Invited Seminars and Lectures (1999-)

1999

• How Far Can Chinese Verbs Go? Department of Chinese, Translation, and Linguistics Seminar, City University of Hong Kong, February 22, 1999.
  
  
• Some Notes on the Syntax of Clefts: Evidence from Dak in Cantonese. The Postgraduate Program in Linguistics, Department of Modern Languages & Intercultural Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, September 22, 1999.

2000

• On the Categorial Status of Tense. The Institute of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, May 24, 2000.

2001

• Some notes on temporal predicate nominals in Chinese. Departmental Forum, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, February 22, 2001.

• 語言差異的一個原因——移位 [Movement and Language Variation]. 解放軍外國語學院，洛陽，October 8, 2001 [PLA University of Foreign Languages, Luoyang]

• 句法移位與詞序差異 [Syntactic Movement and Word Order Variation]. 北京大學漢語語言學研究中心，October 18, 2001 [Peking University, Beijing]
  

• 漢語雙賓語結構的句法分析 [Syntactic Analysis of the Chinese Double Object Construction]. 北京大學漢語語言學研究中心，October 19, 2001 [Peking University, Beijing]

• 如何對待語言差異的問題？ [How to Treat Language Variation?]. 清華大學外語系，October 22, 2001 [Department of Foreign Languages, Tsinghua University, Beijing]

• 語言學經濟原則的一些問題 [On Economy Principles in Language]. 北京語言文化大學外國語學院，October 24, 2001 [Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing]

• 語言差異的參數理論 [Parametric Theory of Language Variation]. 中國社會科學院語言研究所，October 25, 2001 [Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing]
  

• 詞序差異和移位的一些問題 [On Word Order Variation and Movement]. 廣東外語外貿大學，December 19, 2001 [Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou]

2002

• 新聞翻譯和語言 [News Translation and Language]. 透視新聞翻譯講座及研討會 ，半島青年商會主辦，香港浸會大學，2002年3月17日 [Seminar on News Translation, Peninsula Junior Chamber, Hong Kong Baptist University, March 17, 2002]
  

• Variation in Grammar (I): Word Order. School of International Education, Shanghai International Studies University, April 4, 2002 .
  

• Variation in Grammar (II): Structure. School of International Education, Shanghai International Studies University, April 5, 2002.

2003

• Ergativization of Chinese passives. Institute of Cognitive Science and Department of Linguistics, Hunan University, October 14, 2003.

2004

• 淺論漢語方言的句法差異 [On syntactic variation of Chinese dialects]。湖南大學認知科學研究所 [Institute of Cognitive Science, Hunan University], October 23, 2004.
  

• A parametric approach to the typology of subtopics in Chinese dialects. Wednesday Colloquium, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Chinese University of Hong Kong, November 10, 2004.

2005

• 從「最簡方案」看語法研究的一些問題 [Some notes on the study of grammar from a minimalist approach]. 北京大學漢語語言學研究中心, Peking University, April 4, 2005.
  

• 從「最簡方案」看漢語方言的語法差異 [Some notes on the parametric variation of Chinese dialects from a minimalist approach], 北京大學漢語語言學研究中心, Peking University, April 6, 2005.
  

• Chinese small clauses revisited. Graduate Institute of Linguistics and Cultural Studies, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, April 15, 2005.

2006

• Passivization vs. topicalization in Chinese. Wednesday Colloquium, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Chinese University of Hong Kong, May 10, 2006.
  
  
• 「最簡方案」和漢語語法的特點 [The Minimalist Program and properties of Chinese grammar], 華南師範大學外國語言文化學院 School of Foreign Studies, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, December 1, 2006.
  

• 形成漢語話題句的問題 [The formation of Chinese topic sentences], 廣東外語外貿大學 外國語言學及應用語言學研究中心 National Key Research Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, December 4, 2006.

2007

• 粵語虛詞的局部性、多重性和套置特點 [Locality, multiplicity, and nesting properties of function words in the Cantonese discontinuous construction], Linguistics Seminar, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Chinese University of Hong Kong, March 7, 2007.

2008

• Notes on N-Ellipsis and V-Ellipsis in Chinese. Polylinguist Salon, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, May 17, 2008.

