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Peggy  Pik Ki  Mok
         My Chinese name

              Professor
B.A. (CUHK); M.Phil., Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages

    Associate Dean (Student Affairs)
                 Faculty of Arts
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

peggymok --at-- cuhk dot edu dot hk
Tel:  +852 3943 1768
Fax: +852 2603 7755
ORCID: 0000-0002-9284-6083



Research Interests

Basically, experimental phonetics! I am interested in both speech production and perception, particularly with cross-linguistic and psycholinguistic perspectives. I investigate both segmental and prosodic properties of speech, but focusing more on prosodic aspects in recent years. Speech acquisition in different contexts is an important theme in my research. Additionally, I am interested in forensic phonetics, and the bilingual mental lexicon. You can see my publications and research projects I supervise for a general idea of my research interests.

The topic of my PhD thesis is 'Influences on vowel-to-vowel coarticulation', which was supervised by Prof. Sarah Hawkins at the University of Cambridge. I was interested in seeing how different factors affect a presumably physical and universal phenomenon. I investigated two quasi-independent types of influences on vowel-to-vowel coarticulation: those stemming from the phonological structure of the language and those stemming more from phonetic or physical considerations. You can find details in my early publications.

I supervise research projects in phonetics and psycholinguistics. You can find some representative MA and BA projects here. Postgraduate research students supervised by me are as follows.

Karen So
 MPhil (in progress)
 AI speech register in Cantonese
Zhou Wangqian
 PhD (in progress) Production and perception of tone and prominence in Changsha Xiang
Shu Tong
 PhD (in progress) The relation between gesture and prosody in tone languages
Wan Meihao
 PhD (in progress) Language contact and sound change: A case study of tone variation in Jiuhe Bai
Li Qiuyuan
 PhD (in progress) Sociophonetic variation of voice quality in Mandarin Chinese
Zhu Zhiqiang
 PhD (in progress) The acquisition of Mandarin Chinese /r/-/l/ by Japanese speakers
Lan Chen
 PhD (in progress)
 Speech acquisition of heritage Chinese by young heritage speakers
Zhang Weijun
 PhD (2024) Interaction between tones and segments in Wenzhou Wu Chinese: articulation, perception and sound change
Ren Xinran
 PhD (2022)
 Third language vowel production and perception: L3 Korean by learners with L1 Cantonese and L2 English
Li Yu Fai PhD (2022)
 Manifestation of Cantonese lexical tones in speech registers
Donald White
 PhD (2021)
 A longitudinal study of second-language speech patterns after immigration
Chen Shuwen
 PhD (2020) Production and perception of English rhotic sounds by Mandarin-English bilinguals
Zhu Yanjiao
 PhD (2020)
 Third language acquisition: German speech patterns produced by Cantonese-English bilinguals
Li Xiaolin
 MPhil (2020) The acquisition of Xiamen citation tones and tone sandhi by children
Richard Gananathan
 MPhil (2019) Perceptual learning from production training with ultrasound biofeedback
Li Guo
 MPhil (2017)
 Effects of prosodic hierarchy on juncture realization and coarticulation in Cantonese
Holly Fung
 MPhil (2016)
 Phonetic realization of narrow focus in Hong Kong Cantonese and its temporal relationship with point gestures
Jingwen Li
 MPhil (2014) Acquisition of lexical stress in bilingual children: English and Cantonese
Xu Bo MPhil (2013) Cross-linguistic perception of intonation by Cantonese and Mandarin listeners
Qin Zhen
 MPhil (2012)
 The perception of Cantonese tones by speakers of tone and non-tone languages
Zuo Donghui
 MPhil (2012)
 Formant dynamics of diphthongs in the speech of bilingual identical twins


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My CV

  Education background

  PhD in Linguistics, University of Cambridge
  MPhil in Linguistics, University of Cambridge 
  BA in Chinese Language and Literature (minor in English Language and Literature),
  The Chinese University of Hong Kong (First Class Honours)
 
  Research Grants
Jan 2024 - Dec 2026
 Human vs AI: Speech register and speech accommodation in human-machine interaction. RGC GRF, HKD 1,400,000
Jan 2023 - Dec 2024
 The acquisition of complex tone sandhi. RGC GRF, HKD 742,500
Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
 A phonetic investigation of the voicing contrast and tone in contemporary Wu. RGC GRF, HKD 564,988
Jan 2017 - Jan 2019
 Speech patterns of Chinese heritage speakers. CUHK Direct Grant, HKD 80,000
Jan 2016 - Jun 2018
 From speech to spelling: Improving Chinese proficiency of non-Chinese speaking students through Cantonese speech learning. Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR) Research and Development Projects 2015-16, HKD 1,244,281 (Jyutping teaching materials)
Sep 2015 - Feb 2018
 Re-visiting tone acquisition of Cantonese speaking children in Hong Kong. RGC GRF, HKD 622,300
May 2013 - Dec 2014 A pilot study of intonation in Hong Kong English. CUHK Direct Grant, HKD 50,000
Jan 2012 - May 2013
 A pilot study of the Chinese-English bilingual mental lexicon. CUHK Direct Grant, HKD 90,000
Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
2010-2011
 Production and perception of juncture characteristics in three varieties of English. CUHK Direct Grant, HKD 100000 and
British Academy/ACU Grants for International Collaboration (with Dr. Jane Setter from University of Reading) GBP 4,987
Aril 2008 - Dec 2009
 A pilot study of bilingual children acquisition of speech rhythm: Cantonese and English. CUHK Direct Grant, HKD 80,255
 
  Work Experience
2021 - present
 Professor, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2014 - 2021
 Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2008 - 2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2006 - 2007 Instructor, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

  Teaching
Undergraduate: Phonetics I (including practical phonetics), Phonetics II, Psycholinguistics
MA: Linguistics Research, Phonetics, Psycholinguistics
MPhil/PhD:
 Topics in Phonetics
     

