Ming Xiang
Areas of Study: Department of Linguistics Teaching Since 2010 Website: https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/mingxiang/ Contact: Email Interests:
Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics, Syntax, Semantics/Pragmatics, Chinese
David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor in the Department of Linguistics and the College
Biography
Dr. Ming Xiang's research is geared towards better understanding the processing and neural mechanisms that support the rapid, real-time construction of sophisticated linguistic representations. She primarily works on sentence processing, including syntax, semantics and discourse comprehension. Her recent collaborative projects also started looking at how language processing plays a role in shaping language change.
Current and Recent Courses
LING
70000
Advanced Study: Linguistics
Recent Research / Recent Publications
" Question under discussion in language comprehension
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" What are the issues? The effect of question under discussion in language processing
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" Structuring discourse in sentence processing
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" Reducing Uncertainty in Contact-induced Linguistic Change
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" Detecting the Antecedent Complexity on VPE Resolution: Effects of Semantic Plausibility
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" Memory encoding/retrieval is sensitive to discourse status: through the lens of pronoun resolution
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" Probabilistic Listener: A Case of Reflexive ziji "self" Ambiguity Resolution in Mandarin
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" Representational complexity facilitates working memory maintenance: an ERP study
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" The effect of representation complexity and coherence on working memory processes
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" Working memory capacity for language processing: set size and information load effect
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