• 同一個世界，同一種語言？ [One world, one language]. Official Languages Division, Civil Service Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, June 12, 2008.
  

• 也談移位、移情、類推揉合 [Movement, emotional movement, and analogical blending revisited], 北京航天航空大學 外國語學院 School of Foreign Languages, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, October 28, 2008.
  

• 空語類的指稱能力 [Referentiality of empty categories], 北京航天航空大學 外國語學院 School of Foreign Languages, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, October 29, 2008.
  

• 輕動詞和漢語的句法結構 [Light verbs and syntactic structures in Chinese], 北京航天航空大學 外國語學院 School of Foreign Languages, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, October 30, 2008.
  

• 「南非北是」：名物化的參數差異 ['The yes of north and the no of south': parametric variation of nominalization]. 北京語言大學 外國語學院 College of Foreign Languages, Beijing Language and Culture University, October 30, 2008.
  

• 「潮語」的定位 [On the position of trendy expressions in Hong Kong Cantonese]. 香港語言學學會香港「潮語」講壇 [LSHK Forum on Ciu4jyu5]. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, November 22, 2008.
  

• 光桿與非光桿空語類 [Bare and no-so-bare empty categories]. 上海外國語大學語言研究院 Institute of Linguistics Studies, Shanghai International Studies University, November 26, 2008.
  

• 「合併」還是「揉合」？ ['Merge' or 'blending'?]. 上海外國語大學語言研究院 Institute of Linguistics Studies, Shanghai International Studies University, November 26, 2008.

2009

• 粵語的拼音 ── 怎樣學？怎樣選？怎樣用？[Cantonese romanization: How to learn? How to choose? How to use?]. Official Languages Division, Civil Service Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, March 6, 2009.

• Notes on Chinese Verb Ellipsis. The Seoul 2009 International Conference on Linguistic Interfaces (SICOLI-2009), Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, June 24-26, 2009. [as a plenary speaker]
  

• 到底幹嗎怎麼問為甚麼 [On hows and whys in Mandarin and Cantonese] 北京語言大學理論語言學研究中心 Center for Linguistic Theory, Beijing Language and Culture University, July 8, 2009.
  

• 普通話和粵語的蒙受句──兼論漢語句法學的製圖理論 [A Cartographic Approach to the Syntax of the Affective Constructions in Mandarin and Cantonese]. 語言學講座Linguistics Seminar, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Chinese University of Hong Kong, October 8, 2009
  
  
• 生成語法學與漢語語法的研究 [Generative grammar and the study of Chinese grammar]. 北京師範大學文學院，語言學講座 [Linguistics Seminar, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University], November 18, 2009
  

• 漢語被動句的句法分析 [A syntactic analysis of Chinese passives]. 北京師範大學文學院，語言學講座 [Linguistics Seminar, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University], November 19, 2009
  

• 漢語方言語法研究的重要性 [The significance of the study of Chinese dialectal grammar]. 北京師範大學文學院，語言學講座 [Linguistics Seminar, School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University], November 20, 2009

2011

• Some Notes on the Left Periphery in Chinese. Seminar Series, Department of Linguistics, School of Humanities, The University of Hong Kong, March 8, 2011.
  

• 從「撐粵語」看香港的中文 ["Supporting Cantonese" and Chinese in Hong Kong], 香港中文大學崇基學院「提高語文能力計劃語文講座」[Language Seminar, Language Enhancement Programme, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong], March 16, 2011

• 再談「他的老師當得好」的形成 [The formation of Ta-de laoshi dang-de hao: revisited], Seminar, National Key Research Centre for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, May 5, 2011

• 漢語形式句法學的理論基礎 [Some theoretical background of Chinese formal syntax] (Lecture 1), 主謂結構的句法結構 [Syntactic structure of predication] (Lecture 2], 句子的句法分析 [Syntactic analysis of sentences] (Lecture 3), and 句法學研究的苦與樂 [The bitter and sweet of doing research on syntax] (Lecture 4), 生成語言學系列講座 [Lecture series of Generative Grammar], School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, September 21-23, 2011.

• 方言語法研究的第一步 [The first step towards the study of dialectal grammar] 暨南大學漢語方言研究中心 Jinan University, Guangzhou, November 3, 2011.

