Research

CURRENT PROJECTS

Rhythmic patterning of Vietnamese quadrisyllabic reduplicative words

My study investigates the rhythmic pattern of Vietnamese quadrisyllabic words. I am interested in finding whether stress and prominence exists in the language and how it is patterned. I am also engaged in answering the question regarding the Vietnamese prosodic hierarchy. My findings are expected to provide valuable insights into the debate on stress, prominence and prosodic units above the syllable level in Vietnamese.

Constituent ordering preferences in Vietnamese coordinative compounds

The coordinative nature of Vietnamese coordinative compounds may allow either ordering of their constituents. However, in usage, a weak ordering preference is observed for some compounds whereas a strong one is observed for others. Therefore, I am interested in the factors that determine the variability in such ordering preferences. I focus on the relation between generalized knowledge and item-specific knowledge in variable constituent ordering of Vietnamese coordinative compounds. Specifically, in the first phase, I examine general constraints and item frequency. In the second phase, I explore semantic transparency/opacity.

PUBLISHED PAPERS

Đặng, Phương. H. & Võ, Nga. T. 2022. Frequency and Complexity of Relative Clauses in Vietnamese Learners’ Essays. KnE Social Sciences, 1-11. DOI: 10.18502/kss.v7i7.10644.

PRESENTATIONS

Köhnlein, Björn, Đặng, Phương & Ni, Tianyi. 2025. Vowels can be shorter before voiced than before voiceless consonants: reversed durations in two varieties of German. Talk presented at the 31st Manchester Phonology Meeting. 29-31 May. Manchester, England. 

Köhnlein, Björn, Đặng, Phương & Ni, Tianyi. 2025. Reversing alleged typological universals: vowel-consonant interactions across German dialects. Talk presented at Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 31. 2-3 May. The University of North Texas, Texas, The United States. 

Đặng, Phương. 2025. The effects of generalized knowledge and item-specific knowledge on the (non)uniformity of Vietnamese coordinative compounds. Poster presented at Buckeye Language Network Symposium 2025. 28 March. The Ohio State University, Ohio, The United States. 

Đặng, Phương & Sims, Andrea. 2024. (Non)uniformity of Vietnamese coordinative compounds: General constraints vs. item-specific knowledge. Talk presented at Nonuniformity in Morphophonology across Frameworks Workshop. 10 -11 October. University of Trier, Trier, Germany. 

Đặng, Phương. 2024. Rhythmic patterning of Vietnamese quadrisyllabic reduplicative words. Poster presented at The 19th Conference on Laboratory Phonology. 27-29 June, Hanyang University, Soeul, South Korea. 

Đặng, Phương. 2023. The rhythmic pattern of Vietnamese quadrisyllabic reduplicative words: An investigation into their syllable duration. Poster presented at MidPhon 28. 20- 21 October, Purdue University, Indiana, The United States. 

Đặng, Phương. H. & Võ, N. T. 2021. Frequency and complexity of relative clauses in Vietnamese learners’ essays. Paper presented at the International English Language Teachers and Lecturers Conference, Universitas Negari Malang. 21-22 August, Indonesia. 

Đặng, Phương. H. & Võ, N. T. 2020. Lexical bundles in argumentative essays by Vietnamese L2 learners. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Language, Education and Social Sciences. 20 November, Indonesia. 

Đặng, Phương. H. 2018. Tone change reduplication in Vietnamese. Paper presented at the 12th International Free Linguistics Conference. 9-11 July, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

Đặng, Phương. H. 2018. Vietnamese DP structures and definite reading. Poster presented at the 12th International Free Linguistics Conference. 9-11 July, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

Đặng, Phương. H. & Bùi, Thương. H. T. 2018. An investigation into the usability of the syntax books. Paper presented at 14th Annual CamTESOL Conference on English Language Teaching. 5-7 February, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. 

Đặng, Phương. H. 2013. Tone Change Reduplication in Vietnamese – the Emergence of the Unmarked vs. *Echo. Paper presented at the UNC Spring Colloquium at the Department of Linguistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 13 April, North Carolina, USA. 

PREPRINTS

Đặng, Phương. H. 2011. Tone Change Reduplication in Vietnamese – the Emergence of the Unmarked vs. *Echo. (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.32304.26880)

Đặng, Phương. H. 2012. Teaching intonation to freshman majors of Department of English Linguistics and Literature at University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11332.74889)