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Date and Venue: |
7th – 8th April |
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Room GH803, Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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9th April |
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Room V312, Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
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About the Workshops:
The 2.5-day workshops are composed of two overlapping parts. The 1.5-day Joint Postgraduate Student Symposium on Language, Culture and Cognition (JPSSLCC) is a joint research student workshop with presentations from Hong Kong, Macau, and France. The event is funded by the Postgraduate Students Conference/Seminar Grant of the Research Grants Council, Hong Kong. The JPSSLCC shares the invited talk sessions with the JWLLP-VariAMU Joint Workshop, especially the afternoon session of 8 April. The JWLLP-VariAMU workshop underlines inter-disciplinary and international collaboration and will welcome leading scholars from Japan, Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, and especially our partners from CNRS-LPL Lab from France.
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Joint Postgraduate Student Symposium
Dates: 7 & 8 April 2017 (Fri & Sat)
Venue: GH803 (for 7th – 8th April)
*** Call for Papers ***
Joint Postgraduate Student Symposium on Language, Culture and Cognition
The Faculty of Humanities (FH) of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the Joint Postgraduate Student Symposium on Language, Culture and Cognition to be held on 7-8 April, 2017 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
The symposium will provide an inter-institution forum for research students from different disciplines to present and discuss their work, exchange ideas and share their experiences in research. Scholars and experts of language processing and cognition will be invited to address the symposium.
The programme of the symposium will also include two workshops for those who are interested in language processing and cognition. The two workshops form part of the JWLLP(Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing ) and VariAMU (Variations in Action: A Multilingual Approach) activities.
Themes:
We invite abstracts for 20-minute oral presentation (15-minute presentation + 5-minute Q&A) / poster presentations addressing topics, including but not limited to:
- Language processing
- Language acquisition
- Bilingualism
- Language and brain
- Language and music
- Cognitive processes in translatiing & interpreting
- Empirical studies on language and culture/society
- Cultural factors in cognition
The symposium languages are English and Mandarin.
A selection of papers will be published online after the symposium.
Key Dates:
Submission of abstract: 5 March,2017
Submission of full papers: 12 March,2017
Notification of acceptance: 20 March,2017
Registration deadline: 24 March 2017
Conference: 7 April-8 April 2017
Best Paper Award announcement: 8 April 2017
Workshops: 9 April 2017
Submission and acceptance of abstract:
Individuals interested in this symposium should send their abstracts to jpsspolyu@gmail.com by 5 March 2017. Please include your full name and institution, email address, and postal address at the end of the abstract. Abstracts should be written in English with a maximum length of 400 words, excluding references. All abstracts will undergo peer review. The acceptance will be sent by 20 March 2017. Travel information will be available in the letter of acceptance.
Best Paper Award
Individuals interested in the Best Paper Award should submit full papers. The Scientific Committee will announce the results after the presentations. The criteria for the selection of the paper include: originality of the study, clarity of methodology, significant findings and advancement in the research area, effectiveness of the presenter to deliver the information will also be considered. Full papers should be submitted to jpsspolyu@gmail.com by 12 March 2017.
Registration:
Please send the registration form to the email address jpsspolyu@.gmail.com to confirm your attendance. If you are a presenter, this will count as confirmation of your presentation too.
Registration deadline: 24 March 2017
Registration is free.
Postgraduate students from all institutions are welcomed!
JWLLP-VariAMU Joint Workshop
The 22nd Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing (JWLLP) &
The 5th Workshop on Variations in Action: A Multilingual Approach (VariAMU)
Dates: 8 & 9 April 2017 (Sat & Sun)
Venue: GH803 (for 8th April); V312 (for 9th April)
About JWLLP
JWLLP (Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing) is a workshop that was previously held alternatively in Japan and Korea. It is the first time for JWLLP workshop to be held in Hong Kong.
For details, please visit http://www.decode.waseda.ac.jp/jwllp/ .
About Variamu
Variations in Action: A Multilingual Approach
The blog is the blog of an international collaborative joint project co-funded by Amidex. The scientific object of the collaboration is the issue of language variation addressed from a comparative perspective.
