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Name

ProgramThesis TitleSupervisorYear

ENDO Eita

PHD

Doubling in Japanese Sign Language

Prof. Gladys Tang

2024

HASLETT David Andrew

PHD

The Role of Similar-sounding Words in Representing Meanings

Prof. Garry Cai

2024

DUNN III Max Shaw 

PHD

The role of Automatic and Interlocutor Modelling Mechanisms in Linguistic Alignment: Comparisons Between Human-Computer and Human-Human Interaction

Prof. Garry Cai

2024

ZHANG Weijun

PHD

Interaction between Tones and Segments in Wenzhou Wu Chinese:

Articulation, Perception and Sound Change

Prof. Peggy Mok

2024

SHANG Mengyao

PHD

Acquisition of Mandarin Noun-Modifying Clause Constructions across Monolingual and Bilingual Contexts

Prof. Virginia Yip

2024

NG Kathleen Teresa

PHD

Examining the Effects of Bilingualism on Executive Functions

of Adult Cantonese-Mandarin Bilinguals in Hong Kong

Prof. Virginia Yip

2024

TANG Xuepei

PHD

Syntactic Development in Mandarin-speaking Children: Evidence from Abstract Structural Priming and Lexical Effect 

Prof. Patrick Wong

2024

LI Jieqiong

PHD

Bimodal Bilingual Acquisition of Nominal Expressions in Hong

Kong Sign Language (HKSL) and Cantonese

Prof. Gladys Tang

2023

KOENDERS Emily Anna Jantien

PHD

The Count-Mass Distinction in Hong Kong Sign Language

Prof. Gladys Tang

2023

REN Xinren

PHD

Third Language Vowel Production and Perception: L3 Korean by Learners with L1 Cantonese and L2 English

