Publications and Presentations

Papers and manuscripts
Manuscripts

  • Xiang, Ming; Kramer, Mathew; Kennedy, Christopher. (under revision) Semantic adaptation in gradable adjective interpretation. (manuscript available upon request)
  • Xiang, Ming; Suiping Wang (under revision) Locality and expectation in Chinese wh-in-situ dependencies. (manuscript available upon request)

2024

  • Wei Liu, Ming Xiang, and Nai Ding (submitted) Active Use of Latent Constituency Representation in both Humans and Large Language Models. https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.18241
  • Li, Yunsong; Xiang, Ming; Wang, Suiping. (resubmitted ) Working memory capacity limit is dependent on encoding granularity: evidence from Mandarin Chinese.
  • Kim, Sanghee; Xiang, Ming. 2024. Encoding discourse structure information during language comprehension: Evidence from web-based visual world paradigm experiments. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
  • Kim, Sanghee; Xiang, Ming. 2024. The division of main and subordinate discourse information in real-time comprehension. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America.
  • Fagen, Lucas; Xiang, Ming. 2024. Graded complementarity in the resolution of pronouns and reflexives. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America.
  • Yue, Jiayuan and Xiang, Ming. (To appear). The argument-adjunct asymmetry revisited: The role of focus alternatives in island effect. In Syntax in Uncharted Territories: Essays in Honor of Maria Polinsky. (pdf)
  • Ronai, Eszter; Xiang, Ming. (2024). Scalar inference calculation through the lens of degree estimates. Language and Cognition.
  • Kim, Sanghee; Xiang, Ming. (2024). Incremental discourse-update constrains number agreement attraction effect. Cognitive Science. 48, 9.
  • Eszter Ronai and Ming Xiang. (2024) What could have been said? Alternatives and variability in pragmatic inferences. Journal of Memory and Language, 136: 104507. (pdf)

2023

  • Li, JiaXuan; Ou, JingHua, and Xiang, Ming. (2023) Context-specific effects of violated expectations: ERP evidence. Cognition. (pdf)
  • Ou, JingHua; Xiang, Ming, and Yu, Alan C. (2023). Individual variability in subcortical neural encoding shapes phonetic cue weighting. Scientific Reports. https://rdcu.be/deWjB
  • Ronai, Eszter and Xiang, Ming. (2023), Memory Versus Expectation: Processing Relative Clauses in a Flexible Word Order Language. Cognitive Science, 47: e13227. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13227
  • Xiang, Ming; Dai, Zhewei; Wang, Suiping (2023) When Parsing and interpretation misalign: a case of wh-scope ambiguity resolution in Mandarin. Language, 99(1),1-37. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/884308.
  • Cheng Luo, Wei Liu, Jieyu Lin, Jiajie Zou, Ming Xiang, and Nai Ding. (2023) Simple but Challenging: Natural Language Inference Models Fail on Simple Sentences. Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: EMNLP 2022. (pdf)
  • Wei Liu, Ming Xiang, and Nai Ding. (2023) Adjective Scale Probe: Can Language Models Encode Formal Semantics Information?. Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Washington DC. (pdf)

2022

  • Xiang, Ming; Kennedy, Christopher; Xu, Weijie; Leffel, Timothy (to appear) Pragmatic reasoning and semantic convention: a case study of gradable adjectives. Semantics and Pragmatics. https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.15.9
  • Stigliano, Laura & Ming Xiang (2022) Experimental Evidence on Island Effects in Spanish Relative Clauses. Probus. (pdf)
  • Zhang, Wenjia; Ming Xiang and Suiping Wang (2022) The Role of Left Angular Gyrus in the Representation of Linguistic Composition Relations. Human Brain Mapping, 1-14.  DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25781 (pdf)
  • Lam, Daniel and Ming Xiang (2022) Noun phrase representational complexity reduces maintenance cost in working memory by increasing distinctiveness between referents. In J. Culbertson, A. Perfors, H. Rabagliati & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.(pdf)
  • Ronai, Eszter and Ming Xiang. (2022) Tracking the activation of scalar alternatives with semantic priming. In Proceedings of Experiments in Linguistic Meaning 2. (pdf)
  • Ronai, Eszter and Xiang, Ming. 2022. Three factors in explaining scalar diversity. In Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung. 26,716-734(pdf)
  • Ronai, Eszter and Xiang, Ming. 2022. Quantifying semantic and pragmatic effects on scalar diversity. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 7(1), 5216(pdf)

