Charles B Chang
Biographic Data
| ID | 809429 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles B Chang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles B |
| FAMILY NAME | Chang |
| SIGNATURE | CHANG C B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3537-2053 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 176 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Social perception of creaky voice in Mandarin Chinese: Everyone’s gender matters
Recent years have witnessed increasing interest in the social meanings of non-modal voice qualities, but most existing studies focus on English, especially in the North American context. This paper reports a perceptual study of the social meanings of creaky voice in Mandarin Chinese for mainland Chinese listeners. The study used a large set of resynthesized stimuli including multiple talkers and pairs of utterances differing only in voice quality…
Age, gender, and locality effects on innovation in the Twi vowel harmony system
In this study, we explored the social predictors of an ongoing sound change in the Twi Advanced Tongue Root harmony system by acoustically examining production variation in a sample of 105 speakers representing urban and traditional localities in Ghana. In the urban locality, the change was evident in all age-groups and near completion in the youngest generation. In the traditional locality, by contrast, the change was evident only in some younge…
Coarticulation and coordination in phonological development: Insights from children's and adults' production of complex-simplex stop contrasts in Gã
Achieving adult-like coarticulation, which relies on precise gestural coordination, is known to be a challenging aspect of phonological development. Unique coordination challenges are posed by doubly articulated stops, typologically uncommon complex consonants that show crosslinguistic variation in their acoustic contrast with simplex (singly articulated) consonants. We examined the acoustics and development of complex–simplex stop contrasts betw…
On the auditory identifiability of Asian American identity in speech: The role of listener background, sociolinguistic awareness, and language ideologies
The current study examined the auditory identifiability of Asian American ethnoracial identity, including the role of listener characteristics and ideologies. Results of an identification experiment showed that the overall accuracy of ethnoracial identification on (East and Southeast) Asian talkers was low, but not the lowest among talker groups and not significantly different from accuracy on Black talkers. There were also significant effects of…
Examining the Role of Phoneme Frequency in First Language Perceptual Attrition
In this paper, we follow up on previous findings concerning first language (L1) perceptual attrition to examine the role of phoneme frequency in influencing variation across L1 contrasts. We hypothesized that maintenance of L1 Korean contrasts (i.e., resistance to attrition) in L1 Korean-L2 English bilinguals would be correlated with frequency, such that better-maintained contrasts would also be more frequent in the L1. To explore this hypothesis…
Exploring the Onset of Phonetic Drift in Voice Onset Time Perception
Recent exposure to a second or foreign language (FL) can influence production and/or perception in the first language (L1), a phenomenon referred to as phonetic drift. The smallest amount of FL exposure shown to effect drift in perception is 1.5 h. The present study examined L1 perception at earlier timepoints of FL exposure, to determine whether the phonetic system is able to resist FL influence at an incipient stage. In a longitudinal pre-test/…
Emotion Word Development in Bilingual Children Living in Majority and Minority Contexts
The lexicon of emotion words is fundamental to interpersonal communication. To examine how emotion word acquisition interacts with societal context, the present study investigated emotion word development in three groups of child Korean users aged 4–13 years: those who use Korean primarily outside the home as a majority language (MajKCs) or inside the home as a minority language (MinKCs), and those who use Korean both inside and outside the home …
The Contributions of Crosslinguistic Influence and Individual Differences to Nonnative Speech Perception
Perception of a nonnative language (L2) is known to be affected by crosslinguistic transfer from a listener's native language (L1), but the relative importance of L1 transfer vis-a-vis individual learner differences remains unclear. This study explored the hypothesis that the nature of L1 transfer changes as learners gain experience with the L2, such that individual differences are more influential at earlier stages of learning and L1 transfer is…
Language change and linguistic inquiry in a world of multicompetence: Sustained phonetic drift and its implications for behavioral linguistic research
