Liang, Lijuan (Ph.D, Professor in Psycholinguistics)
Email: lianglj@gdufs.edu.cn
(For the CV in Chinese, please visit https://clal.gdufs.edu.cn/info/1666/5451.htm)
About me
My research focuses on the cognitive neural mechanisms of lexical and syntactic processing, the comprehension mechanisms of ambiguous sentences (such as garden-path sentences), the predictive processing mechanisms in language, the empathy mechanisms in language communication, and the application of EEG technology in language studies. The primary subjects of investigation include both children and adults. I gained my doctor degree in Psycholinguistics from the School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University. Then I conducted my post-doctoral studies in the School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences in the University of Edinburgh. I am now a professor in the Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.
Recent Publications
Key papers (# supervised student * corresponding author)
梁利娟 张庆文. 欧美汉语二语者汉语体标记的加工机制：来自经历体标记“过”的神经振荡证据. 现代外语（待刊）
Xiao, J. #, Chondrogianni, V., & Liang, L. * (2026). The interactive effects of task demands and L2 proficiency on syntactic parsing: evidence from the grammatical aspectual processing by L2 Chinese learners. Lingua, 340, 104199.
He J. #, Ye, L. #, & Liang, L. * (2026). How metalinguistic awareness relates to multilanguage acquisition: evidence from Mandarin-English bilinguals and Uyghur-Mandarin-English trilinguals. International Journal of Multilingualism, DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2026.2634131.
Zhuang, B.#, Hu, S.#, & Liang, L.* (2025). Attention to L2 morpho-syntactic form across visual and aural modalities and the modulation of working memory: ERP evidence. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 76, 101286.
Liang, L., Rao, X., & Zhou, J. (2022). The effect of inhibitory control on Children's L2 English syntactic processing at different developmental stages. Modern Foreign Languages, 45 (6), 807-819. (CSSCI, published in Chinese)
Liang, L., & Chen, B. (2022). The non-native phonemic perception mechanism utilized by bilinguals with different L2 proficiency levels. International Journal of Bilingualism, 26 (3), 368-386. (SSCI, A&HCI)
Liang, L., Chondrogianni, V., & Chen, B. (2021). Online processing of grammatical aspect marker by L2 Chinese learners. Second Language Research, 38 (4), 765-786. (SSCI)
Liang, L., & Chen, B. (2020). The impact of language proficiency on the time course and neural basis of L2 semantic access in bilinguals. International Journal of Bilingualism, 24 (4), 840-860. (SSCI, A&HCI)
Liang, L., Wen, Y., & Dong, Y. (2018). Gender constraint in L1 and L2 reflexive pronoun resolution by Chinese-English bilinguals. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 45, 1-12. (SSCI)
Liang, L., Sharwood Smith, M., Chondrogianni, V., & Chen, B. (2017). The pre-attentive L2 orthographic perception mechanism utilized by bilinguals with different proficiency levels. Frontiers in Psychology (Language Sciences), 8, 1357. (SSCI)
Liang, L. & Chen, B. (2014). Processing morphologically complex words in second language learners: the effect of proficiency. Acta Psychologica, 150, 69-79. (SSCI)
Liang, L. & Chen, B. (2013). The influence of metalinguistic awareness in second language acquisition and its interaction with other factors. Foreign Language Learning Theory and Practice, 2, 21-27. (CSSCI, published in Chinese)
Coauthor
Xia, L., Privitera, A., Jin, X., Liang, L., & Ooi, S. (2026). Second language experience and auditory cognitive control: Is more necessarily better? International Journal of Bilingualism. DOI: 10.1177/13670069261425090
夏丽华，梁利娟，金晓雨.（2025）.非平衡汉-英双语者的双语认知效应：听觉维度.心理与行为研究，23（1），34-40.
Zhuang, B., Liang, L., & Yang, J. (2023). When interlocutor’s face-language matching alters: An ERP study on face contexts and bilingual language control in mixed-language picture naming. Frontiers in Psychology (Language Sciences), 14, 1134635.
