Language Processing and Usage Lab

Publications

Articles and book chapters

2024

Past and future time reference processing teased apart in Paiwan, an endangered Formosan language
Past and future time reference processing teased apart in Paiwan, an endangered Formosan language
Aymeric Collart, Elizabeth Zeitoun
Language and Cognition  ·  01 Sep 2024  ·  doi:10.1017/langcog.2023.49
A decade of language processing research: Which place for linguistic diversity
A decade of language processing research: Which place for linguistic diversity?
Aymeric Collart
Glossa Psycholinguistics  ·  24 Jun 2024  ·  doi:10.5070/G60111432
It costs to exist: Acceptability judgments of the temporal concord of the auxiliary verbs i you i and i hui i in Taiwan Mandarin
It costs to exist: Acceptability judgments of the temporal concord of the auxiliary verbs you and hui in Taiwan Mandarin
Aymeric Collart
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research  ·  07 May 2024  ·  doi:10.1007/s10936-024-10086-5
Review of indigenous language teaching and beyond in Taiwan: A race against time
Review of indigenous language teaching and beyond in Taiwan: A race against time
Aymeric Collart, Joy J. Wu, Lillian M. Huang
Handbook of Formosan languages: The indigenous languages of Taiwan  ·  02 Jan 2024  ·  doi:10.1163/2772_5766_hflo_com_204030
Experimental linguistics embracing linguistic diversity: On the contributions of Formosan languages to models of sentence processing
Experimental linguistics embracing linguistic diversity: On the contributions of Formosan languages to models of sentence processing
Aymeric Collart
Handbook of Formosan languages: The indigenous languages of Taiwan  ·  02 Jan 2024  ·  doi:10.1163/2772_5766_hflo_com_202230

2022

Expressing the existence of an event with i you i to have VP in Taiwan Mandarin
Expressing the existence of an event with ‘you (to have) + VP’ in Taiwan Mandarin
Aymeric Collart, Hung-Kuan Su
Concentric. Studies in Linguistics  ·  29 Nov 2022  ·  doi:10.1075/consl.21046.col

2021

When two languages are competing: An ERP study of sentence processing in expert and novice interpreters
When two languages are competing: An ERP study of sentence processing in expert and novice interpreters
Damien Chiaming Fan, Aymeric Collart, Shiao-hui Chan
Interpreting. International Journal of Research and Practice in Interpreting  ·  16 Nov 2021  ·  doi:10.1075/intp.00069.fan
Processing past time reference in a tenseless language: An ERP study on the Mandarin aspectual morphemes -le and -guo
Processing past time reference in a tenseless language: An ERP study on the Mandarin aspectual morphemes -le and -guo
Aymeric Collart, Shiao-hui Chan
Journal of Neurolinguistics  ·  01 Aug 2021  ·  doi:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2021.100998

Conference presentations

2025

Conducting field-based psycholinguistic research on Formosan languages as an outsider
Conducting field-based psycholinguistic research on Formosan languages as an outsider
Aymeric Collart
The 2025 conference on the Mosaic of East Asian Language Processing: Exploring Taiwan's diversity and beyond (MEALP 2025)  ·  07 Nov 2025  · 
Temporal concord in Formosan languages in a comparative perspective
Temporal concord in Formosan languages in a comparative perspective
Aymeric Collart
The 2025 conference on the Mosaic of East Asian Language Processing: Exploring Taiwan's diversity and beyond (MEALP 2025)  ·  07 Nov 2025  · 
Judging temporal concord in Tagalog and cross-linguistic comparisons
Judging temporal concord in Tagalog and cross-linguistic comparisons
Aymeric Collart, Rowena Garcia, Dave Kenneth Cayad
The 2025 conference on the Mosaic of East Asian Language Processing: Exploring Taiwan's diversity and beyond (MEALP 2025)  ·  07 Nov 2025  · 
A tale of the lab and the field: An opportunity for Formosan language research
A tale of the lab and the field: An opportunity for Formosan language research
Aymeric Collart
5th World Congress of Taiwan Studies (Taiwan in a changing world: Past, present, and future)  ·  21 May 2025  · 
In the clouds and on the ground: Taiwan as a laboratory to expand the typological pool of psycholinguistic research
In the clouds and on the ground: Taiwan as a laboratory to expand the typological pool of psycholinguistic research
Aymeric Collart
Linguistic data and language comparison in light of the 'quantitative turn' and 'big data' - a workshop and symposium  ·  07 May 2025  · 
Computer or smartphone, as you please : On the device effect in web-based acceptability judgment experiments
"Computer or smartphone, as you please": On the device effect in web-based acceptability judgment experiments
Aymeric Collart
5th International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics (ICTEAP-5)  ·  17 Apr 2025  · 