Perceptual attention as the locus of transfer to nonnative speech perception
Age Effects in First Language Attrition: Speech Perception by Korean-English Bilinguals
This study investigated how bilinguals' perception of their first language (L1) differs according to age of reduced contact with L1 after immersion in a second language (L2). Twenty-one L1 Korean-L2 English bilinguals in the United States, ranging in age of reduced contact from 3 to 15 years, and 17 control participants in Korea were tested perceptually on three L1 contrasts differing in similarity to L2 contrasts. Compared to control participant…
Toward an Understanding of Heritage Prosody: Acoustic and Perceptual Properties of Tone Produced by Heritage, Native, and Second Language Speakers of Mandarin
In previous work examining heritage language phonology, heritage speakers have often patterned differently from native speakers and late-onset second language (L2) learners with respect to overall accent and segmentals. The current study extended this line of inquiry to suprasegmentals, comparing the properties of lexical tones produced by heritage, native, and L2 speakers of Mandarin living in the U.S. We hypothesized that heritage speakers woul…
On the cognitive basis of contact-induced sound change: Vowel merger reversal in Shanghainese: Online Appendices
Pitch Ability As an Aptitude for Tone Learning
Tone languages such as Mandarin use voice pitch to signal lexical contrasts, presenting a challenge for second/foreign language (L2) learners whose native languages do not use pitch in this manner. The present study examined components of an aptitude for mastering L2 lexical tone. Native English speakers with no previous tone language experience completed a Mandarin word learning task, as well as tests of pitch ability, musicality, L2 aptitude, a…
On the cognitive basis of contact-induced sound change: Vowel merger reversal in Shanghainese
This study investigates the source and status of a recent sound change in Shanghainese (Wu, Sinitic) that has been attributed to language contact with Mandarin. The change involves two vowels, /e/ and /ɛ/, reported to be merged three decades ago but produced distinctly in contemporary Shanghainese. Results of two production experiments show that speaker age, language mode (monolingual Shanghainese vs. bilingual Shanghainese-Mandarin), and crossli…
General Session and Parasession on Gesture and Language
A novelty effect in phonetic drift of the native language
Rapid and multifaceted effects of second-language learning on first-language speech production
Phonetics vs. Phonology in Loanword Adaptation: Revisiting the Role of the Bilingual
Using computers in early childhood classrooms: Teachers' attitudes, skills and practices
To better prepare early childhood teachers for computer use, more information about their current skills and classroom practices is needed. Sampling from a large metropolitan public school system in the USA, the study surveyed 297 state pre-kindergarten teachers, gathering information about their attitudes, skills, and instructional methods related to computer use. Statistically significant relationships indicate that attitudes, skills, and pract…
Rapid and multifaceted effects of second-language learning on first-language speech production
A novelty effect in phonetic drift of the native language
Language change and linguistic inquiry in a world of multicompetence: Sustained phonetic drift and its implications for behavioral linguistic research
Age Effects in First Language Attrition: Speech Perception by Korean-English Bilinguals
This study investigated how bilinguals' perception of their first language (L1) differs according to age of reduced contact with L1 after immersion in a second language (L2). Twenty-one L1 Korean-L2 English bilinguals in the United States, ranging in age of reduced contact from 3 to 15 years, and 17 control participants in Korea were tested perceptually on three L1 contrasts differing in similarity to L2 contrasts. Compared to control participant…
On the cognitive basis of contact-induced sound change: Vowel merger reversal in Shanghainese
This study investigates the source and status of a recent sound change in Shanghainese (Wu, Sinitic) that has been attributed to language contact with Mandarin. The change involves two vowels, /e/ and /ɛ/, reported to be merged three decades ago but produced distinctly in contemporary Shanghainese. Results of two production experiments show that speaker age, language mode (monolingual Shanghainese vs. bilingual Shanghainese-Mandarin), and crossli…
Perceptual attention as the locus of transfer to nonnative speech perception
Pitch Ability As an Aptitude for Tone Learning
Tone languages such as Mandarin use voice pitch to signal lexical contrasts, presenting a challenge for second/foreign language (L2) learners whose native languages do not use pitch in this manner. The present study examined components of an aptitude for mastering L2 lexical tone. Native English speakers with no previous tone language experience completed a Mandarin word learning task, as well as tests of pitch ability, musicality, L2 aptitude, a…
