Conference Program
14 September 2016 (Day 1)
Venue: E22-G010
8:30 - 9:00 Arrival and registration of participants
9:00 – 9:15 CONFERENCE OPENING
9:15 – 10:00 1st Keynote Speech: Sasak, eastern Indonesia: layers of language contact and language change
Peter Austin
(SOAS - University of London)
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 12:15 SESSION 1
Development of Perfective Aspect in Contact Scenarios: insights from bilingual acquisition
Pui Yiu Szeto (HKU, CUHK)
Stephen Matthews (HKU, CUHK)
Virginia Yip (CUHK)
The pairing of Uyghur Light Verbs with Chinese Verbal Loans
Alexander Sugar
(Fudan University & University of Washington)
Possessive Determiners in Tetum Prasa: evidence of language contact?
Zuzana Greksáková
(University of Coimbra)
Language attitudes modulate cross-language influence in speech rhythm and tonality in code-switching
Wai Ling Law & Alexander L. Francis
(Purdue University)
12:15 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:30 2ND Keynote Speech: Documenting Malacca Portuguese Creole (Cristang)
Stefanie Pillai
(University of Malaya)
14:30 - 16:00 SESSION 2
Invited speaker Miguel Senna Fernandes
President of APIM & ADM / Director of Doci Papiaçam Theatre Group
Invited speaker Changing times: from home language to performing language (an ongoing research project of Patuá Creole Theatre)
Elisabela Larrea
(University of Macau)
Karnilisang di Kristang: A Curriculum Plan for Adult Beginner Classes in an Endangered Contact Language
Kevin Wong
(National University of Singapore)
On the revitalization of Penang Hokkien in relation to regional language loss
Jia Wen Hing
(National University of Singapore)
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee Break
16:20 – 17:00 3rd Keynote Speech: Minority Portuguese-lexified Creoles in Asia - internal and external challenges to their survival
Alan Baxter
(University of St. Joseph)
17:00 – 17:30 PANEL DISCUSSION
19:30 Conference Dinner
15 September 2016 (DAY 2)
Venue: E22-G010
9:00 - 9:45 4th Keynote Speech: Periphery in the age of reimagining: Vernaculars and vitality in urban and online communities
Lisa Lim
(The University of Hong Kong)
9:45 - 11:15 SESSION 3
Language Contact in Virtual spaces: bli, bro, and bos in Balinese online discourse
Edmundo Luna
(Mokpo National University)
Examining Loanwords of written HK English
Nick Wong (HKUST)
Alfred Tsang (HKUST)
Pedro Lok (Tung Wah College)
An Analysis on the Implications of the Existence and Development of Davao Filipino
Jeconiah Louis Dreisbach
(De La Salle University)
11:15 - 11:40 Coffee Break
11:40 - 12:40 SESSION 4
The Acquisition of Cantonese consonants by students of South Asian origin in Hong Kong
Peggy P. K. Mok
(Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Alan C. L. YU
(University of Chicago)
Linguistic innovations in Chinese English (CE) literature from the perspective of contact literature
YU Aihui & MA Qing
(The Education University of Hong Kong)
12:40 – 14:10 Lunch
14:10 - 15:40 SESSION 5
Contact-Induced Accent and Lexicon in Paiwan - Evidence from Migration Communities
Chun-Mei Chen
(National Chung Hsing University)
Tones and Loanwords: Tonal Assignment of Malay Loanwords in Penang Hokkien
Samantha Soon
(KDU Penang University College)
How language contact affects dual language learners phonological development
Wong Kwok Shing, Richard
(The Education Univ. of Hong Kong)
Lisa Lim
(The University of Hong Kong)
Conrad Perry
(Swinburne University of Technology)
15: 40 Conference Closing
Venue: E22-G010
8:30 - 9:00 Arrival and registration of participants
9:00 – 9:15 CONFERENCE OPENING
9:15 – 10:00 1st Keynote Speech: Sasak, eastern Indonesia: layers of language contact and language change
Peter Austin
(SOAS - University of London)
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 12:15 SESSION 1
Development of Perfective Aspect in Contact Scenarios: insights from bilingual acquisition
Pui Yiu Szeto (HKU, CUHK)
Stephen Matthews (HKU, CUHK)
Virginia Yip (CUHK)
The pairing of Uyghur Light Verbs with Chinese Verbal Loans
Alexander Sugar
(Fudan University & University of Washington)
Possessive Determiners in Tetum Prasa: evidence of language contact?
Zuzana Greksáková
(University of Coimbra)
Language attitudes modulate cross-language influence in speech rhythm and tonality in code-switching
Wai Ling Law & Alexander L. Francis
(Purdue University)
12:15 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:30 2ND Keynote Speech: Documenting Malacca Portuguese Creole (Cristang)
Stefanie Pillai
(University of Malaya)
14:30 - 16:00 SESSION 2
Invited speaker Miguel Senna Fernandes
President of APIM & ADM / Director of Doci Papiaçam Theatre Group
Invited speaker Changing times: from home language to performing language (an ongoing research project of Patuá Creole Theatre)
Elisabela Larrea
(University of Macau)
Karnilisang di Kristang: A Curriculum Plan for Adult Beginner Classes in an Endangered Contact Language
Kevin Wong
(National University of Singapore)
On the revitalization of Penang Hokkien in relation to regional language loss
Jia Wen Hing
(National University of Singapore)
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee Break
16:20 – 17:00 3rd Keynote Speech: Minority Portuguese-lexified Creoles in Asia - internal and external challenges to their survival
Alan Baxter
(University of St. Joseph)
17:00 – 17:30 PANEL DISCUSSION
19:30 Conference Dinner
15 September 2016 (DAY 2)
Venue: E22-G010
9:00 - 9:45 4th Keynote Speech: Periphery in the age of reimagining: Vernaculars and vitality in urban and online communities
Lisa Lim
(The University of Hong Kong)
9:45 - 11:15 SESSION 3
Language Contact in Virtual spaces: bli, bro, and bos in Balinese online discourse
Edmundo Luna
(Mokpo National University)
Examining Loanwords of written HK English
Nick Wong (HKUST)
Alfred Tsang (HKUST)
Pedro Lok (Tung Wah College)
An Analysis on the Implications of the Existence and Development of Davao Filipino
Jeconiah Louis Dreisbach
(De La Salle University)
11:15 - 11:40 Coffee Break
11:40 - 12:40 SESSION 4
The Acquisition of Cantonese consonants by students of South Asian origin in Hong Kong
Peggy P. K. Mok
(Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Alan C. L. YU
(University of Chicago)
Linguistic innovations in Chinese English (CE) literature from the perspective of contact literature
YU Aihui & MA Qing
(The Education University of Hong Kong)
12:40 – 14:10 Lunch
14:10 - 15:40 SESSION 5
Contact-Induced Accent and Lexicon in Paiwan - Evidence from Migration Communities
Chun-Mei Chen
(National Chung Hsing University)
Tones and Loanwords: Tonal Assignment of Malay Loanwords in Penang Hokkien
Samantha Soon
(KDU Penang University College)
How language contact affects dual language learners phonological development
Wong Kwok Shing, Richard
(The Education Univ. of Hong Kong)
Lisa Lim
(The University of Hong Kong)
Conrad Perry
(Swinburne University of Technology)
15: 40 Conference Closing