Research Interests
sociolinguistics, language variation and change, multilingualism and language contact, world Englishes, corpus linguistics, language documentation, quantitative approaches, analysis of Computer-mediated Communication (CMC) and social media, experimental and computational approaches
Selected Publications
Journal articles (selected)
Handbook Chapters
2021
Gonzales, Wilkinson Daniel Wong. Hybridization. In Ariane Macalinga Borlongan (Ed.)
Hybridization. In Ariane Macalinga Borlongan (Ed.) Philippine English: Development, Structure, and Sociology of English in the Philippines. London: Routledge.London: Routledge.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
Edited Volumes
Book Reviews
Media Engagement
2022
Guest speaker. Cultural practices of the Lannangs. Tuko Chronicles, the official podcast of the Folklore Studies Program of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman. January 15, 2022.
2021
Guest Speaker, Zininaga (Heritage/Inheritance) Radio, Cagayan Museum and Historical Research Center.
2020
Speaker, Lannang 101: History, identity, and basics of Lánnang-uè. AsianFest Series. The Lannang Archives, Chinoy Learning, Lucky Chinatown Mall, ChinoyTV. 21 August 2020.
Invited Talks, Colloquia, Workshops and Conference Papers
2022
Invited Lecture Speaker, Harnessing the power of social media in linguistic analysis:
A diachronic and sociolinguistic study of Philippine English(es) using the Twitter Corpus of Philippine Englishes. The 36th Annual Meeting of Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 36) De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines; National University, Manila, Philippines, and the Lasallian Institute for Development and Educational Research (LIDER).. October 20-22, 2022.
2022
Colloquium Speaker. Sociolinguistic variation in a mixed language? A corpus-based analysis of Lánnang-uè conjunctions and prepositions. Department of Linguistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. USA. April 15, 2022.
2022
Speaker. Variation in Lánnang-uè conjunctions and prepositions: A sociolinguistic, computational, corpus-based investigation. Department of English, Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR. January 20, 2022.
2022
Speaker. Quantitative research methods in sociolinguistics 101. Department of English, Chinese University of Hong Kong, SAR. January 27, 2022.
2022
Speaker. TEDxUofM 2022. Power Center for the Performing Arts, Ann Arbor, February 18, 2021. (Declined)
2021
Guest speaker, Special Lecture, Philippine English(es): Perspectives, approaches, analytical tools. LIN 692 (Instructor: Dr. Leah Gustilo), De La Salle University. July 24, 2021.
2021
Guest Speaker, The Lannangs: History, identity, culture, and language. University of Hawaii at Hilo.
2019
Speaker, Wh-fronting in Philippine Hybrid Hokkien questions: A contact-induced innovative feature? Department of Linguistics, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, the Philippines, 19 July 2019.
2019
Panel presenter, At the Chinese and Philippine peripheries: Chinese Filipino identity creation and linguistic practices. Views from the Margins: Language Politics in the Sinophone. Chair: Mie Hiramoto and Andrew Wong. International Pragmatics Association Conference. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR. June 9-14, 2019.
2018
Speaker, Is Philippine Hybrid Hokkien a language? Evidence from nominal affixation mixing. Department of Linguistics, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, the Philippines, 17 July 2018 (postponed)
2018
Speaker, Guest Lecture, Language contact
EL1101 The Nature of Language; Module chair: Dr. Leslie Lee, National University of Singapore, April 2018.
2017
Speaker, Special Lecture. Contemporary views in analyzing language: Englishes and corpora. Department of English and Applied Linguistics, National University, Sampaloc, Manila, the Philippines. July 5, 2017.
2017
Workshop Facilitator, Corpora in language research: Using AntConc as a tool for linguistic analysis. Module Chair: A/P Shirley Dita. Module: Structure of English. De La Salle University, Manila, the Philippines. July 5, 2017.
2017
Speaker, Hokaglish: The new language of the Filipino-Chinese, Department of Linguistics, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, the Philippines, June 19, 2017.
2017
Speaker, Special Lecture-Workshop, Analyzing language using corpora: The case of split infinitives across world Englishes, Department of English and Applied Linguistics, Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education, De La Salle University, Manila, the Philippines, June 16, 2017.
2017
Discussant, Panel, Disjuncts in World Englishes, 2017 Linguistic Society of the Philippines National Conference and General Meeting, Far Eastern University, Manila, the Philippines, April 6-8, 2017. (with Shirley Dita)
2017
Speaker, Special Lecture, Hokaglish: An emerging language.