Exploring the Onset of Phonetic Drift in Voice Onset Time Perception
Recent exposure to a second or foreign language (FL) can influence production and/or perception in the first language (L1), a phenomenon referred to as phonetic drift. The smallest amount of FL exposure shown to effect drift in perception is 1.5 h. The present study examined L1 perception at earlier timepoints of FL exposure, to determine whether the phonetic system is able to resist FL influence at an incipient stage. In a longitudinal pre-test/…
Examining the Role of Phoneme Frequency in First Language Perceptual Attrition
In this paper, we follow up on previous findings concerning first language (L1) perceptual attrition to examine the role of phoneme frequency in influencing variation across L1 contrasts. We hypothesized that maintenance of L1 Korean contrasts (i.e., resistance to attrition) in L1 Korean-L2 English bilinguals would be correlated with frequency, such that better-maintained contrasts would also be more frequent in the L1. To explore this hypothesis…
Using computers in early childhood classrooms: Teachers' attitudes, skills and practices
To better prepare early childhood teachers for computer use, more information about their current skills and classroom practices is needed. Sampling from a large metropolitan public school system in the USA, the study surveyed 297 state pre-kindergarten teachers, gathering information about their attitudes, skills, and instructional methods related to computer use. Statistically significant relationships indicate that attitudes, skills, and pract…
Using computers in early childhood classrooms: Teachers' attitudes, skills and practices
To better prepare early childhood teachers for computer use, more information about their current skills and classroom practices is needed. Sampling from a large metropolitan public school system in the USA, the study surveyed 297 state pre-kindergarten teachers, gathering information about their attitudes, skills, and instructional methods related to computer use. Statistically significant relationships indicate that attitudes, skills, and pract…
Phonetics vs. Phonology in Loanword Adaptation: Revisiting the Role of the Bilingual
Rapid and multifaceted effects of second-language learning on first-language speech production
A novelty effect in phonetic drift of the native language
General Session and Parasession on Gesture and Language
Toward an Understanding of Heritage Prosody: Acoustic and Perceptual Properties of Tone Produced by Heritage, Native, and Second Language Speakers of Mandarin
In previous work examining heritage language phonology, heritage speakers have often patterned differently from native speakers and late-onset second language (L2) learners with respect to overall accent and segmentals. The current study extended this line of inquiry to suprasegmentals, comparing the properties of lexical tones produced by heritage, native, and L2 speakers of Mandarin living in the U.S. We hypothesized that heritage speakers woul…
On the cognitive basis of contact-induced sound change: Vowel merger reversal in Shanghainese: Online Appendices
Pitch Ability As an Aptitude for Tone Learning
Tone languages such as Mandarin use voice pitch to signal lexical contrasts, presenting a challenge for second/foreign language (L2) learners whose native languages do not use pitch in this manner. The present study examined components of an aptitude for mastering L2 lexical tone. Native English speakers with no previous tone language experience completed a Mandarin word learning task, as well as tests of pitch ability, musicality, L2 aptitude, a…
On the cognitive basis of contact-induced sound change: Vowel merger reversal in Shanghainese
This study investigates the source and status of a recent sound change in Shanghainese (Wu, Sinitic) that has been attributed to language contact with Mandarin. The change involves two vowels, /e/ and /ɛ/, reported to be merged three decades ago but produced distinctly in contemporary Shanghainese. Results of two production experiments show that speaker age, language mode (monolingual Shanghainese vs. bilingual Shanghainese-Mandarin), and crossli…
Age Effects in First Language Attrition: Speech Perception by Korean-English Bilinguals
This study investigated how bilinguals' perception of their first language (L1) differs according to age of reduced contact with L1 after immersion in a second language (L2). Twenty-one L1 Korean-L2 English bilinguals in the United States, ranging in age of reduced contact from 3 to 15 years, and 17 control participants in Korea were tested perceptually on three L1 contrasts differing in similarity to L2 contrasts. Compared to control participant…
