Aijun Huang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3850890 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aijun Huang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aijun |
| FAMILY NAME | Huang |
| SIGNATURE | HUANG A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0744-8807 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Integrating the Syntactic and Semantic Acquisition of Chinese Classifiers in Mandarin-speaking Children
This study investigates the acquisition of Chinese classifiers in Mandarin-speaking children through an in-depth quantitative analysis of over 200,000 natural utterances from the Child Language Data Exchange System database. The dataset includes interactions from 889 children aged 1 year and 2 months to 6 years, as well as their caregivers. By integrating syntactic and semantic analyses, the research reveals a dissociation between syntactic and s…
Navigating Mandarin Subtleties
The interpretation of animate nouns in child and adult Mandarin
Using animate nouns to refer to entities in the world involves a complex interaction of ontology, cognition and language. The present study evaluates two accounts of the use of animate nouns, with Mandarin Chinese as the vehicle for testing between the competing accounts. One account was proposed by Cheng et al. (2008. How universal is the Universal Grinder? In Marjo van Koppen & Bert Botma (eds.), Linguistics in the Netherlands, 50-62. Amsterdam…
Grammatical and contextual factors affecting the interpretation of superordinate collectives in child and adult Mandarin
The semantics of superordinate collectives (superordinates hereafter) such as English furniture are argued to be count or mass, or to allow both count and mass readings. When tested experimentally, however, it has repeatedly been reported that superordinates denote individuals in a wide range of typologically distinct languages, including Mandarin. A close examination of the experimental method and design commonly used in previous research sugges…
The anaphoric properties of spatial nouns and prepositions in Mandarin
Countability in Mandarin Chinese
The present study conducts a systematic investigation of the encoding of countability in three grammatical systems in Mandarin Chinese, including the nominal system, the whpronoun system, and the quantifier system. We examine the countability of linguistic expressions from these three grammatical systems, comparing their countability in the presence/absence of a classifier. A common pattern is identified: classifiers determine the countability of…
Linguistic Form and Function
The present paper investigates the relationship between form (morpho-syntax) and function (semantic interpretation) as involved in the expression of countability in the Chinese whpronoun system. We focus on three wh-pronouns: duo-shao 'much-little', duo-shao-ge 'much-little-Classifier', and ji-ge 'how many-Classifier'. Based on the examination of the interpretation and distribution of these wh-phrases in three distinct linguistic contexts (questi…
Acquisition of the polarity sensitive item renhe ‘any’ in Mandarin Chinese
The present study investigated Mandarin-speaking children's acquisition of the polarity sensitive item renhe ‘any’ in Mandarin Chinese. Like its English counterpart any , renhe can be used as a negative polarity item (NPI), or as a free choice (FC) item, and both the distribution and interpretation of renhe are governed by the same syntactic and semantic constraints as English any . Using a Truth Value Judgment Task, the present study tested five…
Acquisition of the numerical wh-pronoun ji ‘how many’ in Mandarin Chinese
Acquisition of the numerical wh-pronoun ji ‘how many’ in Mandarin Chinese
The interpretation of animate nouns in child and adult Mandarin
Using animate nouns to refer to entities in the world involves a complex interaction of ontology, cognition and language. The present study evaluates two accounts of the use of animate nouns, with Mandarin Chinese as the vehicle for testing between the competing accounts. One account was proposed by Cheng et al. (2008. How universal is the Universal Grinder? In Marjo van Koppen & Bert Botma (eds.), Linguistics in the Netherlands, 50-62. Amsterdam…
Grammatical and contextual factors affecting the interpretation of superordinate collectives in child and adult Mandarin
The semantics of superordinate collectives (superordinates hereafter) such as English furniture are argued to be count or mass, or to allow both count and mass readings. When tested experimentally, however, it has repeatedly been reported that superordinates denote individuals in a wide range of typologically distinct languages, including Mandarin. A close examination of the experimental method and design commonly used in previous research sugges…
Acquisition of the polarity sensitive item renhe ‘any’ in Mandarin Chinese
The present study investigated Mandarin-speaking children's acquisition of the polarity sensitive item renhe ‘any’ in Mandarin Chinese. Like its English counterpart any , renhe can be used as a negative polarity item (NPI), or as a free choice (FC) item, and both the distribution and interpretation of renhe are governed by the same syntactic and semantic constraints as English any . Using a Truth Value Judgment Task, the present study tested five…
Acquisition of the numerical wh-pronoun ji ‘how many’ in Mandarin Chinese
Linguistic Form and Function
The present paper investigates the relationship between form (morpho-syntax) and function (semantic interpretation) as involved in the expression of countability in the Chinese whpronoun system. We focus on three wh-pronouns: duo-shao 'much-little', duo-shao-ge 'much-little-Classifier', and ji-ge 'how many-Classifier'. Based on the examination of the interpretation and distribution of these wh-phrases in three distinct linguistic contexts (questi…
Countability in Mandarin Chinese
The present study conducts a systematic investigation of the encoding of countability in three grammatical systems in Mandarin Chinese, including the nominal system, the whpronoun system, and the quantifier system. We examine the countability of linguistic expressions from these three grammatical systems, comparing their countability in the presence/absence of a classifier. A common pattern is identified: classifiers determine the countability of…
The anaphoric properties of spatial nouns and prepositions in Mandarin
Grammatical and contextual factors affecting the interpretation of superordinate collectives in child and adult Mandarin
The semantics of superordinate collectives (superordinates hereafter) such as English furniture are argued to be count or mass, or to allow both count and mass readings. When tested experimentally, however, it has repeatedly been reported that superordinates denote individuals in a wide range of typologically distinct languages, including Mandarin. A close examination of the experimental method and design commonly used in previous research sugges…
The interpretation of animate nouns in child and adult Mandarin
Using animate nouns to refer to entities in the world involves a complex interaction of ontology, cognition and language. The present study evaluates two accounts of the use of animate nouns, with Mandarin Chinese as the vehicle for testing between the competing accounts. One account was proposed by Cheng et al. (2008. How universal is the Universal Grinder? In Marjo van Koppen & Bert Botma (eds.), Linguistics in the Netherlands, 50-62. Amsterdam…
Integrating the Syntactic and Semantic Acquisition of Chinese Classifiers in Mandarin-speaking Children
This study investigates the acquisition of Chinese classifiers in Mandarin-speaking children through an in-depth quantitative analysis of over 200,000 natural utterances from the Child Language Data Exchange System database. The dataset includes interactions from 889 children aged 1 year and 2 months to 6 years, as well as their caregivers. By integrating syntactic and semantic analyses, the research reveals a dissociation between syntactic and s…
Navigating Mandarin Subtleties
Mandarin Chinese (8 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (6 works) · Language Development and Disorders (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (3 works)