Si Chen
Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
CONTACT INFO:
Email: sarah.chen@polyu.edu.hk
EDUCATION
Linguistics, Ph.D. Major University of Florida ( Aug 2014)
Statistics, Ph.D. Minor University of Florida (June 2014)
Statistics, M.S. University of Florida (June 2014)
Linguistics, M.A. University of Florida (Aug 2010)
English Literature and Linguistics, B.A. Beijing International Studies University (June 2008)
PUBLICATIONS > Journal papers & book chapters
Chen, S., Li, B., He, Y., Chen, S., Yang, Y., & Zhou, F. (2022). The effects of perceptual training on speech production of Mandarin sandhi tones by tonal and non-tonal speakers. Speech Communication, 139, 10-21.
Chen, S., Yang, Y. K. & Wayland, R. (2021) Categorical Perception of Mandarin Pitch Directions by Cantonese-Speaking Musicians & Non-musicians. Front. Psychol. 12: 713949. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.
Chen, S., & Li, B. (2021). Statistical Modeling of Application Completeness of Two Tone Sandhi Rules. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 49(1), 106-141.
Chun, E., Chen, S., Liu, S., & Chan, A. (2021). Influence of syntactic complexity on second language prediction. In: Kaan, E. & Theres Grüter (editors) Prediction in second-language processing & learning, John Benjamins.
Politzer-Ahles, S. J., & Chen, S. (2021). Significance. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders. In SAGE Publications.
Yang, Chunsheng, Chu, J. Chen, S. & Xu, Y. (2021). Effects of Segments, Intonation & Rhythm on the Perception of L2 Accentedness & Comprehensibility. In: Yang C. (eds) The Acquisition of Chinese as a Second Language Pronunciation. Prosody, Phonology &Phonetics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3809-4_11
Chen, S., Zhu, Y., Wayland, R., & Yang, Y. (2020). How musical experience affects tone perception efficiency by musicians of tonal and non-tonal speakers?. PloS one, 15(5), e0232514.
Wayland, R., Guerra, C., Chen, S. & Zhu Y. (2020) English Focus Perception by Mandarin Listeners. Languages, 4(4), 91.
Cheung, C. C. H., Rong, Y., Chen, F., Chen, S., Leung, M. T., Tang, T. P. Y., & Peng, G. (2020). Comprehension of literal statements and similes in Cantonese-speaking children with and without autism spectrum disorders. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 34(4), 312-326.
Chen, S., Wiltshire, C., Li, B., & Wayland, R. (2019). A quantitative analysis of tone sandhi in Standard Mandarin and Nanjing Mandarin based on surface pitch contours and underlying pitch targets. International Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 6(2), 183-220.
Chen, S., He, Y., Wayland, R., Yang, Y., Li, B., & Yuen, C. W. (2019). Mechanisms of tone sandhi rule application by tonal and non-tonal non-native speakers. Speech Communication, vol. 115, 67-77
Fabra, L. R., Liu, X., Chen, S., & Wayland, R. (2021). Production of Mandarin Tones by L1-Spanish Early Learners in a Classroom Setting. Second Language Speech Learning: Theoretical and Empirical Progress, 273-289.
Chen, S. (2019). Phonological representations based on statistical modeling in tonal languages. In Prosodic Studies (pp. 159-197). Routledge.
Zhang, C., Shao, J., & Chen, S. (2018). Impaired perceptual normalization of lexical tones in Cantonese-speaking congenital amusics. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(2), 634-647.
McCollum, A. G., & Chen, S. (2018). Illustration of the IPA Kazakh. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 45, 221-228.
Li, B., Shao, J., & Chen, S. (2021). Perception of Mandarin Sibilants by Chinese-as-a-Foreign-Language Beginners. Chinese Journal of Phonetics, 54-62.
Chen, S., Wiltshire, C., & Li, B. (2018). An updated typology of tonal coarticulation properties. Taiwan Journal of Linguistics, 16(2), 79-114.
Chan, A., Chen, S., Matthews, S., & Yip, V. (2017). Comprehension of subject and object relative clauses in a trilingual acquisition context. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 1641.
Chen, S., Zhu, Y., & Wayland, R. (2017). Effects of stimulus duration and vowel quality in cross-linguistic categorical perception of pitch directions. PloS one, 12(7), e0180656. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180656
Chen, S., Zhang, C., McCollum, A. G., & Wayland, R. (2017). Statistical modelling of phonetic and phonologised perturbation effects in tonal and non-tonal languages. Speech Communication, 88, 17-38.
Zhang, C., & Chen, S. (2016). Toward an integrative model of talker normalization. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 42(8), 1252-1268.
