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Chao Zhou is an assistant professor in the Department of General and Romance Linguistics at University of Lisbon (ULisboa), where he received a PhD in Linguistics in 2021. Before becoming a faculty member at ULisboa, he has taught at University of Minho (2021 - 2022) and Polytechnic of Leiria (2021). His research lies at the crossroads between Language Acquisition and Phonology.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Chao Zhou

Citation names

  • Zhou, Chao

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
621A-EA47-7D44
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2235-6262

Email addresses

  • zhouchao@edu.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • FLUL, Alameda da Universidade, 1600-214, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Linguistics

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Chinese (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/04/26
Concluded
 Linguística (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
 Summa Cum Laude
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/10/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
2021/11/12 - 2022/09/30 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2021/09/13 - 2021/11/12 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Educação e Ciências Sociais, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Zhou, Chao. Corresponding author: Zhou, Chao. "O contraste lateral-rótico do português europeu e do chinês mandarim: análise comparativa e estudos de PLE". In Linguística Contrastiva: Estudos Português - Chinês. Macau SAR China: University of Macau, 2023.
    Published
  2. Berti, Larissa Cristina; Zhou, Chao. "Relação entre produção e percepção das líquidas no Português". In Fonologia do Português e Interfaces, 110-128. Routledge, 2023.
    10.4324/9781003294344-7
  3. Zhou, Chao. "On the acquisition of European Portuguese liquid consonants by L1-Mandarin learners". Zenodo, 2021.
    10.5281/ZENODO.4449767
Conference paper
  1. Cao, Yidan; Zhou, Chao; Hristovsky, Gueorgui. "Exploring the Phonetic Context Effects on the Production of Portuguese /¿/ by L1-Mandarin Learners.". Paper presented in Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 2023.
  2. Zhou, Chao; Freitas, Maria João. "A ordem da aquisic¸a~o dos plurais com lateral final do PE: uma ana´lise a` luz da Teoria da Otimidade.". Paper presented in ATAS DO I PHONOSHUTTLE OPO - PONTE AE´REA DE FONOLOGIA., 2022.
  3. Zhou, Chao; Jesus, Alice. "Portuguese Has Two Underlying Rhotics: Evidence from Lisbon and Carioca Varieties". 2021.
    10.3765/amp.v9i0.5167
  4. Zhou, Chao; Hamann, Silke. "Cross-Linguistic Interaction Between Phonological Categorization and Orthography Predicts Prosodic Effects in the Acquisition of Portuguese Liquids by L1-Mandarin Learners". 2020.
    10.21437/interspeech.2020-2689
Journal article
  1. Zhou, Chao; Hamann, Silke. "Modelling the acquisition of the Portuguese tap by L1-Mandarin learners: A BiPhon-HG account for individual differences, syllable-position effects and orthographic influences in L2 speech". Glossa: a journal of general linguistics 9 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.16995/glossa.9692.
    10.16995/glossa.9692
  2. Zhou, Chao; Rato, Anabela. "Syllable position effects in the perception of L2 Portuguese /l/ and /¿/ by L1-Mandarin learners". Second Language Research (2023): 026765832211377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02676583221137713.
    10.1177/02676583221137713
  3. Flores, Cristina; Zhou, Chao; Eira, Carina. "“I no longer count in German.” On dominance shift in returnee heritage speakers". Applied Psycholinguistics 43 5 (2022): 1019-1043. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0142716422000261.
    10.1017/s0142716422000261
  4. Zhou, Chao; Li, Xinyi. "LextPT: A reliable and efficient vocabulary size test for L2 Portuguese proficiency". Behavior Research Methods (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01731-1.
    10.3758/s13428-021-01731-1
  5. Zhou, Chao. "L2 speech learning of European Portuguese /l/ and /¿/ by L1-Mandarin learners: Experimental evidence and theoretical modelling". Language Acquisition 29 1 (2021): 105-106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10489223.2021.1952591.
    10.1080/10489223.2021.1952591
  6. Zhou, Chao; Cruz, Marisa; Frota, Sónia. "O ritmo da interlíngua na produção do Português Europeu por falantes chineses". Revista da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística 3 (2017): 423-435. http://dx.doi.org/10.26334/2183-9077/rapln3ano2017a22.
    10.26334/2183-9077/rapln3ano2017a22
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/09 Productive lexical knowledge predicts bilingual children’s global accent in their heritage language. Generative Approach to Language Acquisition 2022
Goethe University Frankfurt (Frankfurt, Germany)
2022/06 A constraint-based modelling for developmental paths in the acquisition of European Portuguese /l/-final plural forms. 19th Meeting of the French Phonology Network.
Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
2022/04 Speech perception and production are related but not always: Evidence from the acquisition of L2 Portuguese /l/ and /¿/ 10th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (NewSounds 2022)
University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2022/04 Speech perception and production are related but not always: Evidence from the acquisition of L2 Portuguese /l/ and /¿/. 10th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech (NewSounds 2022).
