Knowledge Exchange – Department of Linguistics, HKU

13 05, 2022

Chaire Internationale 2022 – Kofi Yakpo – Multicausal approaches to language contact

Departmental Editor2022-05-13T21:37:51+08:00

We are happy to announce that Dr. Kofi Yakpo has been invited as a guest professor with the Laboratory of Excellence “Foundations of Language" (Sorbonne & Université Paris Cité, France), and is going to give a series of four seminars on the theme “Multicausal approaches to language contact”. The seminars will take place on June 2, 3, 13 and 14, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at INALCO, Pôle Langues et Civilizations, 65 rue des Grands Moulins 75013 Paris - Room 5.22. All are welcome in case you are in Paris between 1-15 June 2022! For more information, click here. [...]

Chaire Internationale 2022 – Kofi Yakpo – Multicausal approaches to language contactDepartmental Editor2022-05-13T21:37:51+08:00

1 06, 2020

New publication in the journal Studies in Second Language Acquisition

Departmental Editor2020-06-01T20:53:59+08:00

Check out a new paper on second language morphological processing by our HKU linguists (Dr. Song, Dr. Do, Dr. Thompson, and Dr. Waegermaekers)! Full text available here. SECOND LANGUAGE USERS EXHIBIT SHALLOW MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESSING Abstract The present study tests the Shallow Structure Hypothesis (SSH), which claims that compared to L1 processing, L2 language processing generally underuses grammatical information, prioritizing nongrammatical information. Specifically, this cross-modal priming study tests SSH at the level of morphology, investigating whether late advanced L2 learners construct hierarchically structured representations for trimorphemic derived words during real-time processing as native speakers do. Our results support SSH. In lexical decision [...]

New publication in the journal Studies in Second Language AcquisitionDepartmental Editor2020-06-01T20:53:59+08:00

20 12, 2019

Congratulations to HKU Iinguistics graduates Sharon Lee and Szeto Pui-Yiu on their Outstanding Thesis Awards from the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong

Sabena Lam2020-01-20T12:48:21+08:00

Outstanding Thesis Award 2019 (MA category) - "Focus Prosody in Cantonese - The Case of Verb-copying Constructions" by Sharon Tsoi Lam Lee Outstanding Thesis Award 2019 (Ph.D. category) - "Typological Variation Across Sinitic Languages: Contact and Convergence" by Pui Yiu Szeto

Congratulations to HKU Iinguistics graduates Sharon Lee and Szeto Pui-Yiu on their Outstanding Thesis Awards from the Linguistic Society of Hong KongSabena Lam2020-01-20T12:48:21+08:00

20 08, 2019

Experiential learning classes in Archaeology open to all Faculty of Arts students!

Departmental Editor2019-08-20T14:30:07+08:00

Experiential learning classes in Archaeology open to all Faculty of Arts students! For more information, please follow this link.

Experiential learning classes in Archaeology open to all Faculty of Arts students!Departmental Editor2019-08-20T14:30:07+08:00