About Me
Hi! I’m Tong Li.
I’m a PhD student at Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, supervised by Prof. Yao Y.
My master’s research focuses on L2 and L3 intonation aqcuisition. Currently, I’m particularly fascinated by the variability and invariability of prosody across tonal and non-tonal languages, as well as how those covaring prosodic cues contribute to our processing of tone and intonation.
Research Interests
- Talker-specific intonation variation
- Interactions between tone and intonation
- Prosodic typology
- Syntax-prosody interface
- Intonation acquisition
Academic Background
- Sep 2024 - Future: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Sep 2021 - June 2023: Tianjin University (MA, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics)
- Sep 2017 - June 2021: Tianjin University (BA, English)
- Sep 2019 - June 2021: Tianjin University (BM, Construction Management)
News
- May 2025： Presented my work at the oral session of TAI 2025.
- July 2024： Presented my work at the poster session of Speech Prosody 2024.
- June 2023： Awarded the Excellent Thesis Award for my master’s thesis (ranked top 1 in the department).