EL3211 Languages in contact. Module chair: A/P Mie Hiramoto. National University of Singapore, March 23, 2017.
2017
Speaker, Guest Lecture, Hokaglish: An emerging language.
HG4042 How and Why Languages Differ Module chair: Professor Randy LaPolla Nanyang Technological University, March 6, 2017.
2016
Discussant, Panel, Using corpora in language research. 2016 Linguistic Society of the Philippines National Conference and General Meeting, Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental, the Philippines, April 7-9, 2016. (with Shirley Dita)
2015
Workshop Facilitator, Corpus Linguistics: What, When, How. Module Chair: Dr. Andrew Bernardo, UST Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, the Philippines, November 2015.
Editorships and Editorial Boards
2022-present
Principal Associate Editor, Journal of English and Applied Linguistics
2018-present
Copy Editor, Philippine Journal of Linguistics.
Professional qualifications
2016
Licensed Professional Teacher. Licensure Examination for Teachers, Philippine Board Examination for Professional Teachers – Secondary Level, Professional Regulation Commission, Manila, the Philippines, Taken March 2016, Awarded June 2016.
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Awards and Honors
2021
The Deborah Keller-Cohen Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of Michigan, May 2021.
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2016
Distinction Award (Rank 1 - English specialization,
Rank 6 - overall, 53,090 exam takers), Licensure Examination for Teachers, Philippine Board Examination for Professional Teachers – Secondary Level, Professional Regulation Commission, Manila, the Philippines, Taken March 2016, Awarded June 2016.
2016
Eduardo Cojuanco, Jr. Award for Teaching Innovation, De La Salle University, Manila, the Philippines, February 2016.
2016
Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award, De La Salle University, Manila, the Philippines, February 2016.
2016
Jose Rizal Award – Jose Rizal Honors Society, De La Salle University. Manila, the Philippines, February 2016.
Fellowships
2021
Lieberthal-Rogel Travel and Research Fellowship (Summer 2021, $5000), Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
2021
International Institute Student Fellowship (Summer 2021, $3000). International Institute, University of Michigan
2021
Humanities Research Fellowship (Summer 2021 to Fall 2021, $22,434). Rackham Graduate School. University of Michigan
2019
International Institute Student Fellowship (Summer 2019, $2000). International Institute, University of Michigan
2019
Lieberthal-Rogel Travel and Research Fellowship (Summer 2019, $5000), Kenneth G. Lieberthal and Richard H. Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
2018-2019
Michigan Fellowship ($10,000), Department of Linguistics, College of Literature Science and the Arts, University of Michigan
2018
President's Graduate Fellowship (declined), National University of Singapore.
2017-2018
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of English Language and Literature, Graduate Studies Division, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, August 2017-2018
Programs & Tools
2022
Twitter Corpus of Englishes in Hong Kong TCOEHK Corpus Suite (Python). Hong Kong English counterpart of the TCOPE Corpus Suite.
2021
Twitter Corpus of Philippine Englishes TCOPE Corpus Suite (Python). An application that compiles and preprocesses COPE, allows for data querying, which is used to subset the corpus. Includes sociolinguistic demographic prediction support using Deep Learning with Wang et al’ 2019 M3 application
2021
TweetCorp (Python). A wrapper application that, from a simple query GUI interface, scrapes, preprocesses, and tokenizes Twitter tweets by sentence using a mix of rule-based and neural network splitting algorithms before compiling them into a CSV corpus file. Includes sociolinguistic demographic prediction support using Deep Learning with Wang et al’ 2019 M3 application
2021
SpeechSuite (Python). An application that uses speech detection, segmentation, LSTM-based network embedding, and spectral clustering to transcribe, diarize, and tag American English audio. Under development: Support for Philippine English and Filipino (in collaboration with Federico Ang)
2021
SubCorp (Python). A tool that creates a tagged (sociolinguistic) corpus based on SRT files from YouTube.
2020
CorpTool (Python). An application that uses machine learning models (e.g., Conditional Random Fields) to automatically tag corpora of under-documented languages for part-of-speech.
2021
EasyYTGet (Python). A free application that automatically downloads videos and audios given a list of links or a link.
2021
Financial Data Extractor (Python). A tool that takes in a list of SEC-registered companies and returns a CSV with extracted financial information (e.g., revenue segmentation by region) from 10-Q/10-K filings. Developed for Digital Alpha Technologies, Inc. New York, USA.