University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2021 How to model the influence of orthography on L2 representations with BiPhon Neural Networks. 7th International Meeting on Speech Sciences (EICEFALA)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)
2021 Formalizing the mismatch between L2 perception and production of European Portuguese liquids by L1-Mandarin learners Going Romance
(France)
2021 Mesa-redonda: Aquisição e desenvolvimento linguístico: investigação e aplicações – L2 Fonologia XXXVII Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística
Associação Portuguesa de Linguística (Portugal)
2021 LextPT: um teste fiável e eficiente do tamanho de vocabulário de português L2 13.º Congresso Internacional da Associação Internacional de Lusitanistas
(Italy)
2019 On the role of orthography in the acquisition of Portuguese /¿/ by Mandarin native speaker ‘R-atics6
University of Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris 3) (Paris, France)
2019 A formal account of how L1-Mandarin learners treat the L2 Portuguese rhotic New Sounds 2019 (the 9th International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech)
University of Waseda (Japan)
2018 On the Acquisition of European Portuguese Liquid Consonants by Chinese Learners The 26th Manchester Phonology Meeting
(United Kingdom)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022 - Current The effect of orthography on the acquisition of English word-initial /h/ by L1-Portuguese speakers.
Supervisor
 MA in English Language, Literature and Culture (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022 - Current Aquisição do processo de assimilação do vozeamento da fricativa /s/ em Português Europeu por aprendentes chineses (Acquisition of the voicing assimilation process in European Portuguese by L1-Mandarin learners).
Co-supervisor
 MA in Linguistics (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2020 - 2022 Efeitos do contexto adjacente na aquisição das consonantes líquidas em ataque ramificado do português europeu por aprendentes chineses
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/06 - Current Member of the organizing committee of RFP 2022 – 19th annual meeting of the French Phonology Network (2022/06)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
2022/04 - Current Organization of Workshop on Advanced Statistical Methods for Linguistic Research (2022/04)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
2022 - Current Organization of III Phonoshuttle LIS-OPO - Ponte aérea de fonologia, which is an annual event gathering researchers working on Portuguese phonology, phonetics and related fields. (2022/11)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
2021 - Current Organization of II Phonoshuttle LIS-OPO - Ponte aérea de fonologia, which is an annual event gathering researchers working on Portuguese phonology, phonetics and related fields. (2021)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
2020 - Current Organization of I Phonoshuttle LIS-OPO - Ponte aérea de fonologia, which is an annual event gathering researchers working on Portuguese phonology, phonetics and related fields. (2020)
Workshop (Co-organisor)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2023 A lateral alveolar: contributo para o estudo da aquisic¸a~o ati´pica em portugue^s europeu
President of the jury
 Jéssica Gomes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/04 Estudo da competência fonética de falantes bilingues de português-chinês na perceção de consoantes oclusivas bilabiais do português europeu
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Jialu Ren (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/04 Tradução Português/Chinês nas plataformas da Empresa Ibérica Universal: a importância da cultura na tradução
President of the jury
 Joel Tam (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022/01/06 Perceção das Consoantes Fricativas do Português Língua Segunda por Aprendentes Chineses
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Yumo Ci (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
2022 Chinese Compounds: The Role of Morphosyntactic Structure in Stress Assignment in Shanghai Chinese and Tone Sandhi in Mandarin Chinese
(Thesis) Arguer
 Haiyang Liu (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022 Do ponto de vista da Domesticação e da Estrangeirização - Uma análise da tradução da arquitetura do Jardim da Grande Vista em “O Sonho de Carama Vermelha"
President of the jury
 Zhuofan Li (Master)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2023 - Current Revista Linguí¿tica, UFRJ
2023 - Current Proceedings of Generative Approach to Language Acquisition GALA 2023
2023 - Current Proceedings of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences ICPhS 2023
2023 - Current Second Language Research
2023 - Current Phonetica
2023 - Current Behavior Research Methods
2022 - Current Diacrítica
2022 - Current Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech
2022 - Current Frontiers in Psychology
2022 - Current Linguistics Vanguard
2022 - 2022 DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada (1678-460X) São Paulo Catholic University
2021 - 2021 Journal of Child Language (1469-7602) Cambridge Core

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2017 - Current Portuguese Society of Linguistics

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2022 - 2022 39º Encontro Nacional da Associação Portuguesa de Linguística Universidade de Lisboa
2022 - 2022 RFP 2022 – 19th annual meeting of the French Phonology Network Universidade do Porto
Distinctions

Award

2020 Interspeech Student Grant 2020
International Speech Communications Association, France
2018 Portuguese Linguistics Society 2018 Research Award
Portuguese Linguistics Society, Portugal