2021

  • Juliane Schwab, Ming Xiang, and Mingya Liu (accepted). Anti-locality effect without head-final dependencies. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. (pdf) (Data and Code)
  • Weijie, Xu and Ming Xiang (2021) Is there a predictability hierarchy in reference resolution? In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Vol 43. (pdf)
  • Ou, Jinghua; Yu, Alan, Xiang, Ming (2021) Individual differences in categorization gradience as predicted by online processing of phonetic cues during spoken word recognition: Evidence from eye movements. Cognitive Science. 45.3 (2021): e12948 (pdf)
  • Geiger, Jeffrey & Ming Xiang (2021). Toward an accommodation account of deaccenting under non-identity. In Proceedings of Experiments in Linguistic Meaning 1. 172-183. (pdf)
  • Geiger, Jeffrey; Xiang, Ming (2021) At the syntax-discourse interface: VPE interpretation in context. Language. 97.1: e89-e110 (pdf)
  • Ronai, Eszter; and Xiang, Ming. 2021. Exploring the connection between Question Under Discussion and scalar diversity. In Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 6(1), pp. 649–662.(pdf)

2020

  • Ronai, Eszter; Xiang, Ming (2020) Pragmatic inferences are QUD-sensitive: An experimental study. Journal of Linguistics. pp. 1-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022226720000389 (pdf)
  • Ronai, Eszter; Xiang, Ming (2020) Calculating scalar inference under QUDs. In NELS 49: Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society. (pdf)
  • Kobele, Gregory; He, Linyang; Xiang, Ming (2020) The role of information theory in gap-filler dependencies. In the Proceedings of the the Society for Computation in Linguistics (SCiL) (pdf)
  • Xiang, Ming; Kramer, Alex; Nordmeyer, Ann (2020) An informativity-based account of negation complexity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Advance online publication: https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000851.  (pdf)

2019

  • Ronai, Eszter; Sun, Yenan; Yu, Alan; Xiang, Ming (2019) Integration of contextual-pragmatic and phonetic information in speech perception: An eye-tracking study. Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology. (pdf)
  • Jeffrey Geiger & Ming Xiang (2019). Production of deaccenting under entailment, repetition, and bridging: Phonetic and perceptual comparison. In Calhoun, S., Escudero, P., Tabain, M., & Warren, P., eds., Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019. Canberra, Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc. 512-516. (pdf)
  • Clifton, Charles; Xiang,Ming; Frazier, Lyn  (2019) A note on the voice mismatch asymmetry in Ellipsis. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, DOI 10.1007/s10936-019-09636-z. (pdf)
  • Xiang, Ming; Grove, Julian; Merchant, Jason (2019) Structural priming in production through `silence’: an investigation of verb phrase ellipsis and null complement anaphora. Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics, 4(1), 67. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.726. (pdf)

2018

  • Luce, Kanan; Geiger, Jeffrey; Kennedy, Christopher; Xiang, Ming (2018) Interpretations of VP anaphora through reference to salient events. Proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America 3(38). 1-13. (pdf)
  • Aparicio, Helena; Kennedy, Christopher; and Xiang, Ming (2018) Perceived Informativity and Referential Effects of Contrast in Adjectivally Modified NPs. Invited contribution to the Springer series Language, Cognition, and Mind. (pdf)

2017

  • Politzer-Ahles, Stephen; Xiang, Ming & Almeida, Diogo (2017) “Before” and “after”: investigating the relationship between temporal connectives and chronological ordering using event-related potentials. PLoS ONE, 12, e0175199 (pdf)
  • Jeffrey Geiger & Ming Xiang (2017) “Context can!”: Contextual accommodation in exophoric and anaphoric verb phrase ellipsis. In A. Lamont & K. Tetzloff, eds., Proceedings of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society, vol. 2. Amherst, MA: GLSA. 35-44

