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Biography
I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of English and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University.
I received my Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Maryland, specializing in first language acquisition. After graduation, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at Boston University, and then in the School of Philosophy and the Department of Linguistics at the University of Southern California. I then joined the Brain and Mind Institute at the Chinese University of Hong Kong as a Research Assistant Professor, before taking up my current post.
As a researcher, I study the human language---how it is structured, how it is learned by human babies, and how it is used by human adults. I consider language as a window into the human cognitive system. The field I am in is by nature interdisciplinary, driven by wisdom from linguistics, psychology, philosophy, neurosciences, computer sciences, communication sciences, and many others. This is why I have made several stops at different departments/institutes. In my work, I always take an interdisciplinary approach, and I always look forward to interdisciplinary collaboration. Expertise from different areas makes one and one greater than two.
As a teacher, my goal, at the broadest level, is to increase the wisdom of both my students and myself. I hope to share with students my knowledge, my thoughts, and also my questions and uncertainties. As much as teaching enlightens the students, it enlightens the teacher as well. Through teaching, my knowledge often gets solidified, thoughts deepened, and questions clarified. While I'm teaching, I am also happily learning.
Research Interests
- Language Acquisition
- Psycholinguistics
- Language and Cognition
- Learning and Memory
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
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The role of sleep in learning words and rules in early childhood
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
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Event end-state encoding in 13-month-olds—completed and non-completed events are different
He, A. X. & Arunachalam, S., Sept 2024, In: Language and Cognition. 16, 3, p. 690 - 704 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Learning Verbs in English and Korean: The Roles of Word Order and Argument Drop
Shi, H., He, A. X., Song, H. J., Jin, K. S. & Arunachalam, S., 2 Jan 2024, In: Language Learning and Development. 20, 1, p. 19-39 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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First- and second-person pronoun comprehension in autistic and nonautistic children
Artis, J., Luyster, R., Carroll, L., He, A. & Arunachalam, S., 2 Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference poster › peer-review
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Parental tuning of narratives directed to autistic and non-autistic children: An exploratory eye-tracking study
Shukla, V., He, A. X. & Arunachalam, S., Mar 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference poster › peer-review
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Comprehension of unscripted parent narratives in autistic children: An exploratory eye-tracking study
Shula, V., He, A. X. & Sudha, A., Jun 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference poster › peer-review
Activities
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Language Acquisition (Journal)
Angela Xiaoxue HE (Reviewer)
Apr 2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Infant and Child Development (Journal)
Angela Xiaoxue HE (Member of editorial board)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Infant and Child Development (Journal)
Angela Xiaoxue HE (Member of editorial board)
Jan 2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Journal of Experimental Child Psychology (Journal)
Angela Xiaoxue HE (Reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Journal of Child Development (Journal)
Angela Xiaoxue HE (Reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)