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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Join us for the SFU Multilingual Week keynote by Kyra Borland, titled “Many Worlds: Experiences working in Indigenous language revitalization outside academia.” Feb 26, 12:30pm.
Zoom: Email [email protected] for the link. Register & learn more: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/...
@sfu.ca
Zoom: Email [email protected] for the link. Register & learn more: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/...
@sfu.ca
February 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Join us for the SFU Multilingual Week keynote by Kyra Borland, titled “Many Worlds: Experiences working in Indigenous language revitalization outside academia.” Feb 26, 12:30pm.
Zoom: Email [email protected] for the link. Register & learn more: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/...
@sfu.ca
Zoom: Email [email protected] for the link. Register & learn more: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/...
@sfu.ca
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'Queer and Trans Speech Science and Technology', an #Interspeech2026 Special Session offering a space to build community and provide a foundation for future trans- and queer-driven speech research sites.google.com/view/is-quee...
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM
'Queer and Trans Speech Science and Technology', an #Interspeech2026 Special Session offering a space to build community and provide a foundation for future trans- and queer-driven speech research sites.google.com/view/is-quee...
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Deadline Mar 20: Postdoc, fNIRS+bilingual language development w/ M. Kalashnikova, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain, + Language calls.bcbl.eu/index.php?op...
February 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Deadline Mar 20: Postdoc, fNIRS+bilingual language development w/ M. Kalashnikova, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain, + Language calls.bcbl.eu/index.php?op...
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Who has shaped how we understand the human mind?
Nominations for the David E. Rumelhart Prize are open through Feb 23, 2026 🗓️
Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-pr... to learn about past recipients and submit a nomination!
Nominations for the David E. Rumelhart Prize are open through Feb 23, 2026 🗓️
Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-pr... to learn about past recipients and submit a nomination!
January 28, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Who has shaped how we understand the human mind?
Nominations for the David E. Rumelhart Prize are open through Feb 23, 2026 🗓️
Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-pr... to learn about past recipients and submit a nomination!
Nominations for the David E. Rumelhart Prize are open through Feb 23, 2026 🗓️
Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-pr... to learn about past recipients and submit a nomination!
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Join SFU Multilingual Week February 23 to 28, 2026.
Celebrate linguistic diversity in a week-long series of event: a keynote, talks, panels, roundtable discussions, and a language and culture expo. Everyone is welcome—students, faculty members, and staff. And it's free!
www.sfu.ca/wll/mlw.html
Celebrate linguistic diversity in a week-long series of event: a keynote, talks, panels, roundtable discussions, and a language and culture expo. Everyone is welcome—students, faculty members, and staff. And it's free!
www.sfu.ca/wll/mlw.html
January 27, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Join SFU Multilingual Week February 23 to 28, 2026.
Celebrate linguistic diversity in a week-long series of event: a keynote, talks, panels, roundtable discussions, and a language and culture expo. Everyone is welcome—students, faculty members, and staff. And it's free!
www.sfu.ca/wll/mlw.html
Celebrate linguistic diversity in a week-long series of event: a keynote, talks, panels, roundtable discussions, and a language and culture expo. Everyone is welcome—students, faculty members, and staff. And it's free!
www.sfu.ca/wll/mlw.html
New #phonetics & #phonology talk series in 🇭🇰 - CityU Phorum! Our 1st speaker this term: Yao Yao (PolyU), on how "Gender Biases Shape Artificial Word Learning Even with Robot‑Like Voices".
Schedule: thepamlab.github.io/phorum/2526-...
Hong Kong folks: email the lab if you'd like to attend! 🐦🐦
Schedule: thepamlab.github.io/phorum/2526-...
Hong Kong folks: email the lab if you'd like to attend! 🐦🐦
2025-26 Semester B schedule
Here is the Semester B meeting schedule for the CityU Phorum. Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings take place on Wednesdays, 11am-12pm, in LI-5405 (Room 5405, 5/F, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic...
thepamlab.github.io
January 19, 2026 at 5:31 AM
New #phonetics & #phonology talk series in 🇭🇰 - CityU Phorum! Our 1st speaker this term: Yao Yao (PolyU), on how "Gender Biases Shape Artificial Word Learning Even with Robot‑Like Voices".
Schedule: thepamlab.github.io/phorum/2526-...
