About me

My name is Zhuo CHEN (/tʂwo tʂʰən/; 陈卓). I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Hanyang University, advised by Prof. Sang-Im Lee-Kim.

My research focuses on phonetic variation and how it is shaped by social and linguistic factors, with a particular interest in Mandarin sibilants.

Publications

2026

• Chen, Zhuo & Sang-Im Lee-Kim. Selection and implementation of socially motivated phonetic variants: The case of Mandarin sibilants. Journal of Phonetics. (paper) (poster)

Presentations

2026

• Chen, Zhuo & Sang-Im Lee-Kim. Sibilant fronting in Mandarin: An interaction between social and phonological factors. Poster presented at the 20th Laboratory Phonology Conference (LabPhon 20). June, 2026. Montréal, Canada. (poster)

• Chen, Zhuo, Sang-Im Lee-Kim, & Taehong Cho. Prosodic strengthening in Mandarin sibilants: Cue-selective contrast enhancement. Poster presented at the Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HISPhonCog IV). May, 2026. Seoul, Korea. (abstract) (poster)

2025

• Chen, Zhuo & Sang-Im Lee-Kim. Sibilant fronting in Mandarin: An interaction between social and phonological factors. Talk presented at the 2025 Fall Conference of the Korea Association of Chinese Language and Literature. October, 2025. Seoul, Korea. (abstract)

• Chen, Zhuo & Sang-Im Lee-Kim. Sibilant fronting in Mandarin: An interaction between social and phonological factors. Talk presented at the International Conference on Experimental Linguistics (第一届实验语言学国际学术研讨会). June,2025. Sichuan, China.

• Chen, Zhuo & Sang-Im Lee-Kim. Sibilant fronting in Mandarin: An interaction between social and phonological factors. Poster presented at the Korean Society of Speech Sciences. May, 2025. Seoul, Korea.