2016

  • Xiang, M., Grove, J. and Giannakidou, A.  (2016) Semantic and pragmatic processes in the comprehension of negation: an event related potential study of negative polarity sensitivity. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 38, 71-88 (pdf)
  • Beltrama, Andrea and Xiang, Ming. (2016). Unacceptable but comprehensible: the facilitation effect of resumptive pronouns. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, 1(1), 29.
  • Leffel, Tim; Xiang, Ming; and Kennedy, Chris (2016) Imprecision is pragmatic: Evidence from referential processing. To appear in Proceedings of the 26th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference (SALT). UT-Austin. (pdf)

2015

  • Dillon B, Chow W and Xiang M. (2015) The relationship between anaphor features and antecedent retrieval: Comparing Mandarin ziji and ta-ziji. Front. Psychol. 6:1966. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01966 (pdf)
  • Xiang, M.; Wang, SP.; and Cui, YL. (2015) Constructing covert dependencies—the case of wh-in-situ processing. Journal of Memory and Language, 84, 139-166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2015.05.006 (pdf)
  • Xiang, M., and Kuperberg, G. (2015) Reversing expectations during discourse comprehension. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 30, 6, 648-672. doi: 10.1080/23273798.2014.995679 (pdf)
  • Aparicio, Helena,  Xiang, Ming; and Kennedy, Chris. (2015) Processing gradable adjectives in context: A visual world study. In Proceedings of SALT 25, Stanford. (pdf)
  • Aparicio, Helena; Franich, Kathryn; and Xiang, Ming. (2015) Morphological feature mismatches under ellipsis: An eye-tracking study. In Proceedings of The 45th North Eastern Linguistic Society Conference (NELS) (pdf)

2014

  • Xiang, M.; Dillon, B.; Wagers, M.; Liu, FQ. and Guo, TM. (2014) Processing Covert Dependencies: An SAT Study on Mandarin Wh-in-situ Questions. Journal of East Asian Linguistics, 23, 2, 207-232. doi:10.1007/s10831-013-9115-1 (pdf)
  • Beltrama, Andrea and Xiang, Ming. (2014) Intrusive resumptives as processing facilitators: An experimental investigation. In Proceedings of The 44th North Eastern Linguistic Society (NELS).

2013

  • Xiang, M., Grove, J. and Giannakidou, A. (2013) Dependency dependent interference: NPI interference, agreement attraction, and global pragmatic inferences. Frontiers Psychology, 4:708.doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00708 (pdf)
  • Wang, S.; Mo, D.; Xiang, M.; Xu, R. & Chen, H-C. (2013). The time course of semantic and syntactic processing in reading Chinese: evidence from ERPs.  Language and Cognitive Processes, 28, 4, 577-596.(pdf)

2012

  • SanPietro, S., Xiang, M. and Merchant, J. (2012) Accounting for voice mismatch. In Nathan Arnett, and Ryan Bennett (eds) Proceedings of the 30th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, 32-42. Cascadilla Press: Somerville, Mass. (pdf)
  • Beltrama, A. and Xiang, M. (2012) Is good better than excellent? An experimental investigation on scalar implicatures and gradable adjectives.  In E. Chemla, V. Homer & G. Winterstein (eds)  Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung 17, 81-98. (pdf)

2011

  • Heestand, D.; Xiang, M. & Polinsky, M. (2011) Resumption still does not rescue islands. Linguistic Inquiry, 42: 138-152 (pdf)
  • Xiang, M.; Harizanov, B.; Polinsky, M.& Kravtchenko, E. (2011) Processing morphological ambiguity: An experimental investigation of Russian numerical phrases. Lingua, 121: 548-560. (pdf)

Prior to 2010

  • Xiang, M., Dillon, B. & Phillips, C. (2009) Illusory licensing effects across dependency types: ERP evidence. Brain and Language, 108, 1, 40-55 (pdf)
  • Xiang, M. (2008). Plurality, maximality and scalar inferences: a case study of Mandarin dou. Journal of East Asian Linguistics, 17, 3, 227-245 (pdf)
  • Engelhardt, P. E., Xiang, M., & Ferreira, F. (2008). Anticipatory eye movements mediated by word order constraints. Proceedings of the 30th Annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Washington, D.C. (pdf)
  • 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) 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, Ming; Hanink, Emily; Vegh, Genna.  Before and after, temporal connectives in discourse processing. (pdf) (manuscript, University of Chicago)

