG study of presuposition -- a case of "even" (with Ellen Lau and Dr. David Poeppel)
Acquisition of complex causation -- a comparison between English and Chinese 3-year olds (with Dr. Jeff Liz)
Papers
Xiang, M. 2007 (resubmitted). Plurality, scalar inferences and exhaustivity -- a case study of Mandarin dou (doc)
Xiang, M., Dillon, B. & Collin, P. 2007. (submitted) Interference in different domains: ERP evidence (PDF)
Xiang, M., Engelhardt, P. E., & Ferreira, F. 2007 (under revision). Anticipatory Eye Movements Mediated by Word Order Constraints. (PDF)
Xiang, M., (under revision). Quantifiers in Comparatives.
Huang, J., Xiang, M & Cao, Y. 2006, Reduction in V1 Activation Associated with Decreased Visibility of a Visual Target. NeuroImage, 31, 4, 1693-1699. (PDF)
Xiang, M., 2005, A Scalar Analysis of Chinese Dou, in Proceedings of the Western Conference of Linguistics (WECOL).
Xiang, M., 2005, The Degree Argument and the Definiteness Effect, in Proceedings of The 35th North Eastern Linguistic Society (NELS) (PDF)
Xiang, M., 2003, A Phrasal Analysis of Chinese Comparatives, in Proceedings of CLS 39, Chicago Linguistic Society. (PDF)
Xiang, M., Munn A., Schmitt, C., & Ferreira, F., 2004, Garden Path and Null Objects in Chinese, ms. Michigan State University. (PDF)
Presentations
Xiang,M., Harizanov, B. & Polinsky, M. 2008. Category of number: grammatical or conceptual? Poster to be presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing. March. Chapel Hill.
Xiang,M., Heestand,D. & Polinsky,M. 2008. Resumptive Pronouns: (non)rescuing function? Poster to be presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing. March. Chapel Hill.
Poeppel, D., Xiang, M. & Lau, E. 2008. Reversing expectations – MEG evidence for processing semantic presuppositions. Poster to be presented at the 15th Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) annual meeting.
Xiang, M., Guo, T.M. & Guo J.J. 2008. Brain potentials reflect the semantic distinction between singular and plurals. Poster to be presented at the 15th Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) annual meeting.
Xiang, M., Dillon, B. & Collin, P. 2006. Testing the Strength of the Spurious Licensing Effect for Negative Polarity Items, talk presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing. March, New York. (PPT)
Xiang, M., Conroy, A., Lidz, J. & Zukowski, A. 2006, Children’s understanding of Polarity Items, poster presented at the 12th Annual Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (Amlap), Aug, Nijmegen. (PPT)
Xiang, M. 2005, Dou, Maximality, and Licensing Existential Polarity Wh-items in Chinese, 2005, poster presented at the workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics (TEAL-3), July, Harvard.
Xiang, M., Engelhardt, P. E., Woodruff, A. E. T., & Ferreira, F. 2005, DP internal structure and the visual world context--when syntax meets pragmatics. Poster presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing. April, Tucson, Arizona.
Xiang, M., 2004, A Scalar Analysis of Chinese Dou, paper presented at The Western Conference of Linguistics (WECOL), Nov, USC.
Xiang, M., 2004, The Degree Argument and the Definiteness Effect, paper presented at The 35th North Eastern Linguistic Society (NELS), Oct, University of Connecticut.
Xiang, M., 2004, Quantifiers in Comparatives, Poster presented at The Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT), Mar., Washington, DC.
Xiang, M., 2004, Negation on (In)definite Events, Paper presented at the 2004 LSA Annual Meeting, Jan., Boston, MA. (handout)
Xiang, M., 2003, Phrasal Comparatives and Functional Analysis -- Evidence from Chinese, paper presented at the 15th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL), July, Michigan State University.
Xiang, M., 2003, A Phrasal Analysis of Chinese Comparatives, Paper presented at the 39th Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS).
Huang, J., Xiang, M., & Cao, Y., 2003, Reduction in Cortical Activation Associated with Decreased Visibility of a Visual Target, Poster presented at the 11th ISMRM annul meeting (International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine), July, Toronto.
Xiang, M., Munn A., Schmitt, C., & Ferreira, F., 2003. Garden Path and Null Objects in Chinese, Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, March, Cambridge, MA
Bailey, K. G. D., Xiang, M., & Ferreira, F., 2003. Parsing and Misinterpretation in Coordination Ambiguities. Poster presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, March, Cambridge, MA (PDF)
Xiang, M. 2002. Modifier Ordering in Chinese. Paper presented at the LSA 2002 annual meeting, Jan, San Francisco, CA (handout) |
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