Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Asst Prof Helena Gao 

Assistant Professor 
Division of Chinese 
School of Humanities and Social Sciences 
College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences 



Email: HELENAGAO@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)67906054 
Office: HSS-03-05 
Education
  • PhD Lund University 2001
  • MA Peking Unviersity 1992
  • BA Jilin Normal University 1982
Biography
Dr. Helena Gao received her Ph.D. in general linguistics from Lund University, Sweden and did her Post-Doc. research in psycholinguistics at the Department of Psychology of the University of Toronto, Canada. After her Post-Doc. research training, she worked as Research Director of the Cognitive Development Lab/Child Study Centre at the University of Toronto before she joined NTU.
Research Interests
Cognitive Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Bilingual Development, Language Learning and Language Teaching, Computational Linguistics.
Research Grant
  • CoHASS Incentive Scheme (2011-)
  • Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) (2012-)
  • RCC (2006-)
  • RCC (2009-)
  • Start Up Grant (2007-)
Current Projects
  • Bilingual Children’s Domain Specific Lexical Development
  • Chinese-English Bilingual Speakers' Acquisition of Hand Action Verbs
Selected Publications
  • Gao, H. Helena. (2010). A Study of Swedish Speakers’ Learning of Chinese Noun Classifiers. Nordic Journal of Linguistics, 33(2), 197-229.
  • Zelazo, P. David., & Gao, H. Helena. (2009). Development and ConsciousnessOxford Companion to Consciousness. (pp. 168-179)..
  • Gao, H. Helena & Holland, John. (2008). Agent-Based Models of Levels of Consciousness. Santa Fe Institute Working Paper , #08-12-048.
  • Gao, H. Helena & Zelazo, P. David. (2008). Language and Development of Consciousness: Degrees of DisembodimentDevelopmental Perspectives on Embodiment and Consciousness. United States: Taylor & Francis.
  • Zelazo,P.David, Gao, H. Helena, Todd, Rebacca. (2007). Development of ConsciousnessThe Cambridge Handbook of Consciousness. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
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