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Name: Lyn Shan  Tieu
Institution: University of Connecticut
Email: click here to access email
Homepage: http://homepages.uconn.edu/~lst08001/
State and/or Country: CT
USA   
Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Syntax
Language Acquisition
Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin
English
Selected Publications: Proceedings Papers

2012. Shimamura, K. and L. Tieu. When you can and can’t see double: Revisiting focus doubling in ASL. In Proceedings of the 36th Penn Linguistics Colloquium, Penn Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 19.1, ed. Kobey Shwayder.

2010. Tieu, L. On the tri-ambiguous status of any: The view from child language. In Proceedings of the 20th Semantics and Linguistic Theory Conference, ed. David Lutz and Nan Li, 19-37.

2010. Tieu, L. Re-examining cross-linguistic influence in the bilingual acquisition of wh-questions. In Proceedings of the 2010 Canadian Linguistic Association Annual Conference, ed. Melinda Heijl, 15 pages.

2010. Tieu, L. The acquisition of NPI any in English: A case study. In Online Supplement to the Proceedings of the 34th Boston University Conference on Language Development, ed. Katie Franich, Lauren Keil, Kate Iserman, and Jane Chandlee, 5 pages.

2009. Tieu, L. Standard vs. sideward movement in verb copying. In Proceedings of the 21st North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, Volume 2, ed. Yun Xiao, 584-600.

2009. Tieu, L. Transfer effects in the production of non-referential verb phrases by heritage speakers of Chinese. In Proceedings of the 3rd Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition in North America, ed. Jean Crawford, Koichi Otaki, and Masahiko Takahashi, 270-281.

2008. Tieu, L. Complements in non-referential contexts: Comparing English and Chinese. In Proceedings of the 2008 Canadian Linguistic Association Annual Conference, ed. Susie Jones, 15 pages.

2008. Tieu, L. Non-referential verb use in Chinese: A unified verb copying analysis. In Proceedings of the 20th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics, Volume 2, ed. Marjorie K. Chan, 843-860.

2007. Tieu, L. Transitivity requirements in Chinese: Putting the generic object in context. In Proceedings of the 2007 Canadian Linguistic Association Annual Conference, ed. Milica Radisic, 15 pages.

2006. Pérez-Leroux, A., M. Pirvulescu, Y. Roberge, D. Thomas, and L. Tieu. Variable input and object drop in child language. In Proceedings of the 2006 Canadian Linguistic Association Annual Conference, ed. Claire Gurski and Milica Radisic, 15 pages.

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Reviews & Abstracts

2012. Tieu, L. and J. Kang. Reconciling neg-raising and NPIs in Korean. LSA Annual Meeting Extended Abstracts 2012, 4 pages.

2011. Tieu, L. Review of Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research, ed. Elma Blom and Sharon Unsworth, 2010. LINGUIST List 22.2867 (Jul 12 2011).

2011. Sharvit, Y. and L. Tieu. Cross-linguistic variation in before-clauses. LSA Annual Meeting Extended Abstracts 2011, 4 pages.
Courses Taught: As Instructor of Record

Fall 2012. Language & Mind – Honors Section (LING1010), University of Connecticut
Responsibilities: Full responsibility for all aspects of course, including syllabus design.

May 2012. Language & Mind (LING1010), University of Connecticut.
Responsibilities: Full responsibility for all aspects of course, including syllabus design.

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As Teaching Assistant

Fall 2011. Language & Mind (LING1010), University of Connecticut.
Instructor: Diane Lillo-Martin, University of Connecticut.
Responsibilities: (2) weekly discussion sections, grading, preparing exam material, office hours.

Spring 2011. Foundations of Cognitive Science (COGS2201), University of Connecticut.
Instructors: Jon Gajewski, Whitney Tabor, University of Connecticut.
Responsibilities: Lecture on language acquisition, leading discussion of problem sets, grading homework assignments and exams, office hours.

Fall 2010. Language & Mind (LING1010), University of Connecticut.
Instructors: Jon Gajewski, Yael Sharvit, University of Connecticut.
Responsibilities: (2) weekly discussion sections, grading, preparing exam material, office hours.

Summer 2008. English Words (LIN203H1F), University of Toronto.
Instructor: Mohammad Vahedi, University of Toronto.
Responsibilities: Grading homework assignments and exams.

Spring 2008. Language Acquisition (JLP315H1S), University of Toronto.
Instructor: Ana-Terésa Pérez-Léroux, University of Toronto.
Responsibilities: Grading homework assignments and exams, preparing exam material.

Fall 2007. General Linguistics I (LINA01H3F), University of Toronto.
Instructor: Yoonjung Kang, University of Toronto.
Responsibilities: (3) weekly discussion sections, grading homework assignments and exams, office hours.
Reviewer of: Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research (LL Issue 22.2867)


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