Publication

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

Qin. Z., Lee-Kim, S-I. & Qi, H. (in press).  The effect of second-language learning experience on Korean listeners’ use of pitch cues in the perception of Cantonese tones. Second Language Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676583241244604 [PDF, open access]

Qin, Z. & Zhang, J. W. (in press). The role of coarticulatory tonal information in Cantonese spoken word recognition: an eye-tracking study. Linguistics Vanguard. https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2022-0158 [PDF, open access]

Chui, Y. & Qin, Z. (2024). Distributional learning and overnight consolidation of non-native tonal contrasts by tonal language speakers.  Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(7), 2038-2052. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00711 [PDF, open access].

Qin, Z., Jin, R., & Zhang, C. (2022).  The effects of training variability and pitch aptitude on the overnight consolidation of lexical tones. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65(9), 3377-3391. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00058 [PDF, open access].

Qin, Z. & Zhang, J. W. (2022). The use of tonal coarticulation cues in Cantonese spoken word recognition.  JASA Express Letters, 2, 035202. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0009728  [PDF; open access].

Qin, Z. (2022). The second-language productivity of two Mandarin tone sandhi patterns.  Speech Communication, 138, 98-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2022.02.009

Qin, Z., Gong, M., & Zhang, C. (2021). Neural responses in novice learners’ perceptual learning and generalization of lexical tones: The effect of training variability. Brain and Language, 223, 105029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2021.105029 

Qin, Z., Zhang, C., & Wang, W. S-Y. (2021). The effect of Mandarin listeners' musical and pitch aptitude on perceptual learning of Cantonese level-tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149, 435-446. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003330 [PDF, copyright belongs to JASA]

Qi, H., Qin, Z., & Yan, H. (2020). An empirical study on the productivity of Mandarin tone 3 sandhi by Korean-speaking learners of Chinese. Research on Chinese as a Second Language 对外汉语研究, 21, 168-176. [CSSCI Journal]

Qin, Z. & Zhang, C. (2019). The effect of overnight consolidation in the perceptual learning of non-native tonal contrasts. PLoS ONE , 14(12): e0221498. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221498 [PDF; bioRxiv preprint of old version]

Qin, Z., Tremblay, A., & Zhang, J. (2019). Influence of within-category tonal information in the recognition of Mandarin-Chinese words by native and non-native listeners: An eye-tracking study. Journal of Phonetics, 73, 144-157. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2019.01.002 [PDF] Best Early Career Scholar’s Article of The Year Nomination

*Connell, K., Hüls, S., Martínez-García, M.-T., Qin, Z., Shin, S., Yan, H., & Tremblay, A. (2018). English learners’ use of segmental and suprasegmental cues to stress in lexical access: An eye-tracking study. Language Learning. (*The first six authors, ordered alphabetically, made equal contributions to the research), 68(3), 635-668. https://doi.org/10.1111/lang.12288 [PDF]

Jongman, A., Qin. Z., Sereno, J., & Zhang, J. (2017). Just noticeable differences for pitch direction, height, and slope for Mandarin and English listeners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 142, EL163. http://doi.org/10.1121/1.4995526. [PDF]

Qin, Z., Chien, Y. F., & Tremblay, A. (2017). Second language processing of English stress by Mandarin-speaking learners. Applied Psycholinguistics, 38(3), 541-570. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716416000321  [PDF]

Qin, Z. & Jongman, A. (2016). Does second language experience modulate perception of tones in a third language? Language and Speech, 59(3), 318-338. http://doi.org/10.1177/0023830915590191 [PDF]

Book Chapters and Working Papers

Qin, Z.  (2021). How Does Mandarin Learning Experience Modulate Second-Language Learners’ Phonological Knowledge of Tone 3 Sandhi in Word Production? In C. Yang (Ed.), The Acquisition of Chinese as a Second Language Pronunciation: Segments and Prosody (pp. 195–210). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3809-4_9

Qin, Z. (2015). Wh-questions in Ibibio. In Duncan, P. (Eds.),Studies in Ibibio Grammar. Field Methods in Linguistic Description, Vol. 2. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas [PDF].

