Journal articles

Chang, Y.-H. S.* (2024). Acoustic and articulatory variation of Mandarin diphthong /ou/. Concentric: Studies in Linguistics, 50(1), 1-19.

Chang, Y.-H. S. (2023). Effects of production training with ultrasound biofeedback on production and perception of L2 English tense-lax vowel contrasts. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 66(5), 1479-1495.

Chang, Y.-H. S. (2021). How to teach Mandarin alveolo-palatal [ɕ]: pedagogical suggestions based on articulatory comparisons of Mandarin [ɕ] and English [ʃ]. Journal of Chinese Language Teaching, 18(4), 1-28.

Huang, B.*, Bailey, A., Sass, D., Chang, Y.-H. S. (2021). An investigation of the validity of a speaking assessment for adolescent English language learners. Language Testing, 38(3), 401-428.

Liao, Y.-F.*, Chang, Y.-H. S., Lin, Y.-C., Hsu, W.-H., Pleva, M., & Juhár, J. (2020). Formosa Speech in the Wild Corpus for improving Taiwanese Mandarin speech-enabled Human-Computer Interaction. Journal of Signal Processing Systems, 92, 853–873.

Huang, B. H.*, Chang, Y.-H. S., Zhi, M., & Niu, L. (2020). The effect of input on Bilingual adolescents’ long-term language outcomes in a foreign language instruction context. International Journal of Bilingualism, 24(1), 8-25.

Huang, B. H.*, Chang, Y.-H. S., Niu, L., & Zhi, M. (2018). Examining the effects of socio-economic status and language input on adolescent English learners' speech production outcomes. System, 73. 27-36. 

Hung, Y.C. Hung, & Chang, Y.-H. S.* (2017). The effects of L1 vowel development and L2 learning experience on the perception of L2 vowels for Taiwanese elementary school students. English Teaching & Learning, 41(3). 91-112.

Chang, Y.H. S.* (2017) The influence of dialect information on the perception of the Mandarin alveolar-retroflex contrast. Concentric: Studies in Linguistics, 43 (1). 1-23.

Chang, Y.H. S.*, Yao, Y., & Huang, B.H. (2017). Effects of linguistic experience on the perception of high-variability non-native tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(2), EL120-126.

Chang, Y.H. S.*, & Shih, C. (2015). Place contrast enhancement: The case of the alveolar and retroflex sibilant production in two dialects of Mandarin. Journal of Phonetics, 50, 52-66.

Proceedings papers and working papers

Liao, Y.F.*, Hsu, W.H., Lin, Y.C., Chang, Y.-H. S. (2018). Formosa Speech Recognition Challenge 2018: Data, Plan and Baselines. In Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP). 

Liao, Y.F.*, Chang, Y.-H. S., Wang, S.Y., Chen, J.W., Wang, S.M., Wang, J.H. (2018). A Progress Report of the Taiwan Mandarin Radio Speech Corpus Project. In Proceedings of Oriental COCOSDA 2017.

Chang, Y.-H. S.*, Liao, Y.F., Wang, S.M., Wang, J.H., Chen, Y.D.  (2017). Development of a large-scale Mandarin radio speech corpus. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics-Taiwan, 1-6.

Wang, S.M.*, Chu, L.Y., Wang, J.H, Chang, Y.-H. S., Liao, Y.F., Hong, H.R (2017). An interactive learning system incorporated application to Educational Radio Station Website. In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics-Taiwan.

Chang, Y.-H. S.* (2015). Use of social information in the perception of Mandarin alveolar-retroflex contrast. In Proceedings of ICPhS XVIII.

Chang, Y.-H. S.*, Shih, C., & Allen, J.B. (2013). Variability in cross-dialect perception of the Mandarin alveolar-retroflex contrast. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Phonetics of the Languages in China 2013, 115-118.

Chang, Y.-H.S.*, & Shih, C. (2012). Using map tasks to investigate the effect of contrastive focus on the Mandarin alveolar-retroflex contrast. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2012.  

