Current Projects
- Modelling Levels of Consciousness for Language Development in Infants
- Chinese-English Bilingual Speakers' Acquisition of Hand Action Verbs
- Acquisition of Physical Action Verbs by Bilingual Singaporean Pre-schoolers
- Chinese Classifier Database and E-learning Tool for Learning Chinese Classifiers
Collaborative Projects
- The Semantic Categorization of Throwing Events in English, Chinese and German (PI: Haoshu Wang; Co-PI: Helena H. Gao)
- The Delineation of Throw Verbs in Chinese: A Behavioural and Perceptive Approach (PI: Helena H. Gao; Co-PI: Haoshu Wang)
- That's what you meant: A rich representation for manipulating meaning (PI: Francis C. Bond; Co-PIs: Jung Jae Kim, Helena H. Gao, Dan Flickinger, Emily Bender, Zhang Yi)
- Beyond early linguistic competence: Development of children's ability to interpret adjectives flexibly (PI: Helena H. Gao; Co-PIs: Philip D. Zelazo, Dean Sharpe, Azad Mashari)
Current Student Projects
MA Projects
- Puah Lynn Dee. Lexical Development in Singapore Chinese-English Bilingual Children: A Case Study (0-6 years old). MA Project under Helena H. Gao’s supervision, Nanyang Technological University.
Undergraduate Projects
Final Year Projects
- Chan Guang Yong Gary (2014). Features of Bilingual Adults’ Use of Language in Picture Descriptions in Chinese and English. B. A. Final Year Project under Helena H. Gao’s supervision, Nanyang Technological University.
- Goh Se U (2014). How Many Near-Synonymous Action Verbs Preschool Children Can Use Properly and Why: Examples from Throw Action Verbs in Mandarin Chinese. B. A. Final Year Project under Helena H. Gao’s supervision, Nanyang Technological University.
- Tan Jia Min (2014). How Preschool Bilingual Children Describe Positive and Negative Actions: Examples from Their Use of Kiss and Hit Verbs in Chinese and English. B. A. Final Year Project under Helena H. Gao’s supervision, Nanyang Technological University.
- Wang Chenyi (2014). How Preschool Bilingual Children Describe Positive and Negative Actions: Examples from Their Use of Hug and Hit Verbs in Chinese and English. B. A. Final Year Project under Helena H. Gao’s supervision, Nanyang Technological University.
- Wang Mengxi (2014). A Comparative Study of the Acquisition of Chinese Physical Action Verbs “Tui” and ”La” by Bilingual and Monolingual Children. “双语和单语儿童推拉类身体动作动词习得的比较研究”. B. A. Final Year Project under Helena H. Gao’s supervision, Nanyang Technological University.
- Sun Jiaxi (2014). The Acquisition of the Chinese Physical Action Verbs “Na” and “Fang” by Preschool Bilingual Children. B. A. Final Year Project under Helena H. Gao’s supervision, Nanyang Technological University.
URECA Projects in AY 2014-2015
- Wong Evon (2014). A Study of “Xie” Verb Acquisition by Singapore Bilingual Children Aged 3-5. URECA Project under Helena H. Gao’s supervision, Nanyang Technological University.
- Sak Hui Er (2014). Acquisition of “Da” Related Verbs by Singapore Bilingual Children Aged 3-5. URECA Project under Helena H. Gao’s supervision, Nanyang Technological University.
- Yap Ying Tong (2014). “Na” Related Verbs and Their Objects: Lexical Semantic and Syntactic Structure Learning by Preschool Children. URECA Project under Helena H. Gao’s supervision, Nanyang Technological University.
- Jocelyn Ling Jie Ying (2014). Chinese-speaking Adults’ Interpretation of Human Behaviour Within a multilingual Society. URECA Project under Helena H. Gao’s supervision, Nanyang Technological University.