Perceptual attention as the locus of transfer to nonnative speech perception
Language change and linguistic inquiry in a world of multicompetence: Sustained phonetic drift and its implications for behavioral linguistic research
The Contributions of Crosslinguistic Influence and Individual Differences to Nonnative Speech Perception
Perception of a nonnative language (L2) is known to be affected by crosslinguistic transfer from a listener's native language (L1), but the relative importance of L1 transfer vis-a-vis individual learner differences remains unclear. This study explored the hypothesis that the nature of L1 transfer changes as learners gain experience with the L2, such that individual differences are more influential at earlier stages of learning and L1 transfer is…
Emotion Word Development in Bilingual Children Living in Majority and Minority Contexts
The lexicon of emotion words is fundamental to interpersonal communication. To examine how emotion word acquisition interacts with societal context, the present study investigated emotion word development in three groups of child Korean users aged 4–13 years: those who use Korean primarily outside the home as a majority language (MajKCs) or inside the home as a minority language (MinKCs), and those who use Korean both inside and outside the home …
On the auditory identifiability of Asian American identity in speech: The role of listener background, sociolinguistic awareness, and language ideologies
The current study examined the auditory identifiability of Asian American ethnoracial identity, including the role of listener characteristics and ideologies. Results of an identification experiment showed that the overall accuracy of ethnoracial identification on (East and Southeast) Asian talkers was low, but not the lowest among talker groups and not significantly different from accuracy on Black talkers. There were also significant effects of…
Examining the Role of Phoneme Frequency in First Language Perceptual Attrition
In this paper, we follow up on previous findings concerning first language (L1) perceptual attrition to examine the role of phoneme frequency in influencing variation across L1 contrasts. We hypothesized that maintenance of L1 Korean contrasts (i.e., resistance to attrition) in L1 Korean-L2 English bilinguals would be correlated with frequency, such that better-maintained contrasts would also be more frequent in the L1. To explore this hypothesis…
Exploring the Onset of Phonetic Drift in Voice Onset Time Perception
Recent exposure to a second or foreign language (FL) can influence production and/or perception in the first language (L1), a phenomenon referred to as phonetic drift. The smallest amount of FL exposure shown to effect drift in perception is 1.5 h. The present study examined L1 perception at earlier timepoints of FL exposure, to determine whether the phonetic system is able to resist FL influence at an incipient stage. In a longitudinal pre-test/…
Coarticulation and coordination in phonological development: Insights from children's and adults' production of complex-simplex stop contrasts in Gã
Achieving adult-like coarticulation, which relies on precise gestural coordination, is known to be a challenging aspect of phonological development. Unique coordination challenges are posed by doubly articulated stops, typologically uncommon complex consonants that show crosslinguistic variation in their acoustic contrast with simplex (singly articulated) consonants. We examined the acoustics and development of complex–simplex stop contrasts betw…
Social perception of creaky voice in Mandarin Chinese: Everyone’s gender matters
Recent years have witnessed increasing interest in the social meanings of non-modal voice qualities, but most existing studies focus on English, especially in the North American context. This paper reports a perceptual study of the social meanings of creaky voice in Mandarin Chinese for mainland Chinese listeners. The study used a large set of resynthesized stimuli including multiple talkers and pairs of utterances differing only in voice quality…
Age, gender, and locality effects on innovation in the Twi vowel harmony system
In this study, we explored the social predictors of an ongoing sound change in the Twi Advanced Tongue Root harmony system by acoustically examining production variation in a sample of 105 speakers representing urban and traditional localities in Ghana. In the urban locality, the change was evident in all age-groups and near completion in the youngest generation. In the traditional locality, by contrast, the change was evident only in some younge…
Phonetics and Phonology Research (17 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Linguistics (15 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (10 works) · Perception (9 works) · Language Development and Disorders (8 works) · First language (7 works) · Artificial Intelligence (6 works) · Phonology (6 works)