Chang, Y.-H. S.* (2011). Distinction between Mandarin Tones 2 and 3 for L1 and L2 Listeners. In Proceedings of NACCL-23, 84-96. 

Chang, Y.-H. S.* (2011). A corpus study of retroflex realizations in Beijing and Taiwan  Mandarin. In Proceedings of ICPhS XVII. 

Lichtman, K.*, Chang, Y.-H. S., Cramer, J. S., Crespo del Rio, C., Huensch, A., Morales, A., & Hallett, J. (2010). IPA illustration of Q’anjob’al. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences: Illinois Working Papers. 1-23. 

Chang, Y.-H. S.* (2008). An acoustic and perceptual study of vowel nasality in Taiwanese. UST Working Papers in Linguistics (USTWPL), 4. 1-10.

Chang, Y.-H. S.* (2007). An OT analysis of Limilngan stress. In Proceedings of National Conference on Linguistics 2007, Taipei. 

Conference Presentations

Efficacy of adaptive high-variability phonetic training: learner and vowel differences. To be presented at the 15th Annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT 2024). Iowa State University, USA.

Articulation of the rhotic /ɹ/ in Taiwan Mandarin (June, 2024). Ultrafest XI. University of Aizu, Japan.

Dentition and articulations of Mandarin rhotic /ɹ/ and retroflex /ʂ/: a preliminary study (May, 2024). The 13th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP 2024). Autrans, France. 

Acoustic and articulatory modifications of Mandarin vowels in clear and Lombard speech (Dec. 2023). The 185th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. Sydney, Australia.

Teaching L2 Speech Rhythm via Human Beatboxing (Oct. 2023). The International Conference on Applied Linguistics 2023 (APLX 2023). Taipei, Taiwan.

Effects of consonantal contexts on L2 English tense-lax vowel perception and production (May, 2023). HISPhonCog2023. Seoul, Korea.

Efficacy of ultrasound training on L2 English tense-lax vowel production (Nov., 2022). Ultrafest X. Manchester, UK.

An articulatory investigation of Mandarin speakers’ production of English /r/ (Dec. 2020). The 12th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP). Providence, USA.

An ultrasound study of English vowel productions by newly-arriving Mandarin-speaking young children (Oct. 2020). Ultrafest IX. Bloomington, USA.

An acoustic and articulatory investigation of [ou] in Taiwan Mandarin vs. Beijing Mandarin. North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-32) (Sep. 2020). Storrs, USA.

Development of a Large-Scale Taiwanese Min Speech Corpus for Improving Human-Computer Interaction. Linguistic Patterns in Spontaneous Speech (Nov. 2019). Taipei, Taiwan.

Input matters more than starting age in long-term language outcomes in a foreign language learning context. International Symposium on Bilingualism 12 (Jun. 2019). Edmonton, Canada. 

A comparison of English and Mandarin palatal fricatives with articulatory data. Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2019 (May 2019). Seoul, Korea.

Specifying the effect of early foreign language instruction on long-term oral language and academic language outcomes. AAAL2019 (Mar. 2019). Atlanta, USA.  

An investigation of the validity of a new speaking assessment for adolescent EFL learners. The 41st Language Testing Research Colloquium. (Mar. 2019). Atlanta, USA.   

Formosa Speech Recognition Challenge 2018: Data, Plan and Baselines. 2018 11th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP) (Nov. 2018). Taipei, Taiwan.

Articulatory and acoustic investigations into gestures of Mandarin retroflex fricatives. The 176th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (Nov. 2018). Victoria, Canada.

Progress of the Taiwan Mandarin Radio Speech Corpus Project. Oriental COCOSDA 2017 (Nov. 2017). Seoul, South Korea.

Prosodic Annotation of Mandarin Spontaneous Speech Using Rapid Prosody Transcription. Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences 2017 (Nov. 2017). Seoul, South Korea.

