HKBU Phonology Laboratory

 

Research Supported by the Lab Facilities

HKBU phonology lab has provided support in the following research projects with equipment and technology:

Postgraduate research projects at HKBU

LIU, Pauline Bolin (2023) The Perceptual Distinctiveness of the [n-l] Contrasts in Different Vowel and Tonal Contexts. MA (Language Studies) thesis, Hong Kong Baptist University.

ZHAO, Kay Kaixin (2020) The Use of Melisma in Zuoquan Folk Songs. MA (Language Studies) thesis, Hong Kong Baptist University.

TAM, Olivia Nga Wing (2020) Expletive Epenthesis in Hong Kong Cantonese. MA (Language Studies) thesis, Hong Kong Baptist University.

LI, Yuting (2019) Early Cantonese Transliteration as the Phonological Basis for Modern Hong Kong English. PhD dissertation, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Kumar, Srinivas Sampath (2016) Mora-Constituent Interface Model of the Syllable. PhD dissertation, Hong Kong Baptist University.

QIN, Chuan (2016) Tethering Effect as an Explanation for the bottleneck in Second Language Acquisition. PhD dissertation, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Undergraduate research projects at HKBU

WONG, Sophia Hoi Lam. (2024) The Influence of Multilingualism on Cognitive Ability. Honours Project, HKBU.

CHONG, Michael Yat Tsun. (2023) Good Speech Intonation Characteristics. Honours Project, HKBU.

LAU, Suet Ying Tiffany (2023) Hong Kong English Speakers' Attitude Towards British vs. American Accents and Their Production of English Vowels. Honours Project, HKBU.

YEUNG, Chung Philip (2023) Perception of English Coda Voicing by Hong Kong L2 English Listeners. Honours Project, HKBU.

CHU, Ching Shan Bianca (2022) Effectiveness of Imitating Singing in the Acquisition of Japanese Prosody. Honours Project, Hong Kong Baptist University.

KWOK, Wing Valerie. (2022). The Influence of Genre and Gender On the Use of Code-mixing in Workplace Communication. Honours Project, HKBU.

LEE, Chak Fu Jack. (2022). An Experimental Study of Hongkongers' Attitude towards British vs. American Accents in Different Contexts. Honours Project, HKBU.

WU, Man Yan Evelyn (2022) Understanding French English Prosody through Emotional Variation. Honours Project, Hong Kong Baptist University.

CHEUNG, Chi Wing Billy. (2021). Sensitivity to Pitch Accent in Japanese by Hong Kong Speakers. Honours Project, HKBU.

LALWANI, Sneha. (2021). An Experimental Study on Language Choice in Indian Advertisements: Hindi, Hinglish and English. Honours Project, HKBU.

LAM, Tsoi Ying Sandy. (2021). An Experimental Study of Trolling and its Responses on Social Media. Honours Project, HKBU.

LI, Tin Chun Rachel. (2021). Mismatched Language Code and Locus of Attention in Fashion Advertising. Honours Project, HKBU.

MO, Ka Lun. (2021). Interchangeability of Alveolar and Velar Nasal Codas in Hong Kong Cantonese. Honours Project, HKBU.

NG, I Maan Stephanie. (2021). Testing the Syllable Structure of Hong Kong English through Perceptual Experiment. Honours Project, HKBU.

SHENG, Yijun Aliver. (2021). An Experimental Study on Moral Abduction and Negative Expression in Chinese Parent-Children Communication. Honours Project, HKBU.

TO, Wai Huen Ann. (2021). The Influence of L1 Phonotactics on the Perception of Consonants: A Case Study on Cantonese Listeners. Honours Project, HKBU.

CHAN, Pak Yin Marco. (2020). The Processing of Structural Ambiguity: An Experimental Study of Cantonese-English Bilingual Speakers. Honours Project, HKBU.

HO, Yuk Ying Cammi. (2020). Hong Kong Bilingual Children’s Acquisition of Conjunction: An Experimental Study on Causality and Concession. Honours Project, HKBU.

HU, Jingxuan Kristina. (2020). Mandarin and Cantonese Learners’ Production of Voicing Contrast in English Coda Stops. Honours Project, HKBU.

TSANG, Pui Yiu Yoyo. (2020). Cross-script Phonological Priming: An Experimental Study on Cantonese-English Bilinguals. Honours Project, HKBU.

TSANG, Wing Yan Christa. (2020). Perception of English Fricative Contrasts by Hong Kong Cantonese ESL Learners. Honours Project, HKBU.

CHAN, Lok Yung Michelle. (2019). Gender and Language Structure Preferences: An Experimental Study on Hongkongers. Honours Project, HKBU.

