
Tingyu HUANG
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Thesis (working) title: N/A
Tingyu is currently working on phonetics, phonology and language acquisition. She is investigating learning biases in phonological acquisition and L2 learning effects on L1 phonology.
Supervisor: Dr. Youngah Do
Co-supervisor: Prof Stephen Matthews
Email: huangty@hku.hk

Arthur Lewis THOMPSON
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Thesis (working) title: N/A
Arthur is currently working to account for phonological iconicity through imitative gestures produced during articulation of mimetic sounds. The goal of his research is to explain why “universals” in sound symbolism are universal and why sound symbolic utterances are intelligible cross-linguistically. Aside from linguistic iconicity and sound symbolism, Arthur’s interests are in phonology, language acquisition, morphology, language documentation, Chinese languages, and sign language. He is on the editorial team for LECT – HKU’s working papers in linguistics and language sciences.
Supervisor: Dr. Youngah Do
Co-supervisor: Prof Stephen Matthews

Pui Yiu SZETO
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Thesis (working) title: Language contact, language evolution, grammaticalization
Supervisor: Prof Umberto Ansaldo
Co-supervisor: Prof Stephen Matthews
Email: szetopy@hku.hk

Lang QIN
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Thesis (working) title: Phonology, L1 Acquisition, Computational Linguistics
Supervisor: Dr. W.T. Siok
Co-supervisor: Prof Stephen Matthews, Prof AC Tang
Email: qinlang@hku.hk

Soyeon PARK
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Thesis (working) title: Reading development in dyslexia: focus on non-alphabetic writing system
Supervisor: Dr. W.T. Siok
Co-supervisor: Prof Umberto Ansaldo
Email: u3002827@hku.hk

Wah Man Mary MEAU
PhD Candidate (Part-time)
Thesis (working) title: Cognitive factors and reading
Supervisor: Dr. WT Siok
Co-supervisor: Prof. Umberto Ansaldo

Siu Ling TAM
PhD Candidate (Part-time)
Thesis (working) title: Language in Hong Kong Children with Autistic Disorders
Supervisor: Prof Stephen Matthews
Co-supervisor: Dr. WT Siok
LIAO Hanbo
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Thesis (working) title: N/A
Hanbo is currently working on the study of Kam-Tai substratum in Southern Sinitic languages, especially Cantonese and Pinghua. The goal of his research is to account for the formation of the synthesis of Southern Sinitic languages. In addition to his current topic, Hanbo’s field of study includes Historical and Comparative Linguistics, Phonology, Phonetics, Grammar, and Typology. The languages he is interested in are the Tai-Katai, Southern Sinitic, Austroneasian, and Japonic languages.
Supervisor: Dr. Donohue Cathryn Jane
Co-supervisor: Prof. Stephen Matthews
LI Bailiang
MPhil Candidate (Full-time)
Thesis (working) title:
Supervisor: Dr. Heeju Hwang
Co-supervisor: Prof. Stephen Matthews
YIU Suet Yee
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Prof. Diana Archangeli
Co-supervisor: Prof. Stephen Matthews
Abraham Kwesi BISILKI
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Dr. Kofi Yakpo
Co-supervisor: Dr. Joe Perry, Dr. Wai Ting Siok
Onyinyechukwu Ezeamuzie
Mphil Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Prof Stephen Matthews
Co-supervisor: Dr. Cathryn Donohue
LIU Chun Yin
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Dr. Wai Ting Siok
Co-supervisor: Dr. Heeju Hwang
SEVILLA Robert Marcelo
MPhil Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Prof. Stephen Matthews
Co-supervisor: Dr. Cathryn Donohue
FUNG Hing Yuet
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Prof. Stephen Matthews
Co-supervisor: Dr. Cathryn Donohue
WANG Qingchun
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Dr. Wai Ting Siok
Co-supervisor: Dr. Kofi Yakpo
CHEUNG Ching Yat
MPhil Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Dr. Christophe Coupé
Co-supervisor: Dr. Kofi Yakpo
JIANG Tian
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Dr. Wai Ting Siok
NI Wenjing
MPhil Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Dr. Christophe Coupé
REN He
PhD Candidate (Full-time)
Supervisor: Dr. Joe Perry