Biography

Welcome to my homepage.
I am a PhD student in Semantics and Cognition group, co-supervised by Alexander Lorson and Alexander Martin, with Emar Maier serving as my promoter. My doctoral research is part of the cross-linguistic project on address form meanings, specifically exploring how second-person pronouns map onto human cognition.

Education

University of Groningen
PhD in Semantics and Cognition | Oct 2025 – Present
University of Cambridge
MPhil in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics | 2023 – 2024
Beijing Foreign Studies University
BA in English Language and Literature | Sep 2019 – Jul 2023

Professional Experience

Baidu, Inc.
AI Product Manager (Full-time) | Aug 2024 – Aug 2025 | Beijing, China

Academic Service

Linguistic Lunch of CLCG
Co-organizer| Sep 2026 – Present | Groningen, Netherlands
University of Groningen
Conference Secretary, 46th TABU Dag International Linguistics Conference | Sep 2025 – Jun 2026 | Groningen, Netherlands

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

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(A Comparative Study on the Semantic Scope of English and Chinese Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses)
Zhang, Y. & Guo, J. (2025). Journal of Xi'an International Studies University, 33(3), 28-34.
this paper establishes a clearer definition of Chinese non-restrictive relatives and provides a more comprehensive view of the semantic scope of Chinese RMPs.

Conferences

Discourse Expectations: Theoretical, Experimental and Computational Perspectives 2026
Zhang, Y., Lorson, A., & Martin, A. (2026). Discourse Expectations: Theoretical, Experimental and Computational Perspectives (DETEC 2026). [Conference Poster].
Towards a Typology of Factive Presupposition Triggers: Evidence from Judgements by Humans and LLMs
Zhang, Y. & Katsos, N. (2025). 1st Experimental Pragmatics Conference.
Pragmatic Representation of Contextual Relevance in LLMs: A Study on ChatGPT-3.5's Interpretation of Scalar Implicature
Zhang, Y. & Katsos, N. (2024). 5th Experimental Pragmatics in Italy Conference (XPRAG.it 2024).

Presentations & Talks

Expressivity of Second Person Pronouns: Mandarin Chinese T/V Exchanges β†—
CORE Project Workshop @ ESSLLI 2026 β€” Prague, Czech Republic (August 2026)
An academic presentation on "Referring expression choice in grounded contexts: Linguistic, cognitive, and computational aspects" delivered at the 37th European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information.

Teaching

Pragmatics
Lecturer β€” Fall 2026
An introduction to the core principles of linguistic pragmatics.
LCX046B05: Statistics for the Humanities
Lecturer β€” Fall 2026
Foundational descriptive and inferential statistics for linguistic and humanities research with R.
Pragmatics
Guest Lecturer β€” Fall 2025/2026
Guest lecture titled "Factivity & Projectivity: What is assumed to be KNOWN?".

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