Publications by Year

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Work Currently in Press

• Grant, A., Legault, J., & Li, P. (in press). What do bilingual models tell us about the neurocognition of multiple languages? In R. Heredia & A. Cieslicka (Eds.), The bilingual brain unwrapped. Taylor & Francis: Psychology Press.
• Li, P., Schloss, B., & Follmer, J. (in press). Speaking two “languages” in America: A semantic space analysis of how presidential candidates and their supporters represent abstract political concepts differently. Behavior Research Methods.
• Li, Y., Li, P., Yang, Q., Eslinger, P., Sica, C., & Karunanayaka, P. (in press). Lexical semantic search under different covert verbal fluency fMRI tasks. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.
• Wang, S., Allen, R., Fang, S., & Li, P. (in press). Cross-modal working memory binding and L1-L2 word learning. Memory & Cognition.
• Zhou, W., Zhang, L., Shu, H., & Li, P. (in press). Neural mechanisms for the processing of Chinese. In C.-R. Huang, Z. Jing-Schmidt, D. Meisterernst (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of applied Chinese linguistics. New York, NY: Routledge.

2017

• Cheng, C.-C., Chang, K.-E., Sung, Y.-T., & Li, P. (2017). Chinese language learning sciences. Book series, Singapore: Springer.
• Dai, R., Chen, H., Chan, Y.,  Wu, C., Li, P., Zhuo, S., & Hu, J. (2017). To resolve or not to resolve, that is the question: The dual-path model of incongruity resolution and absurd verbal humor by fMRI. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognitive Science, 8:498. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00498
• Follmer, D. J., Fang, S., Clariana, R. B., Meyer, B. J. F., & Li, P. (2017). What predicts adult readers’ understanding of STEM texts? Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal. doi: 10.1007/s11145-017-9781-x
• Hsiao, Y., Lan, Y, Kao, S., & Li, P. (2017). Visualization analytics for second language vocabulary learning in virtual worlds Education Technology and Society, 20(2), 161-175.
• Kwok, V., Dan, G., Yakpo, K., Matthews, S., Fox, P., Li, P, & Tan, L. (2017). A meta-analytic study of the neural systems for auditory processing of lexical tones. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11:327. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00327
• Kwok, V. & Li, P. (2017).  Brain mapping of lexical tone reading. In M. Liu, F-M. Tsao, & P. Li (Eds.), Speech learning, perception, and production: Multidisciplinary approaches in Chinese language research. Singapore: Springer Publishing Co.
• Li, P. & Yang, J. (2017). Neurocognitive approaches to Chinese second language learning. In C.R. Ke (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of Chinese second language acquisition. Taylor & Francis: Routledge.
• Li, P., & Zhao, X. (2017). Computational modeling. In A. de Groot & P. Hagoort (Eds.), Research methods in psycholinguistics and the neurobiology of language: A practical guide. Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Li, Y., Zhang, L., Xia, Z., Yang, J., Shu, H., & Li, P. (2017). The relationship between intrinsic couplings of the visual word form area with spoken language network and reading ability in children and adults. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11:327. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2017.00327
• Yu, K., Wang, R., & Li, P. (2017). Processing of acoustic and phonological information of lexical tones in Mandarin Chinese. In M. Liu, F-M. Tsao, & P. Li (Eds.), Speech learning, perception, and production: Multidisciplinary approaches in Chinese language research. Singapore: Springer.
• Yu, K., Zhou, Y., Li, L., Su, J., Wang, R., & Li, P. (2017). The interaction between phonological information and pitch type at pre-attentive stage: An ERP study of lexical tones. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience. doi: 10.1080/23273798.2017.1310909.
• Zinszer, B., Rolotti, S., Li, F., & Li, P. (2017). Bayesian word learning in multiple language environments. Cognitive Science. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12567

