Gui Wang王贵

Efficient communication in word formation: How syntactic and lexical surprisal jointly shape English conversion over the past century

Wang, G., Yu, M., & Shao, B. (2026) Cognitive Science, 50(3), e70202

Across 1,082 conversion words, increasing use of converted forms accompanies more predictable contexts; syntactic and lexical surprisal jointly constrain conversion.在 1,082 个转类词中，转类形式使用的增加伴随着语境可预测性的提高；句法惊异度与词汇惊异度共同制约转类。

Linguistic positivity in American English: A large-scale diachronic study over the past two centuries

Wang, G., Chen, Z., & Shao, B. (2025) Applied Linguistics, amaf054

In a 430-million-token corpus of American English from the 1820s to the 2000s, both positive and negative expressions declined; major wars, unemployment, and subjective happiness shaped changes in positivity.基于 4.3 亿词元的美国英语历时语料库（1820s–2000s），积极与消极表达均显著减少；重大战争、失业率和主观幸福感影响了语言积极性的变化。

Linguistic complexity in scientific writing: A large-scale diachronic study from 1821 to 1920

Wang, G., Wang, H., Sun, X., Wang, N., & Wang, L. (2023) Scientometrics, 128(1), 441–460

In the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society from 1821 to 1920, overall and morphological complexity rose while syntactic complexity declined: lexical expansion alongside grammatical simplification.1821–1920 年《伦敦皇家学会哲学汇刊》中，整体复杂度与形态复杂度上升，句法复杂度下降，反映出科技写作的词汇扩展与语法简化。