Patrick Chu, PhD
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Patrick Chu, PhD

Conference presentations

A. Second language speech perception / word recognition
1.         Chu, P. C. K. (2012). Towards a Model of Second  Language Word Production and Recognition in Mandarin. Poster presented at the 
            International Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics, Hong Kong, 15-16 May. [Abstract] [Poster]
1.         Chu, P. C. K. (2011). Towards a Model of Second Language Word Production and Recognition in Mandarin. Paper presented at the Young 
            Scholar Award Competition in the International Conference on Chinese Language Learning and Teaching in the Digital Age (CLTDA), Hong
            Kong, 25-27 November. [Abstract] [PPT]
2.         Chu, P. C. K., & Taft, M. (2011). The influence of the L1 lexical system on the processing of tones in L2. Paper presented at the 
            International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Hong Kong , 17-21 August. [Abstract] [PPT]
3.         Chu, P. C. K., & Taft, M. (2011). How Cantonese listeners process Mandarin tones: Implications for the second-language phonological 
            lexicon.
Paper presented at the International Symposium of Bilingualism (ISB), Oslo, 15-18 June. [Abstract] [PPT]
4.         Chu, P. C. K., & Taft, M. (2011). Regularity and Congruency effect in Cantonese speakers’ phonological knowledge of Mandarin words. 
            Paper presented at the 38th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), Auckland, 28-30 April. [Abstract] [PPT]
5.         Chu, P. C. K., & Taft, M. (2010). The Mental Representation of L2 Phonological Lexicons: Implications from the Recognition and Production 
            of Mandarin Words by Cantonese and Mandarin speakers
. Paper presented at the Annual Research Forum of the Linguistic Society of Hong 
            Kong (LSHK)
, Hong Kong, December 4. [Abstract] [PPT]
6.         Chu, P. C. K., & Taft, M. (2010). Interlanguage Speech Intelligibility Benefit and the Mental Representation of Second Language Speech 
            Sounds
. Poster presented at the 7th International Conference on Cognitive Science (ICCS), Beijing, 17-20, August. [Abstract] [Poster]
7.         Chu, P. C. K., & Taft, M. (2010). The role of relative word frequency in interlanguage speech intelligibility benefit. Paper presented at the 
            37th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), Melbourne, 8-10, April. [Abstract] [PPT]
8.         Chu, P. C. K. (2009). Do first-language phonemic categories play a role in the perception of second-language phonemic contrasts? A look 
            from the perception of Cantonese by Mandarin speakers
. Poster presented at the 2nd Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Special 
            Workshop on Speech: Cross-Language Speech Perception and Variations in Linguistic Experience, Portland, May 22-23. [Abstract] [Poster]
9.         Chu, P. C. K. (2008). Positive and Negative Transfers in the Pronunciation Learning of Japanese Onyomi Kanji by Native Cantonese 
            Speakers
. Paper presented at the 8th International Symposium on Japanese Language Education and Japanese Studies: Multiculturalism 
            and Japanese Language Education/ Japanese Studies in Asia and Oceania
, Hong Kong, China, November 8-9. [Abstract] [PPT]
10.       Chu, P. C. K. (2007). The Perception of Cantonese Codas by Native Speakers of Cantonese and Mandarin. Paper presented at the 12th 
            International Conference on the Processing of East Asia Related Languages (PEARL)
, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan,
            December 28-29. [Abstract] [PPT]
11.       Chu, P. C. K. (2007). The Pronunciation Learning Strategy of the Japanese onyomi kanji words by native Cantonese speakers: a look from 
            the Cantonese coda
. Paper presented at the 2007 Annual Research Forum of the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK), Hong Kong, 
            December 8-9. [Abstract] [PPT]
 
B. Bilingual tone acquisition
1.         Chu, P. C. K. (2008). The Acquisition of Cantonese Tones in Cantonese-English Bilingual Children. Paper presented at the Conference on 
            Bilingual Acquisition in Early Childhood
, Hong Kong, China, December 11-12. [Abstract] [PPT]
2.         Chu, P. C. K. (2008). Tonal Development in Cantonese-English Bilingual Children. Poster presentation at the 11th International Congress 
            For the Study Of Child Language (IASCL)
, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, July 28 – August 1. [Abstract] [PPT]
3.         Chu, P. C. K. (2007). Tonal Development in a Cantonese-English bilingual child. Paper presented at the Second Postgraduate Conference 
            in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
, Newcastle, United Kingdom, June 25. [Abstract] [PPT]
4.         Chu, P. C. K. (2006). Tonal Development in Cantonese-English bilingual children: A case study. Poster presentation at the Conference on     
            Language Acquisition in the Chinese Context (LACC)
, Hong Kong, China, December 15-16. [Abstract] [Poster]

