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Research Outputs

  • Postgraduate theses
  • Conference presentations
  • Conference proceedings
  • Book chapters
  • Monograph

PhD theses

  • Ma, Shu Ya. (in progress). The Acquisition of Telicity and Perfectivity in HKSL, Written Chinese, and Cantonese by Deaf and Hearing Bimodal Bilingual Children in Hong Kong. PhD thesis, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Li, Jieqiong. 2023. Bimodal bilingual acquisition of nominal expressions in Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) and Cantoense. Doctoral dissertation, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Lam, Wai Sze. 2009. Early Phrase Structure in Hong Kong Sign Language: A Case Study. Doctoral dissertation, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

MPhil theses

  • Wong, Yuet On. 2008. Acquisition of Handshape in Hong Kong Sign Language: A Case Study. MPhil thesis, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Fung, H-M. Cat. 2012. Code-blending in Early Hong Kong Sign Language: A Case Study. M.Phil thesis, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

MA theses

  • Fei, Haosen. 2024. The acquisition of verbal agreement in Hong Kong Sign Language: A longitudinal case study of a bimodal bilingual. MA thesis, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Cheng, Man Wai. 2023. A case study on the acquisition of (non-)existential predicates in Cantonese and HKSL by a deaf bimodal bilingual child. MA thesis, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Zhang, Anqi. 2019. The acquisition of prosodic cues in HKSL by a deaf child: A case study. MA thesis, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Cao, Xu. 2014. Comparative study of prosody in native adult, early learner and late learner of Hong Kong Sign Language. MA thesis, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. (2025, November). Code-blending involving sentence final particles in the language production of a child HKSL-Cantonese bilingual: evidence for two syntactic derivation?. Paper to be presented at ICFL 2025. Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. (2025, September). Early sequential bimodal bilingual acquisition: Any negative effects from the developing signed L1 on the spoken L2. Paper presented at 7th International Symposium on Moving Towards Neo-descriptivism (第七屆“走向新描寫主義”國際研討會）. Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau.
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. (2025, June). The bimodal bilingual acquisition of nominal structure in Hong Kong Sign Language and Cantonese: Does modality make a difference? Paper presented at The 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB 15), San Sebastian, Spain, June 9th-13th, 2025.
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. (2025, March). Analyzing code-blending production in a child HKSL-Cantonese bilingual. Poster presented at Bilingualism Matters Symposium 2025, in Edinburgh.
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. (2024, December). Acquiring the Cantonese classifier category by a HKSL-Cantonese bilingual deaf child. Paper presented at LSHK-ARF, Hong Kong Shue Yan University.
  • Ma, Shuya. (2023, July). Acquisition of Resultative Verb Compounds in HKSL and Written Chinese by Deaf and Hearing Bimodal Bilinguals. Paper presented at the 19th World Congress of World Federation of the Deaf, Jeju, Korea.
  • Liang, Xinyuan. (2023, April). Prelinguistic deictic Gesture and Parental Role in Acquisition of Deaf Children. Paper presented at 1st International Multimodal Communication Symposium (MMSYM), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.Spain.
  • Ma, Shuya. (2023, March). Acquisition of RVC in written Chinese by deaf children in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the “Resultatives: New approaches and renewed perspectives” conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. (2022, October). Cross-modal bilingual development of nominal structure in Hong Kong Sign Language and Cantonese: A case study. Poster presented at Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 14 (TISLR-14). Osaka, Japan: The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku).
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. (2022, June). Code-blending in the nominal domain in a HKSL- Cantonese child bilingual: A case study. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Sign Language Acquisition (ICSLA-4). Boston University.
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. IACL-28. May 2022. 比较父母语言输入与儿童语言输出中的语 码截搭 (code-blending): 个案研究 [A comparison of code-blending between parental input and child output: a case study]. Paper presented at Special Forum: Sign Language and Linguistics in Chinese Context, The 28th Annual Conference of The International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-28). Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. (2021, November). Syntax-semantics mapping of subject NPs in a HKSL- Cantonese child bilingual: A case study. Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics (ICTEAP- 3). Hsin-chu, Taiwan: National Tsing Hua University.
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. (2021, October). Cross-modal bilingual acquisition of nominal structure in Cantonese: A case study. Poster presented at Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium 2021 (BMRS2021). University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
  • Ma, S. (2021, June 5th-6th). Interactions of Lexical aspect and Grammatical aspect in HKSL. Paper presented at the 3rd Chinese Sign linguistics Conference, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
  • Ma, S. (2021, April). Aspect in the manipulation of tones— Creaky voiced /ɔ̰/ functioned as a perfective aspect marker in Yunnan Dali dialect. Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Prosodic Grammar, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China,
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. 2020. A comparison on nominal structure in Hong Kong Sign Language and Cantonese. Poster presented at the 8th meeting of Formal and Experimental Advances in Sign language Theory (FEAST 2020), on June 23, 2020, Paris. (Online).
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. (2018, October). Plurality Strategies in Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL). Paper presented at Workshop on Sign Linguistics, the 17th China International Conference on Contemporary Linguistics & CASS Forum on Social Sciences 2018. Beijing, China: Beijing Institute of Technology.