2012

• 方言語法研究難不難？ [Is the study of dialectal grammar difficult?] 中央民族大學 文學與新聞傳播學院 Minzu University of China, Beijing, November 8, 2012.

• 語氣詞與漢語語法的研究 [Sentence final particles and the study of Chinese grammar] BK21 The Education and Research Group for Chinese and Japanese Language and Culture [BK21 中日言語文化教育研究團] Korea University 高麗大學校, Seoul, Republic of Korea, December 12, 2012.

2013

• 從粵語「喎」看言域的句法結構 [On wo5 in Cantonese - syntactic structure of the speech act domain]. Departmental Seminar, Department of Chinese Language Studies, Hong Kong Institute of Education 香港教育學院 中國語言學系2012-13 年度學術講座系列（五）暨 香港語言學家講座系列, January 21, 2013.
  

• 漢語詞類劃分再議 [Parts of speech in Chinese: revisited]. Korea University 高麗大學校, Seoul, Republic of Korea, July 29-30, 2013.
  

• 從語氣詞看句子的邊緣結構 [Utterance particles and the peripheral clausal structures], East China Normal University, Shanghai, October 10, 2013.

• Predicative Utterance Particles in Chinese , Confucius Institute and the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, November 27, 2013.

2014

• 粵語和中文——有甚麼爭論？為甚麼爭論？[Debates about Cantonese and Chinese and Their Reasons], ICS Luncheon 中國文化研究所午間雅聚, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, March 31, 2014.

• 從多音節語氣詞看漢語的詞序 [Disyllabic Utterance Particles and Chinese Word Order], Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, April 21, 2014.

• 語氣詞的句法分析與製圖理論 [Syntactic Analysis of Utterance Particles and the Cartographic Approach], Linguistics Graduate Institute, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, April 22, 2014.

• 生成語法學講座 [Lectures on generative grammar], East China Normal University, Shanghai, May 6-9, 2014.

• 方言語法研究入門 [Introduction to studies of dialectal grammar], Jiaying University, Meizhou, Guangdong, May 26, 2014.

• 粵語是方言嗎？ [Is Cantonese a dialect?], 香港中文大學崇基學院「提高語文能力計劃語文講座」Language Seminar, Language Enhancement Programme, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, October 8, 2014.

• 普教中 ── 為甚麼？為了甚麼？ [Teaching Chinese in Putonghua -- why and what for?], Faculty Colloquium, Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, October 24, 2014.

• 當中文遇上普通話 [When Chinese meets Putonghua], Special Session on Language Policy Issues in Hong Kong S.A.R., Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Annual Research Forum, City University of Hong Kong, December 6, 2014.

2015

• Some Syntactic and Phonological Properties of Sentence-final Particles in Chinese, SyntaxLab, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, April 28, 2015.

• 漢語語法研究答問 [Inquiries about Research on Chinese Grammar], College of International Studies 外國語學院, Southwest University 西南大學, Chongqing, May 11, 2015.

• 方言語法研究的重要性 [The Significance of the Study of Chinese Dialectal Grammar], School of Foreign Languages 外國語學院, Chongqing Jiaotong University 重慶交通大學, Chongqing, May 11, 2015.

• 語氣詞的若干語法特點 [Some Grammatical Properties of Utterance Particles], College of International Studies 外國語學院, Southwest University 西南大學, Chongqing, May 12, 2015.

• 語氣詞的語法研究 [Studies of the grammar of utterance particles], 3 Lectures, East China Normal University, Shanghai, May 31-June 4, 2015.

• 句末成分對句法學研究的啟示 [Implications of the grammatical status of utterance particles for syntax], Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, June 2, 2015.

• 粵語與我 [Cantonese and I], 香港中文大學崇基學院「提高語文能力計劃語文講座」Language Seminar, Language Enhancement Programme, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, October 7, 2015.

2016

• 「正呀喂！學多，粵語語法及用法！」── 認識粵語講座 [Lecture on Cantonese - Grammar and Use]. City University of Hong Kong, February 19, 2016.

• A Syntactic Analysis of VP-Neg Questions in Chinese and its Consequences. Confucius Institute and the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, April 21, 2016.

