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Yueh-Chin Chang

Yueh-Chin Chang

  • Job Title: Professor (Graduate Institute of Linguistics)
  • Phone: (03)5715131 ext. 42720
  • E-Mail: ycchang [at] mx.nthu.edu.tw
  • Office: HSS Building A429
  • Education: Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Paris III, France
  • Teaching: Articulatory Phonetics (graduate), Acoustic Phonetics (graduate), Beginning French, Intermediate French
  • Research Expertise: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulatory Phonetics, French Language Teaching

Journal Articles

  • Gao, Man, Yueh-chin Chang, Feng-fan Hsieh, Hosung Nam, Tiede Mark, Louis Goldstein. 2009. Gestural intrusions in Taiwanese and English. Journal of Acoustical Society of America, Volume 125, Issue 4, pp. 2499-2499.
  • Hall, P., Y.-C. Chang, C. Best. 2004. Identification and discrimination of Mandarin Chinese tones by Chinese versus French listeners. Journal of Phonetics, 32, 395-421.
  • 張月琴 2002.〈從聲學角度來看切韻前期漢語去聲的來源──以嘉戎語為例.〉《清華學報》,新32卷第二期,297-325.

Book Chapters

  • Chang, Yueh-chin. 2001. Phonetic realization of ambiguous phrases. Journal of Chinese Linguistics Monograph series number 17: Tone, Stress and Rhythm in spoken Chinese edited by Hana T. 168-192.

Conference Papers

  • Chang, Yueh-chin 2009. Vowel length in Saisiyat revisited: Evidence from acoustic studies. Paper presented at Eleventh International Conference on Austroneasian Linguistics(11-IACL), June 22-26, 2009, Aussois, France.
  • Chang, Yueh-chin, Pierre Hall, Cathi Best, Arthur Abramson. 2008. Do non-native language listeners perceive Mandarin tone continua categorically? Paper presented at the PCC2008, April 18-20, 2008, Beijing.
  • Chang, Yueh-chin, Jiaqing Hong, Pierre Hall. 2007. English Cluster Perception By Taiwanese Speakers. Proceeding of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Saarbrücken, Germany, 797-800.
  • Chang, Yueh-chin, Jiaqing Hong, Doug Honorof. 2007. An acoustic study of English consonant clusters produced by Taiwanese speakers. Paper presented at 15th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics & 19th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics Joint Meeting, May 25-27, 2007, New York, U.S.A.
  • Chang, Yueh-chin, Hall Pierre, Catherine T. Best. 2006. The perception of Mandarin tone contrasts: A cross-linguistic study. Paper presented at 151st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 5-9 June, 2006, Providence, Rhode Island.
  • Chang, Y.-C., C. Best, P. Hall. 2004. A cross-language study on the perception of Taiwanese stops by non-native speakers. Paper presented at 147th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, May 24, 2004- May 28, 2004, New York, U.S.A.
  • Honorof, Douglas N., Yueh-chin Chang, Khalil Iskarous, Mark K. Tiede, David Ostry & D. H. Whalen. 2003. Mandarin /r/ as a grooved approximant: Reconstructed tongue shape data from MRI and OPTOTRAK-ultrasound synchronization. Paper presented at 36th International Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea on "Linguistics and data : types of data and language comparison, September 4-7, Lyon, France.
  • Hall, P., C. Best, Y.-C. Chang. 2002. Perception of Mandarin Chinese by Mandarin versus French listener. Paper presented at 144th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Dec. 2, 2002- Dec. 6, 2002, Cancun, Mexico.

Research Projects

  • 2007/08 - 2008-12
    泰雅語和賽夏語的語音研究
    Principle Investigator, Research Project, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  • 2006/08 - 2007/12
    蘇州話的舌尖元音是否有標的?
    Principle Investigator, Research Project, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  • 2004/08 - 2005/10
    台灣語者英語輔音串構音的構音與聽覺感知研究
    Principle Investigator, Research Project, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  • 2003/08 - 2004/11
    聲調範疇感知-跨語言研究
    Principle Investigator, Research Project, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  • 2002/08 - 2003/07
    非母語塞音的聽辨感知─跨語言研究
    Principle Investigator, Research Project, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Professional Experience

  • 2007
    Visiting Professor, Haskins Laboratories, USA
  • 2002 - 2003
    Visiting Professor, Haskins Laboratories, USA
  • 2000 -
    Professor, Institute of Linguistics & Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
    National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • 1994 - 1995
    Visiting Scholar, Universite de Paris III & E.H.E.S.S., France I.L.P.G.A. C.R.L.A.O.
  • 1990 - 1991
    Visiting Scholar, Department of Linguistics
    Cornell University, USA
  • 1985 - 2000
    Associate Professor, Institute of Linguistics & Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
    National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan