Citation count: 478 (Google Scholar)
Hong, Y. T., Chen, S. (corresponding author), Jiang, H. (accepted). Does musical experience facilitate phonetic accommodation during human-robot interaction? Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 68(5):2259-2274. doi: 10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00495.
Chen, S., Zhang, Y., Li, M., Li, B., Lv, S., Chan, A., Ge,H., Tang, T. & Chen, Z. (accepted) Acquisition of Speech Prosody in a Non-native Tone Language by Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06698-4
Chen, S., Zhang, Y., Zhou, F., Chan, A., Li, B., Li, B., Tang, T., Chun, E. & Chen, Z. (2024). Focus-marking in a tonal language: Prosodic differences between Cantonese-speaking children with and without autism spectrum disorder. PloS One, 19(7), e0306272. [Faculty Grade A*; IF = 3.752; Performance point = 3; SCIE/SCOPUS, Google Scholar citations: 0]
Fu, N. C., Chan, A., Chen, S., Polišenská, K., & Chiat, S. (2024) Revisiting nonword repetition as a clinical marker of Developmental Language Disorder: Evidence from monolingual and bilingual L2 Cantonese. Brain and Language, 257, 105450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2024.105450 [Faculty Grade A*; IF = 3.752; Performance point = 1.8; SCIE/SCOPUS; SSCI]
Fu, N.C., Chen, S., Polišenská, K., Chan, A., Kan, R. & Chiat S. (2024). Nonword Repetition in Children with Developmental Language Disorder: Revisiting the Case of Cantonese. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. doi: 10.1044/2024_JSLHR-22-00397 [Faculty Grade A*; IF = 2.9; Performance point = 1.8; SSCI/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 0.]
Wang, X., Chen, S. (corresponding author), Zhou F., Liu, J., Cheng X., Chan, A., Tang, T. (2024) English prosodic focus marking by Cantonese trilingual children with and without autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(3):782-801. doi: 10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00508. [Faculty Grade A*; IF = 2.9; Performance point = 1.8; SSCI/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 0.]
Wong, C. H*., Wong, M. N., Chen, S., & Lin, W. Y. (2024). Pitch-variation skills in Cantonese speakers with apraxia of speech after stroke: Preliminary findings of acoustic analyses. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 67(1), 1-33. doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-23-00242 [Faculty Grade A*; IF = 2.9; Performance point = 1.8; SSCI/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 3.]
Zhang, Y. X., Chen, X., Chen, S., Meng Y. Z.*, Lee K. L, Mizuguchi S., & Tateishi, K. (2023) Visual-Auditory Perception of Prosodic Focus in Japanese by Native and Non-native Speakers. Frontiers in Psychology. doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1237395 [Faculty Grade A; IF = 4.232; Performance point = 1.2; SSCI/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 1.]
Hong Y. T.*, Chen, S. (corresponding author), Zhou, F.*, Chan, A., Tang, Tempo. (2023) Phonetic Entrainment in Human-Robot Interaction: An Investigation of Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in Psychology,14: 1128976. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1128976. [Faculty Grade A; IF = 4.232; Performance point = 2; SSCI/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 0.]
Chen, S., Hong Y. T., Li B., Chun E. (2023). The f0 perturbation effects in focus marking: evidence from Korean and Japanese. PloS One, 18(3), e0283139. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283139 [Faculty Grade A*; IF = 3.752; Performance point = 3; SCIE/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 2.]
Chan, W. S. A., Chen, S., Hamdani, S. Z., Tse, B., & Cheng, C. W. (2023) Story telling in bilingual Urdu-Cantonese ethnic minority children: macrostructure and its relation to microstructural linguistic skills. Frontiers in Psychology, 14:924056. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.924056. [Faculty Grade A; IF = 4.232; Performance point =2; SSCI/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 0.]
Chen, S., Zhang, C.C. Lau, P. Y., Yang, Y. K., Li, B. (2022). Modelling representations in speech normalization of prosodic cues. Scientific Reports 12(1), 1-21. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-18838-w [Faculty Grade A*; IF = 4.996; Performance point = 3; SCIE/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 5.]
