Darius ADJONG
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Thesis (working) title: A grammar of Buli
My research interests are primarily in grammatical description, linguistic typology and language documentation with a focus on the Gur and Kwa (Niger-Congo) languages spoken in Ghana and other parts of Africa.
Supervisor: Dr. Kofi Yakpo
Co-supervisor: Dr. Joe Perry
Email: darius20@connect.hku.hk
Antonia ALVARES
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Thesis (working) title: Investigating Khatri as a Contact Language
Antonia is working towards writing a descriptive grammar of the Khatri/Pattegar language with the aim of situating it within contact linguistics. The Khatri/Pattegar language is spoken by a small community in India known as the Saojis.
Supervisor: Dr. Kofi Yakpo
Co-supervisor: Dr. Joe Perry
Email: tonia9@connect.hku.hk
Changhe CHEN
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
My research interests are phonetics and laboratory phonology. Currently I use articulatory methods (ultrasound, electroglottograph and nasalance) as well as acoustic analysis to investigate various aspects of Chinese phonetics.
Supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Havenhill
Co-supervisor: Dr. Kofi Yakpo
Email: riverch8@connect.hku.hk
JIANG Tian
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Research concentration: Cognitive and Neurological Mechanisms underlying Visual Reading in Chinese (Psycholinguistics/Neurolinguistics)
Supervisor: Dr. Wai Ting Siok
Email: mylily03@connect.hku.hk
Frank, Lihui TAN
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
My current research interest is computational modelling of phonetic and phonological acquisition and its comparison with human learning trajectories. My other interests include modelling of linguistic knowledge transfer and sound change, and sign language representation learning.
Supervisor: Dr. Youngah Do
Co-supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Havenhill
Email: frank.lhtan@connect.hku.hk
Jonah Allan LACK
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Research concentration: I am a PhD student researching L2 syntactic representations and morphosyntactic processing through EEG, and am specifically interested in the differences between syntactic representations in 1st and 2nd language processing and acquisition. My MA dissertation discussed structural priming in bilinguals, including current theories, methodologies, and trends. I’m heavily interested in L2 processing and acquisition broadly, and have been studying Korean and Mandarin since the start of my Bachelor’s degree with the goal of attaining fluency.
Supervisor: Dr. Yoonsang Song
Co-supervisor: Prof. Stephen Matthews
Email: jlack@connect.hku.hk
Ming LIU
MPhil Candidate (Full-time)
I’m a Mphil student planning to work on phonetics and SLA. I’m interested in speech learning in second language acquisition as well as sound change in natural language contact, especially the interaction between Mandarin and Hakka.
Supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Havenhill
Co-supervisor: Dr. Youngah Do
Email: u3007723@connect.hku.hk
Yue LYU
MPhil Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Dr. Joe Perry
Co-supervisor: Dr. Youngah Do
Email: ymlyu98@connect.hku.hk
NI Wenjing
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Dr. Christophe Coupé
Email: u3006222@connect.hku.hk
REN He
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
My research interest lies in syntax, semantics, and their interfaces. My current studies include (crosslinguistic) control constructions, logophoricity, and attitude embedment. I have completed my MA degree at University College London, and my BA degree at Nanjing University.
Supervisor: Dr. Joe Perry
Co-supervisor: Prof. Stephen Matthews
Email: u3006205@connect.hku.hk
Samuel Sui Lung SZE
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Research concentration: Second language acquisition
Supervisor: Dr. Yoonsang Song
Co-supervisor: Dr. Youngah Do
Email: u3564255@connect.hku.hk
Qingchun WANG
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Dr. Wai Ting Siok
Email: tun1015@connect.hku.hk
Zhihao WANG
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Research Interest: Phonology, Phonetics, Language Contact
Supervisor: Dr. Youngah Do
Co-supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Havenhill
Email: wzhihaow@connect.hku.hk
Xiaoyu YU
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Xiaoyu joined the PhD program in 2021. He is currently working on sound changes and phonological learning using experimental methods. His other research interests include sociophonetics, Middle Chinese phonology, and Chinese varieties.
Supervisor: Dr. Youngah Do
Co-supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Havehill
Email: xyu97@connect.hku.hk
Shuang ZHENG
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Research interest: Phonology, phonology-morphology interface, varieties of Chinese
Supervisor: Dr. Youngah Do
Co-supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Havenhill
Email: ivyzheng@connect.hku.hk