   Professional Associations

   Editorial Roles
   
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Papers and Presentations

   Journal Papers
  1. Ren, X. & Mok, P. (accepted) The effects of contextual tonal variation on Cantonese tone merging. Laboratory Phonology.
  2. Lan, C. & Mok, P. (accepted) Acoustic cues in the production and perception of Cantonese sarcasm. Language and Speech.
  3. Chen, S., Whalen, D.H. & Mok, P. (Online first) Production of English /ɹ/ by Mandarin-English bilingual speakers. Language and Speech. https://doi.org/10.1177/00238309241230895 [PDF]
  4. Yu, A.C.L., Li, V.G. & Mok, P. (2025) Contextual and paradigmatic effects on suspended contrast across generations: The case of Cantonese pinjam revisited. Journal of Phonetics, 110, Article 101412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2025.101412 [PDF]
  5. Cao, W.L., Cheung, H. & Mok, P. (2025) The effects of ethnic bias and face on identification, accentedness judgements and intelligibility of Cantonese accents in Hong Kong. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 157: 1618-1631. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0035783 [PDF] 
  6. Chen, S., Whalen, D.H. & Mok, P. (2024) What R Mandarin Chinese /ɹ/s? – Acoustic and articulatory features of Mandarin Chinese rhotics. Phonetica, 81: 509-552. https://doi.org/10.1515/phon-2023-0023 [PDF]  
  7. Zhu, Y. & Mok, P. (2024) Cross-linguistic influence on the production of third language consonant clusters by L1 Cantonese-L2 English-L3 German trilinguals. International Journal of Multilingualism, 21: 1700-1717. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2023.2208866 [PDF]
  8. Ge, C. & Mok, P. (2024) The effect of breathy voice on tone identification by listeners of different ages in Suzhou Wu Chinese. Journal of Phonetics, 105: Article 101330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2024.101330 [PDF] 
  9. Mok, P., Fung, H.S.H., Cao, W.L. & Leung, C.W. (2023) How similar are the formants in the speech of bilingual speakers? International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law, 30: 52-86.https://doi.org/10.1558/ijsll.22946[PDF]
  10. Lee, A., Li, X. & Mok, P. (2023) False germinates as an effective transitional strategy for Cantonese learners of Japanese. Second Language Research, 39: 1219-1234. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676583221128530 [PDF]
  11. Ge, C., Xu, W., Gu, W. & Mok, P. (2023) The change of breathy voice after tone split: A production study in Suzhou Wu Chinese. Journal of Phonetics, 98: Article 101239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2023.101239 [PDF] 
  12. Hudson, T., Setter, J. & Mok, P. (2022) English intonation in storytelling: a comparison of the perception and production of British and Hong Kong English speakers. English World-Wide, 43: 357-381. https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.21035.hud [PDF]
  13. Yu, A.C.L., Lee, C.W.T., Lan, C. & Mok, P. (2022) A new system of Cantonese tone? Tone perception and production in Hong Kong South Asian Cantonese. Language and Speech, 65: 625-649. https://doi.org/10.1177/00238309211046030[PDF]
  14. Lee-Kim, S.I., Ren, X. & Mok, P. (2021) Phonological similarity effects in cross-script cognate processing: Evidence from Sino-Korean word processing by Cantonese learners. Mental Lexicon, 16: 325-361. https://doi.org/10.1075/ml.20001.lee [PDF]
  15. Zhu, Y. & Mok, P. (2020) Visual recognition of cognates and interlingual homographs in two non-native languages: Evidence from Asian adult trilinguals. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 10: 441-470. https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.17049.zhu [PDF]
  16. Luo, J., Li, V.G. & Mok, P. (2020) The perception of Cantonese vowel length contrast by Mandarin speakers. Language and Speech, 63: 635-650. https://doi.org/10.1177/0023830919879471 [PDF]
  17. Mok, P., Li, V.G. & Fung, H.S.H. (2020) Development of phonetic contrasts in Cantonese tone acquisition. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63: 95-108. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_JSLHR-19-00152 [PDF]
  18. Mok, P., Fung, H.S.H. & Li, V.G. (2019) Assessing the link between perception and production in Cantonese tone acquisition. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62: 1243-1257. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_JSLHR-S-17-0430 [PDF]
  19. Mok, P., Li, V.G., Ng, H.T.Y., Li, J.J. & Cheung, H. (2019) Cross-modal association between vowels and colours: a cross-linguistic perspective. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 145: 2265-2276. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5096632 [PDF] copyright belongs to JASA 
  20. Wong, S.W. L., Wong, Dealey, J., Leung, V.W.H. & Mok, P. (2019) Production of English connected speech processes: an assessment of Cantonese ESL learners’ difficulties obtaining native-like speech. The Language Learning Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2019.1642372 [PDF]
  21. Mok, P. & Lee, A. (2018) The acquisition of lexical tones by Cantonese-English bilingual children. Journal of Child Language, 45: 1357-1376. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000918000260 [PDF]
  22. Fung, H.S.H. & Mok, P. (2018) Temporal coordination between focus prosody and pointing gesture in Cantonese. Journal of Phonetics, 71: 113-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2018.07.006 [PDF] 
  23. Lee, A. & Mok, P. (2018) Acquisition of Japanese quantity contrasts by L1 Cantonese speakers. Second Language Research, 34: 419-448. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267658317739056 [PDF] 
  24. Mok, P., Lee, A., Li, J. & Xu, B. (2018) Orthographic effects on the perception and production of L2 Mandarin tones. Speech Communication, 101: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2018.05.002 [PDF]
  25. Gómez, D.M., Mok, P., Ordin, M., Mehler, J. & Nespor, M. (2018) Statistical speech segmentation in tone languages: The role of lexical tones. Language and Speech, 61: 84-96. https://doi.org/10.1177/0023830917706529  [PDF]
  26. Wong, S.W.L., Tsui, J.K.Y., Chow, B.W.Y., Leung, V.W.H., Mok, P. & Chung, K.K.H. (2017) Perception of native English reduced forms in adverse environments by Chinese undergraduate students. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 46: 1149–1165. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10936-017-9486-y [PDF]
  27. Mok, P. & Yu, A.C.L. (2017) The effects of immersion on the bilingual lexicon: Evidence from Chinese-English bilinguals. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 7: 614-636. https://doi.org/10.1075/lab.15029.mok [PDF]
  28. Wong, S.W.L., Mok, P., Chung, K., Leung, V., Bishop, D. & Chow, B.W.Y. (2017) Perception of native English reduced forms in Chinese learners: Its role in listening comprehension and its phonological correlates. TESOL Quarterly, 51: 7-31.  https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.273 [PDF]
  29. Nixon, J.S., van Rij, J., Mok, P.,  Baayen, R. H. & Chen, Y. (2016) The temporal dynamics of perceptual uncertainty: eye movement evidence from Cantonese segment and tone perception. Journal of Memory and Language, 90: 103-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jml.2016.03.005 [PDF]
  30. Wang, H., Mok, P. & Meng, H. (2016) Capitalizing on musical rhythm for prosodic training in computer-aided language learning. Computer Speech and Language, 37: 67-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csl.2015.10.002 [PDF]
  31. Mok, P., Xu, B. & Zuo, D. (2015) Bilingual speaker identification: Chinese and English. International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law, 22: 57-77. https://doi.org/10.1558/ijsll.v22i1.18636 [PDF]
  32. Zuo, D. & Mok, P. (2015) Formant dynamics of bilingual identical twins. Journal of Phonetics, 52:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2015.03.003 [PDF]
  33. Setter, J., Mok, P., Low, E.L., Zuo, D. & Tan, A. (2014) Word juncture characteristics in world Englishes: A research report. World Englishes, 33:278-291.https://doi.org/10.1111/weng.12085 [PDF]
  34. Qin, Z. & Mok, P. (2013) Discrimination of Cantonese Tones by Speakers of Tone and Non-tone Languages. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol 34. https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.12864   [PDF]
  35. Mok, P., Zuo, D. & Wong, P. (2013) Production and perception of a sound change in progress: tone merging in Hong Kong Cantonese. Language Variation and Change, 25: 341-370. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954394513000161 [PDF] copyright belongs to CUP
  36. Mok, P. (2013) Does vowel inventory density affect vowel-to-vowel coarticulation? Language and Speech, 56: 191-209. https://doi.org/10.1177/0023830912443948 [PDF]
  37. Mok, P. (2013) Speech rhythm of monolingual and bilingual children at 2;06: Cantonese and English. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 16: 693-703. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728912000636 [PDF] copyright belongs to CUP
  38. Mok, P. & Zuo, D. (2012) The separation between music and speech: evidence from the perception of Cantonese tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132: 2711-2720. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4747010 [PDF] copyright belongs to JASA
  39. Mok, P. (2012) Effects of consonant cluster syllabification on vowel-to-vowel coarticulation in English. Speech Communication, 54: 946-956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2012.04.001 [PDF]
  40. Mok, P. (2011) Effects of vowel duration and vowel quality on vowel-to-vowel coarticulation. Language and Speech, 54: 527-545. https://doi.org/10.1177/0023830911404961 [PDF]
  41. Mok, P. (2011) The acquisition of speech rhythm by three-year-old bilingual and monolingual children: Cantonese and English. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 14: 458-472. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728910000453 [PDF] copyright belongs to CUP
  42. Mok, P. (2010) Language-specific realizations of syllable structure and vowel-to-vowel coarticulation. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128: 1346-1356. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.3466859 [PDF] copyright belongs to JASA 
  43. Mok, P. (2009) On the syllable-timing of Cantonese and Beijing Mandarin. Chinese Journal of Phonetics, 2: 148-154. [PDF]

