Jian Gang Ngui

About Jian Gang Ngui

I am a PhD in Linguistics. 

My primary interests are in syntactic and semantic theory and the syntax-semantics interface. Topics I've worked on include ellipsis in sluicing and fragments in Colloquial Singapore English, optional/partial WH-movement in Colloquial Singapore English, discourse particles in Colloquial Singaporean English and their semantic contribution to the discourse as well as long and short bei-passives in Mandarin.

I am also a part of the Iranian Languages research group (PI: Dr. Simin Karimi; Co-PI: Dr. Heidi Harley; Co-PI: Dr. Mike Hammond), which is currently collecting phonological, phonetic, morphological and syntactic data on Persian, Baluchi, Pashto, Ossetian and Sorani Kurdish. My current focus within the group is on Ossetian and Balochi.

Areas of Study

Long and short bei-passives in Mandarin

Ossetian and Balochi phonology, morphology and syntactic data elicitation and analysis

Discourse particles in Colloquial Singapore English

Ellipsis in Colloquial Singapore English sluices

Ellipsis in Colloquial Singapore English fragments

Optional/ partial WH-movement in Colloquial Singapore English

Research Interests

Syntactic Theory

Syntax-Semantics Interface

Formal Semantics

Areas of Study

Long and short bei-passives in Mandarin

Ossetian and Balochi phonology, morphology and syntactic data elicitation and analysis

Discourse particles in Colloquial Singapore English

Ellipsis in Colloquial Singapore English sluices

Ellipsis in Colloquial Singapore English fragments

Optional/ partial WH-movement in Colloquial Singapore English

Selected Publications

Sato, Yosuke and Ngui Jian Gang. 2017. Wh-questions in Singapore English tell us what about questions with declarative syntax?. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics 2(1).