Hsueh Chu Chen
List of John Benjamins publications for which Hsueh Chu Chen plays a role.
Articles
2023 L3 prosody: Cross-linguistic influence of prosodic features in Mandarin and English by Cantonese multilinguals L3 Development After the Initial State, Brown-Bousfield, Megan M., Suzanne Flynn and Éva Fernández-Berkes (eds.), pp. 96–120 | Chapter
The direction of cross-linguistic influence (CLI) of phonological features among L1, L2, and L3 of a multilingual depends indispensably on the proficiency levels of the L2 and the L3. Cantonese speakers in Guangdong Province have Mandarin as an L2 and English as an L3, while Cantonese speakers… read more
2020 Hong Kong Cantonese university students’ tonal errors in Mandarin and their relation to L1 influence Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) 55:1, pp. 54–81 | Article
After the change of sovereignty from the United Kingdom to People’s Republic of China, Mandarin has become increasingly important in Hong Kong society. However, it is observed that many native Cantonese speakers have problems mastering Mandarin tones despite the less complex tonal system. This… read more
2019 The effects of Hong Kong L2 English speakers’ phonological features on listeners’ cognitive and affective perceptions Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 42:1, pp. 84–115 | Article
This study explores the most perceivable phonological features of Hong Kong (HK) L2 English speakers and how they affect the perception of HK L2 English speech from the perspective of both native and non-native English listeners. Conversational interviews were conducted to collect speech data… read more