Chao Zhou Linguistics

Chao Zhou

Assistant Professor · Phonology and Language Acquisition

I am a phonologist working in the Department of General and Romance Linguistics at the University of Lisbon (ULisboa).

My work brings together formal phonological modelling and experimental methods to study how abstract phonological knowledge are acquired, represented, and shaped through multilingual experience.

Email · zhouchao at edu.ulisboa.pt Lisbon, Portugal

Selected Publications

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Teaching and Supervision

Courses taught

  • Phonology: Theoretical Approaches and Experimental MethodsUniversity of Lisbon
  • L2 Acquisition and DevelopmentUniversity of Lisbon
  • The Study of Human LanguageUniversity of Lisbon
  • Scientific & Technical Translation (Chinese–Portuguese)University of Lisbon
  • Phonetics, Phonology and L2 AcquisitionUniversity of Minho
  • Advanced Chinese GrammarUniversity of Minho

Supervision

Alexandra Afonso PhD
University of Lisbon · Ongoing
Speech perception development in Portuguese children
Carolina Miranda PhD
University of Lisbon · Ongoing
Code-switching in European Portuguese–Mandarin bilingual speech
Aira Nosolini MA
University of Minho · Ongoing
Mandarin T3 sandhi perception by heritage speakers and L2 learners
Nga In Lai MA
University of Lisbon · 2025
L2 European Portuguese phonology in Cantonese–Mandarin bilingual learners
Xinyan Wang MA
University of Lisbon · 2024
Acquisition of European Portuguese /s/ voicing assimilation
Yidan Cao MA
University of Lisbon · 2022
Adjacent-context effects in the acquisition of Portuguese liquid clusters

LextPT

A validated 5-minute vocabulary size test for L2 Portuguese proficiency, providing a fast and reliable measure of lexical knowledge.

452 Participants validated
🇵🇹 🇧🇷 European and Brazilian varieties
5 min Administration time
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