Hathaichanok Wansong (FHEA)

Contact details

Address

Street

Dugald Stewart Building
3 Charles Street

City
Edinburgh
Post code
EH8 9AD

Biography

Background

I am Hathaichanok Wansong (หทัยชนก หวานสง; approximately /hà.tʰaj.tɕʰá.nók wǎːn.sǒŋ/), and I also go by Nat. I am a PhD student in Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh. My research interests lie in psycholinguistics and bilingualism, with a particular focus on pronoun interpretation and reference resolution.

My PhD investigates pronoun interpretation in Thai and English. I am especially interested in how Thai speakers and Thai English bilinguals interpret pronouns, and how their interpretations are shaped by grammatical, discourse and language specific factors. My project uses experimental methods to examine how far current psycholinguistic models of pronoun interpretation can account for Thai and bilingual data.

By comparing Thai and English, my research aims to contribute to a broader understanding of which aspects of pronoun interpretation are cross linguistically stable, and which are shaped by the grammatical and discourse properties of individual languages.

Prior to my PhD, I worked as a lecturer in English at Mae Fah Luang University in Thailand. My teaching and research interests include syntax, psycholinguistics, phonetics and second language acquisition.

I am also interested in language assessment. I completed the Advanced Specialist Certificate in Language Assessment at SEAMEO Regional Language Centre (RELC) in Singapore in 2023, and attended English Language Assessment Training for Vocational Teachers and University Lecturers, organised by the Regional English Language Office and Chulalongkorn University Language Institute (CULI), in Thailand in 2023.

Qualifications

2025 - Present  -  PhD in Linguistics (University of Edinburgh)

2016-2017  -   MSc in Linguistics (University of Edinburgh)

  • Dissertation:  Resolving English Relative Clause Attachment Ambiguity in Thai English and Japanese English Bilinguals

2012 - 2017  -   MA in English (Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, Thailand)

Research summary

Pronoun interpretation, Psycholinguistics, Bilingualism

Conference details

Wansong, H., Sturt, P., & Sorace, A. (2025, June 4). Processing of null and overt pronouns in Thai: Evidence from an interpretation task. Paper presented at SEALS35, Singapore.

Organiser

2026  University of Edinburgh Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference 

Papers delivered

Wansong, H. (2023). Thai Students’ Proficiency and Attitudes Towards English-Only Approach and Bilingual Approach. Journal of Liberal Arts Prince of Songkla University, 15(1), 267087. https://doi.org/10.14456/jlapsu.2023.8

 

Prof Antonella Sorace

Dr Patrick Sturt

Prof Hannah Rohde

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