Dr. Haoshu Wang

(Nanyang Technological University)

Research projects:
The Semantic Categorization of Throwing Events in English, Chinese and German
The Delineation of Throw Verbs in Chinese: A Behavioural and Perceptive Approach

Email: wa0001hu@ntu.edu.sg

Education Background

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Division of Chinese, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Master of Arts (MA) in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
• Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Chinese Language and Literature, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Publication

• Wang, Haoshu. (2008). The Effects of the Number of Messages and the Location of Messages on Hearing Long Speech in Intermediate Chinese. Journal of College of Chinese Language and Culture of Jinan University
• Wang, Haoshu. (2010). Revisiting The Implications of ‘Lian’ Sentence in Chinese. Proceedings of the Conference of Cross-culture Communication on Chinese language and Literature. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea
• Wang, Haoshu. & Gao, Helena. (2012). Monolingual and Bilingual Children’s Action Perception of Throwing Verbs in Mandarin Chinese. Poster presented at International Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics, Chinese University Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Wang, Haoshu. & Gao, Helena. (2012). Throwing Verbs and Throwing Actions: An Experimental Approach to Understanding the Acquisition of Chinese and English Throwing Verbs by Monolinguals and Bilinguals. Poster presented at International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development 2012 Biennial Meeting, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
• Gao, Helena. & Wang, Haoshu. (2012). Age-related Development of Mandarin Speakers’ Cognitive Understanding of Synonymous Throw Verbs. Poster presented at International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development 2012 Biennial Meeting, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
•  Wang, Haoshu. Chin, Siew Chien & Gao, Helena. (2012). Bilingual Children's Domain Specific Lexical Development. Paper presented at MCYS Child Care Seminar 2012, organised by the Child Care Division of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Singapore

Academic / Social Activities

• Co-investigator of “Children's Domain Specific Lexical Development”, a research project supported by "Early Childhood Research Fund" and Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, Singapore
• Volunteer at 1st International Conference on Teaching and Learning of Chinese as a Second Language, Singapore, 2009
• Action 2 Erasmus Mundus (MULTI) Exchange Project, 2011-2012
  • Department of Linguistics, The John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Free University Berlin, Germany

Membership of any academic/social societies

• International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL)
• International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD)