Research interests (CV)

 

Human Computer Interface, Phonetics, Phonetics-Phonology interface, Psycholinguistics, Second language acquisition, Tone language, Computer-assisted language learning.

 

 

Publication

 

X. -D. Jhan, S. -K. Wong, E. Ebrahimi, Y. Lai, W. -C. Huang and S. V. Babu, "Effects of Small Talk With a Crowd of Virtual Humans on Users' Emotional and Behavioral Responses," in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2022.3203107.

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Y. Huang, Y. Chen, F. H. Calderón, Y. Lai, S. Wu and Y. Chen, "LiBRA: A Linguistic Bipolar Disorder Recognition Approach," 2021 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration for Data Science (IRI), 2021, pp. 228-235, doi: 10.1109/IRI51335.2021.00037.

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Zhang, J., Y. Lai, and Craig Sailor (2011). Modeling Taiwanese speakers’ knowledge of tone sandhi in reduplication. Lingua 121.2: 181-206.

 

Zhang, J. and Y. Lai (2010). Testing the role of phonetic knowledge in Mandarin tone sandhi. Phonology 27.1: 153-201.

 

Lai, Y. (2011). Cross-Language Production and Perception:Mandarin Tone to English Stress. VDM Publishing, Germany.

 

Lai, Y., C. Huff, J. Sereno and A. Jongman. (2009). The raising effect of aspirated consonant on F0 in Taiwanese. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on East Asian Linguistics, Simon Fraser University Working Papers in Linguistics.

 

Zhang, J. and Y. Lai (2008). Phonological knowledge beyond the lexicon in Taiwanese double reduplication.  In Yuchau E. Hsiao, Hui-Chuan Hsu, and Lian-Hee Wee (eds.), Interfaces in Chinese Phonology.  Academia Sinica, Taiwan.  183-222.

 

Lai, Y. (2008). Acoustical Realization and Perception of English Lexical Stress by Mandarin Learners. PhD Dissertation.

 

Lai, Y. and J. Zhang (2008). Mandarin lexical tone recognition: The gating paradigm. In Emily Tummons and Stephanie

Lux (eds.), Proceedings of the 2007 Mid-America Linguistics Conference, Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 30. 183-194.

 

Lai, Y. and J. Sereno. (2007). Acquisition of English Lexical Stress by Mandarin Learners. Journal of Acoustical Society of America 121, 3071.

 

Zhang, J., Y. Lai, and C. Turnbull-Sailor (2006).  Wug-testing the "tone circle" in Taiwanese.  In Donald Baumer, David Montero, and Michael Scanlon (eds.), Proceedings of the 25th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics. Cascadilla Proceedings Project, Somerville, MA.  453-461. 

 

Lai, Y. and A. Jongman (2005). The Effect of Aspiration on Fundamental Frequency in Taiwanese Syllables. Journal of Acoustical Society of America 117, 2458.

 

Lai, Y. (2004). The Effect of Aspiration on the Fundamental Frequency of the Following Tone in Taiwanese. MA thesis. University of Kansas.

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Jongman, A., Y. Lai and C. Moore. (2002). Language-specific Effects in Speaker and Rate Normalization. Journal of Acoustical Society of America 111, 2363.