A chapter entitled “Phonetic and phonological L1 attrition and drift in bilingual speech” (de Leeuw & Chang, 2024) has been published by Cambridge University Press in The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingual Phonetics and Phonology, edited by Mark Amengual. Abstract: This chapter presents an overview of what is currently known about phonetic and phonological first language (L1) attrition […]
This semester, Prof. Chang has been busy talking about recent work in the lab! In October, he gave at a talk at LMU Munich’s Institute of Phonetics and Speech Processing entitled “Investigating predictors of regressive cross-linguistic influence in multilingual speech”. In November, he will be giving two talks at Aarhus University, one talk entitled “Aspects […]
A paper entitled “Expressing diminutive meaning in heritage Twi: The role of complexity and language-specific preferences” (Kpogo, Kohut, & Chang, 2024) has been published by Language Science Press in the edited volume Formal Approaches to Complexity in Heritage Language Grammars. Abstract: Twi (Akan) and English can both express diminutive meaning using a morphological strategy (diminutive suffix) or […]
This week, Prof. Chang, along with Prof. Yao Yao and PolyU PhD student Meixian (Vicky) Li, will be attending the 19th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon 19) in Seoul! They will be presenting a poster, entitled “Gender effects in the social perception of creaky voice in Mandarin Chinese”, in the afternoon poster session on Day […]
This week, Prof. Chang will be giving a talk at Osmania University’s Department of Linguistics. The title of his talk is “Aspects of bilingual speech and bilingual development”.
Next week, Prof. Chang will be giving talks at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies and at the City University of Hong Kong’s Department of Linguistics and Translation. The titles of his talks are “Bilingual speech control under intoxication” and “Examining language knowledge through the multilingual repertoire”.
Prof. Chang is one of the guest scientists speaking at this weekend’s AAPI Month celebration at Boston’s Museum of Science: https://mos.org/events/asian-american-pacific-islander-heritage-month
Last week, Prof. Chang gave talks at The MARCS Institute and at Macquarie University’s Center for Language Sciences. The titles of his talks were “Understanding bilingual speech control: Insights from intoxication” and “Examining language knowledge through the multilingual repertoire”.
This week, Prof. Chang will be giving a talk in Lund University’s Centre for Languages and Literature seminar series on March 15. The title of his talk is “Knowledge of language(s) in multilingual contexts”.
A paper entitled “An individual-differences perspective on variation in heritage Mandarin speakers” (Chang & Yao, 2024) has been published by Cambridge University Press in the book The Phonetics and Phonology of Heritage Languages (edited by Rajiv Rao). Abstract: This chapter takes an individual-differences perspective on the dual sound systems of American heritage speakers (HSs) of Mandarin Chinese. […]