Hong Kong folks: email the lab if you'd like to attend! 🐦🐦
Schedule: thepamlab.github.io/phorum/2526-...
Hong Kong folks: email the lab if you'd like to attend! 🐦🐦
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A blast from the past. I wrote about this weird device back in 2010: stancarey.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/u...
January 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
A blast from the past. I wrote about this weird device back in 2010: stancarey.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/u...
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Deadline Jan 15: Postdoc, "Bilingualism, Early Intervention, and Speech & Language Processing" w/ S. Surrain, U Nevada Las Vegas drive.google.com/file/d/1Caza...
January 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Deadline Jan 15: Postdoc, "Bilingualism, Early Intervention, and Speech & Language Processing" w/ S. Surrain, U Nevada Las Vegas drive.google.com/file/d/1Caza...
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Deadline 12 January [from email; website says 5 Jan]: Statement of interest for 3 year research position, Center of Linguistics, University of Lisbon. www.clul.ulisboa.pt/en/news/call...
January 6, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Deadline 12 January [from email; website says 5 Jan]: Statement of interest for 3 year research position, Center of Linguistics, University of Lisbon. www.clul.ulisboa.pt/en/news/call...
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This study investigated whether the variable speech of children is learnable in a perceptual learning paradigm and examined whether speech variability predicted perceptual learning outcomes.
https://on.asha.org/3NxJ7Ot
https://on.asha.org/3NxJ7Ot
Perceptual Learning and Predictability of Children's Speech
Purpose: According to theoretical models, perceptual learning is modulated by the level of acoustic predictably in the speech signal. This study ...
on.asha.org
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
This study investigated whether the variable speech of children is learnable in a perceptual learning paradigm and examined whether speech variability predicted perceptual learning outcomes.
https://on.asha.org/3NxJ7Ot
https://on.asha.org/3NxJ7Ot
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Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in computational linguistics at UNIGE / @nccrlanguage.bsky.social The application deadline is around the corner (Jan 15)- don't miss it! linguistlist.org/issues/36/37...
LINGUIST List 36.3752 Jobs: Computational Linguistics: Professor of Computational Linguistics, University of Geneva, Switzerland
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
linguistlist.org
January 7, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in computational linguistics at UNIGE / @nccrlanguage.bsky.social The application deadline is around the corner (Jan 15)- don't miss it! linguistlist.org/issues/36/37...
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Deadline 3 Feb: 3 (!) positions, Associate/Full Professor (tenured), compling/NLP, psycholx, language typology, Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
January 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Deadline 3 Feb: 3 (!) positions, Associate/Full Professor (tenured), compling/NLP, psycholx, language typology, Linguistics and Multilingual Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...
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hey, did y'all know that the Linguistic Society of America offers FREE registration to K12 teachers, K12 students, and Indigenous scholars of the Americas for the #LSA2026 Annual Meeting? And it's not too late to register for the hybrid/online portion of the conference!
Registration Info - LSA 2026 Annual Meeting
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January 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
hey, did y'all know that the Linguistic Society of America offers FREE registration to K12 teachers, K12 students, and Indigenous scholars of the Americas for the #LSA2026 Annual Meeting? And it's not too late to register for the hybrid/online portion of the conference!
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The Psychonomic Society is now accepting nominations for the Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award, Mid-Career Award, and Early-Career Award. The nomination deadline is March 31. Learn more: buff.ly/wBFdEFt
January 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The Psychonomic Society is now accepting nominations for the Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award, Mid-Career Award, and Early-Career Award. The nomination deadline is March 31. Learn more: buff.ly/wBFdEFt
Check out our own Jupitara Ray at this week’s #LSA2026! Her talk w/ Prof. @cbchang.bsky.social is “L2 accommodation-led drift: Asymmetries between L1 production and perception” & is in the Fri morn “Phonetics: Perception” session 🗣️👂🐦🐦 #langsky @lingsocam.bsky.social @bulinguistics.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Check out our own Jupitara Ray at this week’s #LSA2026! Her talk w/ Prof. @cbchang.bsky.social is “L2 accommodation-led drift: Asymmetries between L1 production and perception” & is in the Fri morn “Phonetics: Perception” session 🗣️👂🐦🐦 #langsky @lingsocam.bsky.social @bulinguistics.bsky.social
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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 🐦🐦