Chen, S., Li, B., He, Y., Chen, S. W., Yang, Y. K., & Zhou, F. (2022). The effects of perceptual training on speech production of Mandarin sandhi tones by tonal and non-tonal speakers. Speech Communication, 139, 10-21. doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2022.02.008 [Faculty Grade A; IF = 2.723; Performance point = 2; SCIE/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 1.]
Chen, S., Yang, Y. K. &Wayland, R. (2021) Categorical Perception of Mandarin Pitch Directions by Cantonese-Speaking Musicians &Non-musicians. Frontiers in Psychology. 12: 713949. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg. [Faculty Grade A; IF = 4.232; Performance point =2; SSCI/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 3.]
Chen, S., & Li, B. (2021). Statistical Modeling of Application Completeness of Two Tone Sandhi Rules. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 49(1), 106-141. [Faculty Grade A; IF = 0.28; Performance point = 2; SSCI/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 0.]
Li, B., Shao, J., & Chen, S. (2021). Perception of Mandarin Sibilants by Chinese-as-a-Foreign-Language Beginners. Chinese Journal of Phonetics, 54-62. [Faculty Grade B; Performance point = 0.6; Google Scholar citations: 0.]
Chen, S., Zhu, Y., Wayland, R., & Yang, Y. (2020). How musical experience affects tone perception efficiency by musicians of tonal and non-tonal speakers?. PloS one, 15(5), e0232514. [Faculty Grade A; IF = 3.752; Performance point = 3; SCIE/SCOPUS; Google Scholar citations: 22.]
Cheung, C. C. H., Rong, Y., Chen, F., Chen, S., Leung, M. T., Tang, T. P. Y., & Peng, G. (2020). Comprehension of literal statements and similes in Cantonese-speaking children with and without autism spectrum disorders. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 34(4), 312-326. [Faculty Grade A; IF = 1.339; Performance point = 0.8; SCIE/SSCI/SCOPUS; Google Scholar citations: 8.]
Chen, S., Wiltshire, C., Li, B., & Wayland, R. (2019). A quantitative analysis of tone sandhi in Standard Mandarin and Nanjing Mandarin based on surface pitch contours and underlying pitch targets. International Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 6(2), 183-220. [Faculty Grade B; IF = 0.18; Performance point = 1; Google Scholar citations: 5.]
Chen, S., He, Y., Wayland, R., Yang, Y. K., Li, B., & Yuen, C. W. (2019). Mechanisms of tone sandhi rule application by tonal and non-tonal non-native speakers. Speech Communication, vol. 115, 67-77 [Faculty Grade A; IF = 2.723; Performance point = 2; SCIE/SCOPUS; Google Scholar citations: 13.]
Zhang, C., Shao, J.*, & Chen, S. (2018). Impaired perceptual normalization of lexical tones in Cantonese-speaking congenital amusics. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(2), 634-647. [Faculty Grade A; IF = 2.482; Performance point = 1.2; SCIE/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 16.]
McCollum, A., & Chen, S. (2021). Kazakh. Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 51(2), 276-298. doi:10.1017/S0025100319000185 [Faculty Grade A; IF = 1.146; Performance point = 2] Google Scholar citations: 17.]
Chen, S., Wiltshire, C., & Li, B. (2018). An updated typology of tonal coarticulation properties. Taiwan Journal of Linguistics, 16(2), 79-114. [Faculty Grade B; IF = 0.25; Performance point = 1; SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 17.]
Chan, A., Chen, S., Matthews, S., & Yip, V. (2017). Comprehension of subject and object relative clauses in a trilingual acquisition context. Frontiers in psychology, 8, 1641. [Faculty Grade A; IF = 4.232; Performance point =2; SSCI/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 23.]
Chen, S., Zhu, Y., & Wayland, R. (2017). Effects of stimulus duration and vowel quality in cross-linguistic categorical perception of pitch directions. PloS One, 12(7), e0180656. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180656 [Faculty Grade A*; IF = 3.752; Performance point = 3; SCIE/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 19.]
