Publications

Representative Publications

(*denotes student coauthors; †first two authors share first authorship )

Wang, T., & Cooper Borkenhagen, M. (2024). Transitional probability between characters as a component of setence processing in Chinese. International Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 11(1), 6-30. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijchl.00020.wan
Sun, H., Wang, T., & Yu, M. (2024). Influence of stroke-order learning on Chinese character recognition among Chinese as a second language learners. System, 122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2024.103295
*Huang, R., & Wang, T. (2024). Novel word learning ability in 24-month-olds: The interactive role of mother’s work status and education level. Journal of Child Language, 1-22. http://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000924000011
*Huang, R., Baker, E. R., & Wang, T. (2023). Early bilingualism enhances theory of mind in children from low-income households via executive function skills. Cognitive Development. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2023.101389
Wang, T., *Yu, C.-Y., *Huang, R., & Lany, J. (2023). Acoustic cues to phrase and clause boundaries in infant-directed speech: Evidence from LENA recordings. Journal of Child Language. https://doi.org/ 10.1017/S030500092300034X
Long, J., †Wang, T., & Yu, M. (2022). Sentential position of V-N combination modulates the rhythmic pattern effect during Chinese sentence reading: Evidence from eye movements. Acta Psychologica, 228, 103641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103641
Wang, T., Cooper Borkenhagen, M., Barker, M., & Seidenberg, M. S. (2022). Meanings within meanings: Skilled readers activate irrelevant meanings of radicals in Chinese [Special issue]. Reading and Writing, 35(6), 1381-1399. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-022-10260-y
Xia, Q., Wang, T., Wang, J., Meng, Z., & Yu, M. (2022). To compound is to divide: The noun-verb distinction at the morphemic level. Lingua, 271, 103239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2021.103239
Yu, W., Wang, L., Qu, X., Wang, T., Zhang, J., & Liang, D. (2021). Transitional probabilities and expectation for word length impact verbal statistical learning. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 53(3), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1041.2021.00565
Yu, W., Wang, L., Cheng, X., Wang, T., Zhang, J., & Liang, D. (2021). The influence of linguistic experience on statistical word segmentation. Advances in Psychological Science, 29(4), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1042.2021.00787
Wang, T., Potter, C., & Saffran, J.R. (2020). Plasticity in second language learning: The case of Mandarin tones. Language Learning and Development, 16(3), 231-243. https://doi.org/10.1080/15475441.2020.1737072
Shoaib, A., †Wang, T., & Lany, J. (2018). Do infants learn words from statistics? Evidence from English-learning infants hearing Italian. Cognitive Science, 42(8), 3083-3099. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12673
Potter, C., Wang, T., & Saffran, J.R. (2017). Second language experience facilitates statistical learning of novel linguistic materials. Cognitive Science, 41(4), 913-927. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12473
Hay, J. F., Graf Estes, K., Wang, T., & Saffran, J. R. (2015). From flexibility to constraint: The contrastive use of lexical tone in early word learning. Child Development, 86(1), 10-22. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12269
Wang, T., & Saffran, J. R. (2014). Statistical learning of a tonal language: The influence of bilingualism and previous linguistic experience. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00953
Bai, X., Zhang, T., Tian, L., Liang, F., & Wang, T. (2010). Effect of word segmentation on American students reading Chinese: Evidence from eye movements. Psychological Research, 5, 25-30. http://www.cqvip.com/qk/88887x/201005/35292718.html
Bai, X., Tian, J., Yan, G., & Wang, T. (2009). The effect of word segmentation on Chinese text reading. Nankai Linguistics, 1, 140-185. http://www.cqvip.com/qk/71406x/200901/1002095738.html

Conference Presentations

(*denotes student collaborator)

*Balin, B., Selman, S.B., & Wang, T. (2024, January 4-6). Infant Statistical Learning: The Role of Daily Routines and Maternal Working Hours [Paper session]. The 24th Annual Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Budapest, Hungary.

