| THE
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG |
DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS
| Researcher : Bodomo AB |
| Project Title: | Lexical-functional grammar analysis of Chinese |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Bodomo A.B. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Simon K.Y. Lee Research Fund in Linguistics, Speech and Hearing Sciences |
| Start Date: | 01/2002 |
| Abstract: |
| To document and disseminate research findings in the form of a monograph publication. |
| Project Title: | A summer course and workshop in African linguistics |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Bodomo A.B. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund |
| Start Date: | 01/2002 |
| Abstract: |
| To introduce novel linguistic data to Hong Kong linguists and graduate students of languages; to introduce the languages and cultures of Africa to Hong Kong people. |
| Project Title: | Complex predicates and serial verbs across languages: issues of syntax, semantics, and information structure |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Bodomo A.B. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Block Grant Earmarked for Research |
| Start Date: | 10/2002 |
| Abstract: |
| To account for the morphological and syntactic properties of various types of complex predicates. A major underlying research issue here is to provide an explanation for how two or more spearate predicates can integrate to form a complex predicate, even under various syntactic alternations; to develop a set of descriptive constraints and a mechanism to show how they interact to fully account for the grammaticality of some types of serial verbs in Dagaare, Twi, Cantonese and other languages, and causative complex predicates in French and Norwegian; to look beyond syntactic and other formal issues in the complex predicate construction and consider how grammatical structure interacts with pragmatics and information structure; to produce several outputs that are significant in the field of syntax and its interfaces with other components of the grammar, with particular reference to pragmatic-information level phenomena. |
| Project Title: | Text and tune: a study of the interrelationship between language and music among the Dagaaba of Ghana, West Africa |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Bodomo A.B., Dr. Mora M. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | RGC Projects (Block Grant Funded) |
| Start Date: | 07/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To study the language/music interrelationships, in particular, the interdependency between linguistic tone and melodic contour in tonal languages found in West Africa; to study textual and thematic content of the songs; to study the social, cultural and political function and context of songs performances. |
| Project Title: | Ideophones in African and Asian languages |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Bodomo A.B. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Block Grant Earmarked for Research |
| Start Date: | 11/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To investigate the properties of ideophones and issues surrounding this potential word class. |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Bodomo A.B., Communicating in an Age of Information Technology, Interdisciplinary Research Seminar on Language and Communication. 2004. |
| Bodomo A.B., Luke K.K. and Anttilla A., Evaluating interactivity in web-based learning, Global E-Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Education. 2003, 1. |
| Bodomo A.B., Expert Report on the Linguistic Similarities and Differences between "VODAFONE" and "VODATEL", for the Deacons Law Firm, Hong Kong, 2003. |
| Bodomo A.B. and Tai C.P., Field notes from Guangxi: Zhuang characters for quasi-religious functions, China Education Forum. Hong Kong, Wah Ching Centre of Research on Education in China, HKU, 2003, 4(1): 13-14. |
| Bodomo A.B., Journal of Dagaare Studies. Hong Kong, 2004, 3. |
| Bodomo A.B., LING2011 Language and Literacy in the Information Age, WebCT Course Design. 2004. |
| Bodomo A.B., LING2018: Lexical-Functional Grammar, WebCT Course Design. 2004. |
| Bodomo A.B., LING2041 Language and Information Technology, WebCT Course Design. 2003. |
| Bodomo A.B., LING2051: French Syntax, WebCT Course Design. 2004. |
| Bodomo A.B., LING7002 Theories of Grammar, WebCT Course Design. 2003. |
| Bodomo A.B. and Luke K.K., Lexical-functional Grammar Analysis of Chinese. Berkeley, California: Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 2003, Journal of Chinese Linguistics Monograph Series No. 19. |
| Bodomo A.B. and Ho W.S.V., Linguistic tone and melodic tunes in Cantonese popular music, Annual Research Forum, Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. 2003. |
| Bodomo A.B. and Lee Y.M., On the function COMP in Cantonese. A.B. Bodomo and K.K. Luke (eds), Lexical-Functional Grammar Analysis of Chinese. Journal of Chinese Linguistics Monograph, 2003, 19: 96-116. |