• 漢語句末成分的句法地位 [Syntactic status of the sentence-final expressions in Chinese] & 參數差異之外——雙賓句研究的一點體會 [Beyond parametric variations: some notes on the study of the double object construction], Department of Education and Research Group for Chinese & Japanese Language and Culture, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, November 10-11, 2016.

2017

• 粵語的迷思 [Myths of Cantonese], 香港中文大學崇基學院「提高語文能力計劃語文講座」Language Seminar, Language Enhancement Programme, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, February 15, 2017.

• 粵語答問[Cantonese Q&A]. School of Education and Languages, The Open University of Hong Kong, March 9, 2017.

• 論輕動詞短語與句末助詞 [On vP and sentence-final particles]. Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University. March 31, 2017.

• 當漢語遇上形式句法學 [When Chinese meets formal syntax]. Vietnam National University-University of Language and International Studies (VNU-ULIS), Hanoi, Vietnam, December 5, 2017.

• 句末助詞研究的方法和啟示 [On the methodology of the study of sentence-final particles and its consequences]. Vietnam National University-University of Language and International Studies (VNU-ULIS), Hanoi, Vietnam, December 6, 2017.

• 粵語答問 [Cantonese Q&A]. Official Languages Division, Civil Service Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, December 13, 2017.

2018

• The Syntax of Confirmationals: Revisit to Ho in Cantonese. Eh-Lab, Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia. February 26, 2018.

• When Teaching Grammar Meets Formal Syntax. Chinese Language Program, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia. February 28, 2018. 

• Hong Kong Cantonese: What to Do and How to Go? Cantonese Language Program, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia. March 1, 2018.

• On the Syntax of Sentence-final Elements. Syntax Square, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 10, 2018.

• A Cartography Analysis of the Clausal Periphery. Syntax Brown Bag, Department of Linguistics, New York University, April 13, 2018.

• Hot vs. Cool: A Typological Approach to the Study of the Periphery. Harvard Linguistics Circle/Universals Colloquium, Department of Linguistics, Harvard University, April 20, 2018.

• Tag Questions as Coordination. Confucius Institute and the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, May 10, 2018.

• A Typological Study of the Sentence-final Expressions. Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 4, 2018.

• Some Notes on English Tag Questions. School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 6, 2018.

2019

• 粵語答問 ── 從藝術與粵語談文化 [Cantonese Q&A: Chinese values through art and Cantonese]. The D. H. Chen Foundation Scholarship Meet-the-Leaders Dialogue, Hong Kong, February 16, 2019.

• Hot-Cool Typology of the Sentence-final Particles. Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, April 26, 2019.

• A Comparative Study of Chinese Grammar. Department of Chinese Studies, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, April 30, 2019.

• 句末助詞類型的假說 [A speculation about the typology of sentence-final particles]. Institute of Linguistics, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-yi, Taiwan, May 20, 2019.

• Cantonese Grammar. School of Cantonese Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, May 28, 2019.

• 淺談中文語法 [Notes on Chinese grammar]. 公務員事務局法定語文事務部專題講座 Official Languages Division, Civil Service Bureau, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, June 14, 2019.

• 淺談比較語法研究 [Notes on the studies of comparative grammar]. Department of Malaysian Languages and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 13, 2019.

2020

• Some Aspects of Cantonese Grammar. The 8th Open Dialogue: Chinese Dialects Festival, Association for the Advancement of Sinology in Russia, August 15, 2020. (online)

• 全球華語詞彙與語法研究 [Studies of lexicology and grammar of Global Chinese]. 文德徽猷——香港中文大學中國語言及文學系學術演講系列 [Virtus et Gratia - Seminar Series of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, CUHK], The Chinese University of Hong Kong, August 28, 2020. (online)

• 香港中文大學中文系的研究與教學 [Research and teaching in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at The Chinese University of Hong Kong]. 北京師範大學文學院2020年教育教學大討論「互聯網+教育教學」專題講座 Seminar on "Internet + Education and Teaching", School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, October 10, 2020. (online)

• 當粵語遇上形式句法學 [When Cantonese meets formal syntax]. 中國語言學嶺南書院 [Southern Institute of Chinese Linguistics], 粵港澳高校中文聯盟 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance for Chinese, December 6, 2020. (online)

• 漢語句末助詞「啊」的句法位置 [The syntactic positions of the sentence-final particle a in Chinese]. 復旦大學現代語言學研究院 Institute of Modern Language Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, December 23, 2020 (online)