Chen, S., & Wiltshire, C. (2013). Tone realization in younger versus older speakers of Nanjing dialect. Increased Empiricism: recent advances in Chinese linguistics, 147-170.
PUBLICATIONS > Proceedings (Peer–reviewed)
Chen, X., Chen, S., Meng, Y. Z., Lee, A., Mizuguchi, S., Tateishi, K. (submitted)Multimodal Perception of Japanese Prosodic Speech Composed of Accented Words by Native Speakers and Cantonese High-level Learners
Yuzhe Meng, Si Chen, Xi Chen, Albert Lee, Shinobu Mizuguchi & Koichi Tateishi (submitted). The Perception of Japanese Focus by Native and Non-Native Speakers: Will Visual Information Enhance the Perception of Focus on Unaccented Words? Speech Prosody.
Bakhtiar, M., Zhang Y. X., & Si Chen. (2022). Rhythm of Cantonese Stuttering Speech. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
Yang, Y. & Si Chen. (2022). Does prosody influence segments differently in Cantonese and Mandarin? A case study of the open vowel /a/. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
Zhou, F., Chen, S., Li, B., Chan, A. W. S., Tang, T. P. Y., Chun, E., Choi, P., Ng, C., Cheng, F., Gou, X. (2020). Prosodic Marking of Focus in Cantonese-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. In Linguistik
International. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang D.
Wayland, R., Chen, S., Zhou, F., Hong, Y. (2020). Directional asymmetry in lexical tone perception. In Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 178ASA. Acoustical Society of America.
Yang, Y. Chen, S., & Chen, X. (2020). F0 patterns in Mandarin statements of Mandarin and Cantonese speakers. In Proceedings of Interspeech 2020, Shanghai.
Yang, Y. & Chen, S. (2020). Individual differences in Mandarin focus production. In Proceedings of ExLing 2020, Athens.
Bei Li, Churen Huang, Si Chen (2020). Comparison of information trustworthiness of epistemic markers: A Corpus-based Study of “Renwei” and “Yiwei” in Chinese. The 34th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, Hanoi, Viet Nam, October 24-26, 2020.
Bin Li, Yihan Guan & Si Chen (2020).Carryover Effects on Two Rising Tones in Hong Kong Cantonese. Speech Prosody 2020. Proc. 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody 2020, 489-493, DOI: 10.21437/SpeechProsody. 2020-100.Tokyo, Japan
Eunjin Chun, Shulin Liu & Si Chen. (2020). Syntactic adaptation in L2 comprehension: evidence of implicit learning. Third International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children. May 28-29, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Eunjin Chun, Shulin Liu & Si Chen. (2020). The influence of syntactic complexity on L2 prediction. Third International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children. May 28-29, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Yike Yang & Si Chen. (2020). Revisiting focus production in Mandarin Chinese: Some preliminary findings. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2020, 260-264, Tokyo. doi: 10.21437/SpeechProsody.2020-53.
Bin Li, Yihan Guan & Si Chen. (2020). Anticipatory & carryover effects in Hong Kong Cantonese. The 27th Annual Conference of International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-27).
Li, Bin, Yihan Guan & Si Chen. (2019). Sounds of Personality: Inference from Voices by Non-Native Speakers. The 11th annual conference of Asia Pacific Signal & Information Processing Association, Lanzhou, China.
Chen, Xi, & Si Chen. (2019). Acquisition & Interpretation of Mandarin Speech Prosody by Native and Cantonese Learners. The 11th annual conference of Asia Pacific Signal & Information Processing Association, Lanzhou, China.
Yang, Yike, Si Chen & Kechun Li. (2019). Effects of Focus on Duration & Intensity in Chongming Chinese. The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Melbourne.
Jangjamras, Jirapas, Ratree Wayland & Si Chen. (2019). Acoustic Analysis of Lahu Nyi Tone System. The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Melbourne.
Chen, Si, Caroline Wiltshire, Bin Li & Ratree Wayland. (2018). Analyzing Nanjing Tones and Sandhi: statistical modelling methods. Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology. October 5-7, San Diego, CA
Chen, Si, Yiqing Zhu, Ratree Wayland & Yike Yang (2018). Effects of Stimulus Duration andVowel Quality in Tone Perception by English Musicians and Non-musicians. The 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, December 1-3, 2018 at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Li, Bei, Yike Yang & Si Chen (2018). Perceptual evaluation of Mandarin tone sandhi production by Cantonese speakers before and after perceptual training. The 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, December 1-3, 2018 at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Li, Bei, Yike Yang & Si Chen (2018). Evaluating the effects of perceptual training on application of Mandarin tone sandhi rules by English speakers. Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Bilingual Learning and Teaching, Hong Kong.
