Research
Refereed conference presentations/posters
Li, S. W. Y., McDonald, M., & Zamuner, T. S. (2024). Listeners integrate semantic and phonetic cues during sentence comprehension. Poster presented at LabPhon 19, Hanyang Universeity, Seoul, Korea, 27–29 June 2024.
Li, S. W. Y. & Ahn, S. (2024). The effects of place of articulation and voicing on bidirectional C-to-V coarticulation. Poster presented at The Canadian Linguistic Association Conference 2024, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 17–19 June 2024.
Li, S. W. Y. & Ahn, S. (2024). Bidirectional C-to-V coarticulation across syllable and word boundaries. Poster presented at The 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 13–17 May 2024.
Li, S. W. Y., McDonald, M., & Zamuner, T. S. (2024). Integration of semantic and coarticulation cues during spoken language comprehension in adults. Poster presented at The 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 13–17 May 2024.
Cheng, A. C. & Li, S. (2023). Nominal Propoerty Concepts and Possession in Hong Kong Cantonese. Talk presented at The Sixth Forum on Cantonese Linguistics (FoCAL-6), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 10 June 2023.
Li, S. W. Y., McDonald, M., & Zamuner, T. S. (2023). How listeners combine and integrate multiple linguistic cues during spoken language comprehension: A focus on semantics and coarticulation. Talk presented at PsychoShorts, University of Ottawa, 3 March 2023.
Li, S. W. Y. & Yanhui Zhang. (2017). Investigating the relationship of memory systems in second language acquisition using an artificial language learning paradigm. Poster presented at The International Conference on Bilingualism: Language and Heritage, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 18 – 19 December 2017 [PDF]
Li, S. W. Y. & Yanhui Zhang. (2017). The relation of working memory, declarative memory and procedural memory as individual differences in SLA. Poster presented at Georgetown University Round Table 2017: Variable Properties: Their Nature and Acquisition, Georgetown University, 10 – 12 March, 2017 [PDF]
Li, S. W. Y. (2016). The relationship of working memory, declarative memory and procedural memory as individual differences in second language acquisition. Talk presented at Annual Research Forum of Linguistic Society of Hong Kong, The Education University of Hong Kong, 3 December 2016. [PDF]
Li, S. W. Y. , Wang, S., & Winterstein, G. (2015). Building an English – Chinese advertisement corpus. Talk presented at International Conference on Corpus Linguistics and Technology Advancement 2015, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, 16 – 18 December, 2015. [PDF]
Papers in conference proceedings, published abstracts, preprints
Li, S. W. Y., McDonald, M., & Zamuner, T. S. (2024). Integration of semantic and coarticulation cues during spoken language comprehension in adults. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155, A78.
Li, S. W. Y. & Ahn, S. (2024). Bidirectional C-to-V coarticulation across syllable and word boundaries. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155, A312.
McDonald, M., López Assef, B., Li, S., & Zamuner, T.S. (2023). The visual world paradigm for indexing phonological and semantic co-activation in children: A methodological overview. Available on PsyArXiv. [PDF]
Invited talks
Li, S. W. Y. Bilingual Babies. Talk given at the General Meeting of Rotary Satellite Club of Tai Po – Companion 2020-2021, June 29, 2021
Li, S. W. Y. & Elaine Lau. Bilingualism: Unleashing your cognitive powers. Talk given at the Annual General Meeting of Rotaract Club of Tai Po 2018-2019, April 27, 2019.
Li, S. W. Y. Introduction to academic writing. Talk given at ENGL4282 Language Testing and Assessment, School of English, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, April 22, 2019.
Li, S. W. Y. Fun with language, Talk given at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 20 November 2017.
Mai, Z., Elaine Lau, Li, S., & Yip, V. Effects of bilingualism on infants’ selective attention to the mouth and the eyes, Talk given at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Chinese University of Hong Kong - Peking University - University System of Taiwan Joint Research Centre for Language and Human Complexity 2017, 20 October 2017.
Li, S. W. Y. Investigating the relationship of memory systems in second language acquisition using an artificial language learning paradigm, Talk given at LT4226 Second Language Acquisition, Department of Linguistics and Translation, City University of Hong Kong, April 12, 2017.
Li, S. W. Y. Language learning strategies workshop, Talk given at Prof. Phoenix's Studio and Dr. Phoenix's Education Centre, December 18, 2016.
Li, S. W. Y. L2 research methodology, Talk given at LING3204 Second Language Acquisition, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. November 2, 2016.
Li, S. W. Y. Research methodology and thesis sharing, Talk given at LING5701A & LING5701B Linguistics Research, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. October 13, 2016.
Theses
Li, S. W. Y. (2016). The relation of working memory, declarative memory and procedural memory as individual differences in second language acquisition. M.A. Thesis, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. [PDF]
Supervisor: Gloria Yanhui Zhang
Editorial works
Co-edit on “讓品牌「飛」！ ──策略社交媒體、網絡營銷實戰秘笈” with InnoSights Limited Editing Team, by Jeffrey Phoenix Hui, published by Hong Kong Economic Times, 2014.
Honours and awards
International Doctoral Scholarship, University of Ottawa, 2020 -
Dana Mullen Award, University of Ottawa, 2022
Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) Outstanding Thesis Award 2016