PAMLab at CityU
@pamlab.bsky.social
The Phonetics, Acquisition & Multilingualism Lab (PAMLab) at City University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 studying speech & learning; PI Charles B. Chang @cbchang.bsky.social. Reposts≠endorsements.
Web: thepamlab.github.io
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PAMLab at CityU
@pamlab.bsky.social
· Oct 22
LexKO: A quick, reliable lexical test of Korean language proficiency - Behavior Research Methods
To facilitate objective measures of proficiency for language users of diverse backgrounds, recent research in second language acquisition and multilingualism has developed short, yet reliable, tests o...
link.springer.com
New paper alert: congrats to Profs. @cbchang.bsky.social, Sunyoung Ahn & Youngjoo Kim on the publication of "LexKO: A quick, reliable lexical test of Korean language proficiency"! 🎉🎉
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#OpenAccess #Korean #LanguageProficiency #LanguageAssessment #langsky 🐦🐦
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#OpenAccess #Korean #LanguageProficiency #LanguageAssessment #langsky 🐦🐦
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We are pleased to announce the third Reframing Our Language Experience (ROLE) Symposium 🥳
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
We are pleased to announce the third Reframing Our Language Experience (ROLE) Symposium 🥳
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
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I survived my first teaching term in Oxford! To celebrate, I've made some updates to the praatpicture library! 🥂
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I survived my first teaching term in Oxford! To celebrate, I've made some updates to the praatpicture library! 🥂
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How multilingualism can protect against brain ageing
How multilingualism can protect against brain ageing
A study of 86,000 older adults across Europe shows people who speak multiple languages tend to age more slowly than monolinguals.
theconversation.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
How multilingualism can protect against brain ageing
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📣 New #Journal 🥳
Seeking a #linguistics journal committed to registered reports, transparency, and high-quality research? Look no further! #RRLing is now open for submissions.
journals.ed.ac.uk/rrling/index
Seeking a #linguistics journal committed to registered reports, transparency, and high-quality research? Look no further! #RRLing is now open for submissions.
journals.ed.ac.uk/rrling/index
Registered Reports in Linguistics
journals.ed.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
📣 New #Journal 🥳
Seeking a #linguistics journal committed to registered reports, transparency, and high-quality research? Look no further! #RRLing is now open for submissions.
journals.ed.ac.uk/rrling/index
Seeking a #linguistics journal committed to registered reports, transparency, and high-quality research? Look no further! #RRLing is now open for submissions.
journals.ed.ac.uk/rrling/index
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My paper with Eunjong Kong on Korean "short tongue" pronunciation is finally out 🎉 Recently there has been more discussion of "short tongue" in the context of aegyo, a Korean cute speech register, and "short tongue" is one of its linguistic hallmarks. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My paper with Eunjong Kong on Korean "short tongue" pronunciation is finally out 🎉 Recently there has been more discussion of "short tongue" in the context of aegyo, a Korean cute speech register, and "short tongue" is one of its linguistic hallmarks. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Just ~10 days left till the application deadline for the '26-'27 PhD student intake at CityU #Linguistics & #Translation! Here's a short video about our PhD program, w/ 🌟 starring roles 🌟 for Profs. Alex Fang, Ashley Lewis, & Jackie Lai 😁
🌲 🧠 🗣️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=puBj...
#langsky 🐦🐦
🌲 🧠 🗣️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=puBj...
#langsky 🐦🐦
MPhil & PhD Research Degrees
YouTube video by Dept. of Linguistics and Translation, CityU HK
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Just ~10 days left till the application deadline for the '26-'27 PhD student intake at CityU #Linguistics & #Translation! Here's a short video about our PhD program, w/ 🌟 starring roles 🌟 for Profs. Alex Fang, Ashley Lewis, & Jackie Lai 😁
🌲 🧠 🗣️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=puBj...
#langsky 🐦🐦
🌲 🧠 🗣️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=puBj...
