Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Humanities - Phonetics
Social Sciences - Psycholinguistics
Humanities - Second Language Acquisition
Humanities - Chinese linguistics
Social Sciences - Cross-language information processing
Social Sciences - Psycholinguistics
Humanities - Second Language Acquisition
Humanities - Chinese linguistics
Social Sciences - Cross-language information processing
Position Held
Associate Director of Center for Chinese Linguistics
Biography
Experimental phonetics, second language (L2) acquisition, and psycholinguistics are my research areas. My research uses behavioral (e.g. eye-tracking) and neural methods to test how lexical prosody (e.g. Chinese tones) is processed by adult L2 learners. I recently started studying sleep-mediated memory consolidation and age-related cognitive decline in learning Chinese tones. The research aims to explain learners’ (in) ability to process non-native prosody across the lifespan from an interdisciplinary perspective.
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Linguistics, PhD, The University of Kansas
2017
Keywords
- PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
- Chinese Tones
- Phonetics
- Psycholinguistics
- Speech Learning
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Younger and older adults’ attentional control in their dichotic listening of Cantonese tones: the role of bilingual experience
QIN, Z. (PI) & YANG, X. (CoI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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The effects of auditory cueing during sleep on generalized phonetic learning: the case of non-native lexical tone learning
QIN, Z. (CI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Adult second-language learners’ consolidation of Cantonese tones during daytime naps: the role of prior knowledge
QIN, Z. (PI)
1/01/24 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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Adult second-language learners’ consolidation of Cantonese tones during daytime naps: the role of prior knowledge
QIN, Z. (PI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Linking Production and Perception of Coarticulated Tones: Tone Merging in Cantonese
ZHANG, J. (PI) & QIN, Z. (CoI)
1/01/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
Research output
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Aging and distributional tone learning: the role of pitch memory in older adults’ discrimination of mandarin lexical tones
CHUI, Y.-T., Lai, S. & QIN, Q. Z., 15 Oct 2025, In: Language and Cognition. 17, e80.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Daytime naps consolidate Cantonese tone learning through promoting cross-talker perception: The role of prior knowledge
QIN, Q. Z., WU, R. & Zhang, C., Jun 2025, In: Brain and Language. 265, 105568.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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English proficiency predicted the Cantonese-English bilinguals’ attentional control ability in auditory and visual domains
WANG, Y. & QIN, Z., May 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Extended Pre-Sleep Training Reinforces Memory Consolidation of Cantonese Tones in Older Adults
LIU, K., FENG, Y. & QIN, Q. Z., May 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Native phonological experience modulates cross-situational learning of non-native tones
CHUI, Y. T. & QIN, Q., May 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
Activities
- 2 Editorial work
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“Language Sciences” section, Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Communication (Journal)
QIN, Z. (Editorial Board Member)
1 Jul 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Applied Psycholinguistics Bilingualism: Language and Cognition Frontier in Communication Frontier in Psychology (x 2) Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition (x 2) Journal of Phonetics (x 6) Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (x 2) Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (x 3) JASA Express Letters (x 4) Laboratory Phonology Language and Speech (x 2) Language, Cognition and Neuroscience (x 4) Linguistics Vanguard (Journal)
QIN, Z. (Reviewer)
1 Jul 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Awards
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Best Early Career Scholar's Article of The Year (nominated)
QIN, Z. (Recipient), Mar 2021
Prize: Best Paper Award and Prize