Online Workshop: Current and future research directions in Singapore Mandarin
16 February, 2022
Co-hosted by National University of Singapore FASS Language and Linguistics Research Cluster, Brain, Language, & Intersensory Perception (BLIP) Lab at Nanyang Technological University.
Objectives
This online workshop is a venue for researchers across disciplines who are currently working on various facets of Mandarin as it is spoken and used in Singapore to exchange ideas, discuss challenges, share work in progress, and identify future directions for research.
Workshop Format
Presentations will be approximately 15 minutes, followed by a 5 minute Q&A. The morning and afternoon sessions will each be followed by a discussant and roundtable Q&A, followed by breakout group discussions.
**Morning Session**
Session I: Phonetics and phonology (9:30 AM – 12:20 PM)
- 9:30 – 9:50.
Rebecca Lurie Starr (NUS): “Mandarin in the Outer Circle? Language
ideologies, contact, and phonological variation in Singapore
Mandarin.”
- 9:50 – 10:10. Wei Ruixue (NUS): “Phonological variation,
standardness, and political identity in Singapore Mandarin”
- 10:10 – 10:30. Ke Han (NTU): “Categorical Perception of VOT in Bilingual Children in Singapore”
**Break** (10:30 – 10:45)
- 10:45 – 11:05. Pan Lei (NTU): “Early linguistic experience shapes
bilingual adults’ hearing for phonemes in both languages”
- 11:05 –
11:25. Hannah Goh (NTU): “Documenting the Singapore Mandarin
alveolar-retroflex contrast.”
- 11:25 – 11:55. Discussant and
Roundtable Q&A: Rebecca Lurie Starr (NUS)
- 11:55 – 12:20. **Breakout Discussion Session 1: Challenges** [LINK][1]
**Lunch** (12:20 – 2:00 )
**Afternoon Session**
Session II: Structure (2:00 PM – 4:50 PM)
- 2:00 – 2:20. Fei Ting Wong (NTU): “Language mixing in Child-directed
speech”
- 2:20 – 2:40. Victoria Chua & Le Tuan Anh (NTU): “Transcribing
and Analyzing a Corpus of Singaporean Mandarin Parent-Child Storybook
Reading”
**Break** (2:40 – 2:55)
Session III: Families and Schools
- 2:55 – 3:15. Tianxiao Wang (Xiamen U.): “Choosing between “broken English” and a more familiar language: The role of grandparents in language maintenance and language shift among Singaporean Chinese families”
- 3:15 – 3:35. Wang Ye & Shi Mingqian (NUS): “SLIONS – an interactive platform for joyful learning of Mandarin”
- 3:35 – 3:55. Sun He (NIE): “Promoting Early Mandarin Learning with Paper Book and eBook Reading: Insights from Three Projects”
- 3:55 – 4:25. Discussant and Roundtable Q&A: Suzy Styles (NTU)
- 4:25 – 4:50. **Breakout Discussion Session 2: Strategies and Solutions**
[1]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1cjcNHuEzf32N_vGjRoxnyYJpRtQYuIPFqVWK9HyKpxc/edit#
[2]: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RPucWR8AOxgXm4eGD3MyOimsnbb0_FTcJiPBmgaIwVE/edit#
