About
Charles B. Chang is Professor of Linguistics at the City University of Hong Kong. He received a joint AB/AM in Linguistics from Harvard University, an MPhil in English and Applied Linguistics from the University of Cambridge, and an MA and PhD in Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley.
A Fellow of the Psychonomic Society and a past recipient of the Linguistic Society of America's Early Career Award, Prof. Chang studies phonetic and phonological aspects of language learning, bilingualism and multilingualism, and language attrition. His research has been funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Gates Cambridge Trust, Boston University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Maryland, Western Sydney University, and Trinity College (Cambridge).
Current Work
Prof. Chang's research focuses on the intersection of language sound systems (phonetics and phonology), language learning, and use of more than one language (multilingualism) over the lifespan. He has a special interest in first- and second-generation immigrant groups, including heritage language speakers and learners. Using a variety of techniques including sociolinguistic interviews, listening experiments, and acoustic analysis, his current projects examine interactions among languages in novice learners and advanced users of a third language; language variation among Asian Americans of diverse ethnicities; and effects of alcohol intoxication on speech production in bilinguals.
Research Area Keyword(s)
speech production, speech perception, linguistics, Phonetics, multilingualism