Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures,
Tsinghua University
Personal Address: Office 308, Wen-Nan Building
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Tsinghua University
Haidian, Beijing, China.
Postal Code: 100084
Email: xvictorhu@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Research Interests
Broad: Syntax, Syntax-Semantics Interface, Chinese and East Asian linguistics, French and Romance Linguistics, Longitudinal Study of Child Language Acquisition.
Education
09/2013 - 10/2917 PhD of Linguistics. Department of Linguistics, University of Paris 7.
Thesis: Les constructions causatives du français et du chinois
(The causative constructions in French and in Chinese)
09/2011 - 07/2013 Master of Linguistics. Department of Linguistics, University of Paris 7.
Dissertation: La cliticisation dans les constructions causatives du français: dérivation par les phases.
(The cliticisation in French causative constructions: derivation by phases)
09/2007 - 07/2011 Bachelor of Arts in French language and literature. Department of French, Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Qualification
2018 qualification obtained for Maître de conférences, Conseil National Universitaire (CNU ‘National Council for Universities’), France.
Professional Experience
01/2025 – present Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Tsinghua University, China
01/2022 – 12/2024 Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Tsinghua University, China
01/2019 - 12/2021 Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Tsinghua University, China
08/2018 - 01/2019 Research Assistant, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Teaching Experience
Taught courses:
Undergraduate: Language and Structure (48 hours per semester)
Graduate: Guided Readings on Formal Syntax (48 hours per semester)
Advanced Research on Syntax-Minimalist Program (48 hours per semester)
Publications
Monograph：
Hu, Xiaoshi. 2024. Locality in Grammar: From Narrow Syntax to Interfaces. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Journal articles (English and French):
Yu, Zhiyin, & Xiaoshi Hu*. 2025. The syntax of sentence-final particle Gaa3 in Cantonese. Current Research in Chinese Linguistics 104(2): 653-677. DOI: 10.29499/CrCL.202507_104(2).0022.
Hu, Xiaoshi. 2023. Defectivity matters: cliticization in French causatives revisited. Linguistic Inquiry 54(4): 759-796. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1162/ling_a_00451
Yin, Rong, & Xiaoshi Hu*. 2023. Wh-adjuncts in Chinese refutatory wh-sentences. International Journal of Chinese Linguistics. 10(1): 45-76. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/ijchl.22005.yin
Qiu, Yiqin*, Xiaoqian Zhang, & Xiaoshi Hu. 2021. On post-verbal durative/frequency phrases in Mandarin Chinese. Current Research in Chinese Linguistics-Special issue on the 11th Cross-Strait Symposium on Modern Chinese Language 100(1): 69-82. DOI: https://doi.org/10.29499/CrCL.202101_100(1).0006
Hu, Xiaoshi. 2020. Syntax of causative-passive correlation from a cross-linguistic perspective. International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 7(1): 91-113. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/ijchl.00007.hu
Hu, Xiaoshi. 2020. Two concepts of locality: The Respectively-interpretation of Fenbie. Current Research in Chinese Linguistics-Special issue on the International Symposium on Chinese in the Maritime Silk Road 99(2): 305-329.
Zhang, Xiaoqian*, Yiqin Qiu, & Xiaoshi Hu. 2019. Expressions duratives postverbales en chinois mandarin à l’interface syntactico-sémantique. Revue canadienne de Linguistique 64(1): 102-137. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cnj.2018.26
Hu, Xiaoshi. 2018. Explorer la structure interne des constructions causatives du français. Revue Canadienne de Linguistique 63(1): 70-99. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cnj.2017.42
He, Chuansheng*, One-soon Her, Xiaoshi Hu, & Weijing Zhu. 2017. Overt coordination in additive numerals of minority languages in South China. Syntax 20(3): 292-316. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/synt.12137
Journal articles (Chinese):
胡笑适，2024，“最简方案特征一致操作再探——以法语附着化为例”，《现代外语》第47卷第2期：第160-171页。DOI: https://doi.org/10.20071/j.cnki.xdwy.20240010.007
胡皓月，胡笑适*，2023，“最简方案下的两类句法移位”，《语言学研究》第34辑：第97-109页。
胡笑适，2022，“跨语言视角下的两类局域性条件”，《外语教学与研究》第54卷第1期：第29-41页。DOI: https://doi.org/10.19923/j.cnki.fltr.2022.01.003
胡笑适，2021，“现代汉语‘所’字结构与宾语前置”，《语言学研究》第30辑：第115-128页。
Book chapters:
Pan, Haihua*, & Xiaoshi Hu. 2021. The passive construction in Chinese. In M. Aronoff et al. eds., Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics 1-29. Oxford University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199384655.013.884
Hu, Xiaoshi*, & Wei Xiang. 2020. The syntactic and semantic properties of the quantity expression Yidianr in Chinese. In D. Chen & D. Bell eds., Explorations of Chinese Theoretical and Applied Linguistics 82-115. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
胡笑适，2018，“《状语从句、主句现象及左缘结构》述评”，朱斌主编，《复句经典研究》第一卷，第190-203页，汕头大学出版社。
Teaching article:
胡笑适，2023，“高校外语本科语言学课程的思政实现路径探析”，《黑龙江教育（高教研究与评估）》第7期：第46-48页。
Fundings and Grants
2025 Tsinghua Initiative Scientific Research Program: Longitudinal Study of Child Language Acquisition of Categories (20255080022)
2023 General Project of Ministry of Education Foundations on Humanities and Social Science: Micro-syntax of Causative-Passive Correlation from a Cross-linguistic Perspective (22YJC740024)
2019 Tsinghua Initiative Scientific Research Program: New-Descriptive Research on Cliticization from a Cross-linguistic Perspective (2019THZWJC50)
Other Academic Activities
Peer Reviewing
Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics, Journal of Linguistics, Acta Linguistica Academica, Cogent Humanities, Current Research in Chinese Linguistics, Contemporary Linguistics, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, International Journal of Chinese Linguistics, Linguistic Research, Studies in Chinese Linguistics
Academic Responsibilities
05/2022 – present: Manager of Tsinghua Institute for World Literatures and Cultures Academy Class (Undergraduate Program).
05/2022 – 05/2023: Vice-division chief of the International Office of Tsinghua University.
10/2023 – 11/2025: Secretary of the Association of Formal Linguistics of China.
12/2021 – 10/2023: Vice-secretary of the Association of Formal Linguistics of China.
