Prof. Virginia Yip

	RGC-funded Projects: • From Lexicon to Syntax in Childhood Bilingualism 2008-2011 PI: Virginia Yip (CUHK), Co-I: Stephen Matthews (HKU) and Li Ping (Pennsylvania State University) • Rethinking Cantonese grammar: typology, processing and acquisition 2007-2010, RGC Ref. No. HKU748207H PI: Stephen Matthews (HKU) Co-I: Virginia Yip (CUHK) • Childhood Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition in Hong Kong Children: 2005-2006, RGC Ref. No. CUHK4692/05H PI: Virginia Yip(CUHK) Co-I: Stephen Matthews(HKU), Yasuhiro Shirai(Cornell University). • Parsing Principles and Constituent Order in Cantonese : 2004-2006, RGC Ref. No. 7258/04H PI: Stephen Matthews(HKU) Co-I: Elaine Francis (Purdue), Conrad Perry(HKU) and V. Yip (CUHK). • Cognitive and Brain Processing of the Chinese Language, RGC Central Allocation: 2003-2006 PI: Li-Hai Tan (HKU) Co-I: C. Perry (HKU), J. Spinks (HKU), G. Shen (UT San Antonio), V. Yip (CUHK) & P. Fox (UT San Antonio). • Multimedia Perspectives On Bilingual Development, 2002-05 PI:V. Yip Co-I: S. Matthews • Universals and Specifics in Reading Development: Speed of Processing, Phonological Awareness, Morphological Awareness, and Home Literacy Environment, 2001-03 PI: Catherine McBride (CUHK) Co-Investigators: Hua Shu (Beijing Normal University), Richard K.Wagner (Florida State University) and V.Yip • A Cantonese-English Bilingual Child Language Corpus, 1997-2000 PI: V.Yip, Co-I: S.Matthews (HKU) • The Min Dialect of Chaozhou and Comparative Chinese Grammar, 1996-98 PI: S. Matthews (HKU),Co-I: V. Yip • The Development of Bilingual Competence in Hong Kong Children PI: S.Matthews(HKU),Co-I: V. Yip & Huang Yue-Yuan (HKBU) • The Development of Grammatical Competence in the Formal ESL Learning Environment 1992-94 PI: V.Yip, Co-I: G.Tang • Studies in the Comparative Grammar of English and Cantonese,1992-96 PI: S. Matthews(HKU),Co-I: V.Yip Other Projects: • Computer-Aided Second Language Learning Through Speech-Based Human-Computer Interactions 2009-2011 (CUHK Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering in the area of Multimedia Technologies 2009) PI: Helen Meng (CUHK, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management) Co-I: Pauline Lee (CUHK, Independent Learning Centre), Virginia Yip (CUHK, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages) • Language Differentiation in Bilingual Acquisition 2003-2004 (CUHK Direct Grant). • Syntactic Categories in Early Bilingual Development 2002-2003 (CUHK Direct Grant). • Education Towards Biliteracy and Trilingualism: An Internet Support Project funded by Quality Education Fund Principal investigator: Kwan Tze-wan (Department of Philosophy, CUHK) Co-I:Virginia Yip (Department of MLC, CUHK),Chiang Ying Ho (Department of Chinese Language and Literature). • Computer-Aided Second Language Learning Through Speech-Based Human-Computer Interactions 2009-2011 (CUHK Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering in the area of Multimedia Technologies 2009) • Cyber Discourse: A Linguistic Study on Chat Room Language 2000-2001(CUHK Direct Grant) • Minority Languages in Yunnan 2000-2001(CUHK Direct Grant). Conference Presentations: • Yip, V. and S. Matthews. 2010. Cantonese as a heritage language: pedagogical implications. Invited talk given at the Heritage Language Summer Research Institute, organized by the National Heritage Resource Center, University of Hawaii, USA. • Matthews, S. and V. Yip. 2010. Cantonese as a heritage language: vulnerable domains in bilingual acquisition. Invited talk given at the Heritage Language Summer Research Institute, organized by the National Heritage Resource Center, University of Hawaii, USA. • Chan, A., K. Lee. and V. Yip. 2010. Assessment of Mandarin receptive vocabulary in Hong Kong children. Paper presented at the Workshop on Bilingualism and Language Acquisition, Chinese University of Hong Kong. • Meng, H., P. Lee and V. Yip. 2010. Computer-aided language learning: applications for early childhood education. Paper presented at the Workshop on Bilingualism and Language Acquisition, Chinese University of Hong Kong. • Yip, V. Raising bilingual children. Invited talk given at the Hong Kong Baptist University. In celebration of 50th Anniversary of Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong. • Yip, V. and S. Matthews. 2009. Cross-linguistic influence in bilingual and multilingual contexts. Invited paper presented at the International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB7), University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. • Yip, V, A.Chan & S. Matthews. 2009. Trilingual children have a distinct linguistic profile: relative clauses in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism at the University of Bolzano, Italy. • Yip, V. and S. Matthews. 2009. Second language acquisition: Chinese learners’ English. Invited talk given at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. • Yip, V. and S. Matthews. 2009. How children learn two languages: current issues in bilingual development. Invited talk given at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. • Yip, V. 2009. Do bilingual children acquire two languages like monolingual children? Invited talk given at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong. • Yip, V. 2007. The logical problem of bilingual acquisition. Keynote speech delivered at the International Symposium of Bilingualism (ISB6), University of Hamburg, Germany. May 30- June 2. • Yip, V. 2004. "Bilingual Child Language Acquisition." Keynote speech delivered at the First National Symposium on Second Language Acquisition at the Centre for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 5-6 January . (handout available). • Yip, V. 2002. "Early Syntactic Development in Cantonese-English Bilingual Children." (available in Chinese and English) Keynote speech delivered at the 9th International Symposium on Contemporary Linguistics in China, Beijing Foreign Studies University, PRC.