2024

Mind your language and your cues when judging the past
Mind your language and your cues when judging the past
Aymeric Collart
15th Workshop on Formal Syntax and Semantics (FOSS-15)  ·  12 Oct 2024  · 
Judging past time reference across languages: A Competition Model perspective
Judging past time reference across languages: A Competition Model perspective
Aymeric Collart
30th Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP 30)  ·  05 Sep 2024  · 
Quantitative explorations of regional grammatical variations: The case of you to have in Taiwan Mandarin
Quantitative explorations of regional grammatical variations: The case of you ‘to have’ in Taiwan Mandarin
Aymeric Collart
Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Processing and Learning Workshop 2024 (X-PPL 2024)  ·  02 Sep 2024  · 
Existing in the future depends on who you are and what you do: Acceptability judgments of you to have VP in Taiwan Mandarin
Existing in the future depends on who you are and what you do: Acceptability judgments of ‘you (to have) + VP’ in Taiwan Mandarin
Aymeric Collart
Japanese Society for Language Sciences 25th Annual International Conference (JSLS 25)  ·  12 Jul 2024  · 

2023

Neurotypological considerations of temporal concord processing
Neurotypological considerations of temporal concord processing
Aymeric Collart
Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Processing and Learning Workshop 2023 (X-PPL 2023)  ·  06 Nov 2023  · 
Ten years of linguistic diversity in language processing conferences
Ten years of linguistic diversity in language processing conferences
Aymeric Collart
29th Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP 29)  ·  31 Aug 2023  · 
Processing temporal concord and modality: A self-paced reading study on you and hui in Taiwan Mandarin
Processing temporal concord and modality: A self-paced reading study on you and hui in Taiwan Mandarin
Aymeric Collart
29th Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP 29)  ·  31 Aug 2023  · 
Planning or not planning: Interplay between future time adverb and aspect markers modal construction in Taiwan Mandarin
Planning or not planning: Interplay between future time adverb and aspect markers/modal construction in (Taiwan) Mandarin
Aymeric Collart
Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics 13 (TEAL-13)  ·  12 May 2023  · 
Existing in time has a cost: A judgment acceptability study on the temporal concord processing of the auxiliary verbs you and hui in Taiwan Mandarin
Existing in time has a cost: A judgment acceptability study on the temporal concord processing of the auxiliary verbs you and hui in Taiwan Mandarin
Aymeric Collart
36th Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing (HSP-2023)  ·  09 Mar 2023  · 

2022

Processing past time reference, but which one An ERP study on the Mandarin Chinese morphemes guo1 and guo2 with definite and indefinite time adverbs
Processing past time reference, but which one? An ERP study on the Mandarin Chinese morphemes guo1 and guo2 with definite and indefinite time adverbs
Aymeric Collart
28th Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP 28)  ·  06 Oct 2022  · 
Processing past time reference is harder than future time reference: Evidence from Paiwan, a mood-prominent language
Processing past time reference is harder than future time reference: Evidence from Paiwan, a mood-prominent language
Aymeric Collart, Elizabeth Zeitoun
28th Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP 28)  ·  07 Sep 2022  · 

2021

Processing past time and discontinuity aspect: Event-related potentials reveal different neuronal brain responses elicited by the Mandarin verbal morpheme -guo
Processing past time and discontinuity aspect: Event-related potentials reveal different neuronal brain responses elicited by the Mandarin verbal morpheme -guo
Aymeric Collart, Shiaohui Chan
3rd International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics (ICTEAP-3)  ·  13 Mar 2021  · 

2020

Aspect of pasts in Mandarin: An ERP study on the temporal restriction of the perfectives -le and -guo
Aspect of pasts in Mandarin: An ERP study on the temporal restriction of the perfectives -le and -guo
Aymeric Collart
21st National Conference on Linguistics (NCL-21)  ·  14 Nov 2020  · 
The temporal constraints of le1 revisited
The temporal constraints of le1 revisited
Aymeric Collart
13th Workshop on Formal Syntax and Semantics (FOSS-13)  ·  16 Oct 2020  · 
Not all the pasts are the same: An ERP study of the temporal constraints of the Mandarin aspectual markers -le and -guo
Not all the pasts are the same: An ERP study of the temporal constraints of the Mandarin aspectual markers -le and -guo
Aymeric Collart, Shiaohui Chan
33rd CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing (CUNY-33)  ·  19 Mar 2020  · 

2019

Temporal relations electrified: An ERP study on the perfective marker -le in Mandarin Chinese
Temporal relations electrified: An ERP study on the perfective marker -le in Mandarin Chinese
Aymeric Collart
20th National Conference on Linguistics (NCL-20)  ·  25 Oct 2019  · 
Aspect is distinct from time reference: An ERP study of the perfective marker -le in Mandarin Chinese
Aspect is distinct from time reference: An ERP study of the perfective marker -le in Mandarin Chinese
Aymeric Collart, Shiaohui Chan
32nd CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing (CUNY-32)  ·  19 Mar 2019  · 

2018

Same interpretation, different process The case of verbal-le and You VP in Taiwan Mandarin
Same interpretation, different process? The case of verbal-le and You+VP in Taiwan Mandarin
Aymeric Collart
17th International Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages and 9th Conference on Language, Discourse, and Cognition (joint conference ICPEAL 17 – CLDC 9)  ·  19 Oct 2018  · 
When time is a fact: A semantic and time-relational analysis of i you i VP in Taiwan Mandarin
When time is a fact: A semantic and time-relational analysis of ‘you + VP’ in Taiwan Mandarin
Aymeric Collart
19th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop (CLSW-19)  ·  26 May 2018  ·