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]
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.
Language Comprehension Department lab meeting, Max Planck institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 5 July.
