About
Adam J. Chong is a Reader in Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London and Director of the QMUL Phonetics Lab. As of September 2025, he will join the University of Oxford as an Associate Professor in Phonology and Language Processing. His research focuses on phonetic and phonological acquisition, intonation patterns in Singapore English, and prosodic cues in language processing. He holds a PhD from UCLA and has extensive experience in experimental and theoretical linguistics.
Education: PhD in Linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Research interests include theoretical/experimental phonology, speech perception, and the phonology-morphology interface. His work often examines how listeners process phonological variation and the role of prosody in language acquisition. A key focus is Singapore English intonation, exploring its sociolinguistic and acoustic characteristics.
His publications analyze phonetic variation in child-directed speech, glottalization in Multicultural London English, and intonational patterns across dialects. He has contributed to understanding the cognitive mechanisms behind phonological learning in infants and the structural preferences in languages like Dinka.
Awards: None explicitly listed in the provided text.
Advising and grants: Currently not accepting PhD students for 2025-2026. Active in grant-funded projects, including those related to phonetics and language acquisition.
Labs: Leads the QMUL Phonetics Lab and collaborates with the QMUL Language Acquisition Lab to explore experimental methods in linguistic research.