Yang, Yike, Chu-Ren Huang, Sicong Dong & Si Chen (2018). Semantic Transparency of Radicals in Chinese Characters: An Ontological Perspective. The 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, December 1-3, 2018 at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Cuiling Zhang, Bin Li, Si Chen & Yike Yang (2018). Acoustic analysis of whispery voice disguise in Mandarin Chinese. Proceedings of Interspeech 2018, Hyderabad, India.
Chen, Si & Bin Li (2017). Degree of Incompleteness in Application of Tone Sandhi Rules. Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Sciences. The Korean Society of Speech Sciences, Seoul.
Chen, Si, Yunjuan He, Chun Wah Yuen, Bei Li & Yike Yang (2017). Mechanisms of Tone Sandhi Rule Application by Non-native Speakers. Proceedings of Interspeech 2017, Aug 20-24 Stockhom, Sweden.
Chen, Si, Caroline Wiltshire & Bin Li (2016). A Reconsideration of Universal Properties of Tonal Coarticulation. Proceedings of Oriental COCOSDA, Bali, Indonesia.
Chen, Si. (2015). More than F0: An Additive Model for Tonal Representations. Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Sciences. The Korean Society of Speech Sciences, Seoul, 143-144.
Chen, Si & Caroline Wiltshire. (2011). Differences of tone realization between younger and older speakers of Nanjing dialect. Proceedings of the 23rd North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL 23). Edited by Zhuo Jing-Schmidt. University of Oregon. Vol. 2, pp. 105-122. Distributed by NACCL Proceedings Online, The Ohio State University. Available for download at: http://naccl.osu.edu/sites/naccl.osu.edu/files/NACCL-23_2_08.pdf
Kawase, Yoshitaka & Si Chen (2011). Published translation for the paper by Uematsu, Akashi. "Ghost Festival for Han People in Taiwan (Hakka villiage): a preliminary report of the worship of ancestors". The periodical of Hakka research 39: 71-87.
ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW
Chan, Angel, Si Chen, Bernard Tse, Saboor Hamdani, Kelly Cheng. (submitted). Story telling in bilingual Urdu-Cantonese ethnic minority children in Hong Kong: macrostructure & its relation to microstructural linguistic skills.
Chen, Si, Caicai Zhang, Puiyin Lau, Yike Yang & Bei Li(submitted) Modelling representations in speech normalization of prosodic cues
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Chen, Si, Eunjin Chun, Yiqing Zhu, Yike Yang, Li Bei, Caicai Zhang, Ratree Wayland, Lianhua Li (in prep) A typology of consonant perturbation effect with & without focus
Chan, N.C., Chen, S., Chan, A., Kan, R., Polisenska, K., Chu, C., Kwan, E., Wong, J. & Chiat, S. (in prep). Revisiting Non-word Repetition as Clinical Markers of Developmental Language Disorder in Cantonese. Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research
PRESENTATIONS & INVITED LECTURES
Nga Ching Fu, Chen, S., Kamila Polišenská, Angel Chan, Rachel Kan & Shula Chiat. (2022). Nonword Repetition in Children with Developmental Language Disorder: Revisiting the Case of Cantonese. The 4th Bi-SLI Conference, Berlin, 9 &10 May 2022.
Zhou F., Chen, S., Chen X., Fung C. Emotion recognition in speech and music of Cantonese children with autism spectrum disorder. The 182nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Denver, Colorado on May 23-27, 2022.
Hong. Y, Zhou, F., Chen, S., Chan, W. S. A., Tang, P. Y., Chun, E., Li, B.,Choi, P., Ng, C., Cheng, F. & Gou, X., Phonetic Entrainment of Cantonese-speaking Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The 182nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Denver, Colorado on May 23-27, 2022.
Meng, Yuzhe, Chen, S., & Xi Chen. (2021) Production of Japanese Penultimate Focus Prosody Using A Semi-Naturalistic Task: How Accent and Focus Conditions Work?. The Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Annual Research Forum 2021.
Hong, Yitian, Fang Zhou, Chen, S. Angel Wing Shan Chan, Tempo Po Yi Tang, Eunjin Chun, Bei Li, Phoebe Choi, Chakling Ng, Fiona Cheng, Xinrui Gou. (2021) Investigation on Phonetic Convergence of Cantonese-speaking Children with ASD. First International Conference on Tone & Intonation (TAI). 06-09 Dec, Sonderborg, Denmark.
Chen, Si, Chan, A., Chun, E., Li, B., Tang, T., Choi, P., & Zhou F. (2021). Impairment in mapping prosody and meaning by Cantonese-speaking children with autism spectrum disorder. First International Conference on Tone & Intonation (TAI). 06-09 Dec, Sonderborg, Denmark.