​2016

• Fang, S., Zinszer, B., Malt, B., & Li, P. (2016). Bilingual object naming: A connectionist model. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognitive Science, 7, Article 644. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00644
• Karuza, E., Li, P., Weiss, D., Bulgarelli, F., Zinszer, B., & Aslin, D. (2016). Sampling over non-uniform distributions: A neural efficiency account of the primacy effect in statistical learning. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 28, 1484-1500. doi: 10.1162/jocn_a_00990
• Li, P., & Grant, A. (2016). Second language learning success revealed by brain networks. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 19, 657-664. doi: 10.1017/S1366728915000280
• Schloss, B., & Li, P. (2016). Disentangling narrow and coarse semantic networks in the brain: The role of computational models of word meaning. Behavior Research Methods, 1-15. doi: 10.3758/s13428-016-0807-0
• Wu, C., Zhong, S., Chan, Y., Chen, H., Gong, G., He, Y., & Li, P. (2016). White-matter structural connectivity underlying human laughter-related traits processing. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognitive Science, 7: 1637. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01637
• Yang, J., Li, P., Fang, X., Shu, H., Liu, Y., & Chen, L. (2016). Hemispheric involvement in the processing of Chinese idioms: An fMRI study. Neuropsychologia, 87, 12-24. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.04.029
• Zhang, L., Li, Y., Wu, H., Li, X., Shu, H. Zhang, Y., & Li, P. (2016). Effects of semantic context and fundamental frequency contours on Mandarin speech recognition by second language learners. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognitive Science, 7, Article 908. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00908
• Zhou, W., Wang, X., Xia, Z., Bi, Y., Li, P., & Shu, H. (2016). Neural mechanisms of dorsal and ventral visual regions during text reading. Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition, 7, Article 1399. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01399

2015

• Dong, Y., & Li, P. (2015). The cognitive science of bilingualism. Language and Linguistics Compass, 9, 1-13. (Wiley Online Library: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lnc3.12099/full)
• Fang, S., Zinszer, B., Malt, B., & Li, P. (2015). A computational model of bilingual semantic convergence. In D. C. Noelle, R. Dale, A. S. Warlaumont, J. Yoshimi, T. Matlock, C. D. Jennings, & P. P. Maglio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Grant, A, Fang, S., & Li, P. (2015). Second language lexical development and cognitive control: A longitudinal fMRI study. Brain and Language, 144, 35-47. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2015.03.010
• Grant, A., & Li, P. (2015). Brain mapping of lexico-semantic functions in bilinguals. Journal of Cognitive Science, 16, 1-15. doi: 10.17791/jcs.2015.16.1.1
• Hao, M., Liu, Y., Shu, H., Xing, A., Jiang, Y., & Li, P. (2015). Developmental changes in early child lexicon in Mandarin Chinese. Journal of Child Language, 42, 505-537. doi: 10.1017/S030500091400018X
• Lan, Y, Fang, S., Legault, J., & Li, P. (2015). Second language acquisition of Mandarin Chinese vocabulary: Context of learning effects. Education Technology Research and Development, 63, 671-690. DOI 10.1007/s11423-015-9380-y
• Lan, Y., Chen, N., Li, P., & Grant, S. (2015). Embodied cognition and language learning in virtual environments. A special issue of Education Technology and Research Development, 63(5), 639-807.
• Li, P. (2015). Bilingualism as a dynamic process. In B. MacWhinney & W. O’Grady (Eds.), Handbook of language emergence (pp. 511-536). Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Li, P. (2015). Neuro-computational approaches to Chinese. In C.F. Sun, W. S-Y Wang, & Y. Tsai (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics (pp. 676-687). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
• Li, P. & Zhao, X. (2015). Computational modeling of bilingual language acquisition and processing: Conceptual and methodological considerations. In J. W. Schwieter (Ed.), The Cambridge handbook of bilingual processing (pp. 85-107). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Li, P., & Grant, A. (2015). Identifying the causal link: Two approaches toward understanding the relationship between bilingualism and cognitive control. Cortex, 73, 358-360. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.07.013
• Li, P., Chaby, L., Legault, J., & Braithwaite, V. (2015). Brain3M – A new approach to learning about brain, behavior, and cognition. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2015), 323-326.
• Malt, B., Jobe, R., Pavlenko, A., & Li, P. (2015). What constrains simultaneous mastery of first and second language word use? International Journal of Bilingualism, 20, 684-699. doi: 10.1177/1367006915583565.
• Malt, B., Li, P., Pavlenko, A., Zhu, H., & Ameel, E. (2015). Bidirectional lexical interaction in late immersed Mandarin-English bilinguals. Journal of Memory and Language, 82, 86-104. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2015.03.001
• Tan, L.H., & Li, P. (2015). Editorial: Towards an integrative understanding of the neuroanatomical and genetic bases of language: The Chinese context. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 33, 1-2.
• Tan, L.H., & Li, P. (2015). Language, brain, and gene: The Chinese context. A special issue of Journal of Neurolinguistics, 33, 1-186.
• Tan, L.H., & Li, P. (2015). Towards an integrative understanding of the neuroanatomical and genetic bases of language: The Chinese context. A special issue of Journal of Neurolinguistics, 33, 1-2.
• Yang, J., Gates, K., Molenaar, P., & Li, P. (2015). Neural changes underlying successful second language word learning: An fMRI study. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 33, 29-49. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2014.09.004
• Zhang, L., Yue, Q., Zhang, Y., Shu, H., & Li, P. (2015). Task-dependent modulation of regions in the left temporal cortex during auditory sentence comprehension. Neuroscience Letters, 584, 351-355. (Corrigendum to article published in Neuroscience Letters, 591, 35). doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.10.054
• Zinszer, B. D., Chen, P.Y., Wu, H., Shu, H., & Li, P. (2015). Second language experience modulates neural specialization for first language lexical tones. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 33, 50-66. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2014.09.005