Articles in edited volumes

  • Xiang, Ming. (in press). Experimental investigations on negative polarity items. Chapter in the Handbook of Experimental Semantics and Pragmatics, (eds) Chris Cummins and Napoleon Katsos. Oxford University Press.
  • Polinsky, M; Clemens, LE; Morgan, AM; Xiang, M. & Heestand, D. (2013). Resumption in English. in Sprouse, J. & Hornstein, N. (ed): Experimental syntax and Island effects., pp341-359. Cambridge University Press (pdf)
  • Xiang, Ming. (2013) Sentence processing in Chinese: Long distance dependencies. In: Rint Sybesma, Wolfgang Behr, Zev Handel & C.T. James Huang (eds.), Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. <http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-chinese-language-and-linguistics/sentence-processing-long-distance-dependencies-COM_000160> (pdf)
  • Xiang, Ming. (2013). Resolving structural ambiguities in Chinese. In: Rint Sybesma, Wolfgang Behr, Zev Handel & C.T. James Huang (eds.), Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers.<http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-chinese-language-and-linguistics/sentence-processing-resolving-garden-path-ambiguities-COM_000158> (pdf)

Conference Presentations

  • Geiger, Jeff and Xiang, Ming. (2019) A probabilistic account of VPE interpretation in context. Talk presented at the 32 Annual CUNY conference on sentence processing. Boulder, CO.
  • Ronai, Eszter; and Xiang,Ming. (2019) Relative clause processing in a flexible word order language: Evidence from Hungarian. Poster presented at the 32 Annual CUNY conference on sentence processing. Boulder, CO
  • Geiger, Jeff and Xiang, Ming. (2019) Inferable constituents are not deaccented: Phonetic and perceptual evidence. Poster presented at the 32 Annual CUNY conference on sentence processing. Boulder, CO
  • Schwab, Juliane; Xiang,Ming; and Liu, Mingya. (2019) Anti-locality effects without verb-final dependencies. Poster presented at the 32 Annual CUNY conference on sentence processing. Boulder, CO
  • Arkhipova, Yana; Law, Ryan; Xiang, Ming; and Chow WingYee (2019) ‘Nonetheless’ can reverse predictions immediately: evidence from ERPs. Poster presented at the 32 Annual CUNY conference on sentence processing. Boulder, CO.
  • Ming Xiang, Allison Kramer, Timothy Leffel and Chris Kennedy. (2018) Production and comprehension of referential expressions show divergent behavior. Talk presented at  the 31 Annual CUNY conference on sentence processing, Davis, CA. [slides]
  • Yenan Sun, Eszter Ronai, Alan Yu and Ming Xiang. (2018) The role of contextual-pragmatic information in speech perception: an eye-tracking study. Poster presented at the 31 Annual CUNY conference on sentence processing, Davis, CA. [pdf]
  • Ming Xiang and Josef Klafka (2018) Memory retrieval in comprehension is sensitive to production alternatives. Poster presented at the 31 Annual CUNY conference on sentence processing, Davis, CA. [pdf]
  • Kanan B. Luce, Jeffrey Geiger, Chris Kennedy & Ming Xiang (2018). Interpretations of VP anaphora through reference to salient events. Talk presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. Salt Lake City, UT. January 7. [slides]
  • Xiang, Ming; Kennedy, Chris; and Kramer, Allison (2017) Semantic adaptation and its time course: an investigation of gradable adjectives. Talk  presented at the 7th Experimental Pragmatic Conference, University of Cologne, Germany. July. (slides)
  • Xiang, Ming; Wang, Suiping; Yang, Juanhua and Liang, Bo (2017) Production bias, but not parsing complexity, predicts wh-scope comprehension preference. Talk presented at the 30th CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, MIT. March. (slides)
  • Xiang, Ming; Kennedy, Chris; and Kramer, Allison (2017) Semantic adaptation and its time course: an investigation of gradable adjectives. Poster presented at the 30th CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, MIT. March.
  • Geiger, Jeffrey and Xiang, Ming (2017) Ellipsis in context: Identity and salience both drive interpretation. Poster presented at the 30th CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, MIT. March.