   Book Chapters

  1. White, D. & Mok, P. (2023) Speech rhythm, length of residence and language experience: A longitudinal investigation.Speech Rhythm in Learner and Second Language Varieties of English, p.97-122.Singapore: Springer. 
  2. Zhu, Y. & Mok, P. (2022) The role of prosody across languages. In The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and L2 Speaking, pp.201-214. New York: Routledge.
  3. Lee, A. & Mok, P. (2022) Lexical tone. In Setter, J. & Knight, R.A. (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Phonetics, pp.185-208. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  4. Lau, C.M. & Mok, P. (2019) Teaching Jyutping to non-Chinese-speaking secondary school students in Hong Kong. In Wakefield, J.C. (ed.) Cantonese as a Second Language: Issues, Experiences and Suggestions for Teaching and Learning, pp. 252-272. London: Routledge.
  5. Mok, P. (2015) Tonal perception, Behavioral studies. Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics (ECLL). Brill Online. [Contents] [Online version]　

   Conference Papers

  1. Ge, C. & Mok, P. (2024) The effect of phonotactic constraints on tone sandhi application: A cross-sectional study of Xiamen Min. Proc. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2024, 403-407. Leiden. https://doi.org/10.21437/SpeechProsody.2024-82 [PDF]
  2. Lan, C. & Mok, P. (2024) Can Cantonese listeners identify the prosodic cues of sarcasm? In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2024, 682-686. Leiden. https://doi.org/10.21437/SpeechProsody.2024-138 [PDF]
  3. Shu, T., Zhu, Z. & Mok, P. (2024) Tonal patterns of the Mandarin third tone sandhi produced by Japanese speaking L2 learners. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2024, 111-115. Leiden. https://doi.org/10.21437/SpeechProsody.2024-23 [PDF]
  4. Wan, M. & Mok, P. (2024) Bai tone perception and production by Naxi speakers in Jiuhe: A preliminary study. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2024,260-264. Leiden. https://doi.org/10.21437/SpeechProsody.2024-53 [PDF]
  5. Zhu, Z. & Mok, P. (2024) Can L2 speech rate surpass L1? Evidence from Mandarin learners of Japanese with and without immersion. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2024,106-110. Leiden. https://doi.org/10.21437/SpeechProsody.2024-22 [PDF]
  6. Cao, W.L. & Mok, P. (2023) The acoustics of cross-linguistic filled pauses in Cantonese-English-Mandarin trilingual speech. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), 3814-3818. Prague. [PDF] 
  7. Ge, C. & Mok, P. (2023) The phonetic realization of intervocalic obstruents in Suzhou Wu Chinese. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), 773-777. Prague. [PDF]
  8. Lan, C. & Mok, P. (2023) A preliminary study on Cantonese vowel development by young heritage children. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), 2885-2889. Prague. [PDF]
  9. Li, Q. & Mok, P. (2023) A perception study on voice quality and stance in Mandarin Chinese. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), 1786-1790. Prague. [PDF]
  10. Shu, T. & Mok, P. (2023) A preliminary study of Mandarin neutral tone production by Japanese and Korean L2 learners. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), 2517-2521. Prague. [PDF]
  11. Xu, W. & Mok, P. (2023) Prosodic word as the domain of breathiness: Evidence from disyllabic words in Kunshan Wu. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), 1781-1785. Prague. [PDF]
  12. Zhang, W. & Mok, P. (2023) Interaction between prosodic position and obstruent voicing: A case of English lettered word in Wenzhou Wu Chinese. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), 1836-1840. Prague. [PDF]
  13. Zhu, Z. & Mok, P. (2023) The production of Mandarin /r/ by early and late Japanese-Mandarin biilnguals: articulatory and acoustic findings. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), 2850-2854. Prague. [PDF]
  14. Ge, C., Xu, W., Gu, W. & Mok, P. (2022) An electroglottographic study of phonation types of tones in Suzhou Wu Chinese. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2022. https://doi.org/10.21437/SpeechProsody.2022-116 [PDF]
  15. Lan, C. & Mok, P. (2022) A preliminary study on the acquisition of Mandarin neutral tone by young heritage children. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2022. https://doi.org/10.21437/SpeechProsody.2022-84 [PDF]
  16. Xu, W., Ge, C., Gu, W. & Mok, P. (2022) A preliminary analysis on children's phonation contrast is Kunshan Wu Chinese tones. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2022. https://doi.org/10.21437/SpeechProsody.2022-85 [PDF]
  17. Zhu, Z. & Mok, P. (2022) Can speech rate transfer between languages? Evidence from Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2022. https://doi.org/10.21437/SpeechProsody.2022-70 [PDF]  
  18. Ge, C., Xiong, Y. & Mok, P. (2021) How reliable are phonetic data collected remotely? Comparison of recording devices and environments on acoustic measurements. In Proceedings of INTERSPEECH 2021, 3984-3988. Brno, Czechia (hybrid). https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2021-1122 [PDF]
  19. Chen, S. & Mok, P. (2021) Articulatory and acoustic features of Mandarin /ɹ/: A preliminary study. In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP 2021). Hong Kong (online). [PDF] (won the Best Student Paper Award)
  20. Ren, X. & Mok, P. (2021) Consonantal effects of aspiration on onset F0 in Cantonese. In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP 2021). Hong Kong (online). [PDF]
  21. Xu, W. & Mok, P. (2021) The acoustic correlates and time span of the non-modal phonation in Kunshan Wu Chinese. In Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP 2021). Hong Kong (online). [PDF]
  22. Lan, C. & Mok, P. (2020) A preliminary study on Cantonese tone production by young heritage speakers. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody 2020, 106-110. Tokyo, Japan. [PDF]
  23. Li, X. & Mok, P. (2020) The acquisition of tone sandhi of the Xiamen dialect. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody 2020, 479-483. Tokyo, Japan. [PDF]
  24. Zhang, W. & Mok, P. (2020) A Potential New Sound Change after Tonogenesis: A Preliminary Perceptual Study on the Tonal Contrast of Wenzhou Wu Chinese. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody 2020, 499-502. Tokyo, Japan. [PDF]
  25. Mok, P., Leung, C.W., Lan, C. & Yu, A.C.L. (2019) The acquisition of Cantonese vowel length contrast and vowel rounding contrast by South Asian students in Hong Kong. In Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019). Melbourne. [PDF]
  26. Chen, S. & Mok, P. (2019) Speech production of rhotics in highly proficient bilinguals: acoustic and articulatory measures. In Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019). Melbourne. [PDF]
  27. Hudson, T., Setter, J. & Mok, P. (2019) Nuclear tones in Hong Kong and British English. In Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019). Melbourne. [PDF]
  28. Lan, C., Hui, P.L., Xu, W., Mok, P. (2019) Revisiting acoustic markers of sarcasm in Cantonese. In Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019). Melbourne. [PDF]
  29. Li, V.G. & Mok, P. (2019) /a-a/ and /i-i/ at three junctures in Cantonese. In Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019). Melbourne. [PDF]
  30. Ren, X. & Mok, P. (2019) The acquisition of Korean prosodic prominence by Cantonese-English bilinguals. In Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019). Melbourne. [PDF]
  31. White, D. & Mok, P. (2019) L2 speech rhythm and language experience in new immigrants. In Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019). Melbourne. [PDF]
  32. Zhang, W., Xu, W. & Mok, P. (2019) A Preliminary study on the age variation of the voicing contrast in Wenzhou Wu Chinese. In Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019). Melbourne. [PDF]
  33. Zhu, Y., Chen, A., Sudhoff, S. & Mok, P. (2019) Third language prosody: Evidence from Cantonese-English-German Trilinguals. In Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2019). Melbourne. [PDF]
  34. Mok, P., Lee, C.W.T. & Yu, A.C.L. (2018) Perception and production of Cantonese tones by South Asians in Hong Kong. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2018, 458-462. Poznán. [PDF]
  35. Li, G., Li, X., Luo, J. & Mok, P. (2018) L1 and L2 phonetic reduction in quiet and noisy environments. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2018, 848-852. Poznán. [PDF]
  36. Puga, K., Fuchs, R., Hudson, T., Setter, J. & Mok, P. (2018) The perception-production link in intonation: Evidence from German learners of English. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2018, 685-689. Poznán. [PDF]
  37. White, D. & Mok, P. (2018) L2 speech rhythm development in new immigrants. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2018, 838-842. Poznán. [PDF]
  38. Ren, X. & Mok, P. (2018) Tonogenesis in Seoul Korean and L3 production of Korean stops by Cantonese-English bilinguals. In Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2018). Berlin. [PDF]
  39. White, D., Gananathan, R., Mok, P. (2017) Teaching dark /l/ with ultrasound technology. In Proceedings of the 8th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference (PSLLT), 155-175. Calgary. [PDF]
