LAI, Yan Ki Jackie
Biography
I obtained my PhD degree in linguistics from The University of Chicago. Prior to my doctoral studies, I obtained my BA degree in Linguistics (First Class Honours) as well as Prize in Linguistics from the University of Hong Kong, and my MPhil degree in Linguistics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
My research focuses on the grammar of Chinese languages, including the principles that underlie phrase formation and word formation, as well as the question of how form and meaning interact in the linguistic system, which ultimately sheds light on the nature of the human mind.
Research Interests
- Syntax
- Morphology
- Syntax–Semantics Interface
- Minimalism
- Distributed Morphology
- Chinese Linguistics
Key Publications
- Jackie Yan-Ki Lai. To appear. Mandarin verb doubling as verb-phrase fronting. To appear in Natural Language & Linguistic Theory.
- Jackie Yan-Ki Lai. To appear. Cantonese dislocation: Parallel chains or cyclic linearization? Early view at Syntax.
- Jackie Yan-Ki Lai, Lawrence Yam-Leung Cheung and Yenan Sun. 2024. The resumptive view of the Cantonese dummy keoi5 revisited. Journal of Chinese Linguistics 52:727–742.
- Jackie Yan-Ki Lai and Haoming Li. 2024. Moving heads to specifiers: Evidence from Mandarin multiple pre-subject modals. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 42:247–272.
- Jackie Yan-Ki Lai. 2019. Parallel copying in dislocation copying: Evidence from Cantonese. Journal of East Asian Linguistics 28:243–277.