  • Jeffrey Geiger & Ming Xiang (2017). Ellipsis in context: The interaction of identity and discourse salience. 7th Experimental Pragmatics Conference. Cologne, Germany. June 21. [poster]
  • Xiang, Ming. 2016. Locality and anti-locality in the comprehension of wh-in-situ constructions. Invited talk at the 52nd Chicago Linguistics Society Annual Conference. (pdf)
  • Leffel, Tim; Xiang, Ming; and Kennedy, Chris. 2016. Imprecision is pragmatic: Evidence from referential processing. Talk to be presented at the 26th SALT (Semantics and Linguistic Theory) Conference. Austin, TX.
  • Grove, Julian; Hanink, Emily; and Xiang, Ming. 2016. Comprehension priming evidence for elliptical structures. Poster presented at the 29th CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, Florida. (pdf)
  • Leffel, Tim; Xiang, Ming; and Kennedy, Chris. 2016. Context and world knowledge in gradable adjective interpretation. Talk presented at The 90th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Washington, DC. (pdf)
  • Xiang, Ming; Luxi Mo, and Suiping Wang. 2015. Constructing wh-in-situ dependencies. Talk presented at AMLap (Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing), Valletta, Malta. (pdf)
  • Politzer-Ahles, Stephen; Xiang, Ming & Almeida, Diogo. 2015. “Before” and “after”: investigating the relationship between temporal connectives and chronological ordering using event-related potentials. 7th Neurobiology of Language Conference. Chicago, United States. (pdf)
  • Aparicio, Helena; Xiang, Ming; and Kennedy, Chris. 2015. Online processing of relative vs. absolute adjectives: a visual world study. Poster presented at the 25th Semantics and Linguistics Theory conference (SALT).
  • Xiang, Ming; Yang, Juanhua; and Wang, Suiping. 2015. Classifier mismatch in ellipsis resolution. Poster presented at the 28th CUNY conference on human sentence processing, USC. (pdf)
  • Aparicio, Helena,  Xiang, Ming; and Kennedy, Chris. 2015. Processing relative vs. absolute adjectives: A visual world study. Poster presented at the 28th CUNY conference on human sentence processing, USC. (pdf)
  • Aparicio, Helena; Franich, Kathryn; and Xiang, Ming. 2014. The syntax of ellipsis resolution: Eye-tracking evidence from phi-feature mismatches. Talk presented at the 45th North Eastern Linguistics Society (NELS). (pdf)
  • Grove, Julian; Hanink, Emily; and Xiang, Ming. 2014. Comprehension priming evidence for elliptical structures. Poster presented at the 20th AMLaP (Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing), University of Edinburgh.
  • Xiang, Ming; Emily Hanink, and Vegh, Genna. 2014. Before and after, and processing presuppositions in discourse.  Poster presented at the 27th CUNY conference on human sentence processing, Ohio State U.
  • Xiang, Ming; and Vegh, Genna. 2013. Number mismatch and syntactic identity. Talk presented at the Identity in Ellipsis Workshop. Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Xiang, Ming; Grove, Julian; and Giannakidou, Anastasia. 2013. Semantic and pragmatic licensing of NPIs. Talk presented at the 5th Experimental Pragmatics Conference, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
  • Kim, Christina; Xiang, Ming; and Kennedy, Chris. 2013. Context dependence and shiftability in two classes of gradable adjectives. Poster  presented at the 5th Experimental Pragmatics Conference, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
  • Xiang, Ming; Cui, YanLing; and Wang, Suiping. 2013. Interference in Covert Dependencies. Talk presented at the 26th CUNY conference on human sentence processing.
  • Xiang, Ming; Grove, Julian; Merchant, Jason;  Vegh, Genna; Bartell, Stefan and Vradelis, Katerina. 2013. Silent structures in ellipsis: Evidence from syntactic priming. Poster presented at the 26th CUNY conference on human sentence processing.
  • Xiang, Ming; and Vegh, Genna. 2013. Number agreement without surface syntax. Poster presented at the 26th CUNY conference on human sentence processing.
