Publications

Conference Presentations

Cheng, Y.-F., & Olson, D. J. (2026). Corpus-based study of spontaneous Mandarin–English
code-Switching speech. Paper presented at 2026 Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Annual Meeting.
January 11.

Cheng, Y.-F. (2025). Pitch is fundamental: Has congressional rhetoric become more polarized? Poster presented at 16th Mid-Continental Phonetics and Phonology Conference. October 10.

Cheng, Y.-F., & Olson, D. J. (2025). Asymmetrical phonetic outcome in a large Mandarin–English
spontaneous speech corpus. Paper presented at 2025 Purdue Linguistics Symposium. April 12.

Cheng, Y.-F., & Olson, D. J. (2024). Phonetic awareness and phonetic interference in code-switching
among bilinguals. Paper presented at UIC Bilingualism Forum 2024. October 24.

Cheng, Y.-F., & Olson, D. J. (2024). The effect of phonetic awareness on second language phonetic
acquisition. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching
(PSLLT). September 13.

Cheng, Y.-F., & Olson, D. J. (2024). The role of phonetic awareness in modulating bilingual cross-linguistic interaction: Evidence from code-switching. Paper presented at 2024 Purdue Linguistics Symposium. April 12.

Seo, Y., Olson, D. J., & Cheng, Y.-F. (2023). Phonetic interference in bilingual speech: the role of code-switching typology. Paper presented at Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium (BMRS 2023). October 20.

Seo, Y., Olson, D. J., & Cheng, Y.-F. (2023). Cross-linguistic interference in second language vowels: Evidence from code-switching. Paper presented at 14th Annual Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT). September 7.