C. Linguistics
1.          Chu, P. C. K., & Taft, M. (2011). Are there six or nine tones in Cantonese? Paper presented at the Psycholinguistic Representation of Tone 
             Conference (PLRT)
, Hong Kong, 22-23 August. [Abstract] [PPT]
2.          Chu, P. C. K. (2008). Onset, Rhyme and Coda Corresponding Rules of the Sino-Korean Characters between Cantonese and Korean. Paper 
             presented at the 5th Postgraduate Research Forum on Linguistics (PRFL), Hong Kong, China, March 15–16. [Abstract] [PPT]
3.          Chu, P. C. K., & Wong, F. (2008). The Acquisition of Cantonese Container Classifiers by Native Cantonese Children. Poster presentation at 
             the 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Science, Moscow, Russia, June 20-25. [Abstract] [Poster]
4.          Chu, P. C. K., & Wong, F. (2007). A Semantic Study of Container Classifiers in Cantonese. Poster presentation at the 12th International 
             Conference on the Processing of East Asia Related Languages (PEARL)
, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, December 28-29.
             [Abstract] [Poster]
5.          Chu, P. C. K. (2007). Rules and Constraints of the Code-mixing patterns in Hong Kong Cantonese. Paper presented at the First 
             International Free Linguistics Conference
, Sydney, Australia, October 6-7. [Abstract] [PPT]

D. Aspectual Asymmetry in the Human Mind
1.          Yap, F. H., Chu, P. C. K., Matthews, S., Li, P., & Shirai, Y. (2009). Aspectual asymmetries in the human mind: A perceptual symbols 
             account. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL), Paris, July 2-4.
2.          Yap, F. H., Yiu, E. S. M., Chu, P. C. K., Inoue, Y., Shirai, Y. & Matthews, S. (2008). Interaction of Lexical and Grammatical (and 
             Frequency) in Verb Processing
. Poster presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Cognitive Science, Moscow, Russia, June 20-25. 
             [Abstract]
3.          Yap, F. H., Kwan, S. W.-M., Yiu, E. S.-M., Chu, P. C.-K., Wong, S. F., Shirai, Y., & Matthews, S. (2006). Aspectual asymmetries in East 
             Asian languages.
Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Tense, Aspect, Mood and Modality (Chronos 7), Antwerp, 
             September 18-22.
4.          Yap, F. H., Kwan, S. W.-M., Yiu, E. S.-M., Chu, P. C.-K., & Wong, S. F., (2006). Assessing aspectual asymmetries in human 
             language processing.
Poster presentation at the International Speech and Communication Association (ISCA) Tutorial and Workshop on 
             Experimental Linguistics
, Athens, Greece, August 28-30.
5.          Yap, F. H., Kwan, S. W.-M., Chu, P. C.-K., Yiu, E. S.-M., Wong, S. F., Matthews, S., & Shirai, Y. (2006). Aspectual asymmetries in the 
             mental representation of events: Significance of lexical aspect.
Poster presentation at the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science 
             Society (CogSci)
, Vancouver, Canada, July 26-29. [Poster]
6.          Yap, F. H., Kwan, S. W.-M., Chu, P. C.-K., Yiu, E. S.-M., Wong, S. F., & Rhee, S. (2006). The interaction of lexical and grammatical 
             aspect on language processing.
Paper presented at the 2006 Linguistic Society of Korea Seoul International Conference on Linguistics 
             (SICOL), Seoul, Korea, July 24-26. [PPT] [Paper]
7.          Yap, F. H., Chu, P., Wong, S., Yiu, E., Matthews, S., & Shirai, Y. (2005). Aspectual asymmetry in Cantonese: Does inherent verb aspect 
             matter?
Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Processing Chinese and Other East Asian Languages (PCOEAL), 
             Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 9-11. [PPT]

Other presentation

1.          Chu, P. C. K. (2011). Interlanguage speech intelligibility benefit: Implications for the L2 phonological representation. Talk presented at the 
             Language Comprehension Department lab meeting, Max Planck institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 5 July.

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