Prof. Peggy Mok

2022

LI Yu FaiPHDManifestation of Cantonese Lexical Tones in Speech RegistersProf. Peggy Mok2022
XU ShimengPHDEmmory Systems Modulate Crosslinguistic Influence on Third Language Morphosyntactic AcquisitionProf. Patrick Wong2022
FENG YePHDTalker Adaption in Infant Lexical Tone PerceptionProf. Patrick Wong2021
LAU Cindy Wan YeePHDLeftward Focus Association : A Study of Cantonese sin and douProf. Lawrence Cheung2021
REN QianqianPHDLicensing and Interpreting Wh-Elements In-situ in Mandarin ChineseProf. Haihua Pan2021
WHITE Donald TimothyPHDA Longitudinal Study of Second-Language Speech Patterns After ImmigrationProf. Peggy Mok2021
XUE BoPHDElements of Exhaustivity: Exhaustivenness, Exclusivess and ReasoningProf. Haihua Pan2021
CHEN ShuwenPHDProduction and Perception of English Rhotic Sounds by Mandarin-English BilingualsProf. Peggy Mok2020
HE JiaPHDClassifier Realization in Hong Kong Sign Language, Beijing Sign Language and Tianjin Sign LanguageProf. Gladys Tang2020
LI QunPHDScalar Implicatures in Mandarin-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum DisorderProf. Gladys Tang2020
WANG LuchangPHDThe Pitch Modifications of Lexical Tones in Cantonese Infant-directed Speech: The Influence from Intonational Factors and Their Associations with Infant Language DevelopmentProf. Patrick Wong & Prof. Regine Lai (Co-Supervisor)2020
ZHU YanjiaoPHDThird Language Acquisition : German Speech Patterns Produced by Cantonese-English BilingualsProf. Peggy Mok2020
LAU Chung Yin JosephPHDThe Neural Manifestation of Phonological Relationships: Implications for Neuro-Phonological Grammar and TheoryProf. Patrick Wong2019
LU YaqiaoPHDThe Acquisition of Unaccusativity in Mandarin ChineseProf. Thomas Lee2019
WONG Hin YeePHDThe Acquisition of English Verb Particle Constructions and Chinese Directional Verb Complement Constructions in Bilingual ChildrenProf. Virginia Yip2019
CHEN AishuPHDMorphosyntax-Prosody Interactions in Fuzhou ChineseProf. Gladys Tang2018
GE HaoyanPHDThe Processing of Focus in Cantonese-speaking Second Language Learners of EnglishProf. Virginia Yip2018
MAGGU Akshay RajPHDComplexity Promotes Changes in Phonological Patterns: Evidence from Behavioral and Neurophysiological MeasuresProf. Patrick Wong2018
SHI XinyuanPHDInteraction Between Prosody and Syntax in Domain Formation of Suzhou Tone SandhiProf. Patrick Wong2018
ZHOU JianglingPHDObject Realization in Cantonese-English Bilingual ChildrenProf. Virginia Yip2018
LEI Ka Yan MargaretPHDThe Acquisition of A-quantification in CantoneseProf. Thomas Lee2017
DENG XiangjunPHDSpace, Events and Language Acquisition in MandarinProf. Virginia Yip2014
ZHANG CaicaiPHDPerceptual Normalization of Inter-and Intra-talker Variations in Tone CategorizationProf. William Wang2014
GUO JiePHDForm and Meaning: Chinese Adjectives and Comparative ConstructionsProf. Gu Yang2012
LAU Sin Yee PrudencePHDSerial Verb Constructions in Hong Kong Sign LanguageProf. Gladys Tang2012
LAM Wai SzePHDEarly Phrase Structure in Hong Kong Sign Language: A Case StudyProf. Gladys Tang2009
LIU HongyongPHDThe Structure of Complex Nominals: Classifiers, Possessives and RelativesProf. Gu Yang2007
NameProgramThesis TitleSupervisorYear
BAI JianyueMPHILMisinterpretation of Semantically Implausible SentencesProf. Garry Cai2021
KUANG HangMPHILThe Interpretation of the Why-adverbial zenme and its Acquisition by Mandarin-speaking ChildrenProf. Thomas Lee2020
LAM Hannah Bou-LaiMPHILBilingual Acquisition of Determiner Systems in English and CantoneseProf. Virginia Yip2020
LAM Nga Yee MargaretMPHILMirativity in Cantonese: Surprise Ascription through Mirative AdverbsProf. Lawrence Cheung2020
LI TianshuMPHILIncomplete Perfectivity and its Acquisition in Mandarin ChineseProf. Thomas Lee2020
LI XiaolinMPHILThe Acquisition of Xiamen Citation Tones and Tone Sandhi by ChildrenProf. Peggy Mok2020
WEI XiaoMPHILPhonological Parameters and Their Effects on Phonological Variation in Hong Kong Sign LanguageProf. Felix Sze2020
GANANATHAN Richard Yohann MPHILPerceptual Learning from Production Training with Ultrasound BiofeedbackProf. Peggy Mok2019
HE MeifangMPHILThe Role of Word Length in Determining the Chinese Syntactic StructureProf. Haihua Pan2019
LI JiayuMPHILA Study on the Interaction Between Negation and Universally Quantified Objects in Mandarin ChineseProf. Haihua Pan2019