Chen, Si, Eunjin Chun, Angel Chan, Xi Chen, Bei Li, Tempo Tang, Fiona Cheng and Chakling Ng. (2021). Speech and sung speech training in improving prosody processing by Cantonese speaking children with autism spectrum disorder. First International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI). 06-09 Dec, Sonderborg, Denmark.
Chen, Si. (invited talk 2021). Computational modeling of second language acquisition of tones and tone sandhi. Division of Humanities. The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Chen, Si, Bei Li, Fang Zhou, Angel Wing Shan Chan, Tempo Po Yi Tang, Eunjin Chun Phoebe Choi, Chakling Ng, Fiona Cheng, Xinrui Gou (2020). Training effects on speech prosody production by Cantonese-speaking children with autism spectrum disorder. Acoustics Virtually Everywhere, The 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 7-11 December 2020
Eunjin Chun, Shulin Liu & Si Chen. (2020). The influence of syntactic complexity on L2 prediction. International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults & Children (ISBPAC) 2020, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Jane Man-yu Lai, Angel Wing-Shan Chan, Stephen Matthews & Si Chen. (2020). A Corpus Study of Relative and Noun-modifying Clause Constructions in Cantonese-speaking Children’s Naturalistic Speech. IASCL 15th International Congress. July 13-17, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Jane Man-yu Lai, Angel Wing-Shan Chan, Stephen Matthews & Si Chen. (2019) Relative and Noun-modifying Clause Constructions in Child Cantonese: A Corpus Study of Naturalistic Speech. 10/07/19-12/07/19. The Child Language Symposium. Sheffield, United Kingdom
Chen, Xi, Si Chen & Bei Li (2019) The Influence of Speech Prosodic Structure and Syllable Composition on Consonant VOT in Japanese. The 178th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in San Diego, California on December 2-7, 2019
Chen, Si, Caicai Zhang, Puiyin Lau, Yike Yang, Bei Li & Wing Kam Fung. (2019). A Quantitative Model of Talker Normalization by Native and Non-native Speakers. The 178th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in San Diego, California on December 5, 2019
Ratree Wayland, Si Chen, Yitian Hong & Fang Zhou.(2019). Perceptual Asymmetry in Lexical Tone Perception. Keynote speech. The 178th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in San Diego, California, USA
Yitian Hong, Si Chen, Yike Yang & Bei Li (2019) Effects of Prosodic Focus on Voice Onset Time (VOT) in Chongming Chinese. The 33rd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation. Future University Hakodate, Japan. September 13–15, 2019
Li, Bin, Guan Yihan & Si Chen (2019) Sounds of Personality: Inference from Voices by Non-Native Speakers. Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference, November 18-21, 2019, Lanzhou, China
Chen, Si (2019) Modelling techniques in advancing speech production and perception studies. Invited talk at CUHK
Chen, Si (2019) Recent development of statistical modelling in Chinese Linguistics. Invited talk. The City University of Hong Kong.
Yike Yang & Si Chen. (2019). Domain of prosodic focus in Cantonese: A pilot study. The Second Forum on Cantonese Linguistics (FoCaL-2). The Education
University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong.
Changwei Zhang, Si Chen & Man Tak Leung. (2019). The Perception and Production of Cantonese Syllable-final Stops in Mandarin Speakers: An Analysis of Perceptibility Scale. Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language, May 24th-25th, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Chen, Si, Eunjin Chun, Bei Li & Yike Yang. (2019). Perturbation effects in Chongming Chinese with and without focus. Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language, May 24th-25th, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
Lucrecia Rallo Fabra, Xialin Liu, Si Chen & Ratree Wayland.(2019).Production of Mandarin tones by L1-Spanish early learners in a classroom setting. New Sounds 2019. The 9th international Symposium on Acquisition of Second Language Speech, August 30th-September 1st, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
Bin Li, Yihan Guan & Si Chen. (2019). Effects of Prosodic Cues on Perception of Personalities and Facts by Non-Native Speakers. The 16th International Pragmatics Conference. Hong Kong, China.