  • Kim, Christina; Beltrama, Andrea; Syrett, Kristen, Xiang, Ming; and Kennedy, Chris. 2013. Sensitivity to local discourse vs. global communicative context in gradable adjectives. Poster presented at the 26th CUNY conference on human sentence processing.
  • Xiang, Ming; Grove, Julian; and Giannakidou, Anastasia. 2012. Processing lexical semantic features on functional words—a case of negative polarity items. Poster presentation at the 4th Neurobiology of Language Conference, San Sebastian.
  • Beltrama, Andrea; & Xiang, Ming. 2012. Is excellent  better than  good?  Adjective scales and scalar implicatures. Talk presented at Sinn und Bedeutung 17, Paris.
  • Xiang, Ming; Giannakidou, Anastasia; & Grove, Julian. 2012. Two stages of NPI licensing: an ERP study. Poster presented at the 25th annual meeting of the CUNY Conference of Human Sentence Processing, March, NYC.
  • SanPietro, Steven; Xiang, Ming; & Merchant, Jason. 2012. Syntax, semantics and discourse in ellipsis: accounting for voice mismatch. Poster presented at the 30th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL). April, Santa-Cruz.
  • Xiang, Ming; Giannakidou, Anastasia. & Grove, Julian. 2012. Strength of negation and licensing negative polarity items: an ERP study. Poster presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society annual meeting. March, Chicago.
  • Beltrama, Andrea; & Xiang, Ming. 2012. How beautiful is a pretty girl? Adjectives and implicatures. Talk presented at the 86th annual meeting of Linguistic Society of America. January, Portland.
  • Xiang, Ming; Merchant, Jason. & Grove, Julian. 2012. Silent structures in ellipsis: Priming and anti-priming effects. Poster presented at the 86th annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. January, Portland.
  • Xiang, Ming; Grove, Julian. & Giannakidou, Anastasia. 2011. Interference “licensing” of NPIs: Pragmatic reasoning and individual differences. Poster presented at the 24th annual meeting of the CUNY Conference of Human Sentence Processing, March, Stanford.
  • Xiang, Ming; Liu, FengQin; Chen, Peiyao; & Guo, Taomei. 2011. Cross-linguistic variations and similarities: an ERP study of Mandarin wh-constructions. Poster presented at the 24th annual meeting of the CUNY Conference of Human Sentence Processing, March, Stanford. (pdf)
  • Xiang, Ming; Dillon, Brian; Wagers, Matt; Liu, FengQin. & Guo, Taomei 2010. Processing wh-movement dependencies in a language without wh-movements. Poster presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the CUNY Conference of Human Sentence Processing, March, NYU.
  • Xiang, Ming; Swain, Abigail. & Kuperberg, Gina. 2010. Reversing causal coherence through linguistic cues: evidence from event-related-potentials. Poster presented at the 17th Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, Apr. Montreal.
  • Dillon, Brian; Xiang, Ming; Chow, WingYee & Phillips, Colin. 2009. The processing of long-distance and local anaphora in Mandarin Chinese. Poster presented at the 22th Annual Meeting of the CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing. March, Davis, CA.
  • Polinsky, M.; Kraytchenko, E. & Xiang, M. 2009. Are all subject islands created equal? Poster presented at the 22th Annual Meeting of the CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing. March, Davis, CA. (pdf)
  • Xiang, M., Harizanov, B. & Polinsky, M. 2008. Resolving interface mismatches: number in native and heritage Russian. Talk presented at the 2nd Heritage Language Summer Institute. Harvard University.
  • 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. & Phillips, C. 2007. Intrusive licensing effect: comparing negative polarity and reflexives. Poster presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the CUNY conference on Human Sentence Processing. March, San Diego
  • Xiang, M., Dillon, B. & Phillips, C. 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.
  • 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. (pdf)
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Xiang, M. 2002. Modifier Ordering in Chinese. Paper presented at the LSA 2002 annual meeting, Jan, San Francisco, CA