  • Li, Jieqiong, and Gladys Tang. (2016, January). Acquisition of personal pronouns by a HKSL- Cantonese bilingual deaf child: A case study. Poster presented at the 12th International conference on theoretical issues in sign language research (TISLR- 12). Melbourne, Australia.
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. (2015, December). Analyzing pronoun reversal errors in a HKSL- Cantonese bimodal bilingual child. Paper presented at LSHK-ARF 2015. The University of Hong Kong.
  • Li, Jieqiong and Gladys Tang. (2015, July). Acquisition of personal pronouns in HKSL by a HKSL- Cantonese bilingual deaf child: A case study. Poster presented at the 2nd International Conference on Sign Language Acquisition (ICSLA-2). Amsterdam University.
  • Cao, Xu. （2015, July) . (TOPIC TO BE PROVIDED). Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Sign Language Acquisition (ICSLA-2). Amsterdam University.
  • Lau, A., Yu, B., & Wong, P. (2010, December). Noun Bias in Hong Kong Sign Language: A Case Study. Paper presented at 2010 Annual Research Forum of the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Fung, C. (2010, December). Code-blending in Early Hong Kong Sign Language: Some Preliminary Results from a Case Study. Paper presented at 2010 Annual Research Forum of the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Fung, C. (2010, October). Code-blending of native Deaf signer in Hong Kong Sign Language. Paper presented at The 13th China's International Conference on Contemporary Linguistics, Shanghai, School of Foreign Languages in East China Normal University.
  • Lam, S. (2010, October). Child acquisition of verb argument structure in Hong Kong Sign Language. Paper presented at The 13th China's International Conference on Contemporary Linguistics, Shanghai, School of Foreign Languages in East China Normal University.
  • Lam, S., & Tang, G. (2010, September-October). Input ambiguity and head directionality of TP in Hong Kong Sign Language. Paper presented at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 10 (TISLR 10), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
  • Fung, C. (2010, September-October). Code-blending in early Hong Kong Sign Language. Poster presented at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 10 (TISLR 10), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
  • Lam, S. (2010, September-October). The role of input in acquisition of verb agreement in Hong Kong Sign Language. Poster presented at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 10 (TISLR 10), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
  • Chan, G., & Lee, S. (2010, January). Phonological acquisition of Cantonese by Deaf child with cochlear implant. Poster presented at Conference on Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education in Asia 2010, Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • Tang, G., & Fung, C. (2009, May). Code-blending in early Hong Kong Sign Language. Paper presented at Workshop 2 of 4: Intramodal and cross-modal bilingualism of the workshop series "One brain, two languages", ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism in Theory and Practice, Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom.
  • Fung, C., Tang, G., & Lam, S. (2008, December). Code-blending in early Hong Kong Sign Language. Paper presented at Conference on Bilingual Acquisition in Early Childhood, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
  • Lam, S., & Tang, G. (2008, December). The effect of input ambiguity on head directionality in early HKSL. Paper presented at Conference on Bilingual Acquisition in Early Childhood, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
  • Fung, C., Tang, G., & Lam, S. (2008, October). Code-switching in Hong Kong Sign Language. Paper presented at the 12th Symposium on Contemporary Linguistics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China.
  • Fung, C., Lam, S., Mak, J., & Tang, G. (2008, May-June). Establishment of a corpus of Hong Kong Sign Language acquisition data: From ELAN to CLAN. Poster presented at the sixth edition of the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference: Third workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Construction and Exploitation of Sign Language Corpora, Marrakech, Morocco.
  • Fung, C., Sze, F., Lam, S., & Tang, G. (2008, May-June). Simultaneity vs sequentiality: Developing a transcription system of Hong Kong Sign Language acquisition data. Paper presented at the sixth edition of the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference: Third workshop on the Representation and Processing of Sign Languages: Construction and Exploitation of Sign Language Corpora, Marrakech, Morocco.
  • Tang, G., Lam, S., Sze, F., Lau, P., & Lee, J. (2006, December). Acquiring verb agreement in HKSL: Optional or obligatory?. Paper presented at the 9th Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil.
  • Lam, S., & Tang, G. (2006, October). Acquiring verb types in Hong Kong Sign Language by Deaf children. Paper presented at the 11th Contemporary Linguistics Conference, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China.
  • Fung, C., Sze, F., Lam, S,. & Tang, G. (2008). Simultaneity vs Sequentiality: Developing a transcription system of Hong Kong Sign Language acquisition data. Language Resources and Evaluation Conference 2008 Proceedings. Morocco.
  • Fung, C., Lam, S., Mak, J,. & Tang, G. (2008). Establishment of a corpus of Hong Kong Sign Language acquisition data: From ELAN to CLAN. Language Resources and Evaluation Conference 2008 Proceedings. Morocco.
  • Tang, G., Lam, S., Sze, F., Lau, P., & Lee, J. (2008). Acquiring verb agreement in HKSL: Optional or obligatory?. Sign Languages: spinning and unraveling the past, present and future. TISLR 9: forty five papers and three posters from the 9th Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research Conference (pp. 613-638). Brazil: Editora Arara Azul.
  • Tang, G., Sze, F., & Lam, S. (2007). Acquisition of simultaneous constuctions by Deaf children of Hong Kong Sign Language. In M. Vermeerbergen, L. Leeson & O. Crasborn (Eds.), Simultaneity in signed languages: Form and function (pp. 283-316). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Tang, G. (2009). Acquiring FINISH in Hong Kong Sign Language. In James H-Y. Tai & Jane Tsay. Chia-Yi (Eds.), Taiwan Sign Language and Beyond (pp. 21-47). Taiwan: The Taiwan Institute for the Humanities, National Chung Cheng University.
  • Li, Jieqiong. (Under review). Bimodal Bilingual Acquisition of a HKSL- Cantonese Deaf Child. De Gruyter Mouton.