*Tachakourt, Y., & Wang, T. (2023, July 26-29). The influence of multilingualism on cross-situational statistical word learning and mutual exclusivity [Poster session]. The 45th Annual Meeting of Cognitive Science Society, Sydney, Australia.

*Gahtan, J., *Rowe, N., & Wang, T. (2023, July 26-29). Story reading and children’s gender stereotype representation [Poster session]. The 45th Annual Meeting of Cognitive Science Society, Sydney, Australia.

Probasco, L., Wang, T., & Potter, C. (2022, October 14-15). The role of bilingualism in children’s ability to discriminate between unfamiliar languages [Poster session]. ARMADILLO, the Southwest Cognition Conference. Stephenville, TX, USA.

*Sun, Q., *Huang, C.-I., Casey, K., Cooper Borkenhagen, M., & Wang, T. (2022, July 27-30). Rates of gender representation in children’s literature across cultures: A comparison of US vs. Chinese children’s books [Poster session]. The 44th Annual Meeting of Cognitive Science Society, Toronto, Canada.

*Huang, R., *Robertson, W., & Wang, T. (2022, April 21-23). Infant’s word learning ability: effects of maternal work status and level of educational [Poster session]. The Cognitive Development Society Biennial Conference, Madison, WI, USA.

*Huang, R., *Robertson, W., & Wang, T. (2021, November 4-7). Maternal education and work status impact infant word learning ability [Poster session]. The 46th Annual Boston University Conference of Child Language Development; virtual.

Geffen, S., & Wang, T. (2021, April 7-9). The impact of child age on the acoustics of infant-directed speech [Poster session]. The 21st Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development; virtual.

Wang, T., *Huang, R., *Yu, E. C.-Y., *Robertson, W. (2021, April 7-9). The impact of naturalistically produced mental state words on infants’ language development [Poster session]. The 21st Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development; virtual.

Geffen, S., & Wang, T. (2020, December 7-11). The impact of child age and sentence-type on the acoustics of infant-directed speech [Poster session]. The 179th Meeting of the Acoustics Society of American; virtual.

Yu, W., Wang, T., Wang, L., Zhang, J., & Liang, D. (2020, November 5-8). Word length and transitional probabilities impact word segmentation [Poster session]. The 45th Annual Boston University Conference of Child Language Development; virtual.

Wang, T., *Huang, R., *Yu, C.-Y., Lany, J. (2020, July 6-9). Acoustic cues in naturalistic infant-directed speech: A replication study [Poster session]. The 22nd Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies; virtual.

Wang, T., *Huang, R., *Yu, C.-Y., Lany, J. (2020, July 6-9). Acoustic features of infant directed speech correlate with language development [Poster session]. The 22nd Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies; virtual.

*Huang, R., Wang, T., *Yu, C.-Y., *Robertson, W. (2020, July 29-Auguest 1). Acoustic features of infant directed speech in female and male speakers [Poster session]. The 42nd Annual Meeting of Cognitive Science Society; virtual.

Xia, Q., Wang, T., Yu, M.* (2020, June). To compound is to divide: The grammatical class effect of morphemes in reading Chinese [Poster session]. Accepted to the 27th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Newport Beach, CA, USA (Conference canceled).

Wang, T., Lany, J., & Hay, J. (2019, June 27-29). Do infants learn words from statistics [Poster session]? The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning, San Sebastian, Spain.

Wang, T., Cooper Borkenhagen, M., & Seidenberg, M. S. (2018, July 18-21). Using transitional probabilities to group characters in reading Chinese [Paper session]. The 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Brighton, UK.

Cooper Borkenhagen, M., Wang, T., & Seidenberg, M. S. (2018, July 18-21). Meanings within meanings: Skilled readers activate the meanings of phonetic cues in Chinese [Paper session]. The 25th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Brighton, UK.