Yike Yang, Si Chen & Kechun Li. (2019). Effects of focus and tone on vowel space in Chongming Chinese. The 177th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Louisville, KY, USA
Bei Li, Yike Yang, Si Chen & Yunjuan He. (2019) A comparison of training effects on non-native tone sandhi production between American English and Cantonese speakers. The 177th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Louisville, KY, USA
Chen Si, Shuwen Chen, Yunjuan He, Bei Li, Yike Yang, Ratree Wayland. (2019). Effects of perceptual training in Mandarin tone sandhi production. The 177th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America in Louisville, KY, USA, 13-17 May
Cheung, Chi-Hang, Si Chen, Man Tak Leung, Tempo Po Yi Tang & Yicheng Rong (2018). Understanding of literal and figurative language in Cantonese-speaking children with and without autism spectrum disorders. The Hong Kong Speech and Hearing Symposium, Hong Kong, Nov 1-4, China.
Cheung, Candice Chi-Hang , Si Chen, Charlene Choi Yin Wong, Mandy Man Ting Yau, Viola Ka Yan Si Tou, Man Tak Leung, & Tempo Po Yi Tang. (2018). Comprehension of figurative language in Cantonese-speaking children with autism: The role of theory of mind. The Hong Kong Speech and Hearing Symposium, Hong Kong, China.
Wayland, R. & Si Chen (2018). Perceptual asymmetries in lexical tone perception. ASA 176th Meeting in Victoria, Canada
Chen, Si, Yike Yang, Ratree Wayland & Yiqing Zhu (2018). Linguistic experience & musical training in shaping Mandarin tone perception by trilingual non-native Cantonese listeners. ASA 176th Meeting in Victoria, Canada.
Yang Yike, Si Chen, Kechun Li. 2018. Pitch realization of post-focus components in Chongming Chinese. The 176th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Victoria, Canada
Li, Shiyue, Si Chen & Angel Chan. (2018). Categorical perception of Mandarin tones by Cantonese trilingual children. ASA 176th Meeting in Victoria, Canada.
Chen, Si, Caroline Wiltshire, Bin Li & Ratree Wayland (2018). Analyzing Nanjing Tones & Sandhi: statistical modelling methods. The 2018 Annual Meeting on Phonology (AMP 2018) at the University of California, San Diego.
Chen, Si, Yike Yang, Ratree Wayland & Yiqing Zhu. Oct, 2018. How musical experience affects the role of vowel quality & stimulus duration played in tone perception by Mandarin listeners? International Conference on Tone and Intonation TIE2018, Oct 11-13,Gothenburg, Sweden.
Chen, Si, Yiqing Zhu, Ratree Wayland & Caicai Zhang. June, 2018. The relationship between speech production & perception - perceptual experiments based on modeling of corpora. June 8-9. The 24th Joint Workshop on Linguistics & Language Processing. Seoul, Korea.
Zhang, Changwei, Man Tak Leung & Si Chen. Oct, 2018. The Perceptive & Productive Development of Cantonese Syllable-Final Consonants -- A Clinical Application of Optimality Theory”, ICPLA 2018, Malta.
Chan, Angel, Si Chen, Serge Pinto, Jing Shao, Caicai Zhang, Hang Ching Lam, Shirley Pang, Vivian Ngan, Ka Yu Tam, Wenchun Yang, Javis Ngan. Oct, 2018. Effect of medication on lexical tone production in Cantonese patients with Parkinson’s Disease. International Congress of Parkinson’s disease & movement disorders.
Chen, Si, Yiqing Zhu & Ratree Wayland. May, (2017). Minimum time for producing & perceiving pitch directions by tonal & non-tonal speakers. Abstraction, Diversity & Speech Dynamics, Herrsching, Germany.
Chan, Angel, Si Chen, Stephen Matthews, Virginia Yip. (2017). Acquisition of relative clauses in Hong Kong trilingual children. Symposium on Acquisition & Processing of Language in Children – A cross-linguistic perspective, Taiwan.
Chen, Si, Nov 2016 & 2018. Introduction to biostatistics. Invited lecture, Interdisciplinary Division of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chen, Si, Yiqing Zhu & Ratree Wayland. Dec, 2016. The duration effect in categorical perception of pitch directions & its interactions with vowel quality & language experience. The 5th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Chan, Angel, Si Chen, Stephen Matthews, Virginia Yip. (2016). Reverse transfer in trilingual acquisition of relative clauses. 10th International Conference on Multilingualism and Third Language Acquisition, Vienna, Austria.
Li, Bin, Jing Shao & Si Chen. Jul. 2016. Acoustic analysis of L1 and L2 production of Mandarin coronal sibilants, Laboratory Phonology 15, Ithaca, USA, 13-17
Chen, Si. June 2015. International Conference on Prosodic Studies: Challenges & Prospects (ICPS-1). Phonological representations of underlying tonal targets based on statistical modeling in tonal languages.
Chen, Si. Feb 3, 2015. Phonetics, Phonology and Language Sciences: Potential Application to Language Learning and Speech/Language Therapy. Invited talk, research seminars, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Chen, Si. May 2014. A Phonetic and Perceptual Investigation on Tone Systems of Chongming Chinese. The 26th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics in College Park, US.
