Dr. Weng Yi, a PhD graduate from LST, has been awarded the Outstanding Thesis Award for 2025 by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK). This award acknowledges exceptional theses that make significant contributions to any field within linguistics, including MA, MPhil, PhD, and Doctorate theses.

Under the guidance of chief supervisor Prof. Peng Gang from LST, Dr. Weng’s thesis, titled “Audiovisual Speech Perception in Tonal Language Speakers: Evidence from the McGurk Paradigm”, showcases the high-quality research nurtured within our department. Dr. Weng is scheduled to present her thesis at the LSHK's 2025 Annual Research Forum on December 6, 2025. You can review Dr. Weng's thesis via this link.