Charles B. Chang, Ph.D.

Affiliations: 
2015-2025 Department of Linguistics Boston University, Boston, MA, United States 
 2025- Department of Linguistics and Translation City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong 
Area:
phonetics, phonology, bilingualism, multilingualism, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, language attrition
Website:
https://cbchang.com
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Bio:

Interested in the effects of linguistic experience on speech production and perception. Research is concerned with the cognitive organization of multiple phonological systems, especially the cross-language interactions that occur during second-language learning and first-language attrition.

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Parents

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Javier Martin-Gonzalez research assistant 1999-2003 Harvard (LinguisTree)
 (A.M. committee member)
Bert Vaux research assistant 1999-2003 Harvard (LinguisTree)
 (undergraduate advisor)
Jie Zhang research assistant 2001-2003 Harvard (LinguisTree)
 (A.M. committee member)
Susanne Gahl grad student 2000-2010 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
 (Ph.D. committee member, undergraduate instructor at Harvard)
Sharon Inkelas grad student 2005-2010 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
 (Ph.D. committee member)
Keith Johnson grad student 2005-2010 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
 (First Language Phonetic Drift During Second Language Acquisition.)
Carla L. Hudson Kam grad student 2008-2010 UC Berkeley
 (Ph.D. committee member)

Children

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Jaime Lambert research assistant 2008-2009 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
Isabelle Morse research assistant 2008-2009 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
Rachel Olvera research assistant 2008-2009 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
Bryant Wang research assistant 2008-2009 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
Kevin Sitek research assistant 2009-2010 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
Ryan P. Corbett research assistant 2011-2012 University of Maryland
Sheri-Ann Peckham research assistant 2013-2014 Rice University (LinguisTree)
Xi Chen grad student NYU (LinguisTree)
Natalia Kartushina grad student University of Geneva (Neurotree)
Ran Li grad student Boston University (LinguisTree)
Deirdre McLaughlin grad student Boston University (LinguisTree)
Ilaria Compagnoni grad student 2014-2015 SOAS, University of London (LinguisTree)
Phuong Hanh Hoang grad student 2014-2015 SOAS, University of London (LinguisTree)
Paul Steven Sutherland grad student 2014-2015 SOAS, University of London (LinguisTree)
I Lei Chan grad student 2015-2017 Boston University (LinguisTree)
Lauren Gerrish grad student 2015-2017 Boston University (LinguisTree)
Brenden Layte grad student 2015-2017 Boston University (LinguisTree)
Deborah Waughtal grad student 2015-2017 Boston University (LinguisTree)
Max Kaplan grad student 2016-2018 Boston University (LinguisTree)
Xinwen Hu grad student 2017-2019 Boston University (LinguisTree)
Dominique Lopiccolo grad student 2017-2019 Boston University (LinguisTree)
Megan M. Brown grad student 2016-2023 Boston University (LinguisTree)
Felix Kpogo grad student 2018-2023 Boston University (LinguisTree)
Chris K. C. Lee grad student 2019-2024 Boston University (LinguisTree)

Collaborators

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Marta Piqueras-Brunet collaborator 2006-2008 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
Erin F. Haynes collaborator 2004-2010 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
Yao Yao collaborator 2004-2010 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
Shira E. Katseff collaborator 2005-2010 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
Russell Lee-Goldman collaborator 2005-2010 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
Russell M. Rhodes collaborator 2006-2010 UC Berkeley (LinguisTree)
Ewa M. Golonka collaborator 2011-2014 University of Maryland (EduTree)
Medha P. Tare collaborator 2011-2014 University of Maryland (Neurotree)
Karen L. Vatz collaborator 2011-2014 University of Vermont (LinguisTree)
Daniel Wall collaborator 2011-2014 Rutgers, New Brunswick (LinguisTree)
Anita R. Bowles collaborator 2011-2016 Rosetta Stone (Neurotree)
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Tang K, Chang CB, Green S, et al. (2022) Intoxication and pitch control in tonal and non-tonal language speakers. Jasa Express Letters. 2: 065202
Lopiccolo D, Chang CB. (2021) Cultural factors weaken but do not reverse left-to-right spatial biases in numerosity processing: Data from Arabic and English monoliterates and Arabic-English biliterates. Plos One. 16: e0261146
Chang CB, Kwon S. (2020) The Contributions of Crosslinguistic Influence and Individual Differences to Nonnative Speech Perception Languages. 5: 49
Fang M, Chang CB. (2020) Acoustic measures of glottalization in native and nonnative English connected speech The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 148: 2658-2658
Chan IL, Chang CB. (2019) Perception of nonnative tonal contrasts by Mandarin-English and English-Mandarin sequential bilinguals. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 146: 956
Chang CB. (2019) Language change and linguistic inquiry in a world of multicompetence: Sustained phonetic drift and its implications for behavioral linguistic research Journal of Phonetics. 74: 96–113
Chang CB. (2018) Perceptual attention as the locus of transfer to nonnative speech perception Journal of Phonetics. 68: 85–102
Chang CB, Jeon H. (2017) Effects of age, sex, context, and lexicality on hyperarticulation of Korean fricatives Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 141: 3983-3983
Ahn S, Chang CB, DeKeyser R, et al. (2017) Age effects in first language attrition: Speech perception by Korean-English bilinguals Language Learning. 67: 694–733
Chang C, Yao Y. (2016) Toward an Understanding of Heritage Prosody Heritage Language Journal. 13: 134-160
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