Hongchen Wu
Assistant Professor
Overview
Personal Pronouns:
she/herHongchen Wu joined the School of Modern Languages as an Assistant Professor in August 2021. She is interested in syntax, semantics, second language acquisition, computational linguistics, and syntax-prosody, syntax-semantics interface of languages.
Recent publications and conference presentations explore topics such as the prosody of wh-indeterminates in Mandarin, quantifier scope in Mandarin, processing of polarity items, Syntax-Semantic-Prosody interface of Mandarin wh-scope, and cross-language forced alignment. Moving forward, Dr. Wu seeks to further explore linguistic interfaces, language acquisition, and language technologies.
Education:
- Stony Brook University, Ph.D. in Linguistics
- Peking University, M.A. in Chinese Linguistics
- Jilin University, B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature
Awards and
Distinctions:
Distinctions:
- Faculty Excellence in Research Award, Ivan Allen College of Liberal and Arts, 2024
- IAC Short-term Opportunity for Professional Development and Scholarly Activities (SODA) 2024
- Undergraduate Sustainability Education Innovation Grants 2023
- Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: 2023 CIOS Award
- Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Fall 2023 Honor Roll
- Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Spring 2023 Honor Roll
- Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Fall 2022 Honor Roll
- Atlanta Global Studies Center Title VI NRC awards (two funded projects, 2022-2023)
- Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts Summer 2022 Professional Development Award
- Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Spring Semester 2022 CIOS Honor Roll
- Student Recognition of Excellence in Teaching: Fall Semester 2021 Class of 1934 Honor Roll
Interests
Research Fields:
- Chinese
- Linguistics
Geographic
Focuses:
Focuses:
- Asia (East)
Issues:
- Language Acquisition
- Syntax
- Technology
Courses
- CHIN-1002: Elementary Chinese II
- CHIN-3003: Intermediate Chinese III
- CHIN-3021: Chinese Society and Culture I
- CHIN-3022: Chin Society& Culture II
- CHIN-3691: Chinese Current Events
- CHIN-3693: Conversation Practicum
- CHIN-4699: Undergraduate Research
- LING-2100: Intro to Linguistics
- LING-3100: Apps of Linguistics
- LING-4699: Undergraduate Research
- LING-4813: Structure of Language: Structure of Language
- LING-8803: Structure of Language: Structure of Language
- ML-2500: Think Globally, Act Locally: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Studies
Publications
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
- Experimental investigation on quantifier scope in Chinese relative clauses
In: Linguistics Vanguard [Peer Reviewed]
Date: February 2025
- Which cross-language acoustic model to choose: Assessing tonality and phonemic inventories effects
In: Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: February 2025
- Code-switching in computer-mediated communication by Gen Z Japanese Americans
In: Linguistics Vanguard [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2024
Conferences
- On the availability of inverse scope reading in Dutch doubly-quantified thetic sentences
In: Proceedings of the 24rd Amsterdam Colloquium [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2024
- Influences of Morphosyntax and Semantics on the Intonation of Mandarin Chinese Wh-indeterminates
In: Proceeding of Interspeech 2024 [Peer Reviewed]
Date: September 2024
All Publications
Journal Articles
- Experimental investigation on quantifier scope in Chinese relative clauses
In: Linguistics Vanguard [Peer Reviewed]
Date: February 2025
- Which cross-language acoustic model to choose: Assessing tonality and phonemic inventories effects
In: Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: February 2025
- Code-switching in computer-mediated communication by Gen Z Japanese Americans
In: Linguistics Vanguard [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2024
- Using a forced aligner for prosody research
In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications [Peer Reviewed]
Date: July 2023
- An experimental investigation into scope rigidity in written Mandarin
In: Frontiers in Psychology, section Psychology of Language [Peer Reviewed]
Date: June 2023
- Prosodic disambiguation of wh-indeterminates in Mandarin Chinese
In: Proceedings of Linguistics Society of America, 8(1), 5556 [Peer Reviewed]
Date: May 2023
- Processing of the Mandarin polarity item renhe ‘any’
In: Language and Linguistics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: September 2021
Conferences
- On the availability of inverse scope reading in Dutch doubly-quantified thetic sentences
In: Proceedings of the 24rd Amsterdam Colloquium [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2024
- Influences of Morphosyntax and Semantics on the Intonation of Mandarin Chinese Wh-indeterminates
In: Proceeding of Interspeech 2024 [Peer Reviewed]
Date: September 2024
- Introducing linguistics to Atlanta high school students by opening linguistics talks through Zoom for everyone
In: Proceedings of the Linguistic Society [Peer Reviewed]
Date: August 2024
- Processing Mandarin Negative Polarity and Free-Choice Item renhe
In: Proceedings of the 34th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2023