Andrew Cheng, Simon Fraser University

Research

language acquisition infant-directed speech child development cross-cultural race and ethnicity asian canadian ethnolect sociolinguistics

Latest funding

Exploring Ethnicity and Culture in the Infant-Directed Speech of Canadian Parents
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$19,525
Exploring Ethnicity and Culture in the Infant-Directed Speech of Canadian Parents
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$13,620

All 2 grants and awards

Exploring Ethnicity and Culture in the Infant-Directed Speech of Canadian Parents

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cheng, Andrew

Keywords: language acquisition; infant-directed speech; child development; cross-cultural; race and ethnicity; asian canadian; ethnolect; sociolinguistics; sociophonetics; immigrant community

$19,525

Exploring Ethnicity and Culture in the Infant-Directed Speech of Canadian Parents

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Cheng, Andrew

Keywords: language acquisition; infant-directed speech; child development; cross-cultural; race and ethnicity; asian canadian; ethnolect; sociolinguistics; sociophonetics; immigrant community

$13,620

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: language acquisition Dear Professor Cheng, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on language acquisition connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Exploring Ethnicity and Culture in the Infant-Directed Speech of Canadian Parents" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]