Jiuzhou Hao
Job description
Jiuzhou is a developmental psycho-/neuro-linguist who works on language development and maintenance in monolingual and bilingual children with and without Developmental Language Disorders.
Currently, Jiuzhou works as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Department of Language and Culture at UiT on the project (Heriatge language processing: Pinning down the sources of individual differences).
In his research, Jiuzhou uses a combination of behavioural and psycho/neurolinguistic methods, e.g., eye-tracking, brain-imaging (EEG/ERP), and adopt advanced statistical techniques to model language development with a focus on cross-linguistic aspects and individual differences. His primary research centres on cross-linguistic language development and processing in linguistically and developmentally diverse child populations. This line of research aims to understand the psychological mechanisms underlying language development and use (both production and comprehension) and their interactions with non-linguistic cognitive processes.
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Research interests
First language acquisition;
Second language acquisition;
Language impairment (pathology);
Heritage language acquisition;
Child bilingualism;
Syntactic processing in language comprehension and production;
Eye-movement during reading and listening (both children and adults).
Member of research group
CV
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psycho/Neurolinguistics of Bi/Multilingualism
UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Linguistics and English Language
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Master of Science (MSc) in Linguistics (graduated with distinction)
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Art (BA) in English Language (graduated with distinction)
Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an, China
ACCREDITATION
Associate Fellow of British Higher Education Academy