Presentations
Invited Talks
May 2025 Gorilla Presents Webinar.
Nov. 2024 Gorilla Grant Psychology Research and Teaching Webinar, Gorilla & Sage Publishing.
Conference Presentations
2026
Li, Y., Cong, Y., & Francis, E. Illuminating Human Language Production via Mechanistic Interpretability of LM Circuits: Animacy Effects on Sentence Structure Choice. Poster, HSP 2026, MIT.
Li, Y., Francis, E., Khodadadi, G., Mack, M., Ok, S., Bahmanian, N., Fang, S., Michaelis, L. A., Sheu, V., & Weirick, J. Effects of Verb Type and Prior Context on the Production of Relative Clause Extraposition in English. Poster, HSP 2026, MIT.
Li, Y. & Francis, E. Similarity-Based Interference in L2 Production of English Object Relative Clauses. Poster, HSP 2026, MIT.
Li, Y. & Francis, E. Animacy Effects in Production and Comprehension of English Object Relative Clauses. Oral, LSA 2026.
Fang, S., Li, Y., & Cong, Y. Can LLMs Read Between the Scopes? A Cross-Linguistic Study of Quantifier-Negation Interpretations. Poster, LSA 2026.
Li, Y. & Francis, E. Animacy and L1-Transfer in L2 English Object Relative Clauses Processing. Poster, AAAL 2026.
2025
Fang, S., Li, Y., & Cong, Y. Every Horse Didn’t Jump: Scope Preferences and Ambiguity in LLM Interpretation. XPRAG 2025.
Fang, S., Li, Y., & Cong, Y. Understanding Quantifier Scope with Large Language Models: How Many Children Climbed Trees? CogSci 2025.
Li, Y. & Francis, E. Animacy Effects on English Object Relative Clauses Production Among L1-English Speakers. Oral, CLS 2025.
Li, Y. & Francis, E. Animacy Effects on Production and Comprehension of English Object Relative Clauses. Poster, HSP 2025.
Fang, S., Li, Y., & Cong, Y. Understanding Quantifier Scope with Large Language Models: How Many Children Climbed Trees? Roundtable, CLTA 2025.
2024
Li, Y. & Francis, E. Animacy Effects on Structure Choice in English Relative Clauses by L1 and L2 Speakers. Poster, IWoLP 2024.
Li, Y. & Francis, E. Animacy Effects on Structure Choice in English Relative Clauses by L1 and L2 Speakers. Oral, CTPB 2024.
Li, Y. & Francis, E. Animacy Effects on Structure Choice in English Relative Clauses by L1 and L2 Speakers. Oral, Purdue Linguistics Symposium 2024.
2023
Li, Y. & Gao, Y. Subject-Object Asymmetry Analysis in Chinese Adolescent English Learners. Oral, Purdue Linguistics Symposium 2023.
2021
Li, Y. & Gao, Y. Syntactic Complexity and Readability in English Academic Writings: A Comparison Between Non-native and Native Speakers. Poster, AAAL 2021.
2020
Li, Y. & Gao, Y. Effects of the Text Size Restriction on Linguistic Units in Academic Journal Articles’ Abstract Section. Oral, 22nd International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Language Practice.
Li, Y. & Gao, Y. The Impact of Complex Phrasal Constructions on the Length of Linguistic Units in Academic Journal Articles. Oral, International Language and Linguistics Conference.
2019
Li, Y. & Gao, Y. Corpus-based Comparative Study on the Use of Verb Valence in English Academic Journal Articles Between Chinese Writers and Native English Writers. Oral, 2nd Symposium on English for Academic Purposes.