  40. Puga, K., Fuchs, R., Setter, J. & Mok, P. (2017) The perception of English intonation patterns by German L2 speakers of English. In Proceedings of Interspeech 2017, 3241-3245. Stockholm. [PDF]
  41. Mok, P., Yin, Y., Setter, J. & Nayan, N.M. (2016) Assessing knowledge of English intonation patterns by L2 speakers. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2016, 543-547. Boston. [PDF]
  42. Lee, A. & Mok, P. (2016) Durational correlates of Japanese phonemic quantity contrasts by Cantonese-speaking L2 learners. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2016, 597-601. Boston. [PDF]
  43. Li, Y. F. & Mok, P. (2016) Does size matter? A preliminary investigation on the effects of physical size on pitch level in pet-directed speech. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2016, 1196-1200. Boston. [PDF]
  44. Zhu, Y. & Mok, P. (2016) Intonational phrasing in a third language: The production of German by Cantonese-English bilingual learners. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2016, 751-755. Boston. [PDF]
  45. White, D., Chan, J., Mok, P., & Lie, P. (2016). Mimic Video: A cinematic method for L2 pronunciation. In Proceedings of the 7th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference (PSLLT), 311-331. Dallas. [PDF]
  46. Ren, X. & Mok, P. (2015) Mandarin L2 learners' perception of Korean obstruents in different contexts. In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Speech Sciences (ICSS), 101-102. Seoul. [PDF]
  47. Zhu, Y. & Mok, P. (2015) The acquisition of third language German consonant clusters by Cantonese-English bilinguals. In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Speech Sciences (ICSS), 173-174. Seoul. [PDF]
  48. Mok, P., Yin, Y., Chen, L. & Cheung, H. (2015) Cross-modal association between colour, vowel and lexical tone in nonsynesthetic populations: Cantonese, Mandarin and English. In Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). Glasgow. [PDF]
  49. Chen, S.W. & Mok, P. (2015) Question intonation in Hong Kong English: Interaction between Cantonese and English. In Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). Glasgow. [PDF]
  50. Gananathan, R.Y., Yin, J. & Mok, P. (2015) Interlanguage influence in cues of narrow focus: a study of Hong Kong English. In Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). Glasgow. [PDF]
  51. Fung, H.S.H. & Mok, P. (2015) A preliminary study of the temporal relationship between prosody and gesture in Hong Kong Cantonese. In Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). Glasgow. [PDF]
  52. Li, G. & Mok, P. (2015) Interlanguage Speech Intelligibility Benefit for Mandarin: Is it from shared phonological knowledge or exposure to accented speech? In Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). Glasgow. [PDF]
  53. Setter, J., Ryder, C. & Mok, P. (2015) Phonology in new varieties of English: Hong Kong English diphthongs. In Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). Glasgow. [PDF]
  54. Dellwo, V., Mok, P. & Mathias, J. (2014) Rhythmic variability between some Asian languages: Results from an automatic analysis of temporal characteristics. In Proceedings of Interspeech 2014, 1708-1711. Singapore. [PDF]
  55. Maurer, D., Mok, P., Friedrichs, D. & Dellwo, V. (2014) Intelligibility of high-pitched vowel sounds in the singing and speaking of a female Cantonese Opera singer. In Proceedings of Interspeech 2014, 2132-2133. Singapore. [PDF]
  56. Mok, P., Fung, H. & Li, J. (2014) A preliminary study on the prosody of broadcast news in Hong Kong Cantonese. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 7, 1072-1075. Dublin. [PDF]
  57. Chen, X. & Mok, P. (2014) Rhythmic correspondence between music and speech in English vocal music. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 7, 723-727. Dublin. [PDF]
  58. Fung, H. & Mok, P. (2014) Realization of narrow focus in Hong Kong English declaratives: a pilot study. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 7, 964-968. Dublin. [PDF]
  59. Li, J. & Mok, P. (2014) The acquisition of English lexical stress by Cantonese-English bilingual children at 2;6 and 3;0. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 7, 688-692. Dublin. [PDF]
  60. Xu, B. & Mok, P. (2014) Cross-linguistic perception of Mandarin intonation. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 7, 638-642. Dublin. [PDF]
  61. Li, J., Xu, B. & Mok, P. (2014) Effect of orthography on L2 production of Mandarin tones. In Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2014), 147-151. Nijmegen. [PDF]
  62. Xu, B., Li, J. & Mok, P. (2014) The effect of orthography on L2 perception. In Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2014), 75-78. Nijmegen. [PDF]
  63. Li, G. & Mok, P. (2012) A preliminary study on the interlanguage speech intelligibility benefit for English-Mandarin bilingual L2 learners. In Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP), 409-412. Hong Kong. [PDF]
  64. Xu, B., Zuo, D. & Mok, P. (2012) Speaker identity of Cantonese-English bilingual speakers. In Proceedings of the 14th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST), 61-64. Sydney. [PDF]
  65. Zuo, D. & Mok, P. (2012) (2012) Formant dynamics of bilingual identical twins in non-contemporaneous speech. In Proceedings of the 14th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST), 89-92. Sydney. [PDF]
  66. Mok, P. & Zuo, D. (2012) Effects of tone merging and musical training on Cantonese tone perception. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2012, 462-465. Shanghai. [PDF]
  67. Qin, Z. & Mok, P. (2012) The perception of speech and non-speech tones by tone and non-tone language listeners. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2012, 366-369. Shanghai. [PDF]
  68. White, D. & Mok, P. (2012) A preliminary investigation of the effects of study tours on L2 speech rhythm. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2012, 238-241. Shanghai. [PDF]
  69. Xu, B. & Mok, P. (2012) Cross-linguistic perception of intonation by Mandarin and Cantonese listeners. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2012, 99-102. Shanghai. [PDF]
  70. Xu, B. & Mok, P. (2012) Intonation perception of low-pass filtered speech in Mandarin and Cantonese. In Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2012). Nanjing. [PDF]
  71. Zuo, D., Chen, Q. & Mok, P. (2012) Does orthography affect L2 tone production and perception? In Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2012). Nanjing. [PDF]
  72. Mok, P., Setter, J. & Low, E.L. (2011) The perception of word juncture characteristics in three varieties of English. In Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), 1410-1413. Hong Kong. [PDF]
  73. Mok, P. (2011) Does musical training facilitate lexical tone perception of tone language speakers? In Proceedings of the Psycholinguistic Representation of Tone Conference (PLRT), 37. Hong Kong. [PDF]
  74. Qin, Z. & Mok, P. (2011) Perception of Cantonese tones by Mandarin, English and French speakers. In Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), 1654-1657. Hong Kong. [PDF]
  75. Qin, Z. & Mok, P. (2011) Discrimination of Cantonese tones by Mandarin, English and French speakers. In Proceedings of the Psycholinguistic Representation of Tone Conference (PLRT), 50-53. Hong Kong. [PDF]
  76. Xu, B. & Mok, P. (2011) Final rising and global raising in Cantonese intonation. In Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), 2173-2176. Hong Kong. [PDF]
  77. Zuo, D. & Mok, P. (2011) Formant dynamics of /ua/ in the speech of Mandarin-Shanghainese bilingual identical twins. In Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), 2332-2335. Hong Kong. [PDF]
  78. Mok, P. & Wong, P. (2010) Production and perception of the rising tones in Hong Kong Cantonese. In Proceedings of the 9th Phonetics Conference of China (PCC2010). Tianjin.
  79. Mok, P. & Wong, P. (2010) Production of the merging tones in Hong Kong Cantonese: preliminary data on monosyllables. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2010. 100986:1-4. Chicago. [PDF]
  80. Mok, P. & Wong, P. (2010) Perception of the merging tones in Hong Kong Cantonese: preliminary data on monosyllables. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2010.100916:1-4. Chicago. [PDF]
  81. Wang, H., Mok, P. & Meng, H. (2010) MusicSpeak: Capitalizing on Musical Rhythm for Prosodic Training in Computer-Aided Language Learning. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Second Language Studies (SLaTE 2010). Toyko, Japan. [PDF]
  82. Mok, P. & Dellwo, V. (2008) Comparing native and non-native speech rhythm using acoustic rhythmic measures: Cantonese, Beijing Mandarin and English. In Proceedings of the 4th Speech Prosody (2008). 423-426. Campinas, Brazil. [PDF]
  83. Mok, P. (2008) On the syllable-timing of Cantonese and Beijing Mandarin. In Proceedings of the 8th Phonetics Conference of China (PCC 2008) and the International Symposium on Phonetic Frontiers (ISPF 2008). Beijing.
  84. Mok, P. (2007) Effects of dyllable dtructure on V-to-V voarticulation (Thai  vs English). In Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). 421-424. Saarbruecken, Germany. [PDF]
  85. Mok, P. & Hawkins, S. (2004) Effects of phonemic vs allophonic density and stress on vowel-to-vowel coarticulation in Cantonese and Beijing Mandarin. In Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP). 33-36. Hong Kong. [PDF]


