ProgramMe

Programme in a printable pdf (download, 2.8 MB).

Location

CRT-4.36, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, The University of Hong Kong

Day 1 13 October, 2018

08:45–09:15 Registration

09:15–09:30 Welcome speech by Prof. Matthews (The University of Hong Kong)

09:30–10:30 Plenary talk (Dr. Cathryn Donohue, The University of Hong Kong)

• Data-driven approaches to syntactic research [Abstract]

10:30–11:00 Break

11:00–12:30 Presentations [Session 1, Chair: Dr. Youngah Do]

• Wh-the-hell vs. Ittai – Kuroiwa Yoshika (International Christian University)
• A Study on ‘‘-ki’ Clause # Bound Noun’ Construction in Korean – Oh Minkyoung (Sogang University)
• Subject-Verb Inversion in French Relative Clauses: A Case of Que-Clauses – Furuta Mana (Nagoya University)

12:30–13:30 Lunch

13:30–15:00 Presentations [Session 2, Chair: Dr. Jonathan Havenhill]

• Changing against community trends? The case of CY Leung, a former Chief Executive of Hong Kong – Ziqi Chen, Yao Yao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University), Alan C. L. Yu (University of Chicago)
• A Phonetic Study of Plosives in the Hakodate Dialect – Suzuki Michinori (International Christian University)
• Use of Segmental and Prosodic Cues in Adult Language Discrimination: Effects of Language Experience and Speaking Style – Crystal Chow, Nur Sakinah Nor Kamal, Jessamyn Schertz (University of Toronto Mississauga)

15:10–15:40 Break

15:40–17:40 Workshop on Articulatory Phonetics (Dr. Seunghun J. Lee, International Christian University)

• Using Electroglottoraph in studying articulation [Abstract]

18:10–20:10 Banquet

Day 2 14 October, 2018

09:00–09:30 Registration

09:30–10:30 Plenary talk (Dr. Michael Yoshikata Erlewine, National University of Singapore)

• Bikol clefts and topics and the Austronesian subject-only extraction restriction (joint work with Cheryl Lim) [Abstract]

10:30–11:00 Break

11:00–12:30 Presentations [Session 3, Chair: Dr. Christophe Coupé]

• A Syntactic Approach to Language Variety: A Comparative Analysis of Dystopian Classics – Evelyn Liu Kai Yan (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
• Investigating Awareness and Attitudes Towards English Varieties Among Local and Expatriate Children in Singapore – Mindy Lee, Rebecca L. Starr (National University of Singapore)
• The Sociolinguistics of Orthography in the Era of Computer-mediated Communication: Focusing on Hong Kong Written Cantonese – Cheung Ching Yat (The University of Hong Kong)

12:30–13:30 Lunch

13:30–15:00 Presentations [Session 4, Chair: Dr. Cathryn Donohue]

• Daburu Bind: Perceptions of the Speech of Mixed Race Japanese – Aarohi Narain (Macalester College)
• Competition between Verb-based Implicit Causality and Theme Structure’s Influence on Anaphora Bias in Mandarin Chinese Sentences: Evidence from Corpus – Zhang Linnan (Shanghai International Studies University)
• The Effect of Word Familiarity and Lexical Neighbourhood on L2 Speech Processing – Erina Sawada (Sophia University)

15:00–15:30 Break

15:30–17:00 Presentations [Session 5, Dr. Joe Perry]

• Topic-prominent features in L1-Chinese learners’ English – Yicheng Rong (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
• Binomials in Chhintang and Dumi Language: Archaic Pairing Nouns – Ichchha Purna Rai, Tej Maya Rai (Tribhuvan University)
• The two adjective classes in Nar – Lai Ka Yau Ryan (The University of Hong Kong)
• Differential Object Marking: Towards an Optimality-Theoretic Approach – Lin Hannah (National University of Singapore)

17:00–17:30 Wrap-up