Projects

General Research Fund 2019-21

Project Title: Relations between theory of mind, mental state terms, and presuppositions in Cantonese-speaking children with and without autism spectrum disorders
Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung
Co-Investigators: Heeju Hwang (HKU), Man Tak Leung (PolyU), and Tempo Po Yi Tang (PolyU)

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Departmental General Research Fund 2019-21

Project Title: Relations between mental terms and theory of mind in Mandarin-speaking children with and without autism spectrum disorders
Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung
Co-Investigators: Shasha An (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies), Man Tak Leung (PolyU), Gang Peng (PolyU), Tempo Po Yi Tang (PolyU), and Luodi Yu (South China Normal University)

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Departmental General Research Fund 2018-20

Project Title: The sequence of steps in theory of mind development for Cantonese-speaking children with and without autism spectrum disorder
Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung
Co-Investigators: Heeju Hwang (HKU) and Man Tak Leung (PolyU)

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Central Research Grant 2018-19

Project Title: Comprehension of figurative language in Cantonese-speaking children with and without autism spectrum disorders
Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung
Co-Investigators: Heeju Hwang (HKU) and Man Tak Leung (PolyU)

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Central Research Grant 2017-18

Project Title: Development of mental state verbs and presuppositions in Cantonese-speaking children with and without autism spectrum disorders
Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung
Co-Investigators: Richard K. Larson (Stony Brook University), Man Tak Leung (PolyU), and Stephen Politzer-Ahles (PolyU)

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Dean's Reserve 2016-18

Project Title: On 'make'-causatives in Mandarin and English
Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung
Co-Investigator: Richard K. Larson (Stony Brook University)

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Direct Grant for Research 2012-13

Project Title: On the noun phrase structure of Cantonese, Mandarin and Taiwanese
Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung
Co-Investigators: Feng-Fan Hsieh and Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai (National Tsing Hua University)

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Direct Grant for Research 2010-11

Project Title: A pilot study of the cartography of the low IP area in Mandarin and Cantonese
Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung
Co-Investigator: Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai (National Tsing Hua University)

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Direct Grant for Research 2008-09
Project Title: A pilot study of wh-fronting in Mandarin and Cantonese
Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung
Co-Investigator: Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai (National Tsing Hua University)

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Other research projects

• Project Title: On nominal modification in Mandarin and Cantonese (2013-14)

       Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung

• Project Title: On inner and outer modifiers in Cantonese and Mandarin (2012-13)  

       Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung 
       Co-Investigator: Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai (National Tsing Hua University)

• Project Title: Identificational Focus and the cartography of wh-adjuncts in Mandarin and Cantonese (2010-11)

       Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung
       Co-Investigator: Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai (National Tsing Hua University)

• Project Title: Clefted questions in Mandarin and French (2009-10)

       Principal Investigator: Candice Chi-Hang Cheung
       Co-Investigator: Jean-Roger Vergnaud (University of Southern California)