#langsky 🐦🐦
Our own @jupitararay.bsky.social is presenting at this week's #BUCLD50! Her Fri aft poster w/ Prof @cbchang.bsky.social is: "L2 influence, L1 resilience: Change and stability in early bilingual speakers of Indian English"
www.bu.edu/bucld/
@bulinguistics.bsky.social @bucld.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦
www.bu.edu/bucld/
@bulinguistics.bsky.social @bucld.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Our own @jupitararay.bsky.social is presenting at this week's #BUCLD50! Her Fri aft poster w/ Prof @cbchang.bsky.social is: "L2 influence, L1 resilience: Change and stability in early bilingual speakers of Indian English"
www.bu.edu/bucld/
@bulinguistics.bsky.social @bucld.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦
www.bu.edu/bucld/
@bulinguistics.bsky.social @bucld.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦
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Looking for an opportunity to mentor or be mentored at #BUCLD50? PUMP is what you need — you still have one week to register!
All BUCLD 50 attendees are welcome to join! You can register as a mentor or mentee at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#BUCLD #PUMP #LanguageDevelopment #AcademicGrowth
All BUCLD 50 attendees are welcome to join! You can register as a mentor or mentee at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#BUCLD #PUMP #LanguageDevelopment #AcademicGrowth
October 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Looking for an opportunity to mentor or be mentored at #BUCLD50? PUMP is what you need — you still have one week to register!
All BUCLD 50 attendees are welcome to join! You can register as a mentor or mentee at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#BUCLD #PUMP #LanguageDevelopment #AcademicGrowth
All BUCLD 50 attendees are welcome to join! You can register as a mentor or mentee at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#BUCLD #PUMP #LanguageDevelopment #AcademicGrowth
New paper alert: congrats to Profs. @cbchang.bsky.social, Sunyoung Ahn & Youngjoo Kim on the publication of "LexKO: A quick, reliable lexical test of Korean language proficiency"! 🎉🎉
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#OpenAccess #Korean #LanguageProficiency #LanguageAssessment #langsky 🐦🐦
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#OpenAccess #Korean #LanguageProficiency #LanguageAssessment #langsky 🐦🐦
LexKO: A quick, reliable lexical test of Korean language proficiency - Behavior Research Methods
To facilitate objective measures of proficiency for language users of diverse backgrounds, recent research in second language acquisition and multilingualism has developed short, yet reliable, tests o...
link.springer.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
New paper alert: congrats to Profs. @cbchang.bsky.social, Sunyoung Ahn & Youngjoo Kim on the publication of "LexKO: A quick, reliable lexical test of Korean language proficiency"! 🎉🎉
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#OpenAccess #Korean #LanguageProficiency #LanguageAssessment #langsky 🐦🐦
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
#OpenAccess #Korean #LanguageProficiency #LanguageAssessment #langsky 🐦🐦
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🚨🚨 Linguistics & Translation @ CityU is recruiting PhD students for the '26-27 intake! 🚨🚨
Prospectives should contact potential supervisors well before the Dec 1 deadline. Our faculty: lt.cityu.edu.hk/people/acade...
Happy to answer questions re: our programme & application process! #langsky 🐦🐦
Prospectives should contact potential supervisors well before the Dec 1 deadline. Our faculty: lt.cityu.edu.hk/people/acade...
Happy to answer questions re: our programme & application process! #langsky 🐦🐦
Support: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Translation: PhD, City University of Hong Kong
Support: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, General Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Translation: PhD, City University of Hong Kong
The Department of Linguistics and Translation (LT) at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is currently recruiting creative and motivated postgraduate students interested in pursuing a doctoral degree in language research at CityU.
At CityU, we view language as a dynamic and multifaceted system deeply connected to cognition, culture, and society. Our research-driven approach positions us as a global leader in modern linguistic studies and fosters an innovative and interdisciplinary environmen
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October 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🚨🚨 Linguistics & Translation @ CityU is recruiting PhD students for the '26-27 intake! 🚨🚨
Prospectives should contact potential supervisors well before the Dec 1 deadline. Our faculty: lt.cityu.edu.hk/people/acade...
Happy to answer questions re: our programme & application process! #langsky 🐦🐦
Prospectives should contact potential supervisors well before the Dec 1 deadline. Our faculty: lt.cityu.edu.hk/people/acade...