WONG Hok Yuen OscarMPHILWh-doublets in CantoneseProf. Lawrence Cheung2018
WANG XiaoMPHILCantonese Spoken Word Retention : From Perceptual Units to Sublexical RegularitiesProf. Gloria Zhang2017
CHEN YiyuanMPHILThe Dislocation Copying Construction in Spoken MandarinProf. Lawrence Cheung2016
FUNG Sze Ho HollyMPHILPhonetic Realization of Narrow Focus in Hong Kong Cantonese and its Temporal Relationship with Pointing GestureProf. Peggy Mok2016
LAI Yan KiMPHILThe Structure of the Comparative in Cantonese: A Light Verb ApproachProf. Lawrence Cheung2015
LI Guo MPHILProsodically Constrained Wh-Expressions and Syntax in Archaic Chinese  ?????????????????????????Prof. Peggy Mok2015
LI QunMPHILAcquistion of Chinese Passives by Deaf leanersProf. Gladys Tang2015
SZETO Pui YiuMPHILThe Emergence of Perfective Apsect in Cantonese-English Bilingual Children: Development and Language ContactProf. Virginia Yip2015
GE HaoyanMPHILThe Acquisition of Right-Dislocation in Cantonese-English Bilingual Children Prof. Virginia Yip2014
KWAN Chung YinMPHILThe Grammar of Placemen in Cantonese-English Bilingual Speakers: Heritage Speakers, Émigré Speakers, and Hong Kong BilingualsProf. Virginia Yip2014
LAW Hoi Ki JessMPHILParasitic Gaps in MandarinProf. Candice Cheung2014
LI JingwenMPHILAcquisition of Lexical Stress in Bilingual Children: English and CantoneseProf. Peggy Mok2014
SHI XinyuanMPHILTone Sandhi of Prosodic Word in Suzhou ChineseProf. Jiang Ping2013
SHUM Ka YeeMPHILLexical Development in Cantonese-English Bilingual ChildrenProf. Virginia Yip2013
XU BoMPHILCross-linguistic Perception of Intonation by Cantonese and Mandarin ListenersProf. Peggy Mok2013
YANG JingMPHILMandarin Derived Nominals with Agrument StructureProf. Gu Yang2013
FUNG Hiu Man CatMPHILCode-blending in Early Hong Kong Sign Language: A Case StudyProf. Gladys Tang2012
LI MingxingMPHILA Perceptual Study of Mandarin Apical Vowels and SibilantsProf. Jiang Ping & Prof. Peggy Mok2012
MAK Ka LeongMPHILMovement Classes and Feature Organization in Hong Kong Sign LanguageProf. Gladys Tang2012
QIN ZhenMPHILThe Perception of Cantonese Tones by Speakers of Tone and Non-tone Languages Prof. Peggy Mok2012
WANG RuijingMPHILInvestigating Linguistic Relativity Through Classifier EffectProf. William Wang2012
YIU Kun ManMPHILAcquisition of Cantonese Passive bei2 Constructions by Deaf ChildrenProf. Gladys Tang2012
ZUO DonghuiMPHILFormant Dynamics of Diphthongs in the Speech of Bilingual Identical TwinsProf. Peggy Mok2012
CHEN HuiMPHILThe Acquisition of Vowel Length in Cantonese Prof. Thomas Lee2011
HE JiaMPHILInstrumental Classifier Predicates in Tianjin Sign LanguageProf. Gladys Tang2011
LI HaozeMPHILFocus Intervention Effects in Mandarin Prof. Candice Cheung2011
TSE Ming San CronoMPHILA Study of Specificity in CantoneseProf. Thomas Lee2011
ZU XinMPHILAn Investigation of the Structure of CP and DP in JingpoProf. Gu Yang2011
DENG XiangjunMPHILThe Acquisition of Resultative Verb Coumpound in Madarin ChineseProf. Thomas Lee2010
WONG Hin YeeMPHILThe Acquisition of Verb Particle Construction in Cantonese-English Bilingual ChildrenProf. Virginia Yip2010
HUANG AijunMPHILCount-mass Distinction and the Acquisition of Classifiers in Mandarin-speaking ChildrenProf. Thomas Lee2009
PENG YayaMPHILSegmental Phonology of Xuzhou MandarinProf. Jiang Ping2009
TAM Su SanMPHILPhonotactic Constraints in Four Southern Min DialectsProf. Jiang Ping2009
TSAI Ya ChingMPHILAmbiguities in Chinese and Italian and their Resolution by ProsodyProf. Thomas Lee2009
HARRISON Alissa MayMPHILIntonation-lexical Tone Transfer in the Second Language Acquisition of MandarinProf. Jiang Ping2008
WONG Yuet OnMPHILAcquisition of Handshape in Hong Kong Sign Language : A Case StudyProf. Gladys Tang2008
GU ChenjieMPHILThe Acquisition of Dative Constructions in Cantonese-English Bilingual ChildrenProf. Virginia Yip2007
LAM Wai ManMPHILSyllable Contraction in Cantonese Connected A-not-A Constructions:An Optimality AccountProf. Jiang Ping2007
LEI Ka Yan MargaretMPHILTone Discrimination in Infants Acquiring a Tonal LanguageProf. Thomas Lee2007
WONG Ying WaiMPHILProduction and Perception of Tones in Cantonese Continuous SpeechProf. Thomas Lee2007
LEE Yin FaiMPHILNegation in Hong Kong Sign LanguageProf. Gladys Tang2006