| Bodomo A.B., Lam M.L. and Lee C.K.M., Some students still read books in the 21st century: a study of user preferences for print and electronic libraries, Reading Matrix (Special Issue on Reading and Technology) . 2003, 3(3): 34-49. |
| Bodomo A.B., The Structure of Ideophones in African and Asian Languages: The Case of Dagaare and Cantonese, The 35th Annual Conference on African Languages (ACAL35). 2004. |
| Bodomo A.B., Lam S.C.O. and Yu S.S., The Ultimate Source: Expressing Double Object and Serial Verb Benefactive Constructions in Hong Kong Chinese, The 8th International Lexical-Functional Grammar Conference. Stanford, CA, Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI), 2003, 59-74. |
| Bodomo A.B., The syntax of nominalized complex verbal predicates in Dagaare, Studia Linguistica. Blackwell Publishing, 2004, 58(1): 1-22. |
| Bodomo A.B., Tsim Sha Tsui's Chungking Mansions: An Emerging African Community in Hong Kong?, African Studies Group Roundtable Discussion on African Studies. 2004. |
| Bodomo A.B., In: LING2050 Grammatical Description, WebCT Course Design. 2003. |
| Lam S.C.O. and Bodomo A.B., Modelling Verb Order in Complex Multi-Verbal Predicate Constructions , The 17th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation. Singapore, The Chinese & Oriental Languages Information Society(COLIPS), 2003, 328-338. |
| Luke K.K. and Bodomo A.B., A comparative study of the semantics of serial verb constructions in Dagaare and Cantonese, Languages in Contrast. 2003, 3 (2). |
| Luke K.K., Bodomo A.B. and Nancarrow O.T., On the subject condition in Cantonese. A.B. Bodomo and K.K. Luke (eds), Lexical-functional Grammar Analysis of Chinese. California: Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 2003, 32-57. |
| Researcher : Chan HD |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan H.D., Liu H.L., Yip V., Fox P.T., Gao J.H. and Tan L.H., Lexico-semantic ambiguity is represented by the left dorsal lateral frontal cortex. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S12 (MO). |
| Chan H.D., Li G., Li P. and Tan L.H., Neural correlates of nouns and verbs in early bilinguals. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S11(MO). |
| Chan H.D., Liu H.L., Yip V., Fox P.T., Gao J.H. and Tan L.H., Neural systems for word meaning modulated by semantic ambiguity, NeuroImage. 2004, 22: 1128-1133. |
| Chan H.D., The 10th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. 2004. |
| Weekes B., Chan H.D., Zhen J., Kwok S.W. and Tan L.H., A functional MRI study of AoA effects on Chinese language processing. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S172 (TH). |
| Researcher : Chor OW |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chor O.W., "Verbal Particles in Cantonese", The 15th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics. USA, Michigan State University, 2003. |
| Chor O.W., A Semantic & Pragmatic Study of Verbal Particles in Cantonese, MPhil Thesis. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2004. |
| Researcher : Flynn C |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Flynn C., Intonation in Cantonese. Germany, Munich: Lincom-Europa, 2003. |
| Flynn C., Rhythm in Cantonese utterance, The ninth International Conference on Yue Dialect Studies. Macau, 2003. |
| Flynn C., Visualizing Sound, International Conference on Fostering Partnership in Language Teaching and Learning. Hong Kong, University of Science and Technology of Hong Kong, 2003. |
| Researcher : Fu G |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., A text analyzer for Mandarin Text-to-Speech Synthesis, The 7th International Conference for Young Computer Scientists (ICYCS2003). Harbin, China, International Academic Publisher/World Publishing Corp, 2003, 300-304. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., A two-stage statistical word segmentation system for Chinese, The 2nd SIGHAN Workshop on Chinese Language Processing. Sapporo, Japan, 2003, 156-159. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., A unified statistical approach to Chinese named entity recognition, IJCNLP-04 Workshop on Named Entity Recognition for Natural Language Processing Applications. Sanya City, Hainan Island, China, 2004, 17-24. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., An integrated approach for Chinese word segmentation, The 17th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 17). Singapore, COLIPS Publications, 2003, 80-87. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., An integrated approach to Chinese word segmentation, Journal of Chinese Language and Computing. 2003, 13 (3): 249-260. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., Chinese unknown word identification using class-based LM, The First International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP-04). Sanya City, Hainan Island, China, 2004, 262-269. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., Integrated approaches to prosodic word prediction for Chinese TTS", 2003 IEEE International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering (NLP-KE03). Beijing, China, IEEE Press, 2003, 413-418. |
