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Jian Cui

PhD student, Harvard Linguistics

Email: jiancui@fas.harvard.edu

Research interests:

Phonology
Tonology [Grammatical tone]
Morphology
Morphology-phonology interface
First language acquisition [Word segmentation, Tonal acquisition, International adoptees]
Syntax [Voice and argument structure]

Academic history

(2022-now) Ph.D. in Linguistics, Harvard University
(2020-2022) MPhil. in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, University of Oxford
(2015-2019) B.A., Southwest University (Major in English)

Affliations:

Publications

[Upcoming] Cui, J & Rabinovitch, J. To appear. "Two Voices Calling Out as One: A Split Voice Analysis of Javanese Passives". Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of LSA 2024.
[Upcoming] Cui, J & Rabinovitch, J. To appear. "Indices in the Voice Domain: A Unified Analysis of Javanese Passives". Proceedings of AFLA 30.

Projects:

Front-back Asymmetry in Bantu Vowel Harmony
- (May 2023) Front-back Asymmetry in Bantu Vowel Harmony: Representations and Constraints.
  The 30th Manchester Phonology Meeting (MfM). Talk
- (Oct 2023) Front-back Asymmetry in Bantu Vowel Harmony: An Instance of Coronal Asymmetry.
  MorrisHalle@100. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Poster
Morpho-syntax of Javanese passives
- (Oct 2023) Indices in the Voice Domain: A Unified Analysis of Javanese Passives.
  30th Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA). Talk. With Jack Rabinovitch
- (Jan 2024) Two Voices Calling Out as One: A Split Voice Analysis of Javanese Passives.
  LSA Annual meeting 2024. Talk. With Jack Rabinovitch
Focus on Demonstratives: Experiments in Mandarin Chinese [Collaborative project with Ankana Saha, Yağmur Sağ, and Prof. Kathryn Davidson]

(April 2024) Mandarin demonstratives as strong definites.
SALT 34. Poster.
(June 2024) Mandarin demonstratives as strong definites: An experimental investigation.
Experiments in Linguistic Meaning (ELM) 2024. Talk.

Latest update: Feb 2024