Chen, Si & Caroline Wiltshire. Jan, 2013. Contextual Variations of Tones in Nanjing Chinese. The 87th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in Boston, US.
Chen, Si & Caroline Wiltshire. Dec, 2011. Differences of tone Representations between Younger and Older Speakers of Nanjing Dialect. (A new statistical modeling of data presented in the NACCL was provided). ICCP in Tokyo, Japan.
Chen, Si & Caroline Wiltshire. June, 2011. Differences of tone Representations between Younger and Older Speakers of Nanjing Dialect. The North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL).
Chen, Si. May, 2010. A New Typology of Japanese Compound Accents & an Analysis in Optimality Theory. The International Phonetics-Phonology Conference in Shanghai, China.
Chen, Si. Feb, 2010. The Minimum Duration Needed for Chinese Falling Tone Perception. The GSC Interdisciplinary Research Conference in University of Florida
Chen, Si. July, 2009. An OT-CC Analysis of Bidirectional Applications in Tianjin Dialect. Presentation at the (4th) International Conference on Formal Linguistics in Beijing, China
GRANTS
2016-2018, PI
The duration effect in perceiving pitch directions & its interactions with vowel quality & language experience ECS grant (RGC No. T26023416), Hong Kong government ($435,200).
June 2016-May 2017, PI
Tonal Coarticulation in Nanjing Chinese Departmental General Research Fund ($37,600)
April 2016-April 2018, PI
Statistical modeling of the phonologization of phonetic effects: A cross-linguistic study Dean’s Reserve application (International research collaboration) ($500,000)
Mar-2016-Mar-2017, PI
Mechanisms in Mandarin Tone Sandhi: An Investigation into Surface Contours & Underlying Pitch Targets Dean’s Reserve (Start-up) ($100,000)
Nov 2015-Nov 2016, PI
The Minimum Duration for Perception of Pitch Directions & its Relationship with Vowel Quality & Language Experience Central Research Grant ($105,000)
Aug 2015-July 2016, PI
Mandarin Disyllabic Tone Production Evaluations &Phonetic Training on L2 Learners Teaching & learning grant, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jan 2018-Jan 2020, PI
A quantitative model of learners’ variability in Cantonese tone perception & its application in individualised training paradigms Central Research Grant ($105,000)
July 2018-July 2019, PI
Consonant Perturbation Effects with & without Focus Departmental GRF ($100,000)
July 2018-July 2019, PI
The effects of training on directional perceptual asymmetry in lexical tone perception Teaching & learning grant, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ($100,000)
March 2018-March 2019, PI
Perceptual Asymmetry in Mandarin Tone Processing & the Training Effects Faculty of Humanities, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ($105,000)
May 2019- May 2020, PI
The use of speech prosody in Cantonese children with & without autism, Departmental GRF($100,000)
28 May 2020- 27 May 2021, PI
Speech Prosody Processing with & without Visual Information by Native & Non-native Speakers, Departmental GRF ($150,000)
1 August 2020- 1 August 2021, PI
Speech prosody training by Cantonese-speaking children with autism spectrum disorder, Departmental GRF ($55,000)
1 Nov, 2020-1 Nov, 2022, PI
English speech prosody usage in statements & questions by ASD & TD children & robots development in improving acquisition of English speech prosody, Dean’s Reserve ($505,000)
2/8/2021- 2/8/2023, PI
Developing a Social Robot for Cantonese & Mandarin Speech Prosody Training in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Application No.: 2122-01) submitted for Research & Development (R & D) Projects 2021-22 of the Standing Committee on Language Education & Research (SCOLAR ($1,128,760)
2/7/2021-1/7/2023, PI
The effects of robot-assisted speech training in improving speech prosody by trilingual children with autism spectrum disorder RGC grant ($200,000)
2022-2024, PI
Robot-assisted speech & musical training in improving speech prosody production & processing by Cantonese-speaking autistic children Project of strategic importance, PolyU ($2,000,000)
1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2025, PI
Robot-assisted training for children with autism spectrum disorder
Young Innovative Researcher Award
1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2024, PI
Emotion Recognition Training based on an integration of Robot and AR technology in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Inter-Faculty Collaboration Scheme for FH, FHSS and FENG (HK$500,000)