| Researcher : Gao H |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Gao H., "An Alternative Analysis of the V-not-V Question in Chinese", 2004 Symposium on Interface in Linguistic Studies. Shanghai, China, 2004. |
| Gao H., "Declarative questions in Chinese criminal court examinations", The 8th International Pragmatics Conference. Toronto, Canada, 2003. |
| Gao H., "Form-filling questions in Chinese criminal court examinations", Language Teaching and Language Studies No. 4. 2003, 37-44. |
| Gao H., "NP+ne Construction: a construction grammar approach", Annual Research Forum of the Linguistics Society of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, 2003. |
| Gao H., "Xia yu ne: statement or question?", The 4th Postgraduate Research Forum On Linguistics. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2003. |
| Researcher : Guest JF |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Guest J.F., Exaggeration in Catastrophe Survivor and Witness Narratives: A Comparative Study in English and Cantonese , The 8th International Pragmatic Conference. Toronto, Canada, 2003. |
| Guest J.F., Interest as a Motivational Factor in Exaggeration, Linguistic Society of Hong Kong's Annual Research Forum. 2003. |
| Researcher : Ho WSV |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Bodomo A.B. and Ho W.S.V., Linguistic tone and melodic tunes in Cantonese popular music, Annual Research Forum, Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. 2003. |
| Researcher : Kwan WM |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Kwan W.M., "Iconicity and Placement of Locative hai2 Phrases in Cantonese" , The 4th Postgraduate Research Forum on Linguistics. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2003. |
| Kwan W.M., "Placement of locative prepositional phrases in Cantonese: a processing perspective" , The 16th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics . Iowa City, USA, The University of Iowa, 2004. |
| Kwan W.M., "The order of locative prepositional phrase in Cantonese", The 12th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics . Tianjin, China, Nankai University, 2004. |
| Researcher : Kwok SW |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Kwok S.W., Siok W.T., Jin Z., Zeng Y. and Tan L.H., Language lateralization in young children and adults: Linguistic dimensions matter. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S50 (MO). |
| Weekes B., Chan H.D., Zhen J., Kwok S.W. and Tan L.H., A functional MRI study of AoA effects on Chinese language processing. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S172 (TH). |
| Wong W.W., Jin Z., Kwok S.W. and Tan L.H., The neural mechanism underlying Chinese syntax and meaning processing: an fMRI study, The 11th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San Francisco, USA, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2004. |
| Researcher : Lam SCO |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Bodomo A.B., Lam S.C.O. and Yu S.S., The Ultimate Source: Expressing Double Object and Serial Verb Benefactive Constructions in Hong Kong Chinese, The 8th International Lexical-Functional Grammar Conference. Stanford, CA, Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI), 2003, 59-74. |
| Lam S.C.O. and Bodomo A.B., Modelling Verb Order in Complex Multi-Verbal Predicate Constructions , The 17th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation. Singapore, The Chinese & Oriental Languages Information Society(COLIPS), 2003, 328-338. |
| Lam S.C.O., Objects and Expressions of Frequency in Cantonese: Some Preliminary Remarks , Annual Research Forum, Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. 2003. |
| Lam S.C.O., Verb Order in Serial Verb Constructions, Departmental Seminar, Department of Linguistics. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2003. |
| Researcher : Lee CKM |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Bodomo A.B., Lam M.L. and Lee C.K.M., Some students still read books in the 21st century: a study of user preferences for print and electronic libraries, Reading Matrix (Special Issue on Reading and Technology) . 2003, 3(3): 34-49. |
| Researcher : Lee OM |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Lee O.M., The Subject Function in Cantonese, MPhil Thesis. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, 2003. |
| Researcher : Lee WS |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Lee W.S., "A phonetic study of the neutral tone in Beijing Mandarin", The 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Barcelona, Spain, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2003, 2: 1121-1124. |
| Lee W.S., "A phonetic study of the reduplicated syllables in Hong Kong Cantonese", The 6th National Conference on Modern Phonetics. Tianjin, China, Tianjin Normal University, 2003, 1: 62-67. |
