Jonathan C. Yip
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Email: yipjonat@hku.hk
Website: http://www-personal.umich.edu/∼jonyip/
University of Hong Kong
Department of Linguistics
Rm. 906, Run Run Shaw Tower
Centennial Campus
Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Phone: (+852) 3917-8114
Education
2013
Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Phonetic effects on the timing of gestural coordination in Modern Greek consonant clusters
(Chair: Professor Patrice Speeter Beddor).
2006
B.A. in Linguistics and German, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California,
USA.
Employment
2013–present
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University of Hong Kong, Department of Linguistics, Hong Kong.
2006–2007
Tutor (High School Subjects)
Japanese Community Youth Council AACE Upward Bound, San Francisco, California, USA.
2005–2006
Lab Assistant for Professor Keith Johnson
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
Publications
Papers
2011
Ioulia Kovelman, Jonathan Yip, and Erica Beck, Cortical systems that process language, as
revealed by non-native speech sound perception, NeuroReport, 22(18):947–950.
Presentations
Invited Talks
Oct 2014
Chinese University of Hong Kong Dept. of Linguistics and Modern Languages, HK
J. Yip, Acoustic and biomechanical influences on articulatory planning: gestural coordination
in Greek consonant clusters
Nov 2013
Universität Potsdam Department für Linguistik, Potsdam, Germany
J. Yip, Phonetic effects on the timing of gestural coordination in Modern Greek consonant
clusters
Conference Papers and Posters
Dec 2014
2014 Annual Research Forum of the Linguistics Society of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
J. Yip, Compensation for vowel-to-vowel coarticulation in English and Cantonese
Jul 2014
LabPhon 14, Tokyo, Japan
J. Yip, Gestural coordination in word-initial Greek clusters as revealed by kinematic, articulatory, and acoustic data
Nov 2013
Ultrafest VI, Edinburgh, UK
J. Yip, Phonetic effects on the timing of gestural coordination in Modern Greek consonant
clusters
Oct 2012
164th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
J. Yip, Linguistic effects on the timing of gestural coordination in Modern Greek CC sequences
Jonathan Yip, CV
Advising
2014
Rachel Ka-Ying Tsui, University of Hong Kong, Linguistics, MA thesis reader
Comparing the categorical perception of English tense-lax vowel pairs by Cantonese bilinguals
and by native English speakers
Teaching
University of Hong Kong
Feb 2015
Sep–Dec 2014
Nov 2014
Nov 2014
Oct 2014
May 2014
Oct 2013
LING 6029: Current Topics in Linguistics, Co-Instructor, with U. Ansaldo, D. Archangeli,
K. Yakpo, J. P. Zhang, S. Matthews, and H. Hwang. Phonetic variation; Theories of speech
perception and experimental findings.
LING 7004: Phonetics and Phonology, Co-Instructor, with Diana Archangeli.
Acoustic Analysis Workshop, Leader.
LING 2004: Phonetics, Guest lecturer, Consonant acoustics; Articulation of vowels and
approximants.
LING 2004: Phonetics, Guest lecturer, Vowel acoustics.
E-Prime Workshop, Leader.
LING 7004: Phonetics and Phonology, Guest lecturer, Speech acoustics fundamentals;
Vocal tract acoustics.
University of Michigan
Aug–Sep
Jun
Jan–Apr
Sep–Dec
2013
2013
2013
2012
Jul 2013
Jun–Aug 2010
Jan–Apr 2010
Sep–Dec 2009
Jan–Apr 2009
Sep–Dec 2008
Ultrasound Speech Research Workshop Series, Leader.
LING 112: Languages of the World, Guest lecturer. Languages of Oceania.
ENG 125.009: Exploring Perception through Writing, Instructor
LING 111: Introduction to Language, Graduate Student Instructor, under Andries
Coetzee.
LING 112: Languages of the World, Guest lecturer. Khmer and Cambodia.
LING 112: Languages of the World, Instructor.
LING/ANTHRCUL 370: Language and Discrimination, Graduate Student Instructor,
under Robin Queen.
LING 111: Introduction to Language, Graduate Student Instructor, under Carmel
O’Shannessy.
LING 210: Introduction to Linguistic Analysis, Graduate Student Instructor, under Jeffrey
Heath.
LING 111: Introduction to Language, Graduate Student Instructor, under Andries Coetzee.
Awards and Grants
2015
University of Hong Kong Small Project Funding, University of Hong Kong, “Inter-speaker
variability in the articulation of speech sounds in Hong Kong Cantonese” (HK$19,800).
Yip, J.
2008
Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowship, Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI).
2007–2008
2010–2012
Rackham Merit Fellowship, University of Michigan.
Professional Affiliations
2015–present
International Phonetics Association
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Jonathan Yip, CV
2014–present
2014–present
2012–present
2009–present
Linguistic Society of Hong Kong
Association for Laboratory Phonology
Acoustical Society of America
Linguistic Society of America
Service
Professional
2015
–
Ultrafest VII, Organizing Committee.
Peer review (manuscript), Phonetica.
Institutional
2015
2014–2015
2012–2013
2011–2012
2010–2011
2010-2011
2009–2010
2008–2009
2007–2008
Department of Linguistics, University of Hong Kong, Departmental Space Committee,
member.
Department of Linguistics, University of Hong Kong, Linguistics Lab Lunch (L3), convener.
Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Undergraduate Committee, member.
Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Graduate Linguists at Michigan (GLaM)
Committee, member.
Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Phonetics-Phonology Discussion Group
(PhonDi), convener.
Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Admissions Committee, member.
Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Colloquium Series, chair.
Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Colloquium Series, member.
Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Social and Recruitment Series, member.
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