Dr. TSAI Cheng Yu (蔡承佑)

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Visiting address
YEUNG-B7612
Phone: +852 34429771

Author IDs

Willing to take PhD students: yes

Biography

I am originally from Taiwan and joined City University of Hong Kong in August 2016 as Assistant Professor. I previously served as College Fellow in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in 2015-16.

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Qualifications/Experiences

  • Ph.D. in Linguistics, Harvard University (2015)
  • M.A. in Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University (2009)
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, National Chung Cheng University (2006)

Research Interests/Areas

  • Formal syntax and semantics (wh-phrases, quantificational expressions, indefinites, polarity items, focus)
  • Experimental semantics (scope interpretation)
  • Chinese linguistics in general