RGC-funded Projects:

• From Lexicon to Syntax in Childhood Bilingualism 2008-2011
PI: Virginia Yip (CUHK), Co-I: Stephen Matthews (HKU) and Li Ping (Pennsylvania State University)

• Rethinking Cantonese grammar: typology, processing and acquisition 2007-2010, RGC Ref. No. HKU748207H
PI: Stephen Matthews (HKU) Co-I: Virginia Yip (CUHK)

• Childhood Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition in Hong Kong Children: 2005-2006, RGC Ref. No. CUHK4692/05H
PI: Virginia Yip(CUHK) Co-I: Stephen Matthews(HKU), Yasuhiro Shirai(Cornell University).

• Parsing Principles and Constituent Order in Cantonese : 2004-2006, RGC Ref. No. 7258/04H
PI: Stephen Matthews(HKU) Co-I: Elaine Francis (Purdue), Conrad Perry(HKU) and V. Yip (CUHK).

• Cognitive and Brain Processing of the Chinese Language, RGC Central Allocation: 2003-2006
PI: Li-Hai Tan (HKU) Co-I: C. Perry (HKU), J. Spinks (HKU), G. Shen (UT San Antonio), V. Yip (CUHK) & P. Fox (UT San Antonio).

• Multimedia Perspectives On Bilingual Development, 2002-05
PI:V. Yip Co-I: S. Matthews

• Universals and Specifics in Reading Development: Speed of Processing, Phonological Awareness, Morphological Awareness, and Home Literacy Environment, 2001-03
PI: Catherine McBride (CUHK) Co-Investigators: Hua Shu (Beijing Normal University), Richard K.Wagner (Florida State University) and V.Yip

• A Cantonese-English Bilingual Child Language Corpus, 1997-2000
PI: V.Yip, Co-I: S.Matthews (HKU)

• The Min Dialect of Chaozhou and Comparative Chinese Grammar, 1996-98
PI: S. Matthews (HKU),Co-I: V. Yip

