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LYDIA SO KAM HOI L.C.S.T. Lond; MA, Ph.D. Macq

Lydia So, associate professor in the Division of Speech & Hearing Sciences, is both a linguist and an UK-trained speech pathologist. Her teaching and research areas include phonetics, phonology and the acquisition of spoken Cantonese and Putonghua, special education. Current research projects include various aspects of normal and non-normal acquisition of Cantonese and Putonghua and special education.  

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Research Interests

Phonology acquisition; speech and language development and disorder of Chinese-speaking monolingual and bilingual children, special education.

 

Recent Publications

Dodd, B., So, L. K. H. & Lam K. K. C. (In press). Bilingualism and Literacy: The Effect of Language Pair on Phonological Awareness Abilities. Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties.

So, L. K. H. & Dodd, B. (2007). The Phonological Awareness Abilities of Cantonese-speaking children with phonological disorder. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, 10, 189-204.

Law, Z.W.Y. & So, L. K. H. (2006). Phonological abilities of hearing-impaired Cantonese-speaking children with cochlear implants or hearing aids. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research., 49, 1342-1353.

Law, N.C.W. & So, L. K. H. (2006). The relationship of phonological development and language dominance in Bilingual Cantonese-Putonghua children. International Journal of Bilingualism, 10, 405-428.

So, L.K.H. (2006). Cantonese speech acquisition. In S. Mcleod (Ed.) Speech acquisition: International perspectives. Thomson Delmar Learning, 313-326.

So, L.K.H. (2006). Cantonese Phonological Development: Normal and disordered. In H. Zhu & B. Dodd (Eds) Phonological development and disorders: A cross-linguistic perspective (pp. 109-134). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.

So, L.K.H. & Leung, C.S. (2006). Phonological development of Cantonese-Putonghua bilingual children. In H. Zhu & B. Dodd (Eds) Phonological development and disorders: A cross-linguistic perspective (pp. 413-428). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.

So, L.K.H. & Leung, C.S. (2004). A phonological screening tool for Cantonese-speaking children. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 20, 75-86.

蘇周簡開, 林佩薇. (2003). 語音系統困難兒童的評估和治療: 個案研究. 中國殊教育. 2003年第6期(總第42期), 頁33-37. [So, L.K.H. & Lam, M.P.M. (2003). Assessment & therapy for speech disordered children: A case study. Chinese Journal of Special Educaiton, No. 6, 2003 (Serial No. 33), 33-37].

馬紅英, 蘇周簡開, 梁長城. (2003). 大陸, 香港弱智兒童語言教育比較. 中國特殊教育. 2003年 第1期(總第37期), 頁71-76.[Ma, H., So, L.K.H. & Leung, C.S. (2003). A comparison of language education for mentally-retarded children in China and Hong Kong. Chinese Journal of Special Education, No. 1, 2003 (Serial No. 37), 71-76].

So, L.K.H. & Zhou, J. (2000). Putonghua Segmental Phonology Test. Nanjing: Nanjing Normal University Press.

So L.K.H., Zhou J. and Zheng L. (1999) Report of findings of preschool children’s language disorders.普通教育機構中低幼兒童語言障礙情況的調查報告Studies in Preschool Education 《學前教育研究》, 6:31-33.

McPherson D.B., So L.K.H. & Leung C.S. (1999) Using the internet to facilitate PBL: Web-based tutor and student guides, Research and Development in Problem Based Learning. Australian Problem Based Learning Network, 5: 267.

Tse S.K., Wong W.P. and So L.K.H. (1998) A two-year longitudinal study of the growth of writing abilities and psycholinguistic development in a Primary 3 or 4 pupil in Hong Kong through an examination of parent-child written communication.看香港小三、四年級學童的寫作能力及語文心理發展.Asia Pacific Journal of Language in Education. 《亞太語文教育學報》.The Hong Kong Institute of Education 1(2):1-22.

So L.K.H. & Zhou J. (1998) Acquisition of Putonghua (Mandarin) Phonology: influence from the mother tongue. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, 3 (3), 167-168

So L.K.H. & Zhou J. (1998) The Acquisition of Putonghua Phonology. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Spoken Language Processing (ICSLP98). Sydney: Australian Speech Science and Technology Association, 1998, 1:291.

So L.K.H. (1998) Book review of "Modern Cantonese Phonology, R. Bauer, P.K. Benedict, 1997". Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, 3:123-124.

So, L.K.H. (1996). Tonal changes in Hong Kong Cantonese. Current Issues in Language and Society, 3, 2, 186-189. Also in Sue Wright & Helen Kelly-Holmes (Eds.) (1997) One country, two systems, three languages: A survey of changing language use in Hong Kong, (pp. 80-85).Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.

So, L.K.H. & Harrison, G.J. (1996). A set of Cantonese trisyllabic phrases to use in learning or teaching Cantonese, Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 31, 41-56.

Varley R. & So L.H.K. (1995) Age Effect in Tonal Comprehension in Cantonese. Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 23: 2, 76-98.

So, L.K.H. & Dodd, B. (1995). The acquisition of phonology by Cantonese-speaking children. Journal of Child Language, 22 (3), 473-495.

So, L.K.H. & Dodd, B. (1994). Phonologically disordered Cantonese-speaking children. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 8 (3), 235-255.

So L.K.H. (1994) Development of Lexical Comprehension in Cantonese-speaking Children. Xinli Fazhan Yu Jiaoyu (J of Psychological development and education), 10: 2, 11-14.

So L.K.H. & Dodd B. (1994) Down Syndrome and the Acquisition of Phonology by Cantonese-speaking Children. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 38, 501-517.

Dodd, B. & So, L.K.H. (1994). The phonological abilities of hearing-impaired Cantonese-speaking children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 37, 671-679.

So L.K.H. (1993) Cantonese Segmental Phonology Test. Hong Kong: Bradford Publishing Company.

 

 

Current Research Projects
 

2008

Phonological awareness of hearing impaired Cantonese-speaking children

 

2008

Acquisition of phonology by two year old Cantonese-speaking children.

  

2007

Acquisition of fricatives and affricates by Cantonese-speaking hearing impaired children with cochlear implants.

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