Publications

Papers

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Sim, J. H. (2024). Variation in VOT in English child-directed speech of English-Mandarin and English-Malay early bilinguals in Singapore. Asian Englishes. https://doi.org/10.1080/13488678.2024.2391234 [paper] [accepted manuscript]

Sim, J. H. & Post, B. (2023). Influence of caregiver input and language experience on the production of coda laterals by English-Malay bilingual preschoolers in multi-accent Singapore. FirstView. Journal of Child Language. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000923000375 [OA paper]

Schwarz, J., Li, K., Sim, J. H., Zhang, Y., Buchanan-Worster, E., Post, B., Gibson, J., & McDougall, K. (2022). Semantic cues modulate children’s and adults’ processing of audio-visual face mask speech. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879156 [OA paper]

Sim, J. H. (2022). Negotiating social meanings in a plural society: Social perceptions of variants of /l/ in Singapore English. FirstView. Language in Society. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047404522000173 [OA paper]

Sim, J. H. (2021). Sociophonetic variation in English /l/ in the child-directed speech of English-Malay bilinguals. Journal of Phonetics, 88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wocn.2021.101084. [paper] [accepted manuscript]

Sim, J. H. & Post, B. (2021). Variation in quality of maternal input and development of coda stops in English-speaking children in Singapore. FirstView. Journal of Child Language, 49(6), 1147–1172. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000921000593 [OA paper]

Sim, J. H. (2019). “But you don’t sound Malay!” Language dominance and variation in the accents of English-Malay bilinguals in Singapore. English World-Wide, 40(1), 79–108. https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.00023.sim. [paper] [accepted manuscript]

Sim, J. H. (2014). A Feature-based Study of English Trainee Teachers’ Treatment of Singapore English. Reinvention: An International Journal of Undergraduate Research, 7(1). [paper]

Book chapters

Sim, J. H. & Post, B. (2024). Early phonological acquisition in multi-accent contexts. In E. Babatsouli (Ed.), Multilingual acquisition and learning: Towards an ecosystemic view to diversity. John Benjamins Publishing Company.[Accepted manuscript] [Chapter]

Unpublished theses

Sim, J. H. (2022). Phonological acquisition in a multidialectal and multicultural context: The case of bilingual preschoolers in Singapore [Unpublished PhD Thesis]. University of Cambridge. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.86480 [thesis]

Sim, J. H. (2015). Language dominance and accent variation: a phonetic study of two groups of educated Malay speakers of Singapore English. [Unpublished MPhil Thesis]. University of Cambridge.

Conference proceedings

* Presenting author

Li, K. K.*, Schwarz, J., Sim, J. H., Zhang, Y., Buchanan-Worster, E., Post, B., McDougall, K. (2022, 18–22 Sept). Recording and timing vocal responses in online experimentation [Paper presentation]. Proc. Interspeech 2022, 4053-4057, doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2022-10697 [paper]

Sim, J. H.* (2023, 7–11 Aug). Influence of bilingualism or caregiver input? Variation in VOT in simultaneous bilingual preschoolers in Singapore [Oral presentation]. Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 2344–2348. Guarant International. [paper]

Conference papers without proceedings

* Presenting author

Sim, J. H. (2024, August). Child phonological acquisition in Singapore — Variation in the input and input effects. [Oral presentation] AILA2024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sim, J. H. & Post, B. (2024, 16 July). Modelling individual differences: English /l/ of English-Malay bilinguals in multi-accent Singapore. [Poster presentation]. 16th International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Prague, Czech Republic.

Chong, A. J.*, Sim, J. H., Post, B. (2024, 25-27 Mar). Ethnicity-related intonational variation in Singapore English child-directed speech [Oral presentation]. British Association of Academic Phoneticians Colloquium 2024, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

Chong, A., Sim, J. H.* & Post, B. (2023, 18-21 Nov). Ethnicity and intonational variation in Singapore English child-directed speech [Oral presentation]. Second International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI2).

Sim, J. H.* (2023, 26–28 June). Variation in English stop voicing contrast in Singaporean Chinese and Malay mothers [Oral presentation]. UK Language Variation and Change 14.

Li, K. K.*, Schwarz, J., Sim, J. H., Zhang, Y., Buchanan-Worster, E., Post, B., McDougall, K. (2022, 23–25 June). Recording and timing vocal responses: an online cued-shadowing task [Paper presentation]. LabPhon18: Phonology in a Rapidly Changing World.

Sim, J. H.* (2022, 23–25 June). Bilingual phonological development in a multi-dialectal context: the acquisition of /l/ by English-Malay bilingual preschoolers in Singapore [Poster session]. LabPhon18: Phonology in a Rapidly Changing World.

Sim, J. H.* & Post, B. (2022, 14–16 June). Variation in the development of English syllable-final /l/ in English-Malay and English-Chinese bilingual children [Oral presentation]. Building Linguistic Systems, York, United Kingdom.

Schwarz, J.*, Li, K.*, Sim, J. H., Zhang, Y., Buchanan-Worster, E., Post, B., . . . McDougall, K. (2022, 4–8 Apr). Can we use visual, acoustic and semantic cues to compensate for face mask speech? [Oral presentation]. British Association of Academic Phoneticians Colloquium 2022, York, United Kingdom.

Sim, J. H.* & Post, B. (2022, 4–8 Apr). Acquiring /l/ in a multidialectal context by English-Malay bilingual children in Singapore [Poster session]. British Association of Academic Phoneticians Colloquium 2022, York, United Kingdom.

