Determinants of speech rate in naturalistic speech Date: 21 November, 2024 (Monday) Time: Start at 3:30 pm Venue: Rm 7.58, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Individual versus systematic variation in speech: Examining sibilant and prosodic contrasts Date: 11 November, 2024 (Monday) Time: Start at 3:30 pm Venue: Rm 7.58, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Revisiting mora-timing effects in Japanese vowel devoicing from a recoverability perspective Date: 7 November, 2024 (Thursday) Time: Start at 3:30 pm **This seminar will be conducted via Zoom** https://hku.zoom.us/j/93426875974?pwd=ceguJeDVgfllJIjKYAZgi3pobtJyga.1
Disentangling convergence and interference in Xiang elicited narratives Date: 31 October, 2024 (Thursday) Time: Start at 3:30 pm Venue: CPD-LG.61, Centennial Campus, HKU
The annual HKU Information Day for Undergraduate Admissions 2024 will be held on Saturday, Oct 26th. Our department will be hosting booth to provide prospective undergraduate students and visitors with information about HKU Linguistics. Come and join our Information Counter at CPD-LG.07~LG.10. We look forward to seeing you! More details can be found here: Faculty of Arts-Info Day Location details: LG.07~LG.10, Centennial Campus, Central Podium Levels – Lower Ground (CPD-LG)
Learners’ generalization of alternation patterns from ambiguous data Date: 24 October, 2024 (Thursday) Time: Start at 3:30 pm Venue: CPD-LG.61, Centennial Campus, HKU
The Dynamics of Iconicity and Morphophonological Structure in HKSL Sign Recognition: Insights from Pupillary Response and Reaction Time Data Date: 17 October, 2024 (Thursday) Time: Start at 3:30 pm Venue: CPD-LG.59, Centennial Campus, HKU
Etymological Roots and Cross-Script Cognate Processing in Korean-Chinese Bilinguals Date: 26 September, 2024 (Thursday) Time: Start at 3:30 pm Venue: CPD-LG.61, Centennial Campus, HKU
HKSL Consultant Fung Sir introduces our research to the Deaf. We are thrilled to announce that the Language Development Lab (LDL) has been awarded the Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2024 for our project titled “The Sound of Silence: A Journey Through Deaf Culture in Hong Kong.” This prestigious award recognizes outstanding research projects that demonstrate exceptional knowledge exchange between the University and the broader community. Led by Youngah, the LDL team has been working collaboratively with various Deaf community organizations for the past few years. This project aimed to document, preserve, and promote Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL), while also [...]
In the latest published journal article on Language and Cognition, LDL researchers found ABB words to be characterized by their high imageability, confirming their vivid nature. By LDL Post date: 2024-04-24 https://linguistics.hku.hk/ldlhku/2024/04/24/vividness-of-mandarin-abb-words-published-on-langcog/
Towards a More Flexible Model of Morphological Decomposition: The Case of Tagalog Morphology Date: April 11, 2024 (Thursday) Time: Start at 4:00 pm Zoom Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/93049562825
Dr. Marcelo Sevilla Advanced Course, Sem 2, 6 credits Course Description This course surveys languages spoken in China (including Taiwan). These languages belong to various families such as the Sinitic, Tibeto-Burman, Tai-Kadai, Hmong-Mien, Mongolic, Turkic, Tungusic and Austronesian etc. The emphasis of the course will rest on the structure of selected languages from these families rather than the historical relationship between them. The course involves practical work and provides useful background for other courses in linguistics. Pre-requisiteLING1000 Assessment100% coursework