Speech and language knowledge supports a growing number of strategic domains such as Human Language Technologies (HLT), Language Learning (LL), and Clinical Linguistics (CL). A crucial issue to these domains is language variation, which can result from dysfunction, proficiency, dialectal specificities, communicative contexts or even inter-individual differences. Variation is often an important part of the question itself. In such a context, the partner institutions of this proposal gather together a comprehensive and complementary set of competences and capacities able to address this question. They are all located at major cultural hubs where many languages and dialects are used. This project seizes this international opportunity to place variation at the center of the debate. Such a move first allows to systematic (statistics over large datasets) comparative methods for producing new insights on a wide range of linguistic phenomena. It also introduces interesting challenges to automatic processing techniques that rely on rules (being symbolic or probabilistic) well designed to handle a given variety (most of the time the standard one) but less geared towards data with significant sources of variations.
The present VariAMU project brings the collaboration between the partners a step further and constitutes a unique opportunity for them to officially internationalize their network. This network will be structured around 3 research axes, all centered on the variation concept: (i) Language technologies, (i) Linguistics and Phonetics, (ii) Speech and Language Pathologies.
https://variamu.hypotheses.org/
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Research Postgraduate Symposium and Joint JWLLP-VariAmu Workshop - Program
Date |
Time |
Activity |
Venue |
7 April
(Fri) |
14:00-14:25 |
Registration and Opening: Research Symposium |
GH803 |
14:25-15:25 |
Invited talk:
Synaesthesia in Chinese: A corpus-based study on gustatory adjectives in Mandarin
(Chu-Ren HUANG, Qing-Qing ZHAO, and Yun-Fei LONG, CBS, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
GH803 |
15:25-15:45 |
Student Presentation 1:
Mandarin Relata: A Dataset of Word Relations and Their Semantic Types
(Hong-Chao LIU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
GH803 |
15:45-16:05 |
Student Presentation 2:
Social Differences in Language Use in Public Domains of Hong Kong: Non-Participant Observation in Hong Kong Markets, Malls and Banks
(Yun ZHANG, University of Macau) |
GH803 |
16:05-16:25 |
Student presentation 3:
Africa must unite!
Kwame Nkrumah’s creation of a mythic discourse?
(Mark NARTEY, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
GH803 |
16:25-16:45 |
Tea break |
GH803 |
16:45-17:00 |
Student Presentation 4:
Creativity & multimodality: an analytical framework for creativity in multimodal texts
(Locky LAW, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
GH803 |
17:00-17:15 |
Student Presentation 5:
A corpus study: the use of French discourse markers genre and du coup
(Matthieu STALI, Aix-Marseille Université) |
GH803 |
17:15-17:30 |
Student Presentation 6:
An eye tracking study：Can spacing affect Japanese as second language reading process?
(Ting-Ting ZHANG, University of Macau) |
GH803 |
17:30-17:35 |
Break |
GH803 |
17:35-17:50 |
Student Presentation 7:
Lexical Choice among Near-synonymous Manner Adverbs
(Helena Yan-Ping LAU, Sophia Yat-Mei LEE, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
GH803 |
17:50-18:05 |
Student presentation 8:
A Comparative Study of Conceptual Metaphor Translation in Government Annual Reports between Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong
(Long-Xing LI, University of Macau) |
GH803 |
18:05-18:20 |
Student presentation 9:
Demonstration, Classification and Application of Empty Verb in Modern Chinese
(Han WEN and Li ZHANG, University of Macau) |
GH803 |
18:20-18:35 |
Student presentation 10:
A study of the applicability of Schneider's Dynamic Model of post-colonial Englishes to the development of the English language from the Norman invasion of Britain in 1066
(Andrew John MORRALL, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
GH803 |
18:35 |
End of the first day.
Dinner at Regal Court Chinese Restaurant (invited guests) |
Regal Kowloon Hotel |
8 April
(Sat) |
09:00-09:15 |
Student Presentation 11:
What's next for Chinese Language?