Qin, Z. & Mok, P. (2014) Discrimination of Cantonese tones by speakers of tone and non-tone Languages. Kansas working papers in Linguistics, 34. https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.12864. [PDF]

Conference Papers 

Chui, Y. & Qin, Z. (2023). Distributional learning and overnight consolidation of a difficult non-native tone contrast. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), 2557-2561. Prague, Czech.[PDF]

Qin, Z., Jin, R., & Wu, R. (2023). The role of prior knowledge in second-language learners' overnight consolidation of Cantonese tones. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), 1881-1885. Prague, Czech.[PDF]

Qin. Z. & Zhang, C. (2020). How sleep-mediated memory consolidation modulates the generalization across talkers: evidence from tone identification. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2020, 459-463. Tokyo, Japan. [PDF]

Qin, Z., Tremblay, A., & Zhang, J. (2019). Influence of within-category tonal information in the recognition of Chinese-Mandarin words by native and non-native listeners: An eye-tracking study. In Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019), 245-249. Melbourne, Australia. ICPhS 2019 Early Career Researcher Award Shortlist & IPA Travel Award [PDF]

Qin, Z. & Jongman, A. (2015). L2 experience modulates learner' use of cues in the perception of L3 tones. In Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2015). Glasgow, U.K. Gösta Bruce Memorial Fund Scholarship [PDF]

Qin. Z. &Tremblay, A. (2014) Effects of native dialect on Mandarin listeners’ use of prosodic cues to English stress. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2014, 187-191. Dublin, Ireland. [PDF]  

Qin, Z. & Mok, P. (2012) The perception of speech and non-speech tones by tone and non-tone language listeners. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2012, 366-369. Shanghai, China. [PDF]

Qin, Z. & Mok, P. (2011) Perception of Cantonese tones by Mandarin, English and French speakers. In Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), 1654-1657. Hong Kong. [PDF]

Qin, Z. & Mok, P. (2011) Discrimination of Cantonese tones by Mandarin, English and French speakers. In Proceedings of the Psycholinguistic Representation of Tone Conference (PLRT), 50-53. Hong Kong.[PDF]

Qin Z. (2010) The Production and Perception of French initial stops by Wu and Mandarin Speakers. In Proceedings of the 9th Phonetics Conference of China (PCC2010). Tianjin, China. [PDF]

Conference Presentations

Chui, Y., Lai, S., & Qin, Z. (2024). Distributional learning of non-native tone contrasts by older adults after training and overnight consolidation. The 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ottawa, Canada. Poster Presentation. Abstract.

Liu, K., Feng, Y., & Qin, Z. (2024). Prior knowledge benefits older adults’ tonal consolidation through talker generalization. The 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ottawa, Canada. Poster Presentation. Abstract.

Wang, Y. & Qin, Z. (2024). L2 proficiency and tone type are related to attentional control: Cantonese-English bilinguals’ processing of Cantonese tones. The International Symposium on Language Science (ISLS), Hong Kong. Oral Presentation. Abstract.

Chui, Y. & Qin, Z. (2023). Individual differences in the distributional learning and overnight consolidation of lexical tones. Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Asia (AMLaP Asia), Hong Kong. Poster Presentation. Abstract

Wang, Y. & Qin, Z. (2023). Does multilingualism influence attentional control in the forced-attention dichotic listening task of Cantonese tone? Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Asia (AMLaP Asia), Hong Kong. Poster Presentation. Abstract

Chen, X., Lu, J., Qin, Z., Hu, X., & Zhang, C. (2023). Benefits of targeted memory reactivation in perceptual learning of non-native tones are associated with slow-oscillation phase and delta-theta power. The Second International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI 2023), Singapore. Oral Presentation. Abstract

Wang, Y. & Qin, Z. (2023). Does bilingualism influence attentional control in the Cantonese tone dichotic listening? The Second International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI 2023), Singapore. Oral Presentation. Abstract

Wu, R., Qin, Z., & Zhang, C. (2023). Daytime naps consolidate Cantonese tone learning through talker generalization. The Second International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI 2023), Singapore. Oral Presentation. Abstract

Wang, Y. & Qin, Z. (2023). The effect of bilingualism on inhibitory control in the forced-attention dichotic listening task of Cantonese tones. The 6th Forum on Cantonese Linguistics (FoCaL-6 @ HKUST), Hong Kong. Oral Presentation. Abstract

Qin. Z. & Lee-Kim, S-I. (2023). The effect of second-language learning experience on Korean listeners’ use of pitch cues in the perception of Cantonese tones. Paper presented at the Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HISPhonCog 2023), Seoul, South Korea. Poster Presentation. Abstract