HO, Tsui Ying May. (2019). Adaptation of French Consonants by Hong Kong Learners

NG, Chun Yin Mathew. (2019). Cantonese Expletive Infixation in English Words. Honours Project, HKBU.

TAM, Wing Ki Shirley. (2019). The Use of Sounds in Brand Names: A Perceptual Study of Hong Kong Listeners. Honours Project, HKBU.

TSE, Mei Yiu Maggie. (2019). The Use of Hedges and Emoticons in Instant Messages: An Experimental Study of Power and Gender. Honours Project, HKBU.

TUT, So Sum Krystelle. (2019). Politeness Strategies in the Communication of Online Support Groups: An Experimental Study. Honours Project, HKBU.

CHEUNG, Che Cheung. (2018). Impact of Intra-city Movement on the Weitou Dialect. Honours Project, HKBU.

TAM, Nga Wing Olivia. (2018). Hong Kong Cantonese Rhyme Phonotactics: Phonological Bases of L1 Transference in Hong Kong People's Acquisition of English. Honours Project, HKBU.

FUNG, Hiu Yan Evangeline. (2017). Interrogative Intonation and Lexical Tones in Hong Kong English. Honours Project, HKBU.

LAM, Benjamin Tak Shun. (2017). Phonetic Interpretation of Vowel Letters by Hong Kong English Speakers. Honours Project, HKBU.

TAM, Kwok Ho Adrian. (2017). F0 Profiles of Pro-American Youngsters in Hong Kong. Honours Project, HKBU.

WAN, Ka Yu Kellia. (2017). Hong Kong English Speakers' Phonetic Interpretation of Word Stress. Honours Project, HKBU.

CHEN, Yuan Wei Alsac. (2016). Strategies on Dealing with Onset Consonant clusters in Hong Kong English. Honours Project, HKBU.

KWONG, Po Yi. (2016). Intonation-Final Boundary Tones in Hong Kong English. Honours Project, HKBU.

LUI, Ling Isabelle. (2016). Correlation Between Female Pitch Characteristics and Attractiveness of Conversational Partners. Honours Project, HKBU.

LO, Wing Sze Anna. (2015). Impact of Lexical Prosody on Word Identification by Hong Kong English Users. Honours Project, HKBU.

YIP, Chin Wai Vivian. (2015). A Study of Perceptual Similarity of Syllable-Initial Consonants Through Puns in Hong Kong Jokes. Honours Project, HKBU.

NG, Ka Leung. (2014). A Study of Segmental Features of Hong Kong English Pronunciation. Honours Project, HKBU.

Staff research projects

Hong Kong University Grants Committee's General Research Fund (GRF) [12608324]. The Effects of Phonological Status on Phonetic Variation: The Acoustic and Articulatory Properties of Sibilants Across Chinese Dialects. HK$544,016 (US$69,000). Aug 1, 2024 – July 31, 2027. PI: Mingxing Li.

Hong Kong Baptist University The Initiation Grant for Faculty Niche Research Areas [RC-FNRA-IG/23-24/ARTS/01]. The Effect of Age-Related Hearing Loss on Speech and Music Perception in Cantonese-Speaking Older Adults: Combined Evidence from Behavioral and EEG Experiments. HK$810,000 (US$102,900). Sept 1, 2024 – Aug 31, 2026. PI: Mingxing Li.

The Chinese-English Integration Program. University Grants Committee’s Research Matching Grant Scheme (RMGS). Shanghai Xinjia Education and Technology Company, 2 Sep 2019 – 2021, RMB¥200,000. PI: Lian-Hee Wee.

The Oral English Improvement Program. University Grants Committee’s Research Matching Grant Scheme (RMGS). Suzhou Neo-Alliance Education and Technology Company, 18 Sep 2019 – 2021, RMB¥200,000. PI: Lian-Hee Wee.

Perceptual Basis of Language Typology: An Experimental Study of Syllable-final Consonants. Hong Kong Baptist University, Faculty Research Grant (FRG) Category II [FRG2/17-18/076]. HK$149,360. 1 Aug 2018 – 31 Oct 2021. PI: Mingxing Li. 

Illuminating the Structure of Syllables through Experimentation Using the Play Language (Verlan), General Research Fund. 15 Nov 2012-15 Apr 2015, HKD$386,313.00. PI: Lian-Hee Wee, Co-I: Liang Yuan (Shenzhen Univ.)

Tonal Adaptations of Chinese with Vietnamese and Thai (《中文与越南语、泰语间的音译词声调互借机制实验研究》). The National Social Science Foundation of China (国家社会科学基金项目) [Project Code 18XYY024], Jul 2018–2021, RMB¥200,000. PI: QIN Chuan (Guangxi University) , Co-Is: Qin Pu, Wei Lihua, and Lin Zhiliang (all Guangxi University) and Lian-Hee Wee (HKBU).

