
RESEARCH
Research interests
My research interests lie in:
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Language acquisition (L1 and L2)
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Syntax and Semantics
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Cantonese grammar
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Language and Cognition
Research topics
My recent research topics include:
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The acquisition of universal A-quantifiers in Cantonese and Mandarin
(in collaboration with Thomas Hun-tak Lee)
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The development of numerical cognition in children
(in collaboration with Charles Yang and Thomas Hun-tak Lee)
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The acquisition of cardinal and ordinal numbers in Cantonese
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Children's knowledge of the interaction between aspect and quantification
(in collaboration with Thomas Hun-tak Lee)
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The acquisition of non-culminating accomplishments in Cantonese and Mandarin
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The acquisition of interrogatives in Cantonese and Mandarin
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Children's interpretation of quantifier scope in Cantonese and Mandarin
(in collaboration with Thomas Hun-tak Lee)
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The early grammar of Shanghainese-speaking children
(in collaboration with Jialei Zhu and Thomas Hun-tak Lee)
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Syntactic change in Hong Kong Cantonese
(in collaboration with Thomas Hun-tak Lee)