Publications

Journal Articles (* = student leading author)

  1. Qin, Q. Z., Jin, R., & Wu, R. (preprint). The role of prior knowledge in second-language learners' overnight consolidation of Cantonese tones. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4978553 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4978553
  2. Qin, Z., Lee-Kim, S-I., & Qi, H. (in press). The effect of second-language learning experience on Korean listeners’ use of pitch cues in the perception of Cantonese tones. Second Language Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676583241244604 [PDF, open access]
  3. *Chui, Y., & Qin, Q. Z. (2024). Individual differences in the distributional learning and overnight consolidation of the Mandarin level-falling tone contrast. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 156(6), 4256–4268. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034717 [PDF, open access]
  4. *Liu, K., Liang, L., & Qin, Q. Z. (2024). The role of acoustic cues in the checked-unchecked tone merging of the Qixian Jin dialect. JASA Express Letters, 4(12), 125202. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0034496 [PDF, open access]
  5. *Chui, Y & Qin, Z. (2024). Distributional learning and overnight consolidation of non-native tonal contrasts by tonal language speakers. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(7), 2038-2052. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00711 [PDF, open access]
  6. Qin, Z., & Zhang, J. W. (2024). The role of coarticulatory tonal information in Cantonese spoken word recognition: an eye-tracking study. Linguistics Vanguard, 10(1), 81-91. https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2022-0158 [PDF, open access]
  7. Qin, Z., Jin, R., & Zhang, C. (2022). The effects of training variability and pitch aptitude on the overnight consolidation of lexical tones. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65(9), 3377-3391. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00058 [PDF, open access]
  8. Qin, Z., & Zhang, J. W. (2022). The use of tonal coarticulation cues in Cantonese spoken word recognition. JASA Express Letters, 2(3), 035202. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0009728 [PDF, open access]
  9. Qin, Z. (2022). The second-language productivity of two Mandarin tone sandhi patterns. Speech Communication, 138, 98-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2022.02.009
  10. Qin, Z., Gong, M., & Zhang, C. (2021). Neural responses in novice learners’ perceptual learning and generalization of lexical tones: The effect of training variability. Brain and Language, 223, 105029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2021.105029
  11. Qin, Z., Zhang, C., & Wang, W. S-Y. (2021). The effect of Mandarin listeners' musical and pitch aptitude on perceptual learning of Cantonese level-tones. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149(1), 435-446. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003330 [PDF, copyright belongs to JASA]
  12. Qi, H., Qin, Z., & Yan, H. (2020). An empirical study on the productivity of Mandarin tone 3 sandhi by Korean-speaking learners of Chinese. Research on Chinese as a Second Language 对外汉语研究, 21, 168-176. [CSSCI Journal]

Conference Papers

  1. Chui, Y., & Qin, Z. (2023). Distributional learning and overnight consolidation of a difficult non-native tone contrast. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), 2557-2561. Prague, Czech. [PDF]
  2. Qin, Z., Jin, R., & Wu, R. (2023). The role of prior knowledge in second-language learners' overnight consolidation of Cantonese tones. In Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS 2023), 1881-1885. Prague, Czech. [PDF]

Conference Presentations

  1. ​Wang, Y., & Qin, Z. (2024). The attention control of younger and older adults in Hong Kong: Cantonese tone processing in the forced attention dichotic listening task. Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Asia (AMLaP Asia 2024), Singapore. Oral Presentation. Abstract
  2. ​Liu, K., Feng, Y., & Qin, Z. (2024). Does prior knowledge benefit Mandarin-speaking older adults’ memory consolidation in Cantonese tone learning? Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Asia (AMLaP Asia 2024), Singapore. Poster Presentation. Abstract
  3. ​Chui, Y., Lai, S., & Qin, Z. (2024). Pitch memory, but not pitch aptitude, predicts implicit statistical learning of non-native tone contrasts by older adults. Society for the Neurobiology of Language 16th Annual Meeting (SNL 2024), Brisbane, Australia. Poster Presentation. Abstract
  4. ​Qin, Z., Wu, R., & Zhang, C. (2024). Prior knowledge benefits nap-mediated consolidation of Cantonese tones through talker generalization. Society for the Neurobiology of Language 16th Annual Meeting (SNL 2024), Brisbane, Australia. Poster Presentation. Abstract
  5. Chui, Y., Lai, S., & Qin, Z. (2024). Distributional learning of non-native tone contrasts by older adults after training and overnight consolidation. The 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ottawa, Canada. Poster Presentation. Abstract
  6. Liu, K., Feng, Y., & Qin, Z. (2024). Prior knowledge benefits older adults’ tonal consolidation through talker generalization. The 186th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Ottawa, Canada. Poster Presentation. Abstract
  7. Wang, Y. & Qin, Z. (2024). L2 proficiency and tone type are related to attentional control: Cantonese-English bilinguals’ processing of Cantonese tones. The International Symposium on Language Science (ISLS), Hong Kong. Oral Presentation. Abstract
  8. Chui, Y. & Qin, Z. (2023). Individual differences in the distributional learning and overnight consolidation of lexical tones. Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Asia (AMLaP Asia), Hong Kong. Abstract
  9. Wang, Y. & Qin, Z. (2023). Does multilingualism influence attentional control in the forced-attention dichotic listening task of Cantonese tone? Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing Asia (AMLaP Asia), Hong Kong. Abstract
  10. Chen, X., Lu, J., Qin, Z., Hu, X., & Zhang, C. (2023). Benefits of targeted memory reactivation in perceptual learning of non-native tones are associated with slow-oscillation phase and delta-theta power. The Second International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI 2023), Singapore. Abstract
  11. Wang, Y. & Qin, Z. (2023). Does bilingualism influence attentional control in the Cantonese tone dichotic listening? The Second International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI 2023), Singapore. Abstract
  12. Wu, R., Qin, Z., & Zhang, C. (2023). Daytime naps consolidate Cantonese tone learning through talker generalization. The Second International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI 2023), Singapore. Abstract
  13. Wang, Y. & Qin, Z. (2023). The effect of bilingualism on inhibitory control in the forced-attention dichotic listening task of Cantonese tones. The 6th Forum on Cantonese Linguistics (FoCaL-6 @ HKUST), Hong Kong. Oral Presentation. Abstract
  14. Qin, Z. & Lee-Kim, S-I. (2023). The effect of second-language learning experience on Korean listeners’ use of pitch cues in the perception of Cantonese tones. The Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HISPhonCog 2023), Seoul, South Korea. Poster Presentation. Abstract
  15. Chui, Y. & Qin, Z. (2022). Do Cantonese speakers exhibit distributional learning effects on the acquisition and consolidation of Mandarin tones? The 5th Buckeye East Asian Linguistics Forum, virtual conference, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Oral Presentation. Abstract
  16. Qin, Z., Jin, R., & Zhang, C. (2022). The effects of training variability and pitch aptitude on overnight changes of tone learning. The 18th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon18). Virtual conference. Poster Presentation. Abstract
  17. Qin, Z. (2022). Does second-language learners’ productivity of Mandarin tone sandhi change with increasing proficiency? The 28th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-28). Virtual conference. Oral Presentation. Abstract