Wang, T., Cooper Borkenhagen, M., & Seidenberg, M. S. (2018, July 25-28). Skilled readers activate the meanings of phonetic cues in Chinese [Poster session]. The 40th Annual Meeting of Cognitive Science Society, Madison, WI, USA.

Shoaib, A., Wang, T., & Lany, J. (2018, July 25-28). Do infants learn words from statistics? Evidence from English-learning infants hearing Italian [Poster session]. The 18th Annual Meeting of Cognitive Science Society, Madison, WI, USA.

Shoaib, A., Wang, T., & Lany, J. (2018, June 30-July 3). Baby talk: Sex-related differences in infants’ word recognition skills and vocabulary development in IDS [Poster session]. The 21st Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Wang, T. (2018, May 4-6). How to define linguistic units from a psycholinguistic approach: A case study of morpheme [Young Scholar Award Paper Session]. The 26th Annual Meeting of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics. Madison, WI, USA.

Hay, J., Shoaib, A., Wang, T., Moore, D., Lohman, J., & Lany. J. (2017, November 3-5). Learning words in an unfamiliar language: The role of statistics and context [Paper session]. The 42nd Annual Boston University Conference of Child Language Development, Boston, MA, USA.

Lany, J., Moore, D., Lohman, J., Shoaib, A., Wang, T., Hay, J. (2017, October 12-14). The role of statistics and context in learning words from an unfamiliar language [Poster session]. The 10th Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Portland, OR, USA.

Su, H., & Wang, T. (2017, April 20-23). Assessing lower-level Chinese language achievement from psycholinguistic and second language processing perspectives. Paper presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Chicago, IL, USA.

Potter, C., Wang, T., & Saffran, J.R. (2015, June 25-27). Improvements in statistical learning: the effects of task experience and second language exposure [Poster session]. The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning, San Sebastian, Spain.

Wang, T., Su, H., & Potter, C. (2015, April 21-23). Assessing lower-level Chinese language achievement using psycholinguistic measures [Paper session]. The 23rd International Conference on Chinese Language Instruction, Princeton, NJ, USA.

Wang, T. (2014, November 21-23). Chinese character instruction: Effects of learning order and new strategies [Paper session. The 24th Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Wang, T., & Saffran, J. R. (2014, July 3-5). Tonal register in statistical learning [Paper session]. In J. R. Saffran (Chair), Cues and context in infants’ computation of the statistical regularities in natural and artificial languages. The 19th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Berlin, Germany.

Wang, T. (Chair) (2014, July 3-5). Tone perception and word learning in tone- and non-tone-learning infants [Symposium]. The 19th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Berlin, Germany.

Liu, L., Wang, T., Kager, R., & Saffran, J. R. (2014, July 3-5). How non-tone-learning infants use tonal cues in word learning [Paper session]. In T. Wang (Chair), Tone Perception and Word Learning in Tone- and Non-Tone-Learning Infants. The 19th Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Berlin, Germany.

Wang, T. (2013, June 7-9). Pedagogical implication of phonological and semantic information in reading Chinese [Paper session]. The 21st Annual Meeting of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics, Taipei, Taiwan.

Wang, T. (2012, November 16-18). When theory informs practice: Chinese linguistics in L2 language instruction [Paper session]. The 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Hay, J., Wang, T., & Saffran, J. R. (2012, November 2-4). Perceptual narrowing in the second year: The case of pitch contour [Paper session]. The 37th Annual Boston University Conference of Child Language Development, Boston, MA, USA.

Wang, T., & Saffran, J.R. (2012, November 2-4). Lexical tone in statistical learning [Poster session]. The 37th Annual Boston University Conference of Child Language Development, Boston, MA, USA.

Wang, T., Potter, C., & Saffran, J.R. (2012, October 18-21). Individual variability in Mandarin tone discrimination with L2 experience [Poster session]. The 31st Annual Second Language Research Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.