PAMLab at City University of Hong Kong

07/14/2026

Join us in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 next January for , hosted by LT.CityU!

Abstract submission deadline: 30 September 2026

https://lt.cityu.edu.hk/iwolp2027/

Prof. Chang is part of a great line-up of speakers spanning all aspects of language production. 🤩

The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.

07/13/2026

A feature on "Social perception of creaky voice in Mandarin Chinese" in ClearSkyScience!

"...social reactions to creaky voice are not universal or fixed by biology. Instead, they grow out of language specific sound systems and local ideas about gender, age, and style, reminding us that how a voice is heard depends as much on the listener and culture as on the speaker."

https://www.clearskyscience.com/en/10.1057/s41599-026-07108-z/

Department of Language Science and Technology, HKPolyU LT.CityU

Study of how Mandarin speakers perceive creaky voice, showing gender specific effects on perceived age, gender, and warmth.

07/07/2026

Join us in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 next May for !

https://ling.cuhk.edu.hk/tai2027/
https://linguistlist.org/issues/37/2265/

Organized by Profs. Peggy Mok, Yao Yao, & Charles Chang, this conference will bring together researchers working on all aspects of linguistic tone and intonation.

香港中文大學語言學及現代語言系 :: Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, CUHK CUHK Faculty of Arts 香港中文大學文學院 Department of Language Science and Technology, HKPolyU LT.CityU

The 4th International Conference on Tone and Intonation

05/25/2026

Kpogo to Wayne State! 🎉

We're thrilled to hear that lab alum Felix Kpogo (PhD 2024), currently Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown University, has accepted a new job in the Linguistics Program at Wayne State University this coming fall. He will start as a Pre-Faculty Fellow and then transition to a tenure-track Assistant Professorship. Congratulations to Felix!

https://www.felixkpogo.com/

Wayne State Linguistics BU Linguistics

Kpogo CV [email protected]

05/22/2026

New paper alert: congratulations to Prof. Yao Yao, PhD student Meixian (Vicky) Li, and Prof. Chang on the publication of their article "Social perception of creaky voice in Mandarin Chinese: everyone’s gender matters" in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications! 👏👏👏

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-026-07108-z

Department of Language Science and Technology, HKPolyU LT.CityU Nature Portfolio

Recent years have witnessed increasing interest in the social meanings of non-modal voice qualities, but most existing studies focus on English, especially in the North American context. This paper reports a perceptual study of the social meanings of creaky voice in Mandarin Chinese for mainland Chi...

05/18/2026

Congratulations to PhD student Meixian (Vicky) Li, who will present a talk entitled "Gender effects in creaky voice production in English and Mandarin: Men are creakier" (coauthored with Profs. Yao & Chang) at in Seoul 🇰🇷 later this week 👏👏 Well-done, Vicky!

https://site.hanyang.ac.kr/web/hisphoncog

한양대학교 Hanyang University LT.CityU

HISPhonCog 2026 | HIPCS, Hanyang University | Official Website

05/13/2026

Congratulations to Jupitara Ray on successfully defending her PhD dissertation, "Phonetic plasticity in Indian English bilinguals: How L2 accommodation alters L1 production and perception"! Well-done, Jupitara! 👏👏👏

Here is Jupitara post-defense with her dissertation committee: Profs. Kate Lindsey, Charles Chang, and Esther de Leeuw (not pictured).

BU Linguistics Boston University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

05/04/2026

Abstract deadline for extended to May 15! 😅

The Fifth International Conference on Language Attrition and Bilingualism (ICLA 5) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from around the wor...

05/01/2026

New paper alert: congratulations to lab alum Dr. Felix Kpogo and Prof. Chang on the publication of their article entitled "Age, gender, and locality effects on innovation in the Twi vowel harmony system" in Language Variation and Change! 🤩

This article is the first paper from Felix's PhD dissertation. It argues for "the importance of local social context for the manifestation of variation and the unique insights of non-Western communities for sociolinguistic theory."

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954394526100672

LT.CityU Brown University

Age, gender, and locality effects on innovation in the Twi vowel harmony system

04/10/2026

Congratulations to Prof. Chang on being named a recipient of the 2026 Yuen Ren Chao Prize in Language Science! The Chao Prize is awarded by the Faculty of Humanities, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and "recognises distinguished contributions to language science research".

https://www.polyu.edu.hk/fh/news-and-events/news/2026/2026-yuen-ren-chao-prize-in-language-science-announced/

LT.CityU

The Faculty of Humanities of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is pleased to announce the laureates of the 2026 Yuen Ren Chao Prize in Langua...