Chen, S., Zhang, C., McCollum, A. G., & Wayland, R. (2017). Statistical modelling of phonetic and phonologised perturbation effects in tonal and non-tonal languages. Speech Communication, 88, 17-38. [Faculty Grade A; IF = 2.723; Performance point = 2; SCIE/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 23.]
Zhang, C., & Chen, S. (2016). Toward an integrative model of talker normalization. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 42(8), 1252-1268. [Faculty Grade A*; IF = 3.077; Performance point = 3; SSCI/SCIE/SCOPUS] Google Scholar citations: 41.]
PUBLICATIONS > Book chapters
Chun, E*., Chen, S., Liu, S.*, & Chan, A. (2021). Influence of syntactic complexity on second language prediction. In: Kaan, E. &Theres Grüter (editors) Prediction in second-language processing & learning. John Benjamins. [Faculty Grade A; Performance point = 2] Google Scholar citations: 4.]
Politzer-Ahles, S. J., & Chen, S. (2021). Significance. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders. In SAGE Publications. [Faculty Grade A*; Performance point = 3] Google Scholar citations: 19.]
Yang, C. S, Chu, J. Chen, S. & Xu, Y. (2021). Effects of Segments, Intonation and Rhythm on the Perception of L2 Accentedness and Comprehensibility. In: Yang C. (eds) The Acquisition of Chinese as a Second Language Pronunciation. Prosody, Phonology &Phonetics. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3809-4_11 [Faculty Grade A*; Performance point = 1.8] Google Scholar citations: 4.]
Fabra, L. R., Liu, X., Chen, S., & Wayland, R. (2021). Production of Mandarin Tones by L1-Spanish Early Learners in a Classroom Setting. Second Language Speech Learning: Theoretical and Empirical Progress, 273-289. In Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108886901.011 [Faculty Grade A*; Performance point = 1.8; Google Scholar citations: 0.]
Chen, S. (2019). Phonological representations based on statistical modeling in tonal languages. In Prosodic Studies (pp. 159-197). Routledge. [Faculty Grade A*; Performance point = 6] Google Scholar citations: 5.]
Chen, S., & Wiltshire, C. (2013). Tone realization in younger versus older speakers of Nanjing dialect. Increased Empiricism: recent advances in Chinese linguistics, 147-170, John Benjamins. [Faculty Grade A; Performance point = 2] Google Scholar citations: 9.]
Chen, S., Wang, B.X., Hong, Y.T., Zhou, F., Chan, A., Tang, P.Y., Li, B., Wen, C.Y., Cheung, J., Liu, Y., Chen, Z.M. (2024) Acoustic changes in speech prosody produced by children with autism after robot-assisted speech training. Proceeding of INTERSPEECH, September 2024, Kos Island, Greece.
Bakhtiar, M., Zhang Y. X., & Chen, S. (2022). Rhythm of Cantonese Stuttering Speech. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
Yang, Y. & Chen, S. (2022). Does prosody influence segments differently in Cantonese and Mandarin? A case study of the open vowel /a/. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
Zhou, F., Chen, S., Li, B., Chan, A. W. S., Tang, T. P. Y., Chun, E., Choi, P., Ng, C., Cheng, F., Gou, X. (2020). Prosodic Marking of Focus in Cantonese-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. In Linguistik
International. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang D.
Wayland, R., Chen, S., Zhou, F., Hong, Y. (2020). Directional asymmetry in lexical tone perception. In Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 178ASA. Acoustical Society of America.
Yang, Y. Chen, S., & Chen, X. (2020). F0 patterns in Mandarin statements of Mandarin and Cantonese speakers. In Proceedings of Interspeech 2020, Shanghai.
Yang, Y. & Chen, S. (2020). Individual differences in Mandarin focus production. In Proceedings of ExLing 2020, Athens.
Bei Li, Churen Huang, Chen, S. (2020). Comparison of information trustworthiness of epistemic markers: A Corpus-based Study of “Renwei” and “Yiwei” in Chinese. The 34th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, Hanoi, Viet Nam, October 24-26, 2020.