| Lee W.S., "An articulographic and acoustical investigation of the apical vowels in Beijing Mandarin", The 6th International Seminar on Speech Production. Sydney, Australia, Macquarie University, 2003, 150-155. |
| Lee W.S., "The effect of intonation on the citation tones in Cantonese", International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages, with Emphasis on Tone Languages. Beijing, China, Phonetics Laboratory, The Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2004, 107-110. |
| Lee W.S., "The prosodic characteristics of the number words in Hong Kong Cantonese", The 2nd International Conference on Speech Prosody (SP 2004). Nara, Japan, University of Tokyo, 2004, 119-122. |
| Researcher : Lee YM |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Bodomo A.B. and Lee Y.M., On the function COMP in Cantonese. A.B. Bodomo and K.K. Luke (eds), Lexical-Functional Grammar Analysis of Chinese. Journal of Chinese Linguistics Monograph, 2003, 19: 96-116. |
| Researcher : Leung WM |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Leung W.M., 19-20世紀香港粵語書寫手段的發展過程, 語文建設通訊, 香港, 2004, 77: 15-21. |
| Leung W.M., 香港粵語「陰去」到「陽上」的音變現象調查, 第九屆國際粵方言研討會, 澳門中國語文學會, 2003. |
| Leung W.M., 廣州話話語緩衝詞分析, 第八屆國際粵方言研討會論文集, 北京, 中國社會科學出版社, 2003, 677-690. |
| Researcher : Luke KK |
| Project Title: | Grammar and interaction in Chinese: an investigation of the interface between syntax and turn-taking in Chinese conversations |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Luke K.K., Dr. Zhang W. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Block Grant Earmarked for Research |
| Start Date: | 10/2002 |
| Completion Date: | 10/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To undertake a systematic investigation into the interface between syntax and conversational turn-taking in Chinese using naturally occurring speech data. |
| Project Title: | Linguistic form compression: an investigation of second-order encoding in language |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Luke K.K., Dr. Bodomo A.B., Dr. Han Y., Dr. Lee W.S., Mr. Nancarrow O.T., Dr. Perry C. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Research Grants Council Competitive Earmarked Research Grants |
| Start Date: | 09/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To study: (1) for any linguistic expression, how long is too long, and how should length be measured? (2) What are the motivations (both internal and external to language) for linguistic form compression? (3) What kinds of compression methods are available and what is their distribution across languages and language types? Languages from which data will be collected and analysed include Chinese, Dagaare, English, French, German, Hausa, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, Swahili, Twi, and others. |
| Project Title: | Linguistic form compression: an investigation of second-order encoding in language |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Luke K.K., Dr. Bodomo A.B., Dr. Han Y., Dr. Lee W.S., Mr. Nancarrow O.T., Dr. Perry C. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | RGC Projects (Block Grant Funded) |
| Start Date: | 09/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To study: (1) for any linguistic expression, how long is too long, and how should length be measured? (2) What are the motivations (both internal and external to language) for linguistic form compression? (3) What kinds of compression methods are available and what is their distribution across languages and language types? Languages from which data will be collected and analysed include Chinese, Dagaare, English, French, German, Hausa, Japanese, Norwegian, Russian, Swahili, Twi, and others. |
| Project Title: | Automatic annotation technologies for Cantonese corpus |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Luke K.K., Dr. Fu G.H. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Block Grant Earmarked for Research |
| Start Date: | 10/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To build a large-scale annotated Cantonese corpus and develop relative automatic annotation technologies to support Cantonese studies and applications. |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Bodomo A.B., Luke K.K. and Anttilla A., Evaluating interactivity in web-based learning, Global E-Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Education. 2003, 1. |