   Conference Presentations
  1. Shu, T. & Mok, P. (2024) Acquiring social characteristics of phonetic variants in L2: The case of L2 perception of Japanese tap /ɾ/ and velar stop /ɡ/. Laboratory Phonology 19. Seoul. Poster presentation. [Abstract]
  2. Zhu, Z., Ge, C. & Mok, P. (2024) How does ongoing L1 phonological merger shape L2 liquid perception: Insights from Cantonese listeners with high and low English proficiency. Laboratory Phonology 19. Seoul. Poster presentation. [Abstract]
  3. Zhu, Z. & Mok, P. (2024) Cross-language liquid articulation: convergence and differentiation in Japanese-Mandarin bilinguals. Ultrafest XI. Aizu Wakamatsu, Japan. Oral presentation.
  4. Ge, C. & Mok, P. (2024) Do children have knowlege of complex tone sandhi? A case study of Xiamen Southern Min. In International Child Phonology Conference 2024 (ICPC). Online. Oral presentation.
  5. Lan, C. & Mok, P. (2024) The development of Cantonese diphthongs by homeland and heritage children - A preliminary study. In International Child Phonology Conference 2024 (ICPC). Online. Oral presentation.
  6. Shu, T., Mok, P., Yip, V., & Mai, Z. (2024) The acquisition of Mandarin retroflex sibilants by Mandarin-Cantonese-English trilingual children: A case study of the Leo Corpus. In International Child Phonology Conference 2024 (ICPC). Online. Oral presentation.
  7. Ge, C. & Mok, P. (2023) The different roles of lexical and sub-lexical information in phonological processing. In International Conference on the Processing of East Asian Languages 2023 (ICPEAL 2023). Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  8. Cao, W., & Mok, P. (2023) Do Cantonese-English-Mandarin trilingual speakers in Hong Kong use the same filled pauses in their speech? In 15th Phonetic Conference of China (PCC). Shenzhen. Oral presentation.
  9. Ge, C. & Mok, P. (2023) The effect of voiceless aspiration on voice quality in Suzhou Wu Chinese. In 15th Phonetic Conference of China (PCC). Shenzhen. Oral presentation.
  10. Lan, C. & Mok, P. (2023)《2-6歲 傳承語使用者普通話輕聲習得過程研究》 In 15th Phonetic Conference of China (PCC). Shenzhen. Oral presentation.
  11. Zhu, Z. & Mok, P. (2023)《北京普通話邊 音 /l/ 的超聲研究初探》In 15th Phonetic Conference of China (PCC). Shenzhen. Oral presentation.
  12. Mok, P., Ge, C. & Xu, R. (2023) How do children acquire complex tone sandhi? Novel approaches in production and perception. In Seminar of Child Language Acquisition and Cognition. Shenzhen, China. Oral presentation.
  13. Liu, X. & Mok, P. (2023) Dialect levelling across generations: A socio-phonetic study of the medial [i] and vowel shift in the Jin dialect spoken in Baotou, China. Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2023 (HISPhoCog 2023). Seoul. Poster presentation.
  14. Ge, C. & Mok, P. (2023) Are voiced initials in Wu Chinese really truly voiced intervocalically? An acoustic description of intervocalic obstruents in Suzhen Wu. The 29th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-29). Macau. Oral presentation.
  15. Zhang, W. & Mok, P. (2023) Tone sandhi domain and implementation of obstruent voicing: a case of English lettered word in Wenzhou Wu Chinese. The 29th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-29). Macau. Oral presentation.
  16. Cao, W.L., Xiong, Y.X., Cheung H. & Mok P. (2022) The effects of visual cues on speech intelligibility of accented Cantonese. LahPhon 18. Online. Poster presentation.
  17. Ge, C. & Mok, P. (2022) The influence of breathy voice on tone perception by young speakers in Suzhou Wu Chinese. LahPhon 18. Online. Poster presentation.
  18. Cao, W.L., Xiong, Y.X., Cheung H. & Mok P. (2022) The effects of visual cues on speech intelligibility of accented Cantonese. Colloquium of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians (BAAP). York (online). Poster presentation.
  19. Niu, Y. & Mok, P. (2022) Perception of naïve L3 tones: the role of Mandarin experience in pitch and phonation perception for native English speakers. International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech (ISMBS) 2022. Lafayette (hybrid). Oral presentation.
  20. Shu, T. & Mok, P. (2022) A preliminary study on L2 Mandarin neutral tone production by Japanese and Korean learners. The International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 2022 (ISMBS). Lafayette (hybrid). Oral presentation.
  21. Ge, C., Xu, W. & Mok, P. (2021) Age differences of the non-modal phonation in Suzhou Wu Chinese. The 1st International Conference of Tone and Intonation (TAI). Sønderborg, Denmark (hybrid). Poster presentation.    
  22. Lan, C. & Mok, P. (2021) A preliminary investigation of the production of Mandarin neutral tone by heritage children aged between 2:0 - 3:0. The 1st International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI). Sønderborg, Denmark (hybrid). Oral presentation.
  23. Niu, Y. & Mok, P. (2021) The effect of L2 proficiency on pitch and phonation sensitivity in  naïve tone perception — A study of Wenzhou dialect tone perception by English learners of Mandarin. The 1st International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI). Sønderborg, Denmark (hybrid). Poster presentation.
  24. Shu, T. & Mok, P. (2021) The perception and production of L2 Mandarin neutral tone by Japanese and Korean learners. The 1st International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI). Sønderborg, Denmark (hybrid). Poster presentation.
  25. Xu, W., Ge, C., Gu, W. & Mok, P. (2021) The production of lexical tones with phonation contrasts in Kunshan Wu Chinese by school-age children. The 1st International Conference of Tone and Intonation (TAI). Sønderborg, Denmark (hybrid). Poster presentation.
  26. Zhu, Z. & Mok, P. (2021) The production of Mandarin T3 sandhi and tonal changes by Japanese learners. The 1st International Conference of Tone and Intonation (TAI). Sønderborg, Denmark (hybrid). Poster presentation.
  27. Zhu, Z. & Mok, P. (2021) The production of Mandarin Chinese /r/-/l/ by Japanese learners: An ultrasound investigation. The 29th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference. Online. Poster presentation
  28. Cao, W.L., Xiong, Y.X., Cheung H. & Mok P. (2021). The effects of visual cues on perceiving accented Cantonese speech and intelligibility. The 25th Internatioanl Conference on Yue Dialects, Hong Kong (online). Oral presentation.
  29. Yan, J., Cao, W.G. & Mok, P. (2021) An analysis of palatalization in Trinidadian English Creole. The 15th Phonology of Contemporary English conference (PAC 2021). Toulouse (online). Oral presentation.
  30. Chen, S. & Mok, P. (2021) Relationship between production and perception in L2 speech learning: A preliminary study. The 14th Phonetic Conference of China (PCC). Lanzhou. Oral presentation.
