“Languages on the Periphery” published in Languages
"Languages on the Periphery" published in Languages The paper "Languages on the Periphery: Historical, Geographic, and Contact Factors in the Formation of Hunan’s Linguistic Ecosystem" by Dr. R. Marcelo Sevilla has been published in [...]
“Conservativity in the scope of phonological generalization learning” published in Linguistics Vanguard
“Conservativity in the scope of phonological generalization learning” published in Linguistics Vanguard We are pleased to share a new publication by Adam, Bingzi, and Youngah in Linguistics Vanguard: “Conservativity in the Scope of Phonological [...]
“Exploring Substantive Bias Through Incidental Phonological Learning: Accuracy and Conscious Status of the Resultant Knowledge” published in Language and Speech
“Exploring Substantive Bias Through Incidental Phonological Learning: Accuracy and Conscious Status of the Resultant Knowledge” published in Language and Speech We are pleased to share a new publication by Xiaoyu, Yuyan, and Youngah in [...]
Prof. Jesus Olguin Martinez has published a new paper in the journal Research in Corpus Linguistics.
Clarifying when-constructions: Conversation, morphosyntax, lexicon, and mode and their interactions in language use Abstract: The present study investigates clarifying when-constructions (e.g., when I say more, I don’t mean that we should consume more, but [...]
[NEW] Formal Linguistics Forum — sign up to present!
Formal Linguistics Forum (FLorum) Director: Dr. Maksymilian Dąbkowski Description: What kinds of algorithms can capture how natural language sound systems work? What is the best way to represent the structure of words and sentences? [...]
HKU Linguistics Seminar 2026-27
HKU Linguistics Seminar 2026-27 Please feel free to disseminate this message to your friends, colleagues, and students who are interested in the topic, and contact us at linguist@hku.hk if you have any queries. Best [...]
Prof. Kofi Yakpo receives Overseas Research Fellowship Scheme Award from University Grants Committee of Hong Kong.
Prof. Kofi Yakpo of HKU Linguistics received a prestigious Overseas Research Fellowship Scheme Award (ORFS) of the University Grants Committee of the Government of Hong Kong to investigate dynamics in the expansion of Swahili [...]
Investigating the “bilingual edge”: origins, current practices, and future directions – Professor Mohammad Momenian
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0093934X26000209 Abstract We revisit Ellen Bialystok’s seminal chapter, “Selective Attention in Cognitive Processing: The Bilingual Edge”, exploring its impact on over three decades of research. We explore how theoretical and methodological advances have refined [...]
Prof. Kofi Yakpo on YouTube vodcast discussing his research on African Caribbean English Creole
HKU linguist Prof. Kofi Yakpo on YouTube vodcast discussing his research on African Caribbean English Creole—a 150-million-speaker transatlantic language cluster including Nigerian Pidgin and Jamaican Creole: Part 1 and Part 2. Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j9V6UArHH8 [...]
“Machine-learning errors in Hong Kong Sign Language handshape recognition reflect markedness patterns attested in learning” published in Sign Language & Linguistics
“Machine-learning errors in Hong Kong Sign Language handshape recognition reflect markedness patterns attested in learning” published in Sign Language & Linguistics We report on a new publication by Frank, Aaron, Arthur, Jeff and Youngah, [...]