Chui, Y.  & Qin, Z. (2022). Do Cantonese speakers exhibit distributional learning effects on the acquisition and consolidation of Mandarin tones? Paper presented at the 5th Buckeye East Asian Linguistics Forum, virtual conference, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Oral Presentation. Abstract

Qin, Z., Jin, R., & Zhang, C. (2022). The effects of training variability and pitch aptitude on overnight changes of tone learning. Paper presented at the 18th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon18). Virtual conference. Poster Presentation. Abstract

Qin. Z. (2022). Does second-language learners’ productivity of Mandarin tone sandhi change with increasing proficiency? Paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-28).  Virtual conference. Oral Presentation. Abstract

Qin. Z. & Zhang, C. (2019). How the overnight consolidation process modulates the perceptual learning of novel tonal contrasts. Paper presented at the Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences 2019 (SICSS 2019). Seoul, South Korea. Oral Presentation. Abstract

Qin. Z. & Lee-Kim, S-I. (2019). The effect of linguistic experience on the perception of non-native lexical tones. Paper presented at the Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences 2019 (SICSS 2019). Seoul, South Korea. Oral Presentation. Abstract

Qin. Z. & Zhang, C. (2019). The effect of overnight consolidation in the perceptual learning of non-native tonal contrasts. Paper presented at the 19thWorkshop on Cantonese (WOC-19) Cantonese Study: An Empirical Approach. Hong Kong. Oral Presentation. Abstract

Qin, Z. (2018). Effect of native Korean dialects on Chinese learners' perception of lexical tones. Paper presented at the 176th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Victoria, Canada. Poster Presentation. [Abstract]

Qin, Z., Tremblay, A., & Zhang, J. (2018). Influence of fine-grained tonal variability on native Chinese listeners and second-language Chinese learners’ word recognition: An eye-tracking study. Paper presented at the Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2018. Seoul, South Korean. Oral Presentation.

Qin, Z., Tremblay, A., & Zhang, J. (2017). How fine-grained variability of lexical tones influences native and non-native Chinese listeners’ word recognition: An eye-tracking study. Paper presented at the 2017 Annual Research Forum of Linguistics Society of Hong Kong. Hong Kong. Oral Presentation.

Qin, Z., Zhang, J. & Tremblay, A. (2017). How within-category gradience in lexical tones influences native Chinese listeners and second-language Chinese learners recognize words: An eye-tracking study. Paper presented at the 173rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Boston, MA. Poster Presentation. [Abstract]

Jongman, A. Qin Z., Sereno, J. & Zhang, J. (2016). JNDs for pitch height and pitch contour for Chinese and American listeners. Paper presented at the 5th joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan. Honolulu, Hawaii. Poster Presentation. [Abstract]

Connell, K., Hüls, S., Martínez-García, M.-T., Qin, Z., Shin, S., Yan, H., & Tremblay, A. (2016). Effects of Native Language on the Use of Segmental and Suprasegmental Cues to Stress in English Word Recognition: An Eye-Tracking Study. Paper presented at the 5th joint Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan. Honolulu, Hawaii. Poster Presentation.[Abstract]

Connell, K., Hüls, S., Martínez- García, M. T., Qin, Z., Shin, S., Yan, B., & Tremblay, A. (2016). Time course of Chinese and Korean listeners’ use of stress in English word recognition. Paper presented at the 8th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech(New Sounds 2016). Aarhus, Denmark. Oral Presentation. 

Qin, Z. & Jongman, A. (2015). Does second language experience with Mandarin Chinese modulate English-speaking L2 learner' perception of tones in a third language? Paper presented at the 27th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-27). Los Angels, CA. Oral Presentation. 

Qin, Z. & Jongman, A. (2014). Does second language experience modulate perception of tones in a third language? Paper presented at the 168th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). Indianapolis, IN. Poster Presentation. [Abstract] 

Qin, Z. & Tremblay, A. (2013).Effect of native Mandarin dialects on English learners’ use of prosodic cues to stress. Paper presented at the 166th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA). San Francisco, CA. Poster Presentation. [Abstract] The Best Student Paper award (1st place) in Speech Communication. 

Qin, Z. (2013). Processing of English stress by Mandarin-speaking learners. Paper presented at the 7th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2013). Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Oral presentation.

Briz Hernandez, I., Qin, Z. & Mok, P. (2012) L3 acquisition of the voicing contrast in Spanish by Cantonese learners. Paper presented at the International Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics. Hong Kong. Oral presentation. 

Invited Talks