Academic Staff
- HHB702b, Hung Hom Bay Campus
- +852 3400 3970
- kaile-keller.zhang@polyu.edu.hk
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Dr Kaile Zhang received her PhD in Linguistics from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research focuses on the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying speech perception and language acquisition using both behavioral and neuroimaging techniques (EEG and fMRI).
Education and Academic Qualifications
- PhD in Linguistics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Teaching Areas
- Phonetics and Phonology
Research Interests
Selected Publications
- Zhang, K. and 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. and 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., Li, D., and Peng, G. (2024). Achieving perceptual constancy with context cues in second language acquisition. Journal of Phonetics, 103, 101299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2024.101299
- Zhang, K., Tao, R., and 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
- Zhang, K., Sjerps, M. J., and Peng, G. (2021). Integral perception, but separate processing: The perceptual normalization of lexical tones and vowels. Neuropsychologia, 156, 107839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107839
- Zhang, K., Peng, G., Li, Y., Minett, J. W., and Wang, W. S-Y. (2018). The effect of speech variability on tonal language speakers’ second language lexical tone learning. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1982. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01982
- 2024 - 2026
Principal Investigator, Research on the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying the integration process of speech cues. NSFC Young Scientists Fund (Project No. 12304526) - 2024 - 2026
Principal Investigator, The adaptation to talker variability in the adverse listening conditions. DGRF, PolyU (Project No. P0052546) - 2024 - 2026
Principal Investigator, The Context Effect on Cantonese Tone Perception in Older Adults. Start-up funding, PolyU (Project No. P0052617)
- 2024 - 2025
Co-Investigator, The lateralization patterns of tone perception in Chinese infants and their impact on language development. The Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Science Project (Project No. 23YJC740011)