| Bodomo A.B. and Luke K.K., Lexical-functional Grammar Analysis of Chinese. Berkeley, California: Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 2003, Journal of Chinese Linguistics Monograph Series No. 19. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., A text analyzer for Mandarin Text-to-Speech Synthesis, The 7th International Conference for Young Computer Scientists (ICYCS2003). Harbin, China, International Academic Publisher/World Publishing Corp, 2003, 300-304. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., A two-stage statistical word segmentation system for Chinese, The 2nd SIGHAN Workshop on Chinese Language Processing. Sapporo, Japan, 2003, 156-159. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., A unified statistical approach to Chinese named entity recognition, IJCNLP-04 Workshop on Named Entity Recognition for Natural Language Processing Applications. Sanya City, Hainan Island, China, 2004, 17-24. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., An integrated approach for Chinese word segmentation, The 17th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 17). Singapore, COLIPS Publications, 2003, 80-87. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., An integrated approach to Chinese word segmentation, Journal of Chinese Language and Computing. 2003, 13 (3): 249-260. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., Chinese unknown word identification using class-based LM, The First International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (IJCNLP-04). Sanya City, Hainan Island, China, 2004, 262-269. |
| Fu G. and Luke K.K., Integrated approaches to prosodic word prediction for Chinese TTS", 2003 IEEE International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Knowledge Engineering (NLP-KE03). Beijing, China, IEEE Press, 2003, 413-418. |
| Luke K.K. and Bodomo A.B., A comparative study of the semantics of serial verb constructions in Dagaare and Cantonese, Languages in Contrast. 2003, 3 (2). |
| Luke K.K., On Grammar and Discourse: An Alternative Approach to the Study of Cantonese, Invited lecture at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 2004. |
| Luke K.K., Bodomo A.B. and Nancarrow O.T., On the subject condition in Cantonese. A.B. Bodomo and K.K. Luke (eds), Lexical-functional Grammar Analysis of Chinese. California: Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 2003, 32-57. |
| Luke K.K. and Zhang Z., 近五十年來廣東地區語言變遷大勢, 中國社會語言學, 2003, 1. |
| Luke K.K., 王力與漢語方言研究, 嶺南著名學者紀念研討會, 香港嶺南大學, （特邀講座）, 2004. |
| Luke K.K., 粵語的句首助詞“敢”, 第九屆粵方言國際研討會, 澳門中國語文學會, 2003. |
| Luke K.K., 從廣州話“先”的語法化看語法和話語的關係, 語言介面研討會, 上海復旦大學, 2004. |
| Luke K.K., 從指稱的研究看21世紀的話語語言學, 21世紀的中國語言學, 北京:商務印書館, 2004, 74-80. |
| Luke K.K., 事件結構和漢語被動句, 漢語被動句研究國際研討會, 華中師範大學, 2003. |
| Luke K.K., 從雙語和雙言看香港社會語言變遷, 第一屆中國社會語言學研討會, 澳門理工大學, 2003. |
| Zhang W. and Luke K.K., Turn incrementation in Chinese conversation, The 8th IPrA Conference. Toronto, 2003. |
| Researcher : Marfo CO |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Marfo C.O., Kofi Annan and other Akan Names: A study of Personal Names in the Akan Language, Roundtable Discussion on African Studies. Hong Kong, African Studies Group, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2004. |
| Marfo C.O., On tone and segmental processes in Akan phrasal words: A prosodic account , Linguistik online. Bern, Germany, Faculty for Cultural Sciences, European University Viadrina, 2004, 18: 93-110. |
| Marfo C.O., The Prosody-Syntax Interface in Akan Focus and Topic constructions , Proceedings of the 4th Postgraduate Research Forum on Linguistics . Hong Kong, Department of Linguistics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2004, 125-133. |
| Researcher : Matthews SJ |
| Project Title: | Parsing principles and constituent order in Cantonese: a corpus-based study |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Matthews S.J., Dr. Francis E.J., Dr. Perry C. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Block Grant Earmarked for Research |
| Start Date: | 11/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To investigate a set of word order patterns instantiated in Cantonese from a novel theoretical perspective, that of Hawkins (1994, 2002), which focuses on how constitutent structure is recognised and assembled in real-time language processing. |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Matthews S.J. and Yip V., Bilingual first language acquisition and the mechanisms of substrate influence, Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics. 2003. |
| Matthews S.J. and Yeung Y...Y..., Processing Motivations For Topicalization In Cantonese, 廣東話話題化的處理動機, In: 徐烈炯, 劉丹青主編, Hua Ti Yu Jiao Dian Xin Lun [new Ideas About Topic And Focus. 話題與焦點新論, 上海, 上海教育出版社, 2003, 145-163. |
| Matthews S.J., Verb fronting in French and Sinitic vernaculars: a comparative study inspired by Chris Corne, Te Reo: Journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand. 2003, 46: 3-17. |
| Yap F.H., Matthews S.J. and Horie K., From pronominalizer to pragmatic marker: Implications for unidirectionality from a crosslinguistic perspective, Up and down the Cline: The Nature of Grammaticalization. Amsterdam, John Benjamins, 2004, 137-168. |
| Yip V. and Matthews S.J., Assessing language dominance in bilingual children, American Association for Applied Linguistics. 2004. |