  31. Ge, C., Xu, W., Zhang, W. & Mok, P. (2021) Acoustic correlates of voiced obstruents in Suzhou Wu Chinese. The 14th Phonetic Conference of China (PCC). Lanzhou. Oral presentation.
  32. Ren, X. & Mok, P. (2021) Third language perception predicted by acoustic and perceptual similarity between L3 and L1/L2 vowels. The 14th Phonetic Conference of China (PCC). Lanzhou. Oral presentation.
  33. Xu, W., Zhang, W. & Mok, P. (2021) A preliminary study on the child production of the phonation contrasts in Kunshan Wu. The 14th Phonetic Conference of China (PCC). Lanzhou. Poster presentation. 
  34. Zhu, Z. & Mok, P. (2021) Preliminary ultrasound investigation on the production of Mandarin /r/ sounds by Japanese learners. The 14th Phonetic Conference of China (PCC). Lanzhou. Poster presentation
  35. Zhu, Z. & Mok, P. (2021) Preliminary ultrasound investigation of the production of Mandarin /r/-/l/ by Japanese learners. The 33rd meeting of the North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-33). Online. Oral presentation.
  36. Lan, C., Babel, M., & Mok, P. (2021) Production of Cantonese tones by young heritage children. International Child Phonology Conference (ICPC) 2021. Online. Oral presentation.
  37. Chen, S., Whalen, D.H. & Mok, P. (2020) Articulatory and acoustic features of Mandarin rhotics: an ultrasound study. The 12th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP). Poster presentation.
  38. Lan, C., Molly, B. & Mok, P. (2020) A preliminary study on Cantonese tone perception by young heritage speakers. The 24th International Conference on Yue Dialects. Macau. Oral presentation.
  39. Li, X. & Mok, P. (2019) The acquisition of Xiamen tone sandhi by children. Hangyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HISPhonCog 2019). Seoul. Poster presentation. [Abstract]
  40. Lan, C. & Mok, P. (2019) Prosodic cues in the perception of Cantonese sarcasm. Hangyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HISPhonCog 2019). Seoul. Poster presentation. [Abstract]
  41. Ren, X. & Mok, P. (2019) Production of Korean accentual phrases by Cantonese-speaking learners. Hangyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HISPhonCog 2019). Seoul. Oral presentation. [Abstract]
  42. Zhang, W., Chen, S., Wu. D. & Mok, P. (2018) 吳語溫州話清濁對立的語音學性質初探. The 11th Cross-Strait Symposium on Modern Chinese Language. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  43. Mok, P., Chen, S., Zhang, W. & Wu, D. (2018) A phonetic investigation of the voicing contrast in Wenzhou: A preliminary study. The 1st International Symposium on Frontiers of Chinese Linguistics. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  44. Mok, P., Luo, J. & Cheng, L. (2017) Length and tone contrasts of Cantonese heritage speakers. The 22nd International Conference on Yue Dialetcs. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  45. Luo, J. & Mok, P. (2017) The perception of Cantonese vowel length contrast by Mandarin speakers. The 22nd International Conference on Yue Dialetcs. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  46. Mok, P., Li, G., Luo, J. & Li, X. (2017) Phonetic reduction in clear and Lombard speech. 2017 Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences (SICSS 2017). Seoul. Oral presentation.
  47. Lee-Kim, S.I., Ren, X. & Mok, P. (2017) Phonological similarity effects in cross-script cognate processing: Evidence from Sino-Korean wordprocessing by Cantonese learners. 2017 Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences (SICSS 2017). Seoul. Oral presentation.
  48. Ren, X. & Mok, P. (2017) Acquisition of Korean intonation by native Cantonese speaker. 2017 Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences (SICSS 2017). Seoul. Poster presentation.
  49. Mok, P., Fung, H.S.H. & Wong, M. (2017) The link between production and perception in tone acquisition of Cantonese-speaking children. The 11th International Seminar on Speech Production. Tianjin. Oral presentation.
  50. Lee, A., Li, X. & Mok, P. (2017) Effect of syllable structure on non-word naming latency by Hong Kong learners of Japanese. The 11th International Seminar on Speech Production. Tianjin. Oral presentation.
  51. Mok, P., Fung, H.S.H. & Wong, M. (2017) The link between production and perception in tone acquisition of Cantonese-speaking children. International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech (ISMBS 2017). Chania. Oral presentation.
  52. Mok, P., Lee, W.T., Fung, H.S.H. & u, A.C.L. (2017) The acquisition of Cantonese vowel length contrast by Urdu and Punjabi speakers. International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech (ISMBS 2017). Chania. Poster presentation.
  53. Mok, P., Lee, W.T. & Yu, A.C.L. (2017) The acquisition of Cantonese tones by South Asian students in Hong Kong. The 11th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB). Limerick. Oral presentation.
  54. Leung, C.W. & Mok, P. (2017) The relationship between accentedness and vowel patterns of bilingual speakers. The 11th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB). Limerick. Oral presentation.
  55. Luo, J. & Mok, P. (2017) L2 perception of Cantonese vowel length contrasts by Mandarin-Cantonese successive bilinguals. The 11th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB). Limerick. Oral presentation.
  56. Mok, P., Fung, H. & Wong, M. (2017) Tone production development of Cantonese-speaking children in Hong Kong. The 62th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association (ILA). Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  57. Lam, B.M.H. & Mok, P. (2017) The development of pitch range in Cantonese-speaking children. The 62th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association (ILA). Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  58. Mok, P., Lee, W.T. & Yu, A.C.L. (2017) The acquisition of Cantonese vowel length contrast by students of South Asian origin in Hong Kong. The 62th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association (ILA). Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  59. Mok, P., Lee, W.T. & Yu, A.C.L. (2017) Cantonese tonal acquisition by non-Chinese speaking students in Hong Kong. International Symposium on Chinese in the Maritime Silk Road  (Workshop on Chinese Teaching and Learning for Non-Chinese Speaking Students in Hong Kong). Hong Kong. Oral presentation.    
  60. Lau, C.M. & Mok, P. (2017) 非華語學生粵拼打字錯誤分析. International Symposium on Chinese in the Maritime Silk Road  (Workshop on Chinese Teaching and Learning for Non-Chinese Speaking Students in Hong Kong). Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  61. Lau, C.M. & Mok, P. (2017) Teaching Jyutping to non-Chinese speaking secondary school students in Hong Kong. The Seventeenth Workshop on Cantonese (WOC 17). Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  62. Mok, P., Li, G. & Yu, A.C.L. (2017) Catching a distinction before it disappears. The 4th Workshop on Sound Change. Edinburgh. Poster presentation.