Schwarz, J.*, Li, K.*, Sim, J. H., Zhang, Y., Buchanan-Worster, E., Post, B., . . . McDougall, K. (2022, Jan 20-21). The impact of visual, acoustic, and semantic cues on processing of face mask speech by children and adults [Poster session]. 13th Speech in Noise Workshop.

Schwarz, J.*, Li, K., Sim, J. H., Zhang, Y., Buchanan-Worster, E., Post, B., . . . McDougall, K. (2021, Nov 23). Speech Perception through Face Masks by Children and Adults [Poster session]. Cambridge Language Sciences Annual Symposium 2021: Language and Inclusion. doi:10.33774/coe-2021-l88qk

Sim, J. H.* & Post, B. (2021, Sept 8-10). Clear /l/ and the Malays in Singapore: origin, social meanings, and ethnic identity [Oral presentation]. UK Language Variation and Change 13. University of Glasgow. https://https://uklvc13.com/

Sim, J. H.* & Post, B. (2021, Jun 21-23). Variation in pitch scaling in English of young simultaneous bilinguals in Singapore [Poster session]. Phonetics and Phonology in Europe 2021, Barcelona. https://pape2021.upf.edu/

Sim, J. H.* (2021, Jun 7–10). Indexical properties of syllable-final /l/ in Singapore English [Oral presentation]. Sociolinguistics Symposium 2021, Hong Kong. https://www.ss23hk.com/

Sim, J. H.* & Post, B. (2021, Jun 2–4). Variation in ethnic-accentedness in child-directed speech of bilinguals [Oral presentation]. Variation in Language Acquisition 4, Rorschach, Switzerland. https://www.shlr.ch/shlr/die-shlr/events/vila-4/

Sim, J. H.* & Post, B. (2021, Mar 6). Variation in quality of input and development of coda stops in bilingual children [Poster session]. Jesus College MCR Graduate Conference 2021, Cambridge.

Sim, J. H.* & Post, B. (2020, Apr). Maternal input and variability in the development of coda stops in bilingual children [Conference presentation]. British Association of Academic Phoneticians Colloquium, York, United Kingdom. https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/baap2020york/home [cancelled]

Koh, S.*, Koh, L.*, Sim, J. H.*, Ng, K.* & Mohan, J.* (2017, Jun 29). Exploring the Joy of Learning – from NASA to EL [Oral presentation]. 3rd Anglican High School National Symposium 2017: Assessment Drives the Learning Paradigm.

Presentations and seminars

* Presenting author

Sim, J. H. (2024, 6 September). Acquiring and processing multi-accent Singapore. Presented at the Interdisciplinary Workshop on Multilingualism and Multiculturalism (IWMM), Singapore.

Sim, J. H. (2024, 20 June). Variation in caregiver input and variable outcomes in early phonological acquisition of Singapore English. Presented online at the Multilingualism, language contact, language variation colloquium, Humboldt University, Berlin.

Sim, J. H. (2024, 23 April). Factors predicting variable outcomes in phonological acquisition. Presented online at the LML Research Seminar series, The Education University of Hong Kong.

Sim, J. H. (2024, 12 April). Phonological acquisition in multi-accent Singapore. Presented at the Linguistics and Multilingual Studies TGIF seminar series, NTU Singapore.

Sim, J. H. (2023, 29 Nov). Influence of bilingualism or caregiver input? Variation in VOT in simultaneous bilingual preschoolers in Singapore. Presented online at the LangVIEW seminar.

Sim, J. H. (2023, 9 Nov). Early phonological acquisition in multi-accent contexts. Presented at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) Phon Brown Bag series.

Sim, J. H. (2023, 23 June). Child phonological acquisition in multi-accent Singapore. Presented at the Department of Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.

Sim, J. H. (2023, March). Child Phonological Acquisition in Multi-Accent Singapore: Influence of Caregiver Input and Language Experience. The Future of Singapore English: Languages of Singapore, National Library Board.

Sim, J. H. (2023, Feb). Child phonological acquisition of New Englishes: Variation in and effects of caregiver input. Presented online at the Language and Cognition Research Group (LACRE), Cardiff University, UK.

Sim, J. H. (2021, May). The social life of L in Singapore English. Presented at the Jesus College Language and Linguistics Forum.

Sim, J. H.* & Post, B. (2021, Apr). Maternal input and variability in the development of coda stops in bilingual children. British Association of Academic Phoneticians Work in Progress (online)

Sim, J. H. (2021, April). Indexical properties of /l/ in Singapore English. Presented at the Aarhus University Phonetics and Phonology seminar.

Sim, J. H. (2021, Mar). Investigating coda stops in bilingual children. Presented at MPhil seminar, University of Cambridge.

Sim, J. H. (2020, Aug). Investigating variation in tonal scaling and alignment in young bilingual children. Presented at the Experimental Phonetics and Phonology seminar, University of Cambridge.

Sim, J. H. (2019, Nov). Phonological acquisition of contact varieties of English in simultaneous bilinguals: variation in maternal input and effects on child phonological acquisition. Presented at the Jesus College Language and Linguistics Forum.

Sim, J. H. (2019, Jan). Phonological acquisition of variable input: children in bi-dialectal homes. Presented at the Experimental Phonetics and Phonology seminar, University of Cambridge.

Sim, J. H. (2018, Oct). Language dominance and accent variation: a phonetic study of two groups of educated Malay speakers of Singapore English. Presented at the Experimental Phonetics and Phonology seminar, University of Cambridge.

Sim, J. H. (2015, May). Language dominance and accent variation: a phonetic study of two groups of educated Malay speakers of Singapore English. Presented at the Experimental Phonetics and Phonology seminar, University of Cambridge.

Work in progress

• Variation in stop voicing contrast in Singaporean caregivers and their preschoolers