| Researcher : Nancarrow OT |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Luke K.K., Bodomo A.B. and Nancarrow O.T., On the subject condition in Cantonese. A.B. Bodomo and K.K. Luke (eds), Lexical-functional Grammar Analysis of Chinese. California: Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 2003, 32-57. |
| Researcher : Perry C |
| Project Title: | Investigating orthographic awareness in good and poor Chinese readers |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Perry C., Dr. Tan L.H. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Block Grant Earmarked for Research |
| Start Date: | 10/2002 |
| Completion Date: | 02/2004 |
| Abstract: |
| To examine orthographic awareness skills in good and poor Chinese readers; to examine theoretical properties of orthographic awareness skills in reading Chinese; to examine whether good and poor readers differ with respect to that measure. |
| Project Title: | Examining the time-course of the integration of linguistic tone with syntax and semantics |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Perry C., Dr. Lee W.S., Dr. Luke K.K., Dr. Tan L.H., Dr. Ziegler J.C. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | RGC Projects (Block Grant Funded) |
| Start Date: | 07/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To identify the time course of syntactic and semantic processing, in relation to tone processing; to examine the underlying representation of spoken words, and whether access to these representations is affected by tone sandhi rules (i.e. rules that change the spoken tone of a word depending on the tones of other words in a sentence. |
| Project Title: | Reading and computational models: A cross-language comparison |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Perry C., Prof. Grainger J., Dr. Ziegler J.C. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | France/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme |
| Start Date: | 01/2004 |
| Abstract: |
| To extend models of reading aloud so that they can deal with the distribution of phonology used in English, French and German reading; to collect behavioral data in French and German; to extend models of reading aloud to see if they can deal with the new data. |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Perry C., Jin Z. and Tan L.H., Metaphoric thought and idiom processing in Chinese. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S84 (MO). |
| Researcher : Shen S |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Shen S., 乒乓球現場直播的解說站位, 語言教學與研究, 北京, 中國, 北京語言大學語言研究所, 2004, 105: 72-79. |
| Researcher : Siok WT |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Kwok S.W., Siok W.T., Jin Z., Zeng Y. and Tan L.H., Language lateralization in young children and adults: Linguistic dimensions matter. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S50 (MO). |
| Siok W.T. and Tan L.H., A neural basis for normal and impaired Chinese reading, The 3rd International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2004. |
| Siok W.T., Perfetti C.A., Jin Z. and Tan L.H., Biological abnormality of impaired reading is constrained by culture, Nature. 2004, 431: 71-76. |
| Siok W.T., fMRI of Chinese reading disability, The 2nd International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2003. |
| Researcher : Tai CP |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Bodomo A.B. and Tai C.P., Field notes from Guangxi: Zhuang characters for quasi-religious functions, China Education Forum. Hong Kong, Wah Ching Centre of Research on Education in China, HKU, 2003, 4(1): 13-14. |
| Tai C.P., "Literacy Practices of the Zhuang People and the Zhuang Character Writing System", Departmental Seminar, Department of Linguistics. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2004. |
| Tai C.P., "The Romanization of the Zhuang Language", Linguistics Society of Hong Kong Annual Research Forum 2003. Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. |
| Tai C.P., "The Use of Zhuang Character Writing System in Present-day Zhuang Society: An Illustration from Debao and Jingxi Counties, Guangxi, China", Conference on Language Development, Language Revitalization and Multilingual Education in Minority Communities in Asia, SIL International. Bangkok, Thailand, Mahidol Unviersity & UNESCO Bangkok, 2003. |
| Researcher : Tan LH |
| Project Title: | Cognitive processes and neuroanatomical mechanisms underlying reading in Chinese and English by bilinguals |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Tan L.H., Dr. Chee M., Prof. Fox P.T., Dr. Gao J.H., Dr. Luke K.K., Dr. Shen G.G.X., Prof. Spinks J.A. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Research Grants Council Competitive Earmarked Research Grants |
| Start Date: | 09/2001 |
| Abstract: |
| To investigate how a Chinese character's phonological information is processed by native speakers and whether the native language processing systems influence second language acquisition; to examine the functional neuroanatomy of the phonologic, visual-orthographic, semantic, and syntactic systems used in reading Chinese and English and detemine the spatial relationship between native and second languages in the human cortex; to examine how neural structures and circuitry are modified with the experience of learning a second language. |