Sep 2015-Aug 2016, CO-I
Second Language Acquisition of Cantonese Tones by Tonal & Non-tonal language speakers Teaching & learning grant, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Aug 2015-July 2016, CO-I
Tones by L2 Speakers: Towards a Better Training Strategy Teaching & learning grant, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University ($100,000)
Oct 2016 - Oct 2018, CO-I
Explicating the Persuasive Effect of Dialectical Values in Chinese Corporate Leaders' Narratives on Stakeholders' Engagement Central Research Grant ($105,000)
Mar 2018 - June 2018, CO-I
Collaborative Platform for Big Data for Multilingual Speaker Identification Technology, Linguistics Data Consortium, University of Pennsylvania ($414,000(first phase)+$1,176,150(second phase) = $1,590,150) The Advanced Research Projects Agency & the National Science Foundation
1-JAN-2019-31-DEC-2020, CO-I
The persuasive effect of the specific communication styles in corporate leaders’ narrative messages on stakeholders’ attitude ($236,714), General Research Fund, Hong Kong government
AWARDS
Jun 2022
PolyU Young Innovative Researcher Award, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Aug 2019
Research excellence award, Faculty of Humanities, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
May 2014
Young Scholar Award finalist from the 26th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics
May 2014
Travel Award, Graduate School, University of Florida
Dec 2011
Travel Award, Graduate School, University of Florida
June, Dec 2011
Travel Award, Linguistics Department, University of Florida
Dec 2011
Travel Award, ICCP conference
Aug 2008
Fellowship, Beijing Foreign Language University
June 2008
Beijing outstanding undergraduate student
Sep 2004 - Sep 2007
Scholarships, (Six times, based on academic performance) Beijing International Studies University
Aug 2007
Scholarship, New Oriental School
WORK EXPERIENCE
Dec 2019 - Present
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chinese Linguistics & Bilingual Studies, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jan 2015 - Nov 2019
Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Chinese Linguistics & Bilingual Studies, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Aug 2012 - June 2014
Research Assistant in Corpus Linguistics, Linguistics Department, University of Florida
Aug 2009 - June 2012
Research Assistant in Phonology, Linguistics Department, University of Florida
May - Aug 2014
Teaching Assistance in the Statistics Department, University of Florida
TEACHING
CBS 230 Fun with Language
CBS 421/490 Contrastive Analysis of Chinese &English
CBS 470 Contrastive Analysis of Chinese &English (evening)
CBS 5212 Adult Communication Disorders: Assessment &Treatment
CBS 503 Language in Society
CBS 533 Description of Chinese II: Sounds &Script
CBS5141 Introduction to Speech Therapy &Audiology
CBS5134 Foundations in Linguistics &Language Sciences IV
CBS3943 Sounds of Language
CBS4954/599 Statistics for Language Studies / Statistical Methods in Language Research
CBS (PhD course) Guided-study in Chinese Grammar
FH1000 Freshman Seminars
FH6056 (PhD course) Research Methods for Second Language Education
SUPERVISING STUDENTS
Yixin Zhang (Postdoc student, supervisor)
Bruce Xiao Wang (Postdoc student, supervisor)
Muhammad Rahman (Postdoc student, supervisor)
Xiaocong Chen (Postdoc student, Co-supervisor)
Eunjin Chun (Postdoc student, Co-supervisor)
NgaChing Fu (PhD, Co-supervisor)
Xi Chen (PhD, Supervisor)
Yitian Hong (PhD, Supervisor)
Li Bei (PhD, Supervisor)
Yike Yang (PhD, Supervisor)
Changwei Zhang (PhD, Co-supervisor)
Jane Lai (PhD, Co-supervisor)
Shiyue Li (MA, Supervisor)
Xinrui Gou (MA, Supervisor)
Xi Chen (MA, Supervisor)
Shulin Liu (MA, Supervisor)
Yuzhe Meng (MA, Supervisor)
Cheung Lok Mang (MST, Supervisor)
Fung Yuen Yu Claudia (MST, Supervisor)
Mak Wai Ling Natalie (MST, Supervisor)
Yee Shui Shan Sara (MST, Supervisor)
Sammi Li (MST, Supervisor)
Ka Lai Fok (MST, Supervisor)
Wai Ting Law, Karina (MST, Supervisor)
Yuen Hung Cheung, Scorbin (MST, Supervisor)
Sze Long Cheung(MST, Supervisor)
Chakling NG (MST, Supervisor)
Lokhang Choi (MST, Supervisor)
Fiona Cheng (MST, Supervisor)
Lai Wei Tong (MST, Supervisor)
Tsz Ching Milla Mak (MST, Supervisor)
Ye Luwei (MA)
Yang Baobao (MA)
Ma Jiaqi (MA)
Sum Oi Lam Elise (MST)
Chan Lok Ching (MST)
Cheung Ka Man (MST)
Ng Lok To Rachel (MST)
Wu Kin Ching Karen (MST)
Xu Zhan (BA, Supervisor)
Sophie Chun (BA, Supervisor)
Hoi Yuen Lam (BA, Supervisor)
Sin Kei Fung (BA, Supervisor)
