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Biography

Prof. Gang PENG is Professor of the Department of Language Science and Technology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his Ph.D. in Language Engineering from City University of Hong Kong. Before he joined the Department of Language Science and Technology in 2016, he worked at the

  • Language Engineering Laboratory (LEL) at City University of Hong Kong (LEL moved to the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2004);
  • the Signal, Speech and Language Interpretation Lab at the University of Washington;
  • the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Hong Kong;
  • again LEL at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Prof. Peng has been awarded a series of external competitive grants: five General Research Fund (GRF) grants (Grant # 448413, 14408914, 15607518, 15610321, and 15617425) of Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (RGC), three grants (Grant # 11074267, 11474300, and 11974374) of the General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and a prestigious grant (Grant # RFS2122-5H01) of RGC Research Fellow Scheme (RFS) 2021/2022. Moreover, he has additionally taken care of another two GRF grants (Grant # 14411314 and 15608318) originally awarded to other colleagues.

Education and Academic Qualifications

  • PhD in Language Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Research Interests

  • Speech Perception
  • Typical and Atypical Speech Development
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Neurolinguistics

Selected Publications

    • Tao, R., Zhang, K., Feng, Y., Weng, Y., & Peng, G.* (2026). Suprasegmental aspects of phonetic feature representation in human cortex: An fMRI investigation of Cantonese lexical tones. Brain and Language, 274, 105702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105702
    • Rong, Y., Weng, Y. & Peng, G.* (2025). Development of extrinsic normalization of lexical tones in Cantonese-speaking children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68(12), 5755-5770. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00812
    • Zhang, K., & Peng, G.* (2025). Unlocking the Barriers to Speech Normalization in L2: An EEG Study on Mandarin L2 Learners of Cantonese. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728925100369
    • Zhang, K., & Peng, G.* (2025). Accommodating Talker Variability in Noise With Context Cues: The Case of Cantonese Tones. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 68(9), 4188-4204. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-24-00511
    • Zhang, K., & Peng, G.* (2025). The modulation of cognitive load on speech normalization: A neurophysiological perspective. Brain and language, 266, 105579.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2025.105579
    • Kuang, C., Chen, F., Yan, J., & Peng, G. (2025). Reduced context effect on lexical tone normalization in children with autism spectrum disorder: A Speech-Specific Mechanism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06775-2
    • Zhang, K., Li, D., & Peng, G.* (2024). Achieving perceptual constancy with context cues in second language speech perception. Journal of Phonetics, 103, 101299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2024.101299
    • Weng, Y., Rong, Y., & Peng, G. * (2024). The development of audiovisual speech perception in Mandarin-speaking children: Evidence from the McGurk paradigm. Child Development, 95(3), 750-765. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14022 
    • Rong, Y., Weng, Y., & Peng, G.* (2024). Processing of acoustic and phonological information of lexical tones at pre-attentive and attentive stages. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 39(2), 215-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2023.2260022
    • Zhang, K., Tao, R., & Peng, G.* (2023). The advantage of the music-enabled brain in accommodating lexical tone variabilities. Brain and Language, 247, 105348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2023.105348 
    • Feng, Y.#, & Peng, G. #* (2023). Development of categorical speech perception in Mandarin-speaking children and adolescents. Child Development, 94(1), 28-43. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13837
    • Shi, J., Peng, G., & Li, D. (2023). Figurativeness matters in the L2 processing of collocations: Evidence from a self-paced reading experiment. Language Learning, 73(1), 47-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/lang.12516
    • Chen, F., Xia, Q., Feng, Y., Wang, L., & Peng, G.* (2023). Learning challenging L2 sounds via computer assisted training: Audio-visual training with an airflow model. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 39(1), 34-48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12724
    • Rong, Y., Weng, Y., Chen F., & Peng, G.* (2023). Categorical perception of Mandarin lexical tones in language-delayed children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 27(5), 1426–1437. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221138687
    • Zhang, H., Ma, W., Ding, H., Peng, G., & Zhang., Y. (2022). Phonological awareness and working memory in Mandarin-speaking preschool-aged children with cochlear implants. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65(11), 4485-4497. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00059
    • Feng, Y., Peng, G.*, & Wang, W. S-Y. (2022). Categorical perception of lexical tones in Mandarin-speaking seniors. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65(8), 2789–2800. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-21-00584
    • Meng, Y., Chen, F., Feng, Y., Peng, G., & Zheng, W. (2022). Age-related differences of Mandarin tone and consonant aspiration perception in babble noise. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65(9), 3438–3451. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-21-00564
    • Chen, F., Cheung, C.C.H., and Peng, G.* (2022). Linguistic tone and non-linguistic pitch imitation in children with autism spectrum disorders: A cross-linguistic investigation. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(5), 2325-2343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05123-4
    • Chen, F., & Peng, G.* (2021). Categorical perception of pitch contours and voice onset time in Mandarin-speaking adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(11), 4468-4484. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00725
    • Chen, F., Zhang, H., Ding, H., Wang, S., Peng, G., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Neural coding of formant‐exaggerated speech and nonspeech in children with and without autism spectrum disorders. Autism Research, 14(7), 1357-1374. 
    • Feng, Y., Meng, Y., Li, H., & Peng, G.* (2021). Effects of cognitive load on the categorical perception of Mandarin tones. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(10), 3794-3802. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00695
    • Yan, J., Chen, F., Gao, X., & Peng, G. (2021). Auditory-motor mapping training facilitates speech and word learning in tone language–speaking children with autism: An early efficacy study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(12), 4664-4681. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00029
    • Zhang, K., & Peng, G.* (2021). The time course of normalizing speech variability in vowels. Brain and Language, 222, 105028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2021.105028 
    • Zhang, H., Zhang, J., Peng, G., Ding, H., & Zhang, Y. (2020). Bimodal benefits revealed by categorical perception of lexical tones in Mandarin-speaking kindergarteners with a cochlear implant and a contralateral hearing aid. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 63(12), 4238-4251. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00224
    • Chen, F., Wang, L., Chen, H., & Peng, G.* (2017). Investigations on Mandarin aspiratory animations using an airflow model. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, 25(12), 2399-2409. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASLP.2017.2755400
    • Chen, F., Peng, G.*, Yan, N., & Wang, L. (2017). The development of categorical perception of Mandarin tones in four-to seven-year-old children. Journal of Child Language, 44(6), 1413-1434. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000916000581
    • Zhang, C., Pugh, K., Mencl, E., Molfese, P., Frost, S., Magnuson, J., Peng, G.*, & Wang, W. S-Y. (2016). "Functionally integrated neural processing of linguistic and talker information: An event-related fMRI and ERP study". NeuroImage, 124, 536-549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.08.064
    • Ge, J.#, Peng, G. #*, Lv, B., Wang, Y., Zhu, Y., Niu, Z., Tan, L. H., Leff, A. P., & Gao, J. H. (2015). "Cross-language differences in the brain network subserving intelligible speech". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 112(10): 2972-2977. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1416000112
    • Peng, G.*, Zhang, C., Zheng, H, Minett, J. W., & Wang, W. S-Y. (2012). The effect of inter-talker variations on acoustic-perceptual mappings in Cantonese and Mandarin tone systems. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 55(2), 579–595. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2011/11-0025)
    • Peng, G.*, Zheng, H.-Y., Gong, T., Yang, R.-X., Kong, J.-P., & Wang, W. S-Y. (2010). The influence of language experience on categorical perception of pitch contours. Journal of Phonetics, 38(4),616-624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2010.09.003

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