Bin Li, Yihan Guan & Chen, S. (2020).Carryover Effects on Two Rising Tones in Hong Kong Cantonese. Speech Prosody 2020. Proc. 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody 2020, 489-493, DOI: 10.21437/SpeechProsody. 2020-100.Tokyo, Japan
Chun, E., Liu, S. L. & Chen, S. (2020). Syntactic adaptation in L2 comprehension: evidence of implicit learning. Third International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children. May 28-29, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Chun, E., Liu, S. L & Chen, S. (2020). The influence of syntactic complexity on L2 prediction. Third International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children. May 28-29, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Yang, Y. K. & Chen, S. (2020). Revisiting focus production in Mandarin Chinese: Some preliminary findings. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2020, 260-264, Tokyo. doi: 10.21437/SpeechProsody.2020-53.
Li, B., Guan Y. H., & Chen, S. (2020). Anticipatory &carryover effects in Hong Kong Cantonese. The 27th Annual Conference of International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-27).
Li, B., Guan Y. H., & Chen, S. (2019). Sounds of Personality: Inference from Voices by Non-Native Speakers. The 11th annual conference of Asia Pacific Signal &Information Processing Association, Lanzhou, China.
Chen, X., & Chen, S. (2019). Acquisition &Interpretation of Mandarin Speech Prosody by Native and Cantonese Learners. The 11th annual conference of Asia Pacific Signal &Information Processing Association, Lanzhou, China.
Yang, Y. K., Chen, S. & Li, K. C. (2019). Effects of Focus on Duration &Intensity in Chongming Chinese. The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Melbourne.
Jangjamras, J., Wayland R. & Chen, S. (2019). Acoustic Analysis of Lahu Nyi Tone System. The International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Melbourne.
Chen, S., Wiltshire, C., Li, B. & Wayland, R. (2018). Analyzing Nanjing Tones and Sandhi: statistical modelling methods. Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology. October 5-7, San Diego, CA
Chen, S., Yiqing Zhu, Ratree Wayland &Yike Yang (2018). Effects of Stimulus Duration and Vowel Quality in Tone Perception by English Musicians and Non-musicians. The 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, December 1-3, 2018 at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Li, B., Yang, Y. K., & Chen, S. (2018). Perceptual evaluation of Mandarin tone sandhi production by Cantonese speakers before and after perceptual training. The 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, December 1-3, 2018 at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Li, B., Yang, Y.K. & Chen, S. (2018). Evaluating the effects of perceptual training on application of Mandarin tone sandhi rules by English speakers. Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Bilingual Learning and Teaching, Hong Kong.
Yang, Y. K., Huang, C. R., Dong S. C. & Chen, S. (2018). Semantic Transparency of Radicals in Chinese Characters: An Ontological Perspective. The 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, December 1-3, 2018 at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Zhang, C.L., Li, B., Chen, S. &Yang, Y. K. (2018). Acoustic analysis of whispery voice disguise in Mandarin Chinese. Proceedings of Interspeech 2018, Hyderabad, India.
Chen, S. &Li, B. (2017). Degree of Incompleteness in Application of Tone Sandhi Rules. Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Sciences. The Korean Society of Speech Sciences, Seoul.
Chen, S., Yunjuan He, Chun Wah Yuen, Bei Li &Yike Yang (2017). Mechanisms of Tone Sandhi Rule Application by Non-native Speakers. Proceedings of Interspeech 2017, Aug 20-24 Stockhom, Sweden.
Chen, S., Caroline Wiltshire &Bin Li (2016). A Reconsideration of Universal Properties of Tonal Coarticulation. Proceedings of Oriental COCOSDA, Bali, Indonesia.
Chen, S. (2015). More than F0: An Additive Model for Tonal Representations. Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech Sciences. The Korean Society of Speech Sciences, Seoul, 143-144.
Chen, S. &Caroline Wiltshire. (2011). Differences of tone realization between younger and older speakers of Nanjing dialect. Proceedings of the 23rd North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL 23). Edited by Zhuo Jing-Schmidt. University of Oregon. Vol. 2, pp. 105-122. Distributed by NACCL Proceedings Online, The Ohio State University. Available for download at: http://naccl.osu.edu/sites/naccl.osu.edu/files/NACCL-23_2_08.pdf