Chinese English Learners’ Accent Intelligibility Core and Its Visualization Applications. The National Social Science Fund of China (国家社会科学基金项目) [Project Code 18BYY215]. 21 June 2018 – 31 Dec 2021. RMB¥200,000. PI: Dr. Hu Chen, Zhejiang Gongshang Univ. with Mingxing Li as a Co-I.

The Influence of L1 Phonotactics on the Recognition of L2 Sounds: Cantonese Listeners’ Perception of English Vowels. University Grants Committee’s Research Matching Grant Scheme (RMGS). HK$10,000 (US$1,290). 1 Jan 2020 – 31 Dec 2021. PI: Mingxing Li

A Typological and Experimental Study of Apical Vowels in Jianghuai Mandarin. Anhui Philosophy and Social Science Grant. 2019.. CNY¥20,000. (PI: Prof. Huifang Kong, Anhui Jianzhu University, with Mingxing Li as a Co-I.

Research outputs supported

Liu, Pauline Bolin, & Mingxing Li. (2024). The perceptual distinctiveness of the [n-l] contrast in different vowel and tonal contexts. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA), Express Letters 4 (11), 115202. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034196

Liu, Pauline Bolin & Mingxing Li (2024). The influence of tones on the typology and perception of consonantal contrasts. Presented on The 15th International Conference in Evolutionary Linguistics (CIEL-15). Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan. July 13-14, 2024.

Liu, Pauline Bolin & Mingxing Li (2024). Phonological typology and perceptual distinctiveness of the [n-l] contrast in different vowel and tonal contexts. Presented on The 19th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon 19). Hanyang University, Seoul, June 27-29, 2024.

To, Wai Huen Ann & Mingxing Li (2024). The influence of L1 segment-tone combinations on the identification of sounds. Presented on The 19th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon 19). Hanyang University, Seoul, June 27-29, 2024.

Wee, Lian-Hee, & Mingxing Li. (2023). Complexity in the Phonology of Tone. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009086707

Li, Mingxing, & Jie Zhang. (2023). The interplay between psychoacoustic perception and L1-specific perception in evaluating the distinctiveness of sound pairs. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA), EL 3 (4), 045201–045207. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0017771

Ng, Stephanie, Mingxing Li, & Yoyo Pui Yiu Tsang. (2023). The influence of phonotactics on Cantonese-English bilinguals' perception of sound sequences. Chinese Journal of Phonetics, 19(3), 200-208.

Tam, Shirley Wing Ki, Ann Wai Huen To, Mingxing Li, & Yoyo Pui Yiu Tsang. (2023). Perceived attractiveness of brand names and the use of consonants. Experimental Linguistics, 12(4), 40-46.

To, Wai Huen Ann & Mingxing Li. (2023). The influence of tone on the identification of Cantonese onset stops. Annual Research Forum of The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (ARF-2023), City University of Hong Kong, Dec 2, 2023.

Liu, Bolin Pauline & Mingxing Li. (2023). Perceptual distinctiveness of [n-l] contrasts in different vowel and tonal contexts. Annual Research Forum of The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (ARF-2023), City University of Hong Kong, Dec 2, 2023.

Han, Zhuozhuo Fay, & Mingxing Li. (2022). The use of lia 倆 and sa 仨 as 'numeral + classifier' in Mandarin. Annual Research Forum of The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (ARF-2022), Hong Kong Baptist University, Dec 3, 2022.

Li, Mingxing. (2021). The effects of L1 phonotactics on Cantonese-English bilinguals' identification of L2 sounds. The 25th International Conference on Yue Dialects. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance for Chinese and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dec 18–19, 2021.

TO, Ann Wai Huen. (2021). The Effects of Imitation and Focus Triggers on the Acquisition of Post-Focus Compression: A Case Study of Cantonese Speakers on English. MSc thesis, University College London (UCL).

Tam, Shirley Wing Ki, & Mingxing Li. (2018). Attractiveness of sounds in brand names: a perceptual study on Cantonese listeners. Annual Research Forum of The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (ARF-2018), City University of Hong Kong, Dec 1, 2018.

LI, Mingxing & Annie TREMBLAY. (2015). L1 Phonotactics also influence the identification of L2 vowels: Cantonese listeners’ perception of [i]-[ɪ] in English. The 20th Meeting of the Mid-Continental Phonetics & Phonology Conference (MidPhon20), Indiana University, Sept 11–13, 2015.