- Inspirations from ERP-related studies in Bilingual
(Wen-Yi CHU, University of Macau) |
GH803 |
09:15-09:30 |
Student Presentation 12:
Undoing Hong Kong Cantonese tone mergers via phonetic imitation
(Jin LUO, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
GH803 |
09:30-09:45 |
Student Presentation 13:
Syntactic Derivation of the Construction of X-de buneng zai X–le
(Li ZHANG, University of Macau) |
GH803 |
09:45-10:00 |
Student presentation 14:
Korean speak: a contrastive study of experiential meaning in translation from Korean to English
(Kathleen MACDONALD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
GH803 |
10:00-10:15 |
Student presentation 15:
A meta-analysis on incidental CSL vocabulary learning
(Xiao-Ming HOU, University of Macau) |
GH803 |
10:15-10:30 |
Student presentation 16:
Emotion perception in Chinese cochlear implant children
(Hai-Tao GUAN, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
GH803 |
10:30-10:45 |
Break |
GH803 |
10:45-12:00 |
A Panel:
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(Jong-Bok KIM; Chu-Ren HUANG; Wiliam WANG) |
GH803 |
12:00-13:30 |
Lunch at Staff Chinese Restaurant |
PolyU |
13:30-14:15 |
- Closing Ceremony of Research Student Symposium (Best Paper Award)
- Opening Ceremony of JWLLP-VariAMU Workshops
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GH803 |
14:20-15:20 |
Keynote Speech:
On the Inferential Cleft Construction in English and Korean: A Corpus-based Perspective
(Jong-Bok KIM, Kyung Hee University) |
GH803 |
15:25-15:55 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 1:
The psychophysiology of metaphor processing in a counseling context
(Dennis TAY and Jin HUANG, ENGL, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
GH803 |
16:00-16:30 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 2:
Supervising human-machine dialogue in a virtual reality environment. An illustration with the ACORFORMED avatar
(Philippe BLACHE, Director of Research at the CNRS, Laboratoire Parole et Langage) |
GH803 |
16:30-16:45 |
Tea Break |
GH803 |
16:45-17:15 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 3:
An Eye Tracking Study: Transferability of Spacing Effect during Second Language Reading Process
(Hong-Gang JIN, Ting-Ting ZHANG, Xiao-Ming HOU, Wen-Yi CHU, University of Macau) |
GH803 |
17:20-17:50 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 4:
Let's Talk Online: L2 Teaching and Learning in Multimodal Contexts
(Yu-Yin HSU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Marco CAPPELLINI, Aix-Marseille Université) |
GH803 |
17:55-18:25 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 5:
Activation of the Weak Grammatical Feature [+L] and Its Activator
(Jie XU, University of Macau) |
GH803 |
18:25 |
End of the second day.
The Green |
Hotel ICON |
9 April
(Sun) |
09:10-09:40 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 6:
French - Mandarin conversational patterns mapping: a computational approach
(Laurent PRÉVOT, Aix Marseille University;
Shu-Chuan TSENG, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan) |
V312 |
09:45-10:15 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 7:
Research on Metaphor in the Variations of English in Indo-Pacific: VEIP Project
(Kathleen AHRENS, ENGL, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
V312 |
10:20-10:50 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 8:
Application of Speech and Language Technology in Language Assessment.
(Yasunari HARADA, Waseda University) |
V312 |
10:50-11:05 |
Break |
V312 |
11:05-11:35 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 9:
A Corpus Study of Unbound Reflexive Pronouns in English
(Sang-Houn SONG, Incheon National University) |
V312 |
11:40-12:10 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 10:
Individual differences in sound change and phonetic variation in Hong Kong Cantonese
(Yao YAO, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Alan YU, University of Chicago) |
V312 |
12:15-12:45 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 11:
Conversational Brains: CoBra Project
(Laurent PRÉVOT, Aix Marseille University;
Chu-Ren Huang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;
Noël NGUYEN, Aix Marseille University) |
V312 |
12:50-14:10 |
Lunch at Staff Club |
PolyU |
14:15-14:45 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 12:
The voice quality differences between Hong Kong Cantonese and Guangzhou Cantonese.
(Roxana SY FUNG and Eugene YC WONG, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
V312 |
14:50-15:20 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 13:
Lexical tone processing in Cantonese speakers with congenital amusia
(Cai-Cai ZHANG, CBS, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
V312 |
15:20-15:50 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 14:
Implicit Social Cues Influence the Interpretation of Intonation by Singaporean English Listeners
(James GERMAN, Aix-Marseille Université) |
V312 |
15:50-16:00 |
Break |
V312 |
1600:-16:30 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 15:
Influence of language on speech impairments in Parkinson’s Disease: Adding Cantonese to the FRALUSOPARK project
(Angel CHAN, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;
Serge PINTO, Aix-Marseille Université;
Cai-Cai ZHANG, Si CHEN, Iris LAM, Alva CHAN, Winni CHUA, Vivian NGAN, Jacqueline TAM, CBS, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
V312 |
16:30-17:05 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 16:
A study on Chinese Register Characteristics Based on Regression Analysis and Text Clustering
(Ren-kui HOU, Chu-Ren HUANG, Hong-Chao LIU, CBS, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) |
V312 |
17:10-18:30 |
JWLLP-VariAMU joint workshop 17:
Discussion of Future Collaborative Projects / Breakout sessions |
V312 |
18:30 |
End of the third day.