2014

• Grant, A., Dennis, N., & Li, P. (2014). Cognitive control, cognitive reserve, and memory in the aging bilingual brain. Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences, 5, Article 1401. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01401
• Indivero, V.M. (November 12, 2014). Learning language is a workout for brains, both young and old.
• Kohli, S. (Nov. 13, 2014). Bilinguals have stronger, faster brains than the rest of us.
• Lees, K. (Nov. 28, 2014). Are some predisposed to an increased success of bilingualism?
• Li, P. & Zhao, X. (2014). Connectionist bilingual representation. In R.R. Heredia & J. Altarriba (Eds.), Foundations of bilingual memory (pp. 63-84). New York: Springer.
• Li, P., & Costa, A. (2014). Editorial: Enhancing JNL’s impact with collective strength. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 29, iii-iv.
• Li, P., & Zhao, X. (2014). Connectionist models of language development. In P. Brooks & V. Kempe (Eds.), Encyclopedia of language development (pp. 101-106). Sage Publications.
• Li, P., Legault, J., & Litcofsky, K.A. (2014). Neuroplasticity as a function of second language learning: Anatomical changes in the human brain. Cortex, 58, 301-324. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.05.001
• Li, P., Zhang, F., Tsai, E., & Puls, B. (2014). Language History Questionnaire (LHQ 2.0): A new dynamic web-based research tool. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 17(3), 673-680. doi:10.1017/S1366728913000606
• Shu, H., & Li, P. (2014). Language development and reading acquisition in preschool children (学前儿童语言与阅读的发展及其促进). Studies in Early Childhood Education (学前教育研究), 10(238), 3-10. (in Chinese).
• Yu, K., Wang, R., Li, L., & Li, P. (2014). Processing of acoustic and phonological information of lexical tones in Mandarin Chinese revealed by mismatch negativity. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 729. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00729
• Zinszer, B. D., Malt, B. C., Ameel, E., & Li, P. (2014). Native-likeness in second language lexical categorization reflects individual language history and linguistic community norms. Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences, 5, Article 1203. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01203

2013

• Grosjean, F. & Li, P. (2013). The psycholinguistics of bilingualism. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Li, P. (2013). Computational modeling of bilingualism: How can models tell us more about the bilingual mind? Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 16, 1-6.
• Li, P. (2013). Computational modeling of bilingualism. A special issue of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 16(2), 241-366.
• Li, P. (2013). The cross-cultural bilingual brain: Comment on “The bilingual brain: Flexibility and control in the human cortex” by Buchweitz and Prat. Physics of Life Reviews, 10, 446-447. doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2013.09.002
• Li, P. & . Marrongelle, K. (2013). Having success with NSF: A practical guide. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Li, P. & MacWhinney, B. (2013). Competition model. In C.A. Chapelle (Ed.), The encyclopedia of applied linguistics. MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Wiley Online Library: doi: 10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0168).
• Li, P. & Zhao, X. (2013). Connectionism. In C.A. Chapelle (Ed.), The encyclopedia of applied linguistics. Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Wiley Online Library: doi: 10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0186).
• Li, P., & Zhao, X. (2013). Connectionist bilingual representation. In R.R. Heredia & J. Altarriba (Eds.), Foundations of bilingual memory: Theory and application. Springer Science Publishers.
• Li, P. & Zhao, X. (2013). Connectionist models of second language acquisition. In M.P. Garcia Mayo, M. Junkal, G. Mangado, & M. Adrian (Eds.), Contemporary approaches to second language acquisition (pp. 177-198). Amsterdam, the Netherlands: John Benjamins.
• Li, P. & Zhao, X. (2013). Self-organizing map models of language acquisition. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 828. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.0082
• Li, P., Shu, H., & Liu, Y. (2013). Neurocognitive approaches to the processing of Chinese. In J. Huang, A. Li, & A. Simpson (Eds.), The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics (pp. 511-533). Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Li, P., Shu, H., & Liu, Y. (2013). 语言与大脑：语言学、认知科学和神经科学的交汇点 (Language and the brain: Interfaces between linguistics, cognitive science, and neuroscience). In J. Wang & D. Chen (eds.), Frontiers of humanities and social sciences in the west: Linguistics (pp. 549-584). Beijing, China: Renmin University Press. (in Chinese)
• Li, Y., Yang, J., Scherf, S., & Li, P. (2013). Two faces, two languages: an fMRI study of bilingual picture naming. Brain and Language, 3, 452–462. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2013.09.005
• Malt, B. C., Li, P., Ameel, E., & Zhu, J. (2013). Language dominance modulates cross-language lexical interaction. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, and I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• Xu, G., Zhang, L., Shu, H., Wang, X., & Li, P. (2013). Access to lexical meaning in pitch-flattened Chinese sentences: An fMRI study. Neuropsychologia, 51, 550-556. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.12.006
• Yue, Q., Zhang, L., Xu, G., Shu, H., & Li, P. (2013). Task-modulated activation and functional connectivity of the temporal-frontal areas during speech comprehension. Neuroscience, 237, 87-95. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.12.067
• Zhang, Y., Li, P., Piao, Q., Liu, Y., Huang, Y., & Shu, H. (2013). Syntax does not necessarily precede semantics in sentence processing: ERP evidence from Chinese. Brain and Language, 126, 8-19. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2013.04.001
• Zhao, X. & Li, P. (2013). Simulating cross-language priming with a dynamic computational model of the lexicon. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition,16, 288-303. doi: 10.1017/S1366728912000624