| Project Title: | Cognitive and brain processing of the Chinese language |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Tan L.H., Prof. Fox P.T., Dr. Perry C., Dr. Shen G.G.X., Prof. Spinks J.A., Prof. Yang E.S., Dr. Yip V. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Research Grants Council Central Allocation Vote |
| Start Date: | 02/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To investigate cognitive processes of Chinese reading and character recognition; to identify functional neuro-anatomical substrates of sub-lexical phonological computation; to determine the brain mechanism underlying Chinese language production. |
| Project Title: | Age of acquisition and language processing: cognitive and brain-mapping studies |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Tan L.H., Dr. Li P., Dr. Perry C., Dr. Tao S., Dr. Weekes B.S. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | Hong Kong Research Grants Council Competitive Earmarked Research Grants |
| Start Date: | 09/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To use age-of-acquisition effects (AoA effects) to investigate how cognitive and neural systems for Chinese language processing are developed. Two important theories that will be tested are the phonological completeness hypothesis and the arbitrary mapping hypothesis. Specially: By examing reading the picture naming in Chinese and comparing the results from Chinese reading with those reported previously from English reading, we will be able to discover how quality representations of lexical items are shaped with learning and practice. The effect of AoA will be further examined by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In particular, identifying the areas that are activated and comparing them with previous research on semantic processing should allow us to evaluate the contribution of AoA to cortical localization of language processing. |
| Project Title: | Age of acquisition and language processing: cognitive and brain-mapping studies |
| Investigator(s): | Dr. Tan L.H., Dr. Li P., Dr. Perry C., Dr. Tao S., Dr. Weekes B.S. |
| Department: | Linguistics |
| Source(s) of Funding: | RGC Projects (Block Grant Funded) |
| Start Date: | 09/2003 |
| Abstract: |
| To use age-of-acquisition effects (AoA effects) to investigate how cognitive and neural systems for Chinese language processing are developed. Two important theories that will be tested are the phonological completeness hypothesis and the arbitrary mapping hypothesis. Specially: By examing reading the picture naming in Chinese and comparing the results from Chinese reading with those reported previously from English reading, we will be able to discover how quality representations of lexical items are shaped with learning and practice. The effect of AoA will be further examined by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). In particular, identifying the areas that are activated and comparing them with previous research on semantic processing should allow us to evaluate the contribution of AoA to cortical localization of language processing. |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Chan H.D., Liu H.L., Yip V., Fox P.T., Gao J.H. and Tan L.H., Lexico-semantic ambiguity is represented by the left dorsal lateral frontal cortex. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S12 (MO). |
| Chan H.D., Li G., Li P. and Tan L.H., Neural correlates of nouns and verbs in early bilinguals. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S11(MO). |
| Chan H.D., Liu H.L., Yip V., Fox P.T., Gao J.H. and Tan L.H., Neural systems for word meaning modulated by semantic ambiguity, NeuroImage. 2004, 22: 1128-1133. |
| Feng C.M., Narayana S., Lancaster J.L., Jerabek P.A., Arnow T.L., Tan L.H., Fox P.T. and Gao J.H., CBF changes during brain activation: fMRI vs PET, NeuroImage. 2004, 22: 443-446. |
| Kwok S.W., Siok W.T., Jin Z., Zeng Y. and Tan L.H., Language lateralization in young children and adults: Linguistic dimensions matter. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S50 (MO). |
| Li P., Jin Z. and Tan L.H., Neural representations of nouns and verbs in Chinese: An fMRI study, NeuroImage. 2004, 21: 1533-1541. |
| Liu H.L., Liao W.T., Fang S.Y., Chu T.C. and Tan L.H., Correlation between temporal response of fMRI and fast reaction time in a language task, Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2004, 22: 451-455. |
| Liu L., Zhang X. and Tan L.H., The bilingual brain: How language tunes cortex, Psychological Science. 2004, 27: 759-762 (in Chinese). |
| Perry C., Jin Z. and Tan L.H., Metaphoric thought and idiom processing in Chinese. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S84 (MO). |