Yang, X., Liang, L., & Chen, B. (2023). Word class effect on L2 ambiguous word acquisition: Evidence from ERPs. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 68, 101157. (SSCI)
Yang, X., Zhang, Y., Liang, L., & Chen, B. (2023). The impact of syntactic category on L2 ambiguous word acquisition: Evidence from English Pseudowords. Current Psychology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-04137-0. (SSCI)
Wang, J., Liang, L., & Chen, B. (2023). The age of acquisition effect in processing second language words and its relationship with the age of acquisition of the first language. Language and Cognition. DOI: 10.1017/langcog.2022.40. (SSCI)
Zhang, Y., Yang, X., Liang, L., & Chen, B. (2022). The impact of learning new meaning on the previously learned meaning of L2 ambiguous words: The role of semantic similarity. Psychophysiology, 59, e13992. (SSCI)
Hao, S., Liang, L., Wang, J., Liu, H., & Chen, B. (2021). The effects of emotional context and exposure frequency on L2 contextual word learning. International Journal of Bilingualism, 25 (5), 1280-1296. (SSCI, A&HCI)
Zhang, Y., Lu, J., Liang, L., & Chen, B. (2020). The effect of semantic similarity on learning ambiguous words in a second language: An event-related potential study. Frontiers in Psychology (Language Sciences), 11, 1633. (SSCI)
Lü, J., Liang, L., & Chen, B. (2019). The effect of executive control ability on the comprehension of second language metaphor. International Journal of Bilingualism, 23 (1), 87-101. (SSCI, A&HCI)
Jiao L., Liu, C., Liang, L., Plummer, P., Perfetti, C., & Chen, B. (2019). The contributions of language control to executive functions: from the perspective of bilingual comprehension. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 72 (8), 1984-1997. (SSCI)
Liu, H., Dunlap, S., Liang, L., & Chen, B. (2018). The effect of inhibitory control and its training on L1 and a new learned language switching. International Journal of Bilingualism, 22 (6), 653-674. (SSCI, A&HCI)
Chen, B., Ma, T., Liang, L., & Liu, H. (2017). Rapid L2 word learning through high constraint sentence context: An event-related potential study. Frontiers in Psychology (Language Sciences), 8, 2285. (SSCI)
Liu, H., Liang, L., Zhang, L., Lu, Y., & Chen, B. (2017). Modulatory role of inhibition during language switching: Evidence from evoked and induced oscillatory activity. International Journal of Bilingualism, 21 (1), 57-80. (SSCI, A&HCI)
Zhang, Q., Liang, L., Yao, P., Hu, S., & Chen, B. (2017). Parallel morpho-orthographic and morpho-semantic activation in processing second language morphologically complex words: Evidence from Chinese-English bilinguals. International Journal of Bilingualism, 21 (3), 291-305. (SSCI, A&HCI)
Liu, H., Dunlap, S., Wu, M. S., Liang, L., Lu, Y., & Chen, B. (2017). Inhibitory control predicts quasi language switching performance: evidence from face-to-face dialogue. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 32 (6), 695-708. (SSCI)
Liu, H., Liang, L., Dunlap, S., Fan, N., & Chen, B. (2016). The effect of domain-general inhibition-related training on language switching: An ERP study. Cognition, 146, 264-276. (SSCI)
Wei, X., Chen, B., Liang, L. & Dunlap, S. (2015). Native language influence on the distributive effect in producing L2 subject-verb agreement. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68(12), 2370-2383. (SSCI)
Chen, B., Liang, L., Cui, P., & Dunlap, S. (2014). The priming effect of translation equivalents across languages for concrete and abstract words. Acta Psychologica, 153, 147-152. (SSCI)
Funding
主持国家社会科学基金项目“基于联采技术的儿童语言预测性加工能力发展研究”(25CYY087)，2025.1-2028.12，在研；
与英国爱丁堡大学Vicky Chondrogianni教授合作开展Leverhulme Trust项目“Input and uptake in childhood bilingualism and language disorders” (Co-I ) (RPG-2025-188), 2025.10-2029.10, 在研；
主持国家自然科学基金项目“欧美汉语二语者的跨语言句法竞争机制研究”(32100860), 2022.1-2024.12, 结项；
主持广东省哲学社会科学“十三五”规划青年项目“汉英双语儿童的句法加工机制研究”(GD16YWW01), 2017.1-2021.7, 结项(优秀)。
Reviewer (journals)
Language Learning, Journal of Neurolinguistics, Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, Neuropsychologia, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, International Journal of Bilingualism, Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Reading & Writing
