Symposium Program

2 Dec

11:00am-12:30am
(TU107 & Zoom)

Roundtable

Panelists:
Mary Dalrymple (Oxford University),
Lori Levin (Carnegie Mellon University)
Charles Yang (University of Pennsylvania)

Moderator:
Chu-Ren Huang (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Zoom Link:
https://polyu.zoom.us/j/97206918189?pwd=aU9tU0Vpc3p0R3R

3 Dec

9:15am-10:15am
(TU201 & Zoom)
Keynote Talk

Prof. Lori Levin (Carnegie Mellon University) (Chair: Kathleen Ahrens, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

Title: Interlinear Gloss in Natural Language Processing and Language Documentation

Meeting ID: 587 510 3983

Zoom Link: https://polyu.zoom.us/j/5875103983

4 Dec

9:15am-10:15am
(TU201 & Zoom)
Keynote Talk

Prof. Charles Yang (University of Pennsylvania) (Chair: Emmanuele Chersoni, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)

Title: Learning by Satisficing

Meeting ID: 587 510 3983

Zoom Link: https://polyu.zoom.us/j/5875103983

5 Dec (Presentation Sessions)

2:00-2:10pm
(TU107 & Zoom)
Opening Remark

Meeting ID: 990 0277 6576
Passcode: 709945
https://polyu.zoom.us/j/99002776576?pwd=Ukcwa2E4QW9LQ3E3U3JiMmdIRGtjdz09

2:10-3:25 pm
(TU107 & Zoom)
Session A: Semantics and Grammar

Meeting ID: 990 0277 6576
Passcode: 709945
https://polyu.zoom.us/j/99002776576?pwd=Ukcwa2E4QW9LQ3E3U3JiMmdIRGtjdz09

Yu Wang: Existence Justifies Reason: A Data Analysis on Chinese Classifiers Based on Eye Tracking and Transformers

Bingxian Chen: Does Chinese Focus Units Follow the Alternative Semantics? — Evidence From A Semantic Priming Study

Menghan Jiang: A Comparable Corpus-Driven Study on Dative Variation in Mandarin Chinese

3:35-4:50 pm
(TU107 & Zoom)
Session B: Lexicon and Cognition

Meeting ID: 990 0277 6576
Passcode: 709945
https://polyu.zoom.us/j/99002776576?pwd=Ukcwa2E4QW9LQ3E3U3JiMmdIRGtjdz09

Jason Kan: Analysis of Corpus-based Word Frequency Effect in Test-based Age-of-Acquisition Norm for Cantonese Vocabulary

Zhihong Chen: A Study of Second Language Acquisition of English Spatial Prepositions "on," "in," and "at" Based on Conceptual Metaphor Theory

Mengchen Li: The Cognitive Processes of Meaning Extension in Language: A Case Study of the Chinese Character fan (饭)

5:00-5:40pm
(TU107 & Zoom)
Poster Session

Meeting ID: 990 0277 6576
Passcode: 709945
https://polyu.zoom.us/j/99002776576?pwd=Ukcwa2E4QW9LQ3E3U3JiMmdIRGtjdz09

Hongrui Wang: The Model of Moral Change and Development Stages in Chinese Society ——Based on the Vocabulary Analysis of the 70-year "People's Daily"

Yixin Cui: The acceptability of diverse sentence structures with right dislocation in Shandong Mandarin

Tingting Wang: New Words Semantic Reasoning Based On Large Language Model

Wanying Zhao & Haiying Li: A Corpus-based Study on the Use Bias of 了 in the Written Chinese Language of Elderly Hearing-impaired Children

Yingnan Li: Effectiveness of an Adapted High-Variability Phonetic Training Paradigm on Updating Online and Offline Tone Perceptual Abilities for Second Language Learners

Ke Liang: Research on Color Words in the Shanhai Jing Based on Multi-text Comparison

5:50-6:00pm
(TU107 & Zoom)
Closing Remark

Meeting ID: 990 0277 6576
Passcode: 709945
https://polyu.zoom.us/j/99002776576?pwd=Ukcwa2E4QW9LQ3E3U3JiMmdIRGtjdz09