Papers & Presentations

† indicates co-first authors.

Journal Papers

Under Review

  1. Ye, Ariela. Under Review. A say verb or complementizer: analyzing shuo following communicatives and non-communicatives. Syntactic Theory and Research.

In Revision

  1. Ye, Ariela & Dorothy Ahn. In Revision. Embeddability and context sensitivity in honorification: the syntax and semantics of Korean si. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.
  2. Chen, Jiayuan† & Ariela Ye†. In Revision. Definite markings in vocatives: a unified argument saturation approach. Glossa.

In Prep

  1. Baker, Mark, Ariela Ye & Beryl Bui. In Prep. The relationship of Agreement to clitic doubling: subject clitics in Baatonum.
  2. Kouneli, Maria†, Beryl Bui† & Ariela Ye†. In Prep. True causative recursion in Baatonum.

Conference Proceedings

2026

  1. Chen, Jiayuan† & Ariela Ye†. 2026. On overt and covert definite marking in vocatives: selecting vs. non-selecting calls. Proceedings of NELS 56.
  2. Hu, Yaqing† & Ariela Ye†. 2026. When evidentiality meets deonticity: A case study of Nuosu Yi di31/44 & zo44. Proceedings of Sinn und Bedetung 30.
    Paper
  3. Ye, Ariela & Aidan Sharma. 2026. From converb to complementizer: On the syntactic flexibility of dep in Kazakh. Proceedings of the Linguistics Society of America.
    Paper
  4. Marutyan, Nelli† & Ariela Ye†. 2026. The multifunctionality of Armenian complementizer te. Proceedings of GLOW 47.
    Paper

2025

  1. Ye, Ariela & Dorothy Ahn. 2025. Rethinking embeddability and context sensitivity in Honorification: Evidence from Korean si. Proceedings of SALT 35.
    Paper
  2. Chen, Jiayuan† & Ariela Ye†. 2025. The distribution of definite markings in vocatives. Proceedings of SICOGG 27.
  3. Ye, Ariela. 2025. Say verb or complementizer: Analyzing shuo following communicatives and noncommunicatives. Proceedings of NELS 55.

2023

  1. Ye, Ariela. 2023. Say complementation in Mandarin: Analyzing postverbal shuo and sentence-initial shuo. Proceedings of SICOGG 25.
    Paper

Conference Presentations

2026

  1. Ye, Ariela & Jiayuan Chen. 2026. On say-conditionals: from speech verbs to conditional marking. Talk at SICOGG 28. Aug 10-12. Chungnam National University.
  2. Chen, Jiayuan & Ariela Ye. 2026. Demonstratives in epithets cross-linguistically. Poster at SICOGG 28. Aug 10-12. Chungnam National University.
  3. Avelino, Gerard & Ariela Ye. 2026. Imperative force and person features: Evidence from Tagalog. Poster at AFLA 33. Jun 23-25. Victoria University of Wellington.
  4. Chen, Jiayuan & Ariela Ye. 2026. Demonstratives and epithets in bare noun languages. Talk at TEAL 15. Jun 5-6. The Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong.
  5. Ye, Ariela & Jiayuan Chen. 2026. Demonstratives and anti-uniqueness in Baatonum. Talk at ACAL 57. May 21-23. University at Buffalo.
  6. Bui, Thuong (Beryl)† & Ariela Ye†. 2026. When causatives really iterate: The case of Baatonum. Talk at ACAL 57. May 21-23. University at Buffalo.
  7. Avelino, Gerard & Ariela Ye. 2026. Person restrictions in Tagalog imperatives. Poster at SULA-Triple A 2026. May 12-15. University of British Columbia.
  8. Sharma, Aidan & Ariela Ye. 2026. From Converb to Complementizer: On the Syntactic Flexibility of dep in Kazakh. Talk at LSA 2026. January 8-11. New Orleans.

2025

  1. Ye, Ariela† & Jiayuan Chen†. 2025. On overt and covert definite marking in vocatives: Selecting vs. non-selecting calls. Talk at NELS 56. Oct 17-19. New York University.
  2. Hu, Yaqing† & Ariela Ye†. 2025. When evidentiality meets deonticity: A case study of Nuosu Yi di31 and zo44. Talk at SuB 30. Sep 23-27. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.
  3. Ye, Ariela, Aidan Sharma & Jiayuan Chen. 2025. Definiteness and Familiarity in Yemba. Talk at TripleA 12. September 10-12. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
    Handout
  4. Ye, Ariela† & Jiayuan Chen†. 2025. The distribution of definite marking in vocatives. Talk at SICOGG 27. Aug 14-16. Sogang University.
  5. Ye, Ariela & Dorothy Ahn. 2025. Rethinking embeddability and context sensitivity in honorification: Evidence from Korean si. Poster & Lightning Talk at SALT 35. May 20-22. Harvard University.
  6. Marutyan, Nelli† & Ariela Ye†. 2025. The multifunctionality of Armenian complementizer te. Poster & Lightning Talk at GLOW 47. Mar 24-28. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt und Göttingen.
  7. Sharma, Aidan & Ariela Ye. 2025. Extra cái Definites in Vietnamese. Talk at TEAL 14. March 18-20. University of Southern California.
    Handout
  8. Ye, Ariela. 2025. The direct indirect object asymmetry in Korean honoriciation. Poster at TEAL 14. Mar 18-20. University of Southern California.
  9. Marutyan, Nelli† & Ariela Ye†. 2025. The multifunctionality of Armenian complementizer te. Poster at Tu+ 10. Mar 1-2. University of Southern California.

2024

  1. Ye, Ariela. 2024. Say verb or complementizer: Analyzing shuo communicatives and noncommunicatives. Talk at NELS 55. Oct 17-18. Yale University.

2023

  1. Ye, Ariela. 2023. A say verb or complementizer: Analyzing postverbal shuo and sentence-initial shuo in Mandarin. Talk at SICOGG 25. Aug 14-16. Dongguk University.
  2. Ye, Ariela. 2023. On the nature of say in Mandarin: Postverbal shuo and sentence-initial shuo. Poster TEAL 13. May 12-14. National Taiwan Normal University.

Other Presentations

2026

  1. Ye, Ariela & Fahad Almalki. 2026. Speaker commitment in Arabic complementizers: Evidence from ʔinna. Talk at MACSIM 12.

2025

  1. Ye, Ariela. 2025. Rethinking embedded honorification: Syntactic insights from Korean si. Talk at Yale SynRG. Apr 25..