ICS Conference: 3rd Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics (WICL-3)

Institute for Chinese Studies presents: 3rd Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics March 12-13, 2016 Mershon Center for International Security Studies 1501 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 4320 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Professor Valter Ciocca, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) “A developmental perspective on the perception and production of Cantonese tones” Professor Stephen Matthews, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR) “Tonal targets in language and music” Professor Virginia Yip, Dept. of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR) “The acquisition of Cantonese in bilingual contexts” WICL-3 website: http://u.osu.edu/wicl/wicl-3/ The 3rd Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics (WICL-3) will take place on March 12 and 13, 2016, at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. WICL-3 focuses on new advances in Cantonese Linguistics, including innovations in methodologies, tools, and/or computing software. Topics include new approaches and research on language variation within the Cantonese (or “Yue”) subgroup of the Chinese language family, language contact phenomena, etc. Organizing committee: Faculty chair: Professor Marjorie K.M. Chan - Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, OSU Graduate student chairs: Litong Chen - Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, OSU Yutian Tan - Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, OSU Organizing committee members: Professor Zhiguo Xie - Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, OSU Qian Wang - Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, OSU Yuhan Lin - Department of Linguistics, OSU Tsz-Him Tsui - Department of Linguistics, OSU WICL-3 is supported by the following OSU sponsors: East Asian Studies Center Institute for Chinese Studies Graduate Association of Chinese Linguistics (GACL) Graduate Students of East Asian Languages and Literatures (GREALL) OSU co-sponsors: Department of Linguistics Department of Speech and Hearing Science Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures Council on Student Affairs …. more to be added … This event is sponsored in part by the Jerome G. Dare Fund and a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant for The Ohio State University East Asian Studies Center.Center.