Academic Staff
Qualifications
- 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.