2021

• 香港中文與全球華語詞彙的研究 [Hong Kong Chinese and lexicology of global Chinese] 線上線下的跨域中國語文學探索 BK21FOUR Chinese & Japanese Education Research Group, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, January 21, 2021 (online)

• 香港中文與全球華語詞匯語法的研究 [Hong Kong Chinese and lexicology and grammar of global Chinese], 「面向粵港澳大灣區建設的粵語多維度研究」之海外名師講座. 華南理工大學 South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, April 9, 2021 (online)

• 粵語句末助詞的語法問題 [Some issues of the grammar of the sentence-final particles in Cantonese]. Chinese Dialects Festival 2021, Association for the Advancement of Sinology in Russia, August 10, 2021. (online)

• 漢語句末位置研究的理論意義 [Theoretical significance of the study of the sentence-final position in Chinese]. 第二屆中國語言學嶺南書院 [The Second Southern Institute of Chinese Linguistics], 粵港澳高校中文聯盟 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance for Chinese, December 5, 2021. (online)

2022

• 粵語詞序的問題 [Some issues of word order in Cantonese]. Chinese Dialects Festival 2022, Association for the Advancement of Sinology in Russia, August 9, 2022. (online)

• 重溫漢語虛指「甚麼」[The non-interrogative usage of shénme 'what' in Chinese: revisited]. School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, August 18, 2022. (online)

• 從製圖理論看漢語語法 [A cartographic approach to Chinese grammar] (1st lecture) & 當方言語法遇上形式句法學：以粵語為例 [When dialectal grammar meets formal syntax: evidence from Cantonese] (2nd lecture), Series of Lectures on the Frontiers of Chinese Language Studies (lectures 5 & 6, second season), Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University 復旦大學中國語言文學系「語言文字研究前沿講座」系列第二季第五、六講, October 27-28, 2022 (online)

• 漢語語法製圖理論的方法與意義：以詞彙層次為例 [Methodologies and implications of the cartographic study of Chinese grammar: case studies of the lexical level]. 第三屆中國語言學嶺南書院 [The Third Southern Institute of Chinese Linguistics], 粵港澳高校中文聯盟 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance for Chinese, December 10, 2022. (online)

• 否定義「甚麼」詞綴說答疑 [On the affixation approach to the negative morpheme shénme 'what' in Chinese: inquiries and replies]. 香港教育大學中國語言及中文教育研究中心、北京大學中國語言學研究中心「語言學名家學者聯合講座」Distinguished Scholar Joint Lecture Series on Linguistics, Centre for Research on Chinese Language and Education, The Education University of Hong Kong & Center for Chinese Linguistics, Peking University, December 15, 2022. (online)

2023

• 從比較語法認識漢語 [Chinese: a comparative grammar approach]. 「雋語新聲」人文社科系列講座之第二十八講 28th Lecture of the Lecture Series, School of Humanities and Social Science, 香港中文大學（深圳）The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, March 10, 2023

• 當製圖理論遇上漢語語法 [When cartography meets Chinese grammar], 北京師範大學 文學院勵耘學術論壇第55期 School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, April 18, 2023

• 淺談漢語反問句的句法分析 [Some notes on the syntax of Chinese rhetorical questions] 北京大學中國語言文學系名家學術講座暨現代漢語前沿問題講座（八）Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, Beijing, April 19, 2023

• 漢語語法研究的樂趣 [Fun of the studies of Chinese grammar], 北京師範大學珠海校區文理學院南國北師鳳凰山中文論壇之四十二, 42nd Lecture of the Chinese Lecture Series, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, May 19, 2023

• 香港的語文學習問題： 以詞彙為例 [Navigating language education challenges in Hong Kong: strategies for improving vocabulary teaching and learning]. 香港學校語言教育與多語環境下家庭語言規劃學術研討會, 中華教育文化交流基金會、香港語言研究中心, Hong Kong, May 25, 2023

• Teaching and Learning of Chinese Words: Standard Chinese vs. Hong Kong Chinese. UBC Cantonese Culture Master Class, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, June 14, 2023

• Modern Chinese Words for Fun. Cantonese Language Program, Department of Asian Studies, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, June 15, 2023