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Publications

Monograph

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  1. Shu-chen Ou. (2020). Perceptual Training on Lexical Stress Contrasts: A Study with Taiwanese Learners of English as a Foreign Language. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

       https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-51133-3

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Journal Articles​​

    

  1. Shu-chen Ou & Zhe-chen Guo. (2022). The effect of lengthening aspiration on speech segmentation. JASA Express Letter 2(4): 405020-1-405020-6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010242

  2. Shu-chen Ou & Zhe-chen Guo. (2021). The differential effects of vowel and onset      consonant lengthening on speech segmentation: evidence from Taiwanese Southern Min. Journal of Acoustical Society of America 149(3): 1866-1877. DOI:                https://doi.org/10.1121/10.00037

  3.  Zhe-chen Guo & Shu-chen Ou. (2021). The use of tonal coarticulation in segmentation    of artificial language speech: A study with Mandarin listeners. Applied Psycholinguistics    42(3): 631-655. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716420000818

  4. Shu-chen Ou & Zhe-chen Guo. (2021). The language-specific use of fundamental frequency rise in segmentation of an artificial language: evidence from listeners of Taiwanese Southern Min. Language and Speech, 64(2): 437-466. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0023830919886604 (Special Issue: Prosodic Prominence - A Cross-Linguistic Perspective)

  5. Shu-chen Ou (2019). The role of lexical stress in spoken English word recognition by listeners of English and Taiwan Mandarin. Language and Linguistics 20(4): 569-600. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/lali.00049.ou

  6. Shu-chen Ou (2016). Perception of English lexical stress with a marked pitch accent by native speakers of Mandarin. Taiwan Journal of Linguistics, 14(2), 1–31.

  7. Chao-jung Ko, Siew-ming Tang, & Shu-chen Ou (2014). Investigating the ICS use and the needs of “Digitals Natives” in learning English at a Taiwanese university. International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 9(2), 32–45.

  8. Shu-chen Ou & Zhe-chen Guo (2014). Mandarin retroflex sounds perceived by non-native speakers. 國立臺北教育大學語文集刊, 26, 39–76.

  9.  Shu-chen Ou (2010). Taiwanese EFL learners’ perception of English word stress. Concentric: Studies in Linguistics, 36(1), 1–23.

  10. Shu-chen Ou (2008). Age-related factors and the specifics of second language phonology. Concentric: Studies in Linguistics, 34(1), 109-129.

  11. 歐淑珍（2007）。聲韻學理論與中介語研究：以英語字重音習得為例。《聲韻論叢》，15，109–128。

  12. Shu-chen Ou (2006). Word stress development in Mandarin-English interlanguage. TELL Journal, 2, 35–56.

  13. Shu-chen Ou (2003). The acquisition of English word stress by advanced learners in Taiwan: A pilot study. Journal of Applied Foreign Languages of Jin-wen Institute of Technology, 4, 95–116.

  14. 歐淑珍（2000）。閩南語單音節形容詞重疊與變調現象的問題。《聲韻論叢》，9，781–807。

  15. 歐淑珍、蕭宇超（1997）。從「韻律音韻學」看臺灣閩南語的輕聲現象。《聲韻論叢》，6，865–896。

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Conference Proceedings

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  1. 歐淑珍、郭哲宸(2020)。音段延長對語音切分的影響。第十三屆台灣語言及其教學國際學術研討會論文集(頁331-347)。新竹：清華大學台灣語言研究與教學研究所。

  2. Shu-chen Ou & Zhe-chen Guo (2020). The opposite effects of vowel and onset consonant lengthening on speech segmentation. Proc. 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody 2020 (pp.76-80) (ISSN: 2333-2042) (DOI: 10.21437/SpeechProsody.2020)

  3. Shu-chen Ou & Zhe-chen Guo (2019). The role of initial F0 rise in speech segmentation: A cross-linguistic Study. In Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain & Paul Warren (eds.) Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019 (pp. 2016-2020). Canberra, Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc. (ISBN 978-0-646-80069-1)

  4. Zhe-chen Guo & Shu-chen Ou (2019). The use of tonal coarticulation in speech segmentation by listeners of Mandarin. In Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain & Paul Warren (eds.) Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019 (pp. 2017-2021). Canberra, Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc. (ISBN 978-0-646-80069-1)

  5. Shu-chen Ou & Zhe-chen Guo (2015). The effect of stress on English word recognition by native speakers of typologically different languages. Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Glasgow, UK, August 10–14.

  6. Shu-chen Ou (2011). Training Taiwanese EFL learners to perceive English lexical stress contrast: A pilot study. Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 1550–1553), Hong Kong, China, August 17–21.

  7. Shu-chen Ou (2010). Identification and discrimination of word stress by Taiwanese EFL learners. Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2010, Chicago, USA, May 11–14.

  8. Shu-chen Ou (2007). Linguistic factors in L2 word stress acquisition: A comparison of Chinese and Vietnamese EFL learners’ development. Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 1681–1684), Saarbrücken, Germany, August 6–10.

  9. Shu-chen Ou (2003). An Optimality-theoretic approach to word stress: Evidence from Chinese-English interlanguage. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 1541–1544), Barcelona, Spain, August 3–9.

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Book Chapters

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  1. Shu-chen Ou & Mitsuhiko Ota (2015). Is second language stress acquisition guided by metrical principles? Evidence from Mandarin-speaking learners of English. In Capturing Phonological Shades within and across Languages (pp. 389–413). NewCastle Upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

  2. Shu-chen Ou (2013).英語作為國際共通語的音韻核心知識之評析. In Analyzing Language and Discourse as Intercultural Mediation (pp. 151–164). Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Center for the Humanities at National Sun Yat-sen University.