  63. Mok, P., Li, G. & Yu, A.C.L. (2017) Cantonese tone change in old speakers. The 21st International Conference on Yue Dialects. Macau. Oral presentation.
  64. Mok, P. & Leung, C.W. (2016) Vowel spaces and formant dynamics of bilingual speakers. The 25th annual conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA-25). York. Oral presentation.
  65. Lee-Kim, S.I., Ren, X., Cheung, M. & Mok, P. (2015) Developmental shift in the bilingual mental lexicon: Evidence from Sino-Korean words. Winter Meeting of the Phonology-Morphology Circle of Korea. Seoul. Oral presentation.
  66. Mok, P., Li, G. & Xu, B. (2015) Revisiting Cantonese tone change. The 20th International Conference on Yue Dialects. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  67. Chen, S., Gananathan, R., Ren, X., Zhu, Y., Lee-Kim, S.I. & Mok, P. (2015) Production of English liquids by Mandarin speakers. Ultrafest VII. Hong Kong. Poster presentation.
  68. Lee, A. & Mok, P. (2015) Japanese consonant quantity contrasts by Hong Kong L2 learners: preliminary results. The ICPhS 2015 Satellite Workshop on Geminate Consonants across the World (GemCon 2015). Glasgow. Poster presentation.
  69. Chen, S. & Mok, P. (2015). Interaction of English and Cantonese intonation in Hong Kong English: Data from read and spontaneous speech. The 1st International Conference on Prosodic Studies (ICPS 1). Tianjin. Oral presentation.
  70. Lee, A. & Mok, P. (2015). Japanese phonemic quantity contrasts by Hong Kong L2 learners: Preliminary results. The 1st International Conference on Prosodic Studies (ICPS 1). Tianjin. Oral presentation.
  71. Mok, P. (2015) A thematic session on Prosodic Development of Bilingual Children at the 10th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB 10) at Rutgers with the following three oral presentations:
  72. Mok, P., Chen, L., Li, J., Xu, B. & Cheung, H. (2014) Cross modal association between colours and vowels in a tone language. British Association of Academic Phoneticians Colloquium (BAAP). Oxford. Oral presentation. 
  73. Mok, P., Yu, A., Zuo, D. & Xu, B. (2013) Cross-linguistic priming effects in the Chinese-English bilingual mental lexicon. International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB9). Singapore. Oral presentation.
  74. Li, J. & Mok, P. (2013) Acquisition of lexical stress in bilingual children: Cantonese and English. International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB9). Singapore. Oral presentation.
  75. Dellwo, V. & Mok, P. (2013) Rhythmic variability in South East Asian Languages: a novel method based on measurements of syllabic amplitude peak points. The 23rd Annual Meeting of The Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS 2013). Bangkok. Oral presentation. Abstract.
  76. Mok, P. (2012) Merging of lexical tones in Hong Kong Cantonese: production and perception. Moving Forward - International Symposium on Chinese Linguistics and Philology. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  77. Mok, P. (2012) Tone merging in Hong Kong Cantonese. Hong Kong Speech and Hearing Symposium. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  78. Briz Hernandez, I., Qin, Z. & Mok, P. (2012) L3 acquisition of the voicing contrast in Spanish by Cantonese learners. International Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  79. Yun, E., Zhang, Y., Zuo, D. & Mok, P. (2012) Effects of orthography on Cantonese learners' pronunciation of Sino-Korean words. International Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  80. Zhang, Y. & Mok, P. (2012) Learner corpora of modern languages at CUHK. International Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  81. Setter, J., Mok, P., Low, E.L. & Zuo, D. (2012) Internal open word juncture features in three varieties of English: perception and production. British Association of Academic Phoneticians Colloquium (BAAP). Leeds. Poster presentation.
  82. Mok, P. (2011) Early development of speech rhythm in monolingual and bilingual children. International Child Phonology Conference (ICPC). York. Oral presentation.
  83. Mok, P. (2011) Rhythmic development of monolingual and bilingual children at 2;06. International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL). Montreal. Poster presentation.
  84. Mok, P., Setter, J. & Low, E.L. (2011) Juncture production in Hong Kong, Singapore and British English. Workshop on Coarticulation in New Varieties of English. Hong Kong. Oral presentation. Abstract.
  85. White, D. & Mok, P. (2011) A case study of speech rhythm acquisition in a Cantonese-English bilingual children. International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL). Montreal. Poster presentation.
  86. Mok, P. (2009) Acquiring rhythmically different languages at an early age: the case of Cantonese and English. International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB7). Utrecht. Oral presentation.
  87. Mok, P. & Dellwo, V. (2008) The acquisition of speech rhythm in monolingual and bilingual children. Conference on Bilingual Acquisition in Early Childhood. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  88. White, D. & Mok, P. (2008) On the development of speech rhythm in a Cantonese-English bilingual child: a case study. Conference on Bilingual Acquisition in Early Childhood. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  89. Mok, P. & Lee, S.I. (2008) Korean speech rhythm using rhythmic measures. The 18th International Congress of Linguists (CIL18). Seoul, Korea. Oral presentation. Abstract.
  90. Mok, P. & Hawkins, S. (2008) Syllabification of the /st/ cluster and vowel-to-vowel coarticulation in English. Laboratory Phonology 11. Wellington, New Zealand. Poster presentation. Abstract.
  91. Mok, P. (2008) Using durational measures with non-native speech rhythm. Workshop on Empirical Approaches to Speech Rhythm (EASR08). UCL, London. Poster presentation.
  92. Mok, P. (2006) Effects of Syllable Structure on Vowel-to-Vowel Coarticulation in Cantonese, Thai and English. British Association of Academic Phoneticians Colloquium (BAAP). Edinburgh. Oral Presentation.
  93. Mok, P. (2005) Reassessing the Notion of Vowel Phonemes in Cantonese and Mandarin. The 10th International Conference on Yue Dialects. Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
  94. Mok, P. (2005) Temporal Effects on Vowel-to-Vowel Coarticulation in Cantonese and Thai. The 11th International Conference on Processing Chinese and Other East Asian Languages (PCOEAL 2005). Hong Kong. Poster presentation.
  95. Mok, P. (2004) Vowel-to-Vowel Coarticulation in Cantonese and Beijing Mandarin. British Association of Academic Phoneticians Colloquium (BAAP). Cambridge. (Oral presentation, won the Hugenie Henderson Prize for the best paper from non-members)


