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

WICL-3 logo
March 12 - March 13, 2016
12:00 am - 1:00 am
Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Room 120 (1501 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43201)

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 43201
 
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/    (for program, registration, etc.)

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
Director, Institute for Chinese Studies, East Asian Studies Center

Graduate student chairs:
Litong Chen - Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yutian Tan - Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Tsz-Him Tsui - Department of Linguistics

Organizing committee members:
Professor Zhiguo Xie - Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Sha Huan – Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Cathy Huang – Fisher College of Business
Yuhan Lin – Department of Linguistics
Yun Shen – Visiting scholar, Yunnan University, China
Qian Wang – Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Seo-Jin Yang – Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Qianqian Zhang – Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Dani Cooke – Fiscal Associate, East Asian Studies Center
Nathan Lancaster – Assistant Director for Academic Programming, East Asian Studies Center

WICL-3 logo designer: Honglin Du (都虹霖)
 

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


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.