2012

• Li, P., & Tokowicz, N. (2012). The psycholinguistics of second language acquisition. In P. Robinson (Ed.), Routledge encyclopedia of second language acquisition. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
• Li, P., & Zhao, X. (2012). Connectionism. In M. Aronoff (Ed.), Oxford bibliographies online (Linguistics). Oxford University Press. (www.oxfordbibliographies.com)
• Yang, J. & Li, P. (2012). Brain networks of explicit and implicit learning. PLoS One, 7, e42993. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042993
• Zhang, L., Xi, J., Wu, H., Shu, H., & Li, P. (2012). Electrophysiological evidence of categorical perception of Chinese lexical tones in attentive condition. NeuroReport, 23, 35-39.
• Zhang, Y., Zhang, L., Shu, H., Xi, J., Wu, H., Zhang, Y., & Li, P. (2012). Universality of categorical perception deficit in developmental dyslexia: An investigation of Mandarin Chinese tones. Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology, 53, 874-882. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02528.x

2011

• He, H., Li, P., & Wang, H. (2011). Advances in knowledge discovery and data analysis for artificial intelligence. A special issue of Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 23, 1-136.
• He, H.B., Li, P., & Wang, H.W. (2011). Advances in knowledge discovery and data analysis for artificial intelligence. A special issue of the Journal of Experimental and Artificial Intelligence, 23(1), 1-136.
• Liu, Y., Hao, M., Li, P., & Shu, H. (2011). Timed picture naming norms for Mandarin Chinese. PLoS One, 6, e16505. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016505.
• Yang, J., Tan, L., & Li, P. (2011). Lexical representation of nouns and verbs in the late bilingual brain. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 24, 674-682. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2011.07.002
• Zhang, L., Xi, J., Xu, G., Shu, H., Wang, X., & Li, P. (2011). Cortical dynamics of acoustic and phonological processing in speech processing. PLoS One, e20963. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020963.
• Zhao, X., Li, P., & Kohonen, T. (2011). Contextual self-organizing map: Software for constructing semantic representation. Behavior Research Methods, 43, 77-88.

2010

• Li, P. & Shu, H. (2010). Language and the brain: Computational and neuroimaging evidence from Chinese. In M. Bond (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology (pp. 69-92). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
• Liu, Y., Li, P., Shu, H., Zhang, Q., & Chen, L. (2010). Structure and meaning in Chinese: An ERP study of idioms. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 23, 615-530.
• Xi, J., Zhang, L., Shu, H., Zhang, Y., & Li, P. (2010). Categorical perception of lexical tones in Chinese revealed by mismatch negativity. Neuroscience, 170, 223-231. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.06.077
• Zhang, L., Shu, H., Zhou, F., Wang, X., & Li, P. (2010). Common and distinct neural substrates for the perception of speech rhythm and intonation. Human Brain Mapping, 31, 1106-1116. doi: 10.1002/hbm.20922 (Cover page paper)
• Zhao, X. & Li, P. (2010). Bilingual lexical interactions in an unsupervised neural network model. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 13, 505-524. doi: 10.1080/13670050.2010.488284
• Zinszer, B. & Li, P. (2010). A SOM model of first language lexical attrition. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2787-2792). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