Happy to answer questions re: our programme & application process! #langsky 🐦🐦
PAMLab is recruiting new PhD students! 🎉🎉
#phonetics #bilingualism #multilingualism #phd #gradschool #langsky 🐦🐦
#phonetics #bilingualism #multilingualism #phd #gradschool #langsky 🐦🐦
October 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
PAMLab is recruiting new PhD students! 🎉🎉
#phonetics #bilingualism #multilingualism #phd #gradschool #langsky 🐦🐦
#phonetics #bilingualism #multilingualism #phd #gradschool #langsky 🐦🐦
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We are excited to celebrate the 50th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 50)! Join us and honor this milestone year.
Location: 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Find more information at www.bu.edu/bucld
#BUCLD #BUCLD50 #BostonUniversity #LanguageDevelopment
Location: 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Find more information at www.bu.edu/bucld
#BUCLD #BUCLD50 #BostonUniversity #LanguageDevelopment
October 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We are excited to celebrate the 50th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 50)! Join us and honor this milestone year.
Location: 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Find more information at www.bu.edu/bucld
#BUCLD #BUCLD50 #BostonUniversity #LanguageDevelopment
Location: 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
Find more information at www.bu.edu/bucld
#BUCLD #BUCLD50 #BostonUniversity #LanguageDevelopment
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Big news! Starting in 2027, @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org will publish the Journal of Black Language and Culture (JBLAC)—a new LSA journal highlighting the richness of Black language & culture across the globe.
Learn more: www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... @acharityhudley.bsky.social
Learn more: www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... @acharityhudley.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Big news! Starting in 2027, @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org will publish the Journal of Black Language and Culture (JBLAC)—a new LSA journal highlighting the richness of Black language & culture across the globe.
Learn more: www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... @acharityhudley.bsky.social
Learn more: www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... @acharityhudley.bsky.social
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#ResearchTuesday! Language exposure at home and school contribute differently to bilingual language development. This article in #JSLHR shows the importance of exposure to both languages. Read more: https://at.asha.org/MG @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #SLPeeps
Relationships Between Home and School Language Exposure and Changes in Bilingual Oral Language Performance From Kindergarten to First Grade
Purpose: With over one third of students in the United States exposed to languages
other than English at home, there is a growing need to examine...
at.asha.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#ResearchTuesday! Language exposure at home and school contribute differently to bilingual language development. This article in #JSLHR shows the importance of exposure to both languages. Read more: https://at.asha.org/MG @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #SLPeeps
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Posting on behalf of Tamar Gollan, who is not on Bluesky:
A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details!
psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details!
psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
psychiatry.ucsd.edu
September 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Posting on behalf of Tamar Gollan, who is not on Bluesky:
A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details!
psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details!
psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
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How do multilingual babies acquire their languages? In Africa, multilingualism is the norm. In our new study with 9-11 month old Ghanaian babies learning up to 5 languages simultaneously, we found that they were able to recognize words in text passages in Akan, one of their languages.
Tongue root harmony cues for speech segmentation in multilingually raised infants learning languages with and without vowel harmony in Ghana (Africa) | Bilingualism: Language and Cognition | Cambridge...
Tongue root harmony cues for speech segmentation in multilingually raised infants learning languages with and without vowel harmony in Ghana (Africa)
doi.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
How do multilingual babies acquire their languages? In Africa, multilingualism is the norm. In our new study with 9-11 month old Ghanaian babies learning up to 5 languages simultaneously, we found that they were able to recognize words in text passages in Akan, one of their languages.
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🚨 We are seeking a Digital Presence Coordinator!
Open to psych/neuro grad students, postdocs & faculty who are passionate about improving fairness in peer review.
Job details:
💻 Managing website, socials, newsletters
🕒 4–8 hrs/month | 💵 $500 honorarium | 📅 1-year term
Apply 👉 go.iu.edu/8vxh
Open to psych/neuro grad students, postdocs & faculty who are passionate about improving fairness in peer review.
Job details:
💻 Managing website, socials, newsletters
🕒 4–8 hrs/month | 💵 $500 honorarium | 📅 1-year term
Apply 👉 go.iu.edu/8vxh
go.iu.edu
October 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🚨 We are seeking a Digital Presence Coordinator!
Open to psych/neuro grad students, postdocs & faculty who are passionate about improving fairness in peer review.