Focus effects on acoustic cues to sibilant place of articulation. The 173rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (Jun. 2017). Boston, USA.

Development of a large-scale Mandarin radio speech corpus. IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics-Taiwan (Jun. 2017). Taipei, Taiwan.

An interactive learning system incorporated application to Educational Radio Station Website. IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics-Taiwan (Jun. 2017). Taipei, Taiwan.

Cross-language effects on the perception of non-native tonal contrasts. Tone and Intonation in Europe 2016 (Sep. 2016). Canterbury, UK. 

Effects of linguistic experience on the perception of non-native tonal contrasts. New Sounds 2016 (Jun. 2016). Aarhus, Denmark.

Limited evidence for dialect priming in the perception of the Mandarin alveolar-retroflex contrast. NWAV-AP4 (Apr. 2016). Taipei Taiwan.

Selective Benefits of Early Foreign Language Instruction on Long-Term Foreign Language Outcomes. AAAL 2016 (Apr. 2016). Orlando, USA.

Use of social information in the perception of Mandarin alveolar-retroflex contrast. ICPhS XVIII (Aug. 2015). Glasgow, UK.

Not all Early Birds Get the Worm: The Effect of Early Instruction on Long-Term Foreign Language Outcomes. AAAL 2015 (Mar. 2015). Toronto, Canada.

The long-term outcomes of early foreign language instruction. Texas Foreign Language Education Conference (Feb. 2015). San Antonio, USA.

Perceptual affinity of Mandarin palatals and retroflexes. The168th Meeting for the Acoustical Society of America (Nov. 2014). Indianapolis, USA.

Variability in cross-dialect perception of the Mandarin alveolar-retroflex contrast. International Conference on the Phonetics of the Languages in China (Dec. 2013). Hong Kong.

Effects of input pitch height on L1 vs. L2 reproduction of Mandarin tones. The 31st Annual Second Language Research Forum (SLRF, Oct. 2012). Pittsburgh, USA.

Using map tasks to investigate the effect of contrastive focus on the Mandarin alveolar-retroflex contrast. Speech Prosody (May 2012). Shanghai, China.

Are rhotics perceived as a single category?. Linguistics Society of America (LSA) Meeting (Jan. 2012). Portland, USA.

The effects of prosodic strengthening on alveolar-retroflex contrasts in Beijing and Taiwan Mandarin. Mid-Continental Phonetics & Phonology Conference (Mid-Phon 17, Oct. 2011). Champaign, USA.

The role of vowel transitions in the perception of Mandarin sibilants. The 162nd meeting for the Acoustical Society of America (Oct. 2011). San Diego, USA.

A Corpus Study of retroflex realizations in Beijing and Taiwan Mandarin. ICPhS XVII (Aug. 2011). Hong Kong.

Distinction between Mandarin Tones 2 and 3 for L1 vs. L2 Listeners. NACCL-23 (Jun. 2011). Eugene, USA.

Acoustic investigation of lexical stress in Taiwan Mandarin. Student Workshop on East Asian Linguistics (SWEAL; Jun. 2010). National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Lip rounding as an enhancing gesture in Taiwan Mandarin retroflexes. Illinois Language and Linguistics Society 2 (ILLS-2; May 2010). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Perceptual training on learning of English vowel contrasts. 2nd SLATE Graduate Research Symposium (May 2010). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Training Mandarin Speakers to Identify English Vowels. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL; Mar. 2010). Atlanta, USA.

Lip Rounding in Taiwan Mandarin Retroflex Sibilants. Linguistic Society of America (LSA; Jan. 2010). Baltimore, USA.

Nasal and Nasalized Vowels in Taiwanese. Student Workshop on East Asian Linguistics (SWEAL-2008; Jun. 2008). National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

An OT Analysis of Limilngan Stress. National Conference on Linguistics (Jun. 2007), Taipei.