  3. Shu-chen Ou (2012). The emergence of the sonority-weight mapping in L2 English word stress placement. In Investigating Language at the Interface: Contributions Based on Speakers of Chinese a Native Language and as EFL Learners (pp. 77–101). Kaohsiung, Taiwan: Center for the Humanities of National Sun Yat-sen University.

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Conference Presentations

 

 

  1. Shu-chen Ou & Zhe-chen Guo. (2022). Is onset-consonant lengthening a universal word beginning cue? A cross-linguistic study of English and French listeners. Talk presented at the 29th Manchester Phonology Meeting, Virtual, May 25-27.

  2. Shu-chen Ou & Zhe-chen Guo (2021). The effect of aspiration lengthening on speech segmentation: An artificial language learning study. Talk presented at the 28th Manchester Phonology Meeting, Virtual, May 26-28.

  3. 歐淑珍（2017）。語言韻律與口語斷詞。發表於國立中山大學舉辦之「文化跨界中的人文研究」，12月1日。

  4. Shu-chen Ou & Zhe-chen Guo (2017). The language-specific use of f0 rise in speech segmentation by listeners of Taiwanese Southern Min. Paper presented at 2017 ILAS Workshop on Phonetics and Phonology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, October 23–24.

  5. Shu-chen Ou & Zhe-chen Guo (2017). Is the cue of pitch rise to spoken word segmentation used in a language-specific or cross-linguistic way? Paper presented at Phonetics and Phonology in Europe 2017 (PaPE 2017), Cologne, Germany, June 12–14.

  6. Shu-chen Ou & Zhe-chen Guo (2016). The use of lexical tone in spoken word segmentation by Taiwanese Southern Min listeners. Paper presented at the 24th annual conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-24), Beijing, China, July 17–19.

  7. Shu-chen Ou (2014). The effect of word stress on non-native speakers’ word recognition: Evidence from native speakers of lexical tone language. Paper presented at the 14th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (Labphon 14), Tokyo, Japan, July 25–27.

  8. Shu-chen Ou (2012). Intelligibility and comprehensibility of English lexical stress and EIL phonological cores. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Conference Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching, Vancouver, Canada, August 24–25.

  9. Shu-chen Ou, Ruby Yeh, & Julian Chuang (2012). Units of analysis, intelligibility evaluation and phonological cores of EIL. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Conference Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching, Vancouver, Canada, August 24–25.

  10. Shu-chen Ou (2011). Rethinking teaching and learning English phonology: A study of English lexical stress. Paper presented at the 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Beijing, China, August 23–28.

  11. Shu-chen Ou (2010). A cross-linguistic study on the perception of L2 English word stress. Paper presented at DGfS 32nd Annual Conference (the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft 32nd Conference), Berlin, Germany, February 23–26.

  12. Shu-chen Ou (2009). The perception of L2 English word stress: A cross-linguistic study. Paper presented at the 10th National Conference on Linguistics (NCL), Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan, November 27–28.

  13. Shu-chen Ou (2009). Taiwanese EFL learners’ perception of English word stress. Paper presented at the 17th Manchester Phonology Meeting, Manchester, UK, May 28–30.

  14. Shu-chen Ou (2008). Age-related variables in L2 phonological acquisition: Evidence from Chinese-English interlanguage stress assignment. Paper presented at the 18th International Congress of Linguists, Seoul, Korea, July 21–26.

  15. Shu-chen Ou (2007). The sonority-weight mapping in L2 English stress acquisition by L1 Chinese speakers: L1 transfer or phonological universals. Paper presented at the International Conference on Multi Development and Application of Language and Linguistics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, May 31–June 1.

  16. Shu-chen Ou (2007). Age of arrival and length of residence as predicators for L2 phonological acquisition: Evidence from Chinese-English word stress patterns. Paper presented at Linguistics Symposium, National Kaohsiung Normal University.

  17. Shu-chen Ou (2006). Phonological theory and interlanguage studies: Implications from Chinese-English word stress acquisition. Paper presented at the 24th Meeting of Chinese Phonology Association, National Sun Yat-sen University. 

  18. Shu-chen Ou (2006). How do Chinese speakers learn English noun-verb stress contrast? Paper presented at the 3rd Conference on Teaching of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan. 

  19. Shu-chen Ou (2006). The role of L1 transfer and universals in L2 stress acquisition: Evidence from Chinese-English interlanguage. Paper presented at the lst International Conference on Applied Linguistics, National Chiayi University, Taiwan.

  20. Shu-chen Ou (2005). Word stress in Chinese-English interlanguage: metrical computation or lexical storage? Paper presented at the 14th World Congress of Applied Linguistics, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. 

  21. Shu-chen Ou (2005). Word stress development in Chinese-English interlanguage. Paper presented at the 2nd Conference on Teaching of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan. 

  22. Shu-chen Ou & Mitsuhiko Ota (2004). Metrical parsing in Chinese-English interlanguage. Paper presented at the 2004 EUROSLA, San-Sebastian, Spain.  

  23. Shu-chen Ou & Mitsuhiko Ota (2004). Metrical computation in L2 stress acquisition. Poster presented at the 9th Conference on Laboratory Phonology, Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. 

  24. Shu-chen Ou & Mitsuhiko Ota (2004). The acquisition of weight-to-stress principle: evidence from Chinese-English interlanguage. Paper presented at the 12th Manchester Phonology Meeting, Manchester, UK.

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