    Invited Talks
  1. Mok, P. (2024) Productivity of tone sandhi: Evidence from Xiamen Southern Min and Wenzhou Wu. Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).
  2. Mok, P. (2024) The artculatory and acoustic features of Mandarin rhotics. Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University.
  3. Mok, P. (2024) Varigated patterns of the voicing contrast in Wu Chinese: Evidence from Suzhou and Wenzhou. Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). 
  4. Mok, P. (2023) Cumulative enhancement on naïve L3 tone perception. The First Sun Yat-sen University Conference on Bilingualism.
  5. Mok, P. (2022) The acquisition of lexical tone in various contexts. The Buckeye East Asian Linguistics Forum (BEAL Forum 5). Keynote speech.
  6. Mok, P. (2022) The perception of lexical tone and voice quality in Suzhou Wu. Chinese Forum for Social Sciences 2022: The International Symposium for Frontiers in Phonetics in the New Era.
  7. Mok, P. (2021) The acquisition of lexical tone in various contexts. The 1st International Conference of Tone and Intonation (TAI). Sønderborg, Denmark (hybrid). Keynote speech.
  8. Lan, C., Molly, B., & Mok, P. (2021) Perception of Cantonese tones by heritage children. In the workshop of New Empirical Contributions to Cantonese Linguistics and Language Processing. Online.
  9. Mok, P. (2020) The acquisition of complex phonological patterns: Xiamen tone sandhi circle. University of Cambridge.
  10. Mok. P. (2020) Acquisition on the margins. Invited discussant. LabPhon 17.
  11. Mok, P. (2020) Temporal Alignment between Pointing Gesture and Narrow Focus in Cantonese. The Third Forum on Cantonese Linguistics (FoCaL-3). Hong Kong. Keynote speech.
  12. Mok, P. (2019) The acquisition of lexical tone by Cantonese-speaking children. Simon Fraser University.
  13. Mok, P. (2019) Cantonese tone acquisition by simultaneous bilingual children. Simon Fraser University.
  14. Mok, P. (2019) The acquisition of lexical tone by Cantonese-speaking children. University of British Columbia.
  15. Mok, P. (2019) Production of rhotics by Mandarin-English bilingual speakers. National Tsinghua University, Taiwan.
  16. Mok, P. (2019) The acquisition of tones and tone sandhi rules in the Xiamen dialect by children. National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.
  17. Mok, P. (2018) The acquisition of prosody by Cantonese-English bilingual children. Symposium on Childhood Bilingualism and Heritage Language Acquisition. The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  18. Mok, P. (2016) The acquisition of tones by Cantonese-speaking children. Xi'an International Studies University.
  19. Mok, P. (2016) The acquisition of tones by Cantonese-speaking children. School of Foreign Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong University.
  20. Mok, P. (2016) Revisiting Cantonese tone acquisition. Laboratory of Phonetics and Speech Science, Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
  21. Mok, P. (2015) What can the perception of Cantonese tones tell us about speech and music? Foreign Languages School, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu.
  22. Mok, P. (2015) Tone merging patterns in Hong Kong Cantonese. HKU Tone Conference, University of Hong Kong.
  23. Mok, P. (2012) Do merging and musical training affect the perception of Cantonese tones? Seminars of the Linguistics Department, University of Hong Kong.
  24. Mok, P. (2011) Tone perception and music training. First Psycholinguistics Symposium in China (首屆中國心理語言學研討會). Guangzhou.
  25. Mok, P. (2010) The acquisition of rhythm in bilingual children. Workshop in Bilingualism and Language Acquisition: Distinguished Speakers Lecture Series. Hong Kong. 

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Equipment for research

In addition to high-quality recording equipment (including sound-treated booths) for production research, articulatory equipment is also available:
For perception study, we have eye-trackers (both ToBii and EyeLink models) and ERP facilities in the Department.


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About Me

I am 100% Chinese, born, grew up and spent most of my life in Hong Kong. I am married and have two sons.

My body: enjoys good food, listening to hymns, watching musicals, reading, swimming, hiking and travelling. I love dogs. 

My mind: appreciates all things beautiful.

My spirit: is committed to Jesus Christ.


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