PhD in Linguistics (specialized in Applied Linguistics), University of Pittsburgh
MA in Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh
BA in Japanese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- Winterstein, G., Lai, R., Luk, Z. P., & McCready, E. (2018, February). A corpus-based analysis of the gendered use of Cantonese sentence final particles. Paper presented at the NWAV Asia Pacific 5. University of Queensland, Brisbane.
- Winterstein, G., Lai, R., Luk, Z. P., & McCready, E. (2017, November). Authority and gendered speech: Cantonese particles and sajiao. Paper presented at the Colloque De Syntaxe et Sémantique à Paris. ENS, Paris.
- Winterstein, G., Lai, R., & Luk, Z. P. (2017, November). Denials and negative emotions: a unified analysis of the Cantonese expressive gwai2. Paper presented at the Logic and Engineering of Natural Language Semantics (LENLS). University of Tsukuba, Japan.
- Lai, R, Luk, Z. P., & Winterstein, G. (2016, December). Cantonese gwai2 as a pure expressive. Paper presented at the 21st International Conference on Yue Dialects. Macao Polytechnic Institute, Macau.
- Lai R., Luk, Z. P., & Winterstein, G. (2015, December). Two distinct Cantonese sentence particles: Additive vs. mirative tim1. Paper presented at the 20th International Conference on Yue Dialects. The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
- Luk, Z. P. (2013, September). Investigating the transitive and intransitive constructions in English and Japanese: A quantitative study. Paper presented at the Cognition and Language Workshop. University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
- Luk, Z. P. (2012, May). Investigating the transitive and intransitive constructions in English, Chinese, and Japanese. Paper presented at the International Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics. The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
- Luk, Z. P. (2010, April). Motion events in Japanese and English: Does learning a second language change the way you view the world? Paper presented at the Space and Time across Languages, Disciplines, and Cultures. University of Cambridge, UK.
- Luk, Z. P. & Shirai, Y. (2008, October). Is the acquisition order of grammatical morphemes impervious to L1 knowledge? Paper presented at the Second Language Research Forum. University of Hawaii, Manoa.
- Luk, Z. P. (2007, July). Transitive or intransitive: Choice of verbs by Chinese learners of Japanese. Paper presented at the 10th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference. Krakow, Poland.
- Luk, Z. P. (2007, May). Transitive or intransitive: Choice of verbs by Chinese learners of Japanese. Paper presented at the 2nd International Association Francaise de Linguistique Cognitive Conference. Lille, France.