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Charles B. Chang

Charles B. Chang is an associate professor in the linguistics department at Boston University,[1] where he is also affiliated with the Center for the Study of Asia,[2] the Center for Innovation in Social Science,[3] and the Hearing Research Center.[4] Chang is an Associate Editor of the journal Second Language Research[5] and a Life Member of the Linguistic Society of America.[6]

Charles B. Chang
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Trinity College, Cambridge (MPhil)
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Known forPhonetic drift (linguistics)
Advantageous language transfer
Scientific career
FieldsLinguistics
Phonetics
Phonology
Language acquisition
Second-language acquisition
Language attrition
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland, College Park
Rice University
SOAS University of London
Boston University

Biography

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Selected as a Coca-Cola Scholar and a U.S. Presidential Scholar from New York in 1999,[7][8] Chang completed his undergraduate education at Harvard University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 2003.[9] He received an MPhil in English and applied linguistics from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 2006 and a PhD in linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010, writing a dissertation entitled "First language phonetic drift during second language acquisition."[10]

Chang is the recipient of several grants, fellowships, and awards including a Fulbright Program Fellowship, a Gates Cambridge Scholarship,[11] and grants from the National Science Foundation[12][13][14][15] and the National Institutes of Health.[16][17] In 2016, he was awarded the Peter Paul Career Development Professorship at Boston University.[18] In 2019, he was invited to the Distinguished Professors' Lectures Series at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland).[19] In 2022, he was honored with the Early Career Award by the Linguistic Society of America "for contributions to the understanding of bilingual sound systems and cross-linguistic interactions, phonetic drift, and language learning over the lifespan, and to fostering diversity and inclusion within linguistics"[20] and was named a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society.[21] In 2023, he was awarded the inaugural Anne Cutler International Visiting Fellowship by Western Sydney University as well as a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.[22]

Prior to his appointment at Boston University, Chang taught at the University of Maryland, College Park, Rice University, and SOAS University of London. His research is in the areas of phonetics, phonology, language acquisition, and language attrition, with a focus on second-language acquisition and multilingualism in adulthood and heritage language speakers and learners.[23][24] He is known for discovering changes to the native language sound system occurring at the beginning of second-language acquisition and, more generally, native language phonetic modifications due to recent second-language experience, which he termed phonetic drift.[25][26][27][28][29] He is also known for documenting a "native-language transfer benefit" in second-language speech perception whereby non-native (bilingual) listeners outperform native listeners due to the influence of advantageous experience from their other language.[30][31]

Published works (selected)

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  • Chang, Charles B. (2012). Rapid and multifaceted effects of second-language learning on first-language speech production. Journal of Phonetics, 40, 249–268.
  • Chang, Charles B. (2013). A novelty effect in phonetic drift of the native language. Journal of Phonetics, 41, 520–533.
  • Chang, Charles B. (2016). Bilingual perceptual benefits of experience with a heritage language. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 19, 791–809.
  • Chang, Charles B. (2019a). 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, Charles B. (2019b). Phonetic drift. In Monika S. Schmid and Barbara Köpke (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of language attrition, pp. 191–203. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
  • Chang, Charles B. and Alan Mishler. (2012). Evidence for language transfer leading to a perceptual advantage for non-native listeners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132, 2700–2710.
  • Chang, Charles B. and Yao Yao. (2016). Toward an understanding of heritage prosody: Acoustic and perceptual properties of tone produced by heritage, native, and second language speakers of Mandarin. Heritage Language Journal, 13, 134–160.
  • Chang, Charles B., Yao Yao, Erin F. Haynes, and Russell Rhodes. (2011). Production of phonetic and phonological contrast by heritage speakers of Mandarin. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129, 3964–3980.

References

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  1. ^ "Charles Chang". Department of Linguistics, Boston University. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Affiliated Faculty". Center for the Study of Asia, Boston University. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ^ "People". Center for Innovation in Social Science, Boston University. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Faculty & Visiting Faculty". Hearing Research Center, Boston University. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Editorial Board". Second Language Research: SAGE Journals. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Paid Life Membership in the LSA". Linguistic Society of America. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Charles Chang - Presidential Scholars Directory". Presidential Scholars Directory. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Meet the 2019 LDI Facilitators". LDI Facilitators, Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  9. ^ "List of graduating seniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa". Harvard Gazette. 5 June 2003. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  10. ^ "First Language Phonetic Drift During Second Language Acquisition". Dissertations, Department of Linguistics. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Gates Cambridge Scholarship Year Book, 2006-07" (PDF). Gates Cambridge Trust. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Doctoral Dissertation Research: Restructuring Phonetic Space in Second Language Acquisition". NSF Award Search: Award #0922652. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Boston University Conference on Language Development 2017-2021". NSF Award Search: Award #1728962. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  14. ^ "Boston University Conference on Language Development, Post-COVID". NSF Award Search: Award #2141327. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Doctoral Dissertation Research: Investigating Sound Change in an Understudied Language: A Sociophonetic Study of Age and Locality Effects". NSF Award Search: Award #2214689. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Boston University Conference on Language Development". Project Details - NIH RePORTER. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Boston University Conference on Language Development, 2022-2026". Project Details - NIH RePORTER. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Six Junior Faculty Receive Career Development Awards". BU Today, Boston University. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  19. ^ "WA Distinguished Professors' Lectures: Integration and dynamicity in bilingual speech perception by Prof. Charles Chang". AMU Faculty of English. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  20. ^ "LSA Announces Major Awards for 2022". Linguistic Society of America. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  21. ^ "Congratulations to Our New Fellows - 2022 Fall Class of Fellows". Psychonomic Society. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  22. ^ "Prof. Dr. Charles Chang - Profile - Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation". Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  23. ^ Chang, Charles B., Yao Yao, Erin F. Haynes, and Russell Rhodes. (2011). Production of phonetic and phonological contrast by heritage speakers of Mandarin. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129, 3964–3980. [1]
  24. ^ Chang, Charles B. and Yao Yao. (2016). Toward an understanding of heritage prosody: Acoustic and perceptual properties of tone produced by heritage, native, and second language speakers of Mandarin. Heritage Language Journal, 13, 134–160.
  25. ^ "Phonetic Drift". The Loh Down on Science. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  26. ^ Chang, Charles B. (2012). Rapid and multifaceted effects of second-language learning on first-language speech production. Journal of Phonetics, 40, 249-268. [2]
  27. ^ Chang, Charles B. (2013). A novelty effect in phonetic drift of the native language. Journal of Phonetics, 41, 520-533. [3]
  28. ^ Chang, Charles B. (2019a). 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. [4]
  29. ^ Chang, Charles B. (2019b). Phonetic drift. In Monika S. Schmid and Barbara Köpke (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of language attrition, pp. 191-203. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. [5]
  30. ^ Chang, Charles B. and Alan Mishler. (2012). Evidence for language transfer leading to a perceptual advantage for non-native listeners. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132, 2700–2710. [6]
  31. ^ Chang, Charles B. (2016). Bilingual perceptual benefits of experience with a heritage language. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 19, 791–809. [7]
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