Finiteness and assertivity in complementizers: Mandarin shì and Vietnamese là. The 13th International Conference of the European Association of Chinese Linguistics (EACL-13). Paris - Aubervilliers, Sep. 2-4, 2026 ; w/ Roger Liao.
Copula complementizers in Chinese and Vietnamese. 15th International Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics (TEAL-15). Chinese U of Hong Kong, Jun. 5-6, 2026 ; w/ Roger Liao.
Beyond the question: Deriving denial and disapproval in Vietnamese non-canonical interrogatives. 6th International Workshop on Syntactic Cartography (IWSC6). Chinese U of Hong Kong, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2025; w/ Dylan Tsai.
On applicative constructions in Vietnamese and some Southern Chinese varieties. 13th International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL 13). Oct. 29-31, 2025; w/ Xin-Tian Lau & Dylan Tsai [Online]
Passive in early Vietnamese grammars: A critical review. 12th Int'l Conference on Missionary Linguistics: Linguistic Encounters between Europe and Asia (ICML-12). NTHU, Mar. 28-30, 2025.
On the scales of EVENs: A view from Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese. 14th Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics (TEAL-14). U of Southern California, Mar. 18-20, 2025; w/ Roger Liao.
Locative wh as negation in Vietnamese. 14th Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics (TEAL-14). U of Southern California, Mar. 18-20, 2025; w/ Dylan Tsai.
On three particle uses of verb-based đi in Vietnamese. 12th Int'l Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics (ICAAL12). Payap U, Oct. 23-25, 2024. [Online]
Disentangling scalarity from additivity: the many EVEN’s of Vietnamese. 33rd Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 33). NTHU, Jun. 15-17, 2024; w/ Roger Liao.
Two types of scalar EVEN: evidence from Vietnamese. 14th Generative Linguistics in the Old World in Asia (GLOW in Asia XIV). Chinese U of Hong Kong, Mar. 6-8, 2024; w/ Roger Liao.
Every 'where' all at once: Vietnamese đâu from a comparative perspective. 5th Int'l Workshop on Syntactic Cartography (IWSC 2023). Beijing Language & Culture U, Oct. 29-30, 2023; w/ Dylan Tsai.
Vietnamese bare reflexive and the blocking effect. Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics 13 (TEAL-13). NTNU, May 12-14, 2023; w/ Tim Chou. [Poster]
(Một) cái: a case of grammaticalization in Vietnamese. 31st Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 31). U of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, May 18-20, 2022.
Tiếng Việt như ngôn ngữ di sản: bước đầu tìm hiểu một số đặc điểm ngôn ngữ của người Mỹ gốc Việt [Vietnamese as a Heritage Language: a Preliminary Study on Linguistic Characteristics of Vietnamese Americans]. Int'l Conference on ‘The Linguistics of Vietnam - 30 years of Renovation and Development’. Hanoi, Aug. 23, 2015.
Invited colloquium talks & presentations
Mandarin shì and Vietnamese là: A tale of two complementizers. Lecture at Chinese Linguistics in Leiden (ChiLL). Leiden University, Feb. 18, 2026; w/ Roger Liao.
Canonical and non-canonical why-expressions in Vietnamese. 2025 NTHU Linguistics Forum: Workshop on Syntax and Semantics. NTHU, May 12, 2025.
Scalar EVENs in Vietnamese and Chinese. Colloquium talk at the Joint Research Colloquium in Linguistics. Institute of Linguistics, U of Stuttgart. Jan. 21, 2025.
The scales of EVEN: A comparative study of Mandarin Chinese and Vietnamese. 13th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Taiwan. NTHU, Oct. 19, 2024; w/ Roger Liao.
Vietnamese mình: Attitudes, empathy and the blocking effect. 15th Workshop on Formal Syntax and Semantics (FOSS-15). NTNU, Oct. 12-13, 2024; with Tim Chou.
Traversing the ‘where’ landscape: Vietnamese đâu beyond location. Workshop on the Syntax and Semantics of Austronesian and Southeast Asian Languages (2023 NTHU Linguistics Forum). NTHU, Nov. 11, 2023; w/ Dylan Tsai.
Non-refereed presentations
Vietnamese cho beyond ‘give’: Word-order Change and Grammaticalization. Mapping Word Order: A Cartographic Perspective on Syntax. Beijing Language & Culture U, Mar. 26-29, 2026. [Online]
Conditional evaluative constructions in Vietnamese. 2026 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-6). Ca' Foscari U of Venice, Feb. 26-27, 2026; w/h Alex Wimmer & Daniel Hole.
Applicative constructions as further evidence for a Greater Mainland Southeast Asian Sprachbund? 2026 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-6). Ca' Foscari U of Venice, Feb. 26-27, 2026; w/ Xin Tian Lau & Dylan Tsai.
From rhetorical attitude to high negative polarity: The diachronic syntax of Vietnamese há and nào. 2026 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-6). Ca' Foscari U of Venice, Feb. 26-27, 2026; w/ Barbara Meisterernst.
Similative plurality in Vietnamese and its typological implications. 2026 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-6). Ca' Foscari U of Venice, Feb. 26-27, 2026; w/ Tim Chou.
Marking finiteness with Vietnamese complementizer là. International Roundtable on Comparative Syntax. NTHU, Oct. 19, 2025.
On modal uses of tense markers in Vietnamese. 2025 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-5). Ca' Foscari U of Venice, Jan. 30-31, 2025; with Dylan Tsai.
Vietnamese há and Chinese qǐ in rhetorical questions: a diachronic syntax perspective. 2025 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-5). Ca' Foscari U of Venice, Jan. 30-31, 2025; w/ Barbara Meisterernst.
In search of reason, cause, and purpose: Why-expressions in Vietnamese. 2024 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-4). NYCU, Mar. 16-17, 2024; w/ Dylan Tsai.
Locative inversion in Vietnamese. 2024 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-4). NYCU, Mar. 16-17, 2024; w/ Tim Chou.
Vietnamese modal ĐƯỢC is only dynamic postverbally. 2023 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-3). Konan U, Mar. 17-19, 2023; w/ Barbara Meisterernst.
On the non-canonical uses of Vietnamese ĐÂU. 2023 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-3). Konan U, Mar. 17-19, 2023; w/ Dylan Tsai.
The syntax and semantics of Vietnamese modal được: a diachronic and comparative account. 2022 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-2). Konan U, Mar. 19-20, 2022; w/ Barbara Meisterernst. [Online]
On Vietnamese flip-flop constructions: a comparative perspective. 2022 Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics (ISVL-2). Konan U, Mar. 19-20, 2022; w/ Dylan Tsai. [Online]
An antisymmetry approach to post-nominal modification in Vietnamese. Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics, Typology and Language Universals. Harvard-Yenching Institute, Apr. 16-17, 2021; w/ Yi-Ling Liao & Jonah Lin. [Online]
Non-canonical what-questions in Vietnamese. Workshop on Vietnamese Linguistics, Typology and Language Universals. Harvard-Yenching Institute, Apr. 16-17, 2021; w/ Dylan Tsai. [Online]
Guest lectures
The Syntax of How-expressions in Old Vietnamese: A Diachronic Comparative Approach. Seminar on Comparative Syntactic Studies of Modern and Classical Chinese. Institute of Linguistics, NTHU, Dec. 3, 2025.
Comparative Syntax. Syntax II. Institute of Linguistics, NTHU, Apr. 30, 2025.