| Savio W., Spinks J.A., Liu H.L., Chen J. and Tan L.H., Semantic processing in bilinguals: A cross-modality study. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S114 (MO). |
| Siok W.T. and Tan L.H., A neural basis for normal and impaired Chinese reading, The 3rd International Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2004. |
| Siok W.T., Perfetti C.A., Jin Z. and Tan L.H., Biological abnormality of impaired reading is constrained by culture, Nature. 2004, 431: 71-76. |
| Tan L.H., Associate Editor, Human Brain Mapping. New York, U.S.A., Wiley-Liss, 2004. |
| Tan L.H., fMRI evidence for regularity effects in high-frequency words. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S106 (MO). |
| Weekes B., Chan H.D., Zhen J., Kwok S.W. and Tan L.H., A functional MRI study of AoA effects on Chinese language processing. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S172 (TH). |
| Wong W.W., Jin Z., Kwok S.W. and Tan L.H., The neural mechanism underlying Chinese syntax and meaning processing: an fMRI study, The 11th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San Francisco, USA, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2004. |
| Zhang X., Weng X., Lin X., Xiao Z. and Tan L.H., An fMRI study of mental writing for Chinese. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S119 (MO). |
| Zhao X., Glahn D., Tan L.H., Xiong J., Li N. and Gao J.H., Comparison of TCA and ICA techniques in fMRI data processing, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2004, 19: 397-402. |
| Researcher : Wong WW |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Wong W.W., How does the brain process Chinese syntax and meaning?, Departmental Seminar, Department of Linguistics. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2003. |
| Wong W.W., How does the brain process Chinese syntax and semantics?, The 4th Postgraduate Research Forum on Linguistics. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2003. |
| Wong W.W., Jin Z., Kwok S.W. and Tan L.H., The neural mechanism underlying Chinese syntax and meaning processing: an fMRI study, The 11th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San Francisco, USA, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2004. |
| Researcher : Yu SS |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Bodomo A.B., Lam S.C.O. and Yu S.S., The Ultimate Source: Expressing Double Object and Serial Verb Benefactive Constructions in Hong Kong Chinese, The 8th International Lexical-Functional Grammar Conference. Stanford, CA, Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI), 2003, 59-74. |
| Yu S.S., Discontinuous Verb-Object Compounds in Cantonese and Mandarin, MPhil Thesis. Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, 2004. |
| Researcher : Zhang W |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Zhang W. and Luke K.K., Turn incrementation in Chinese conversation, The 8th IPrA Conference. Toronto, 2003. |
| Researcher : Zhang X |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Liu L., Zhang X. and Tan L.H., The bilingual brain: How language tunes cortex, Psychological Science. 2004, 27: 759-762 (in Chinese). |
| Niu W.H. and Zhang X., et al. Cross-cultural comparison of creativity and deductive reasoning, Annual Meeting of the American Psychology Association. Hawaii, 2004. |
| Olson I.R. and Zhang X., Preserved spatial memory over brief intervals in older adults, Psychology and Aging. 2004, 19(2): 310-317. |
| Zhang X. and Johnson M.K., A memory-based, Simon-like, spatial congruence effect: Evidence for persisting spatial codes, Journal of Experimental Psychology. 2004, 57A(3): 419-436. |
| Zhang X., Weng X., Lin X., Xiao Z. and Tan L.H., An fMRI study of mental writing for Chinese. Presentation at the 10th International Conference of Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, NeuroImage. 2004, S119 (MO). |
| Zhang X., Leung H.C. and Johnson M.K., Frontal activations associated with accessing and evaluating information in working memory: An fMRI study, NeuroImage. 2003, 20: 1531-1539. |
| Zhang X. and Lin C.Y., et al. An fMRI study of mental writing in Chinese, Annual Meeting of the Human Brain Mapping Society. Budapest, 2004. |
| Zhang X. and Feng C.M., et al. Selection, not necessarily response selection, activates prefrontal cortex, Annual Meeting of the Human Brain Mapping Society. New York, 2003. |
| Zhang X. and Zhuang J., et al. Semantic processing of Chinese in left inferior prefrontal cortex studied with reversible words, Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San Francisco, 2004. |
| Researcher : Zhang Z |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Luke K.K. and Zhang Z., 近五十年來廣東地區語言變遷大勢, 中國社會語言學, 2003, 1. |
| Researcher : Zhuang J |
| List of Research Outputs |
| Zhang X. and Zhuang J., et al. Semantic processing of Chinese in left inferior prefrontal cortex studied with reversible words, Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. San Francisco, 2004. |