Dinner at Nanlian Garden |
Diamond Hill |
Participants of the joint symposium and workshop can enjoy special PolyU room rates offered by the following hotels:
Harbour Plaza Metropolis |
Address |
7 Metropolis Drive, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
Contact Person |
Cyrus Lok
Sales Co-ordinator
Email: cyrusl@harbour-plaza.com
Fax: (852) 3160 6988 |
Room Rate |
HK$950 per night (10% service charge) |
Booking Deadline |
Rates are on a first-come-first-served basis, applicable on 2 days pre and post of this event and subject to hotel’s availability. |
Cancellation Policy |
In case of any cancellation of room reservation made less than 14 days prior to your expected arrival, one night room charge will be debited on your given credit card as penalty directly.
In case of any amendment or cancellation of room reservation made less than 7 days prior to your expected arrival or noshow, 100% expected whole period of room charges will be debited on your given credit card as penalty directly. |
Website |
http://www.harbour-plaza.com/metropolis/Index-en.htm |
Booking Form |
Please download and complete the reservation form, and reply to the hotel contact person via fax or email directly. |
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Kowloon Harbourfront Hotel |
Address |
8 Hung Luen Road, Hunghom Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
Contact Person |
Cyrus Lok
Sales Co-ordinator
Email: cyrusl.khfh@harbour-plaza.com
Fax: (852) 3160 6988 |
Room Rate |
HK$1,250 per night (10% service charge) |
Booking Deadline |
Rates are on a first-come-first-served basis, applicable on 2 days pre and post of this event and subject to hotel’s availability. |
Cancellation Policy |
In case of any cancellation of room reservation made less than 14 days prior to your expected arrival, one night room charge will be debited on your given credit card as penalty directly.
In case of any amendment or cancellation of room reservation made less than 7 days prior to your expected arrival or noshow,100% expected whole period of room charges will be debited on your given credit card as penalty directly. |
Website |
http://www.harbour-plaza.com/KowloonHarbourfront/Index-en.htm |
Booking Form |
Please download and complete the reservation form, and reply to the hotel contact person via fax or email directly. |
Other options near the conference venue:
(Please check the hotel websites for details and make reservation directly with the hotel.)
Other options for Budget Travelers:
(Please check the hotel websites for details and make reservation directly with the hotel.)
Host:
Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, PolyU:
The Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies (CBS), formerly known as the Department of Chinese, Translation and Interpretation, was established in 1988. Our department is one of the leading academic departments in Asia that studies Chinese and its interaction with English. It addresses real life language issues in a bilingual society. As a department with two undergraduate programmes, nine taught postgraduate programme, and a programme for MPhil and PhD students, CBS has worked hard to become an innovative pioneer in establishing academic programmes that are underpinned by our research and which fulfill the demands of society. We established the first MA in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in Hong Kong as well as the first Master of Speech Therapy in Hong Kong.
As an active, research-oriented department, CBS has been strong in the research areas of bilingual communication, Chinese language education, Chinese language testing, language disorder, language technology, linguistics and translation.
As a responsible member of the community, CBS constantly provides services to the people of Hong Kong, especially to those in need. For example, we have special programmes that help South Asian school children in Hong Kong to learn Chinese, we offer Chinese and Putonghua tests for local primary and secondary school students, and we provide therapy services to children with communication disorders or learning deficiencies.
http://www.cbs.polyu.edu.hk/
Partners:
Laboratoire Parole et Langage (Aix Marseille Université & CNRS):
The LPL is roughly compound of 83 permanent staff and more than 70 doctoral students. The LPL is a leader of the Brain and Language Research Institute (BLRI), a “Labex” (Laboratoire d’Excellence) created in 2012 under the auspices of the “Investissement d’Avenir” French government program. This Labex is part of the A*MIDEX excellence site (Aix-Marseille Université), and it aims at understanding and modeling language processing by bringing together knowledge in linguistics, neurosciences, medicine, psychology and computer science. The current LPL research activities center on linguistic systems as sets of resources employed by talkers in their interactions with others. A major objective is to characterize how linguistic structures are shaped by the talkers’ physical and social environments, their sensorimotor and cognitive apparatus, their social skills, and the individual trajectories they have followed in language acquisition. Experimental studies are combined with investigations on multimodal large-scale databases.
http://www.lpl-aix.fr/
Aix-Marseille Université:
http://www.univ-amu.fr/en
The National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
http://www.cnrs.fr/index.php
The University of Macau
http://www.umac.mo/
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