Wing Yu Li (BA, Supervisor)
Shan Yan Ho(BA, Supervisor)
Sze Wan Lo (BA, Supervisor)
Wong Cheyan (BA, Supervisor)
LEE Sum Yuet (BA, Supervisor)
LO Lok To (BA, Supervisor)
Jiang Han (BA, Supervisor; Undergraduate Research & Innovation Scheme 2021/22 Scholarship 10,000)
CERTIFICATE &SKILLS
SLAT (Second Language Acquisition &Teaching) certificate, University of Florida
Japanese language proficiency test level 1 (highest level)
Coursera certificate: Neural Networks &Deep Learning
Programming language: Perl, Python
Statistics software: Minitab, R, SAS, SPSS,
Phonetics software: Praat, E-prime
Editing software: Latex, Word, Excel
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Chinese Language Teachers Association
International Association of Chinese Linguistics
Linguistic Society of Hong Kong
Linguistics Society of America
Acoustical Society of America
Linguistics Society in University of Florida
SERVICE
Academic editor of Journal PLOS ONE 2018-present
Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Language Sciences (specialty section of Frontiers in Psychology & Frontiers in Communication) 2020-present
Editor of the research topic in Frontiers in Psychology (Linguistic Biomarkers of Neurological, Cognitive, and Psychiatric Disorders: Verification, Analytical Validation, Clinical Validation, and Machine Learning)
Reviewer of RGC grants (Faculty Development Scheme)
Reviewer of DGRF grants
Reviewer of Language & Speech 2022
Reviewer of Scientific Report 2021
Reviewer of Journal of Phonetics (invited) 2021
Reviewer of Speech Communication 2021
Reviewer of Journal of Cognitive Psychology 2021
Reviewer of International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 2021
Reviewer of Studies in Chinese Linguistics 2021
Reviewer of Laboratory Phonology 2020 Aug
Reviewer of Applied Psycholinguistics 2020 June
Reviewer of Journal of Acoustical Society of America 2020 Sep
Reviewer of Journal of the International Phonetic Association 2019 July
Reviewer of Language, Cognition & Neuroscience 2019
Reviewer of Journal PLOS ONE 2018
Reviewer of Journal Lingua Sinica 2017
Reviewer of TESOL Quarterly 2017
Reviewer of conference ISAIC
Reviewer of Linguistic society of Hong Kong outstanding thesis award 2020, 2021
Reviewer &Program Committee of New Sounds (20th – 22nd April 2022 at the University of Barcelona)
Reviewer of APSIPA ASC 2019 (EI indexed &available in IEEE Xplore)2019
Reviewer of the 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information &Computation 2018
Reviewer of Interspeech 2018
Reviewer of Annual Research Forum held by Linguistic society of Hong Kong 2018
Member of PolyU-PekingU Research Centre on Chinese Linguistics (RPU2U)
Member of Research Centre for Language, Cognition, &Neuroscience (RCLCN)
Member of Research Institute for Smart Ageing RISA (2021 Dec)
The organizing committee member of 14th International Conference in Evolutionary Linguistics (CIEL14) in August 2023
The committee member of the International Conference on Tone &Intonation (TAI) 2021
The committee member of Hong Kong Linguistics Olympiad 2020-present
The executive committee member of the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong 2018-2019
The committee member of the Chinese Language Interface Advisory Committee 2020-2021
Moderator of Speech session, 2021 Postgraduate Research Symposium on Linguistics, Language, & Speech, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Evaluator of poster sessions, 5th Joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America & Acoustical Society of Japan, Honolulu Hawaii
Session Chair: Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Annual Research Forum
External examiner for PhD examination at Middlesex University
BALSS academic advisor
CBS working group of BSc in Language Sciences &Analytics
Social robot demonstration developer for events (departmental level: EDB representatives, info day & open house)
PolyU Social robot demonstration for innovation and technology bureau (University level)
Workshops on using interdisciplinary approach to tackle problems in speech and language disorders (funded by CBS)
Presentation about grant applications in the departmental workshops on research excellence
Sharing sessions on experiences with grant applications
CBS library liaise officer
CBS Deputy KPI Officer
CBS QS University Rankings Submission
BDLCC Non-JUPAS interviewer
RESEARCH REPORTED IN NEWS
Acoustical Society of America’s online press room(December 07, 2020):
Phonetics, Acquisition & Multilingualism Lab – PAMLab (March 25, 2020)