• The Development of Bilingual Competence in Hong Kong Children
PI: S.Matthews(HKU),Co-I: V. Yip & Huang Yue-Yuan (HKBU)

• The Development of Grammatical Competence in the Formal ESL Learning Environment 1992-94
PI: V.Yip, Co-I: G.Tang

• Studies in the Comparative Grammar of English and Cantonese,1992-96
PI: S. Matthews(HKU),Co-I: V.Yip

Other Projects:

• Computer-Aided Second Language Learning Through Speech-Based Human-Computer Interactions 2009-2011 (CUHK Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering in the area of Multimedia Technologies 2009)

PI: Helen Meng (CUHK, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management)

Co-I: Pauline Lee (CUHK, Independent Learning Centre), Virginia Yip (CUHK, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages)

• Language Differentiation in Bilingual Acquisition 2003-2004 (CUHK Direct Grant).

• Syntactic Categories in Early Bilingual Development 2002-2003 (CUHK Direct Grant).

• Education Towards Biliteracy and Trilingualism: An Internet Support Project funded by Quality Education Fund Principal investigator: Kwan Tze-wan (Department of Philosophy, CUHK) Co-I:Virginia Yip (Department of MLC, CUHK),Chiang Ying Ho (Department of Chinese Language and Literature).

• Computer-Aided Second Language Learning Through Speech-Based Human-Computer Interactions 2009-2011 (CUHK Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering in the area of Multimedia Technologies 2009)

• Cyber Discourse: A Linguistic Study on Chat Room Language 2000-2001(CUHK Direct Grant)

• Minority Languages in Yunnan 2000-2001(CUHK Direct Grant).

Conference Presentations:

• Yip, V. and S. Matthews. 2010. Cantonese as a heritage language: pedagogical implications. Invited talk given at the Heritage Language Summer Research Institute, organized by the National Heritage Resource Center, University of Hawaii, USA.

• Matthews, S. and V. Yip. 2010. Cantonese as a heritage language: vulnerable domains in bilingual acquisition. Invited talk given at the Heritage Language Summer Research Institute, organized by the National Heritage Resource Center, University of Hawaii, USA.

• Chan, A., K. Lee. and V. Yip. 2010. Assessment of Mandarin receptive vocabulary in Hong Kong children. Paper presented at the Workshop on Bilingualism and Language Acquisition, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• Meng, H., P. Lee and V. Yip. 2010. Computer-aided language learning: applications for early childhood education. Paper presented at the Workshop on Bilingualism and Language Acquisition, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• Yip, V. Raising bilingual children. Invited talk given at the Hong Kong Baptist University. In celebration of 50th Anniversary of Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.

• Yip, V. and S. Matthews. 2009. Cross-linguistic influence in bilingual and multilingual contexts. Invited paper presented at the International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB7), University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

• Yip, V, A.Chan & S. Matthews. 2009. Trilingual children have a distinct linguistic profile: relative clauses in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. Paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism at the University of Bolzano, Italy.

• Yip, V. and S. Matthews. 2009. Second language acquisition: Chinese learners’ English. Invited talk given at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.

• Yip, V. and S. Matthews. 2009. How children learn two languages: current issues in bilingual development. Invited talk given at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.

• Yip, V. 2009. Do bilingual children acquire two languages like monolingual children? Invited talk given at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong.

• Yip, V. 2007. The logical problem of bilingual acquisition. Keynote speech delivered at the International Symposium of Bilingualism (ISB6), University of Hamburg, Germany. May 30- June 2.

• Yip, V. 2004. "Bilingual Child Language Acquisition." Keynote speech delivered at the First National Symposium on Second Language Acquisition at the Centre for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 5-6 January . (handout available).

• Yip, V. 2002. "Early Syntactic Development in Cantonese-English Bilingual Children." (available in Chinese and English)

Keynote speech delivered at the 9th International Symposium on Contemporary Linguistics in China, Beijing Foreign Studies University, PRC.