Hi, I'm Yi Zhang

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Yi Zhang

I am a second-year Ph.D. student in Linguistics at City University of Hong Kong , under the supervision of Prof. Aini Li .

My research interests lie at the interface of sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and phonetics. I am particularly interested in individual differences in the production, perception, processing, and social interpretation of speech sounds.

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yzhang7498-c@my.cityu.edu.hk

Publications

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Peer-reviewed Journal Papers


  • Yi Zhang, Lishan Li, Wei Lai, and Xiaoying Xu (2024). The Influence of Language Loss on Tone Perception: Diminishing Voice Quality Cues in Preserved Tone Contrast. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 156(6), 3707–3722.

Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings


  • Songyuchen Yang, Yi Zhang, and Xiaoying Xu (2025). Dialect-Specific Modes Influence L2 Perception: Evidence from Chongqing Dialect–Standard Mandarin Learners of English. In Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Asian Language Processing (IALP 2025), IEEE, Sarawak, Malaysia, pp. 188–192.
  • Yi Zhang, Lishan Li, and Xiaoying Xu (2024). Individual Differences in Tone Perception and Production in Emerging Dialect: A Case Study of Elementary School Children in Changsha. In Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP 2024), IEEE, Beijing, China, pp. 269–273.

Presentations

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2026

  • Yi Zhang, Xinye Zhang, Hai Hu, and Aini Li. Acquisition of Variation in Dual Immersion Preschools: The Use of Syllable-Initial Alveolar and Retroflex Sibilants by Chinese Heritage Language Children. Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2026 (HISPhonCog 2026), May 22–23, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.

2025

  • Songyuchen Yang, Yi Zhang, and Xiaoying Xu. Dialect-Specific Modes Influence L2 Perception: Evidence from Chongqing Dialect–Standard Mandarin Learners of English. The 2025 International Conference on Asian Language Processing (IALP 2025), August 3–6, Sarawak, Malaysia.

2024

  • Yi Zhang, Lishan Li, and Xiaoying Xu. Individual Differences in Tone Perception and Production in Emerging Dialect: A Case Study of Elementary School Children in Changsha. The 14th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP 2024), November, Beijing, China.
  • Yi Zhang, Lishan Li, and Xiaoying Xu. Individual Differences in Tone Perception and Production in the Process of Dialect Emerging: A Case Study of Elementary School Children in Changsha. The 15th International Conference in Evolutionary Linguistics (CIEL-15), July, Changsha, China.
  • Lishan Li, Yi Zhang, Jiajia Hu, and Xiaoying Xu. Perceptual Cues and Tone Distances Across Stages of Tone Mergers: Evidence from Similar Tones in Cantonese. The 15th International Conference in Evolutionary Linguistics (CIEL-15), July, Changsha, China.

2023

  • Xiaoying Xu, Yi Zhang, and Lishan Li. The Influence of Language Loss on Tone Perception: Weakened Sound Quality Cues in the Preserved Tone Pairs. National Conference on Man–Machine Speech Communication, December, Suzhou, China.