Publications

To appear

1. BUCLD50

   What modulates toddlers’ use of familiar words in resolving novel noun reference? A preferential looking study

   L. Luo, X. Yang, S. Christie, and R. Shi

   In Proceedings of the 50th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, To appear

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2026

1. Lang. Learn. Dev.

   Incremental processing of classifier-noun agreement by Mandarin-speaking toddlers: A real-time comprehension study

   M. Miao, X. Yang, L. Luo, and R. Shi

   Language Learning and Development, 2026

   DOI Bib

   @article{Miao2026ClassifierNoun,
     author = {Miao, M. and Yang, X. and Luo, L. and Shi, R.},
     title = {Incremental processing of classifier-noun agreement by Mandarin-speaking toddlers: A real-time comprehension study},
     journal = {Language Learning and Development},
     year = {2026},
     pages = {1--20},
     doi = {10.1080/15475441.2026.2643862},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1080/15475441.2026.2643862}
   }

2025

1. BUCLD49

   The grammatical root of learning bias: Evidence from Mandarin-learning toddlers’ early word order sensitivity

   L. Luo, X. Yang, S. Christie, and R. Shi

   In Proceedings of the 49th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, 2025

   Bib PDF

   @inproceedings{luo2025grammatical,
     title = {The grammatical root of learning bias: Evidence from Mandarin-learning toddlers' early word order sensitivity},
     author = {Luo, L. and Yang, X. and Christie, S. and Shi, R.},
     year = {2025},
     editor = {Yedetore, A. and Bonney, D. and Zhang, Y.},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 49th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development},
     pages = {464-477},
     publisher = {Cascadilla Press},
     address = {Somerville, MA},
   }

2. J. Child Lang.

   Mandarin-learning toddlers’ sensitivity to noun phrase word order: An investigation of an early bias for language universals

   L. Luo, X. Yang, S. Christie, and R. Shi

   Journal of Child Language, 2025

   DOI Bib

   @article{luo2025mandarin,
     title = {Mandarin-learning toddlers' sensitivity to noun phrase word order: An investigation of an early bias for language universals},
     author = {Luo, L. and Yang, X. and Christie, S. and Shi, R.},
     year = {2025},
     journal = {Journal of Child Language},
     pages = {1-23},
     doi = {10.1017/S0305000925100226},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000925100226}
   }