2009

• Klein, W., & Li, P. (2009). Introduction: The expression of time in language. In W. Klein, & P. Li (Eds.), The expression of time in language. Berlin & New York: Mouton.
• Klein, W., & Li, P. (2009). The expression of time. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter. (A volume in the Expression of Cognitive Categories series).
• Lee, C., Kim, Y., & Simpson, G. (2009). The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics (Vol. 3: Korean). Cambridge University Press. (General Editor: Li, P.).
• Li, P. (2009). Introduction to the 2007 Rumelhart Prize Special Issue honoring Jeff Elman. Cognitive Science, 33.
• Li, P. (2009). Lexical organization and competition in first and second languages: Computational and neural mechanisms. Cognitive Science, 33, 629-664. doi: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01028.x
• Li, P. (2009). Meaning in acquisition: Semantic structure, lexical organization, and crosslinguistic variation. In V. Gathercole (Ed.), Routes to language: Studies in honor of Melissa Bowerman (pp. 255-283). New York & London: Psychology Press.
• Li, P., & Zhao, X. (2009). Computational modeling of the expression of time. In W. Klein, & P. Li (Eds.), The expression of time (pp. 241-271). Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
• Li, P., Green, D., Meisel, J., & Silva-Covalan, C. (2009). State of the BLC. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 12, 1.
• Yap, F., Chu, Y., Yiu, Y., Wong, S., Kwan, S., Mathews, S., Tan, L., Li, P., & Shirai, Y. (2009). Aspectual asymmetries in the mental representation of events: Role of lexical and grammatical aspect. Memory and Cognition, 37, 587-595. doi: 10.3758/MC.37.5.587
• Zhao, X. & Li, P. (2009). An online database of phonological representations for Mandarin Chinese. Behavior Research Methods, 41, 575-583.
• Zhao, X. & Li, P. (2009). The acquisition of lexical and grammatical aspect in a developmental lexicon model. Linguistics: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences, 47, 1075-1112. doi: 10.1515/ling.2009.038

2008

• Chan, A., Luke, K., Li, P., Yip, V., Li, G., Weekes, B., & Tan, L. (2008). Neural correlates of nouns and verbs in early bilinguals. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1145, 30-40.
• Goodman, J.C., Dale, P.S., & Li, P. (2008). Does frequency count? Parental input and the acquisition of vocabulary. Journal of Child Language, 35, 515-531.
• Hao, M., Shu, H., & Li, P. (2008). Early vocabulary inventory for Mandarin Chinese. Behavior Research Methods, 40, 728-733.
• Liu, S., Zhao, X. & Li, P. (2008). Early lexical development: A corpus-based study of three languages. In B. C. Love, K. McRae, & V. M. Sloutsky (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1343-1348). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
• MacWhinney, B. & Li, P. (2008). Neurolinguistic computational models. In B. Stemmer & H.A. Whitaker (Eds.), Handbook of the neuroscience of language (pp. 229-236). Elsevier Science Publisher.
• Zhao, J., Shu, H., Zhang, L., Wang, X., Gong, Q., & Li, P. (2008). Cortical competition during language discrimination. NeuroImage, 43, 624-633.
• Zhao, X. & Li, P. (2008). Vocabulary development in English and Chinese: A comparative study with self-organizing neural networks. In B. C. Love, K. McRae, & V. M. Sloutsky (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1900-1905).Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.

2007

• Chen, L., Shu, H., Liu, Y., Zhao, J., & Li, P. (2007). ERP signatures of subject-verb agreement in L2 learning. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 10(2), 161-174.
• Guo, J., Shu, H., & Li, P. (2007). Context effects in lexical ambiguity procesing in Chinese: A meta-analysis. Journal of Cognitive Science, 8, 91-107.
• Hernandez, A. & Li, P. (2007). Age of acquisition: Its neural and computational mechanisms. Psychological Bulletin, 133(4), 638-650.
• Li, P. & Green, D. (2007). Neurocognitive approaches to bilingualism: Asian Languages​. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 10, 117-119.
• Li, P., & Green, D. (2007). Neurocognitive approaches to bilingualism: Asian languages. A special issue of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 10 (2), 117-210.
• Li, P., Zhao, X., & MacWhinney, B. (2007). Dynamic self-organization and early lexical development in children. Cognitive Science, 31, 581-612. doi: 10.1080/15326900701399905
• Liu, Y., Shu, H., & Li, P. (2007). Word naming and psycholinguistic norms: Chinese. Behavior Research Methods, 39(2), 192-198.
• Sepanski, S. & Li, P. (2007). Sentence processing in late bilinguals: Comprehension of form and meaning. Journal of Cognitive Science, 8, 69-89.
• Xing, H., Shu, H., & Li, P. (2007). A self-organizing connectionist model of vocabulary acquisition by elementary school children. Contemporary Linguistics, 9, 193-207. (Journal of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; in Chinese)
• Zhao, X. & Li, P. (2007). Bilingual lexical representation in a self-organizing neural network. In D. S. McNamara & J. G. Trafton (eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 755-760). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. (Computational Modeling Prize 1st Place, Language).

