10/04/2026
【2026年「趙元任語言科學獎」得獎結果揭曉】
📢香港理工大學（理大）人文學院公布2026年趙元任語言科學獎得獎名單。理大於2024年設立獎項，由人文學院主辦，每兩年頒發一次，旨在表彰在語言科學研究領域作出卓越貢獻的學者或研究人員。🎉
「終身成就獎」由Brian MacWhinney 教授獲得，以表彰他在語言科學領域的開創性及長期貢獻。MacWhinney 教授在心理語言學、語料庫與計算語言學、神經語言學以及系統理論等領域開展的整合性研究，對相關領域的理論與實證發展產生深遠影響。
「傑出青年學者獎」由Charles B. Chang 教授獲得，以表彰其在雙語語音、語言學、語音學和語言發展方面富有影響力的研究成果。
Brian MacWhinney 教授為美國卡內基美隆大學（Carnegie Mellon University）認知心理學 Theresa Heinz 講座教授。他是「兒童語言資料交流系統」（Child Language Data Exchange System, CHILDES）及全球最大開放存取口語資料整合庫「TalkBank 」的創辦人。這些資源已被應用於逾 14,000 篇已發表的學術論文。MacWhinney 教授亦為國際兒童語言研究協會（International Association for the Study of Child Language）頒授的 Roger Brown 獎項首位得主，並因其對行為與腦科學研究的卓越貢獻而榮獲美國行為與腦科學聯合會（FABBS）頒發榮譽獎。
Charles B. Chang教授為語言學教授，其研究重點包括語音學、音系學及語言習得，特別關注雙語及多語現象。他曾榮獲美國語言學學會（Linguistic Society of America）青年學者獎（Early Career Award），並當選為美國認知心理學會（Psychonomic Society）會士。
兩位得獎者將於2026年5月8日進行公開講座，有興趣人士可透過下面的連結報名。2026年語言科學國際研討會的參加者無需再次登記。✨
🔗登記Brian MacWhinney教授的講座： https://polyu.hk/mRrfk
🔗登記Charles B. Chang教授的講座： https://polyu.hk/YmVio
2026年趙元任語言科學獎由「理大科技及顧問有限公司」慷慨支持與鼎力贊助，人文學院深表謝意。「理大科技及顧問有限公司」致力推動學術為本的顧問服務、合約研究和知識產權商業化的卓越發展，與趙元任語言科學獎以推動學術研究以造福人類的願景高度契合。
人文學院謹向Brian MacWhinney教授及Charles B. Chang教授致以最熱烈的祝賀，並將繼續致力推動語言科學的研究。👏🏻
🎖️有關「趙元任語言科學獎」詳情，請瀏覽： https://polyu.hk/BpdEo
【2026 Yuen Ren Chao Prize in Language Science Announced】
📢The Faculty of Humanities of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is pleased to announce the laureates of the 2026 Yuen Ren Chao Prize in Language Science. Initiated and hosted by the Faculty, the Prize is awarded on a biennial basis and was first conferred in 2024. It recognises distinguished contributions to language science research.🎉
The Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded to Professor Brian MacWhinney in recognition of his pioneering and sustained contributions to the field through integrative research spanning psycholinguistics, corpus and computational linguistics, neurolinguistics, and systems theory.
The Early Career Award is conferred upon Professor Charles B. Chang for his influential research on bilingual speech, linguistics, phonetics, and language development.
Together, the 2026 laureates have made significant contributions with far-reaching impact on language science research worldwide.
Professor Brian MacWhinney is Theresa Heinz Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the founding Director of the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES) and TalkBank, the world’s largest open-access integrated repository for spoken-language data. These infrastructures have been used in more than 14,000 published papers. He is the first recipient of the Roger Brown Award from the International Association for the Study of Child Language and a recipient of the FABBS Honor Award for his contributions to the behavioural and brain sciences.
Professor Charles B. Chang is Professor of Linguistics whose research focuses on phonetics, phonology, and language acquisition, with particular emphasis on bilingualism and multilingualism. He is a recipient of the Early Career Award from the Linguistic Society of America and has been elected a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society.
The laureates will each deliver a public lecture on 8 May 2026. Interested parties are invited to join the lectures through the registration links below. Participants of 2026 International Symposium of Language Sciences (ISLS) need not register again.✨
🔗Register for Prof. Brian MacWhinney’s lecture: https://polyu.hk/mRrfk
🔗Register for Prof. Charles B. Chang’s lecture: https://polyu.hk/YmVio
The 2026 Yuen Ren Chao Prize in Language Science is generously supported and sponsored by PolyU Technology and Consultancy Co. Limited, for which the Faculty of Humanities expresses its deepest gratitude. PolyU Technology and Consultancy Co. Limited is committed to advancing excellence in academic-based consultancy services, contract research and IP commercialisation services, a vision that aligns closely with the Yuen Ren Chao Prize’s mission to promote academic research for the benefit of humanity.
The Faculty of Humanities extends its warmest congratulations to Professor Brian MacWhinney and Professor Charles B. Chang, and will continue to promote research in language science.👏🏻
🎖️For details of the Yuen Ren Chao Prize, please visit the website: https://polyu.hk/dqLwS
