Sam QU Ze-quan

I’m a Master by Research student in English Language and Linguistics. I received my BA (Honors) in English Studies – Language Technology from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen in 2025.

My research interests lie in theoretical linguistics, particularly syntax, semantics, and their interface. I’m especially interested in topics related to time and event in natural language, negation, finiteness, and null categories. I’m also passionate about learning how natural language processing (NLP) and theoretical linguistics can inform each other.
Research Interests/
Primary Fields
  • Formal Semantics
  • Syntax-Semantics Interface
  • Linguistic Representation of Time and Space
Dissertation topic/ title
Dissertation Advisor  Dr Nick Huang
Recent presentations Ze-quan QU. Negation and Topic Time Closure in Discourse Narratives.  2025 International conference on formal Linguistics (ICFL11).  Guangzhou, China, 2025.
Other Experience and Information Languages:

  • Mandarin Chinese （native）
  • Cantonese Chinese （conversational）
  • English （proficient）
  • French （elementary）

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