Ph.D. 2004 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. PhD dissertation. Inter-tier Correspondence Theory. Rutgers Optimality Archive No. 654. 257pp.
B.A. (Honours – First Class) 1998 National University of Singapore. Honors thesis. Particles and Resultative Verb Constructions in Mandarin. National University of Singapore.
Research Interests
Phonology
Phonetics
Optimality Theory
Varieties of Englishes (particularly Singapore and Hong Kong English)
Chinese Languages
Areas of Interest for PhD Supervision
Phonology, Englishes, Chinese languages, Language Contact, Language-Music Interface, Tone, Prosody
Selected Publications
Wee, Lian-Hee and Mingxing Li (2023) Complexity in the Phonology of Tone. “Elements in Phonology” series, edited by Robert Kennedy and Patrycja Strycharczuk, Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009086707
Wee, Lian-Hee (2022) Tonal processes conditioned by morphosyntax. In Chu-ren Huang, Yen-Hwei Lin and I-Hsuan Chen (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Chinese Linguistics. Cambridge University Press, (Chapter 15), pp. 313-335.
Li, Heung Sing and Lian-Hee Wee (eds.) (2020)《香江琴學文集》。[Essays on Qin Studies in Hong Kong]. 香港:新亞研究所(琴學中心)Hong Kong: New Asia Institute of Advanced Studies, 258 pp.
Wee, Lian-Hee (2019) Phonological Tone. Cambridge University Press.
Wee, Lian-Hee (2019) Hong Kong Food Runes. In World Literature Today, Spring issue, pp.65-67. (Announced as first in the top 5 reads for the issue), 17 Jun 2019,
Ng, Kum-Hoon and Lian-Hee Wee (2018) Chiaroscuro of the Uncanny: an unknown side of Old Master Q. In Jason S. Polley, Vinton W.K. Poon and Lian-Hee Wee (eds.) Cultural Conflict in Hong Kong: Angles on a Coherent Imaginary. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 211-234 (Chapter 12).
Wee, Lian-Hee (2016) Tone Assignment in Hong Kong English. Language, vol.92.2:e112-132.