2006

• Li, P. (2006). In search of meaning: The acquisition of semantic structure and morphological systems. Luchjenbroers (Ed.) Cognitive linguistics investigations across languages, fields, and philosophical boundaries (pp.109-137). Amsterdam, Holland: John Benjamins, Inc.
• Li, P. (2006). Modeling language acquisition and processing in connectionist networks. In P. Li, L.-H. Tan, E. Bates, & O. Tzeng (Eds.), The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics (Vol. 1: Chinese). (pp.320-329). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Li, P. & Xing, H. (2006). Disease but no sheep. Science, 311, 1867.
• Li, P., Sepanski, S., & Zhao, X. (2006). Language history questionnaires: A web-based interface for bilingual research. Behavioral Research Methods, 38(2), 202-210.
• Li, P., Tan, L.-H., Bates, E., & Tzeng, O. (2006). The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics (Vol. 1: Chinese). Cambridge University Press. (General Editor: Li, P.).
• Li, P., Tan, L., & Tzeng, O.J.L. (2006). Epilogue: A tribute to Elizabeth Bates. In P. Li, L.-H. Tan, E. Bates, & O. Tzeng. The Handbook of East Asia Psycholinguistics (Vol. 1: Chinese). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. (General Editor: Li, Pi.)
• Li, P., Tan, L., Bates, E., & Tzeng, O. (2006). New frontiers in Chinese psycholinguistics: An introduction. In P. Li, L.-H. Tan, E. Bates, & O. Tzeng (Eds.), The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics (Vol. 1: Chinese). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (pp. 1-9).
• Li, X., Shu, H., Liu, Y.Y., & Li, P. (2006). Mental representation of verb meanings: Behavioral and electrophysiological evidence. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18(10), 1774-1787.
• Nakayama, M., Mazuka, R., Shirai, Y. (2006). The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics (Vol. 2: Japanese). Cambridge University Press. (General Editor: Li, P.).
• Yang, J., Zevin, J., Shu, H., McCandliss, B., & Li, P. (2006). A triangle model of Chinese reading. Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 912-917). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

2005

• Hernandez, A., Li, P., & MacWhinney, B. (2005). The emergence of competing modules in bilingualism. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9(5), 220-225.
• Li, P. (2005). Editorial tribute to Elizabeth Bates. Bilingualism. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 8, i-ii.
• Li, P. & Cunningham, K. (2005). The APA Style Converter: A Web-based interface for converting articles to APA Style for publication. Behavior Research Methods, 37(2), 219-223.
• Zhao, X. & Li, P. (2005). A self-organizing connectionist model of early word production. Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2434-2439). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

2004

• Li, P. (2004).Overgeneralization, competition, and recovery: Solving the logical problem with positive evidence. Journal of Child Language, 31, 931-933.
• Li, P., Farkas, I., & MacWhinney (2004). Early lexical acquisition in a self-organizing neural network. Neural Networks, 17, 1345-1362.
• Li, P., Jin, Z., & Tan, L. (2004). Neural representations of nouns and verbs in Chinese: An fMRI study. NeuroImage, 21, 1533-1541.
• Li, P., Tan, L., & Tzeng, O.J.L. (2004) Epilogue: A tribute to Elizabeth Bates. In Li, P., Tan, L-H., Bates, E., & Tzeng, O. (Eds.), The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics (Vol. 1: Chinese). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Xing, H., Shu, H., & Li, P. (2004). The acquisition of Chinese characters: Corpus analyses and connectionist simulations. Journal of Cognitive Science, 5, 1-49.

2003

• Grosjean, F., Li, P., Münte, T., & Rodriguez-Fornells, A. (2003). Imaging bilinguals: When the neurosciences meet the language sciences. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 6(2), 159-165.
• Li, P. (2003). Language acquisition in a self-organising neural network model. In P. Quinlan (Ed.) Connectionist models of development: Developmental processes in real and artificial neural networks (pp. 115-149). Hove & New York: Psychology Press.
• Li, P. (2003). Raising children bilingual: Should we, and when? (Review of Bilingualism in development: Language, literacy, and cognition by E. Bialystok). Contemporary Psychology, 48, 667-669.

