3 papers
cs.CL2026
Probing LLMs for Syntactic Structure Beyond Universal Dependencies: A Minimalist Phase Account in English
Yuanhao Chen, Peter Chin
We show that LLMs encode syntactic distinctions not present in the Universal Dependencies (UD) tree distances that structural probes are trained to recover. On English wh-movement…
q-bio.NC2026
MoDAl: Self-Supervised Neural Modality Discovery via Decorrelation for Speech Neuroprosthesis
Yuanhao Chen, Peter Chin
Speech neuroprosthesis systems decode intended speech from neural activity in the absence of audible output, offering a path to restoring communication for individuals with speech-…
cs.CL2023
Improving TTS for Shanghainese: Addressing Tone Sandhi via Word Segmentation
Yuanhao Chen
Tone is a crucial component of the prosody of Shanghainese, a Wu Chinese variety spoken primarily in urban Shanghai. Tone sandhi, which applies to all multi-syllabic words in Shang…