Job details:
💻 Managing website, socials, newsletters
🕒 4–8 hrs/month | 💵 $500 honorarium | 📅 1-year term
Apply 👉 go.iu.edu/8vxh
Open to psych/neuro grad students, postdocs & faculty who are passionate about improving fairness in peer review.
Job details:
💻 Managing website, socials, newsletters
🕒 4–8 hrs/month | 💵 $500 honorarium | 📅 1-year term
Apply 👉 go.iu.edu/8vxh
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Deadline 19 Oct: PhD position on accented speech processing with S. Brouwer at Radboud University : www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
October 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Deadline 19 Oct: PhD position on accented speech processing with S. Brouwer at Radboud University : www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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Does anyone know of good resources for conlanging? For a v. creative HS student that I'd like to help work through the process a little more methodically. I'm thinking smthg that introduces the ideas of phono inventory, typology of possible morph and syntax systems, etc. Thx! #linguistics #conlang
October 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Does anyone know of good resources for conlanging? For a v. creative HS student that I'd like to help work through the process a little more methodically. I'm thinking smthg that introduces the ideas of phono inventory, typology of possible morph and syntax systems, etc. Thx! #linguistics #conlang
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Q: How does tonal coarticulation in disyllabic words of #Cantonese contribute to tone merging and inform research on #soundchange? A: The two interact dynamically, with carryover effects in extreme tonal contexts emerging as an important source of change. #LabPhon #openaccess doi.org/10.16995/lab...
The effects of contextual tonal variation on Cantonese tone merging
Previous studies on Cantonese tone merging have examined monosyllabic materials so far, yet disyllabic words are common in daily conversation. Sound change often originates from a pool of synchronic v...
www.journal-labphon.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Q: How does tonal coarticulation in disyllabic words of #Cantonese contribute to tone merging and inform research on #soundchange? A: The two interact dynamically, with carryover effects in extreme tonal contexts emerging as an important source of change. #LabPhon #openaccess doi.org/10.16995/lab...
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🚨Open immediately!! (rolling application review)🚨: Postdoc w/ the amazing Tamar Gollan, Uni. Cal. San Diego, bilingual speech production and cognitive control in aging and Alzheimer’s disease psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
psychiatry.ucsd.edu
September 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🚨Open immediately!! (rolling application review)🚨: Postdoc w/ the amazing Tamar Gollan, Uni. Cal. San Diego, bilingual speech production and cognitive control in aging and Alzheimer’s disease psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
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Are you an early career scholar interested in learning more about peer review?
Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.
9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼
Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.
9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
northwestern.zoom.us
October 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Are you an early career scholar interested in learning more about peer review?
Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.
9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼
Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.
9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼
Look who's talking: our own @jupitararay.bsky.social will speak about "L2 change and L1 stability in early sequential bilinguals of Indian English" in Northeastern Linguistics' Speaker Series next week!
@bulinguistics.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦 #bilingualism #phonetics #phonology
@bulinguistics.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦 #bilingualism #phonetics #phonology
September 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Look who's talking: our own @jupitararay.bsky.social will speak about "L2 change and L1 stability in early sequential bilinguals of Indian English" in Northeastern Linguistics' Speaker Series next week!
@bulinguistics.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦 #bilingualism #phonetics #phonology
@bulinguistics.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦 #bilingualism #phonetics #phonology
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Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects
So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?
And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?
And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
September 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects
So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?
And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?
And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?
Kudos to PhD student @jupitararay.bsky.social & Prof @cbchang.bsky.social on their acceptance to #LSA2026, the upcoming @lingsocam.bsky.social Annual Meeting! Their talk is titled "L2 accommodation-led drift: Asymmetries between L1 production and perception" 🙌
@bulinguistics.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦
@bulinguistics.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦
September 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Kudos to PhD student @jupitararay.bsky.social & Prof @cbchang.bsky.social on their acceptance to #LSA2026, the upcoming @lingsocam.bsky.social Annual Meeting! Their talk is titled "L2 accommodation-led drift: Asymmetries between L1 production and perception" 🙌
@bulinguistics.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦
@bulinguistics.bsky.social #langsky 🐦🐦