2002

• Farkas, I., & Li, P. (2002). DevLex: A self-organizing neural network model of the development of lexicon. In L. Wang et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Neural Information Processing, #1514, CCE. Singapore: Nanyang Technology University.
• Farkas, I. & Li, P. (2002). Modeling the development of lexicon with a growing self-organizing map. In H.J. Caulfield et al. (Eds). Proceedings of the Sixth Joint Conference on Information Science (pp.553-556). Durham, NC: Association for Intelligent Machinery, Inc.
• Li, P. (2002). Aspect and cryptotype: A new approach to an old problem. In T. H-T. Lee, G. Tang, & V. Yip (Eds.), CUHK Papers in Linguistics No. 5. (Special Issue on Language Acquisition: East Asian Perspectives). Hong Kong, China: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press.
• Li, P. (2002). Bilingualism is in dire need of formal models. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 5(3), 213.
• Li, P. (2002). Emergent semantic structure and language acquisition: A Dynamic perspective. In H. Kao, C.K. Leong, & G.D., Guo (Eds.) Cognitive neuroscience studies of the Chinese language (pp. 79-98). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
• Li, P. (2002). Loglinear models for the analysis of language acquisition data. Journal of Cognitive Science, 3, 27-41.
• Li, P. (2002). 语言习得的联结主义模型 (Connectionist models of language acquisition). Contemporary Linguistics, 4, 164-175. (Journal of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; in Chinese)
• Li, P. & Farkas, I. (2002). A self-organizing connectionist model of bilingual processing. In R. Heredia & J. Altarriba (Eds.), Bilingual sentence processing (pp. 59-85). North-Holland: Elsevier Science Publisher. (reprinted in Bilingualism: Critical concepts in linguistics, Taylor & Francis, 2009).
• Li, P. & MacWhinney, B. (2002). PatPho: A phonological pattern generator for neural networks. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 34(3), 408-415.
• Li, P., Shu, H., Yip, M., Y. Zhang, & Y. Tang. (2002). Lexical ambiguity in sentence processing: Evidence from Chinese. In M. Nakayma (Ed.), Crosslinguistic sentence processing (pp. 111-129). Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications.
• Xing, H., Shu, H., & Li, P. (2002). A self-organizing connectionist model of character acquisition in Chinese. In W.D. Gray & C.D. Schunn (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 950-955). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

2001

• Farkas, I. & Li, P. (2001). A self-organizing neural network model of the acquisition of word meaning. In E.M. Altmann, A. Cleeremans, C.D. Schunn, & W.D. Gray (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 67-72). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Li, P. (2001). Review of The biological basis of language (Ed., Ovid J.L. Tzeng). Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 29, 151-157.
• Li, P., Maher, S., Newmark, E., & Hurley, J. (2001). The role of parental input in the acquisition of aspect. Journal of Cognitive Science, 2, 119-143.
• MacWhinney, B., James, J., Schunn, C., Li, P., & Schneider, W. (2001). STEP-A system for teaching experimental psychology using E-prime. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 33(2), 287-296.
• Zhang, Y.X., Shu, H., Li, P., Liu, Y.Y., & Zhou, X. (2001). Inhibitory processes, homophone meanings recognition, and spoken discourse comprehension in Chinese. In L. Chen & Y. Zhou (Eds.), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Cognitive Science (pp. 221-226). Beijing: University of Science and Technology of China Press.

2000

• Klein, W., Li, P., & Hendriks, H. (2000). Aspect and assertion in Mandarin Chinese. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 18, 723-770.
• Li, P. (2000). The acquisition of tense-aspect morphology in a self-organizing feature map model. In L.R. Gleitman & A.K. Joshi (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp.304-309). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Li, P., & Shirai, Y. (2000). The acquisition of lexical and grammatical aspect. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
• Li, P., Burgess, C., & Lund, K. (2000). The acquisition of word meaning through global lexical co-occurrences. In E. V. Clark (Ed.), Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Child Language Research Forum (pp.167-178). Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information.
• Lu, C., Bates, E., Li, P., Tzeng, O., Hung, D., Tsai, C., Lee, S., & Chung, Y. (2000). Judgment of grammaticality in aphasia: The special case of Chinese. Aphasiology, 15(10), 1021-1054.

1999 and earlier

• Li, P. (1999). Generalization, representation, and recovery in a self-organizing feature-map model of language acquisition. In M. Hahn & S.C. Stoness (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 308-313). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Li, P. (1998). Crosslinguistic variation and sentence processing: The case of Chinese. Sentence processing: A crosslinguistic perspective. (Vol. 31 of Syntax and Semantics; pp. 33-51). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
• Li, P. (1998). Mental control, language tags, and language nodes in bilingual lexical processing. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1, 92-93.
• Li, P. & Bowerman, M. (1998). The acquisition of lexical and grammatical aspect in Chinese. First Language, 18, 311-350.
• Li, P. & Yip, M. (1998). Context effects and the processing of spoken homophones. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 10, 223-243. (reprinted in C.K. Leong & K. Tamaoka (Eds.), Cognitive Processing of the Chinese and Japanese Languages, pp. 69-89, Kluwer Academic Publishers).
• Li, P. (1996). Spoken word recognition of code-switched words by Chinese-English bilinguals. Journal of Memory and Language, 35, 757-774.
• Li, P. (1996). The temporal structure of spoken sentence comprehension in Chinese. Perception and Psychophysics, 58(4), 571-586.
• Li, P. (1996). Why don’t L2 learners end up with uniform and perfect linguistic competence? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 19, 733-734.
• Li, P., & MacWhinney, B. (1996). Cryptotype, overgeneralization, and competition: A connectionist model of the learning of English reversive prefixes. Connection Science, 8(1), 3-30.
• Li, P., & Yip, C.W. (1996). Lexical ambiguity and context effects in spoken word recognition: Evidence from Chinese. In G. Cottrell (Ed.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp.228-232). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Bates, E., Elman, J., & Li. P. (1994). Language in, on, and about time. In M. Haith, J. Benson, R. Roberts, & B. Pennington (Eds.), The development of future-oriented processes (pp. 293-321). Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.
• Li, P. (1994). Understanding the time course of sentence comprehension: A sentence gating study in Mandarin Chinese. In H.-W. Chang, J.-T. Huang, C.-W. Hue, & O. Tzeng (Eds.), Advances in the study of Chinese language processing. Vol.1, Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 303-323.
• Bates, E., Chen, S., Li, P., Opie, M., & Tzeng, O. (1993). Where is the boundary between compounds and phrases in Chinese? A reply to Zhou et al. Brain and Language, 45, 94-107.
• Li, P. (1993). A pragmatic survey of locatives in Mandarin Chinese. Forum on Linguistics, 18, 3-37. (in Chinese)
• Li, P. (1993). Cryptotypes, form-meaning mappings, and overgeneralizations. In E. V. Clark (Ed.), Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Child Language Research Forum (pp. 162-178). Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information.
• Li, P. (1993). Review of Modern psychological research (Ed., S. Wang). Bulletin of the Hong Kong Psychological Society, 30, 119-125.
• Li, P. (1993). The acquisition of the zai and ba constructions in Mandarin Chinese. In J.C.P. Liang & R.P.E. Sybesma (Eds.), From classical “Fú” to “Three inches high”: Studies on Chinese in honor of Erik Zürcher (pp. 103-120). Leuven/Apeldoorn: Garant Publishers.
• Li, P., Bates, E., & MacWhinney, B. (1993). Processing a language without inflections: A reaction time study of sentence interpretation in Chinese. Journal of Memory and Language, 32, 169-192.
• Li, P., Bates, E., Liu, H., & MacWhinney, B. (1992). Cues as functional constraints on sentence processing in Chinese. In H.C. Chen & O. Tzeng (Eds.), Language processing in Chinese (pp. 207-234). Series of Advances in Psychology. North-Holland: Elsevier Science Publisher.
• Liu, H., Bates, E., & Li, P. (1992). Grammaticality judgment in Chinese-English bilinguals: A gating experiment. In Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 95-99). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
• Liu, H., Bates, E., & Li, P. (1992). Sentence interpretation in bilingual speakers of English and Chinese. Applied Psycholinguistics, 13, 451-484.
• Bates, E., Chen, S., Tzeng, O., Li, P., & Opie, M. (1991). The noun-verb problem in Chinese aphasia. Brain and Language, 41, 203-233.
• Li, P. (1991). Review of The crosslinguistic study of sentence processing (Eds., E. Bates & B. MacWhinney). Linguistics, 29, 549-555.
• Li, P. (1988). Acquisition of spatial reference in Chinese. In P. Jordens & J. Lalleman (Eds.), Language development (pp. 83-99). Dordrecht: Foris
• Li, P. (1987). Verb-complement constructions in Chinese classics Shishuo xinyu and Baiyujing. Forum on Linguistics, 14, 129-157. (in Chinese)

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