*** Upcoming Seminar ***

Seminar Series

Unless otherwise specified, seminars begin at 4:30 pm.

February 27 (Monday) 4:30-6:00 pm T2, Meng Wah Complex
Prof. Shi Dingxu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Structure of Numerial-Classifier Phrase

March 6 (Tuesday) 4:30-6:00 pm Room121, Main Building
Ms. Chow Pui Lun, Daisy (final year student report), The University of Hong Kong
The Syntax-Semantics Interface of Resultative Constructions in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese

Lunchtime Talks in Linguistics

March 20 (Tuesday) 12:30 - 2:00 pm MG07, Main Building
Dr. Hugo Cardoso, University of Coimbra, Portugal 
Comparative constructions in Asian-Portuguese creoles: contact, convergence and divergence

March 27 (Tuesday) 12:30 - 2:00 pm MB201, Main Building
Dr. Rebecca Starr, University of Stanford
Variation and Acquisition in Dialectally Diverse Dual-Language Immersion Classrooms

March 30 (Friday) 12:30 - 2:00 pm MG07, Main Building
Dr. Kofi Yakpo, Radboud University Nijmegen
Explorations in Multilingualism and Language Contact

Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics

Speaker:
Prof. Morten Christiansen
Cornell University, USA

March 26 (Monday) 4:30 - 6:30 pm T2, Meng Wah Complex
Talk 1 : Language as Shaped by the Brain

March 28 (Wednesday) 4:30 - 6:30 pm LE7, Library Extension Building
Talk 2 : Language Acquisition as Multiple-cue Integration

March 30 (Friday) 4:30 - 6:30 pm Convocation Room, Main Building
Talk 3 : Experience-Based Language Processing

April 3 (Tuesday) 4:30 - 6:30 pm Convocation Room, Main Building
Talk 4 : Recursion as a Usage-Based Skill

April 26 (Thursday) 4:30-6:00 pm LE2, Library Extension
Prof. Peggy Mok, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Do Merging and Musical Training Affect the Perception of Cantonese Tones?

Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics

Speaker:
Prof. Walter Bisang
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

April 25 (Wednesday) 4:30 - 6:00 pm Room 207, Run Run Shaw Building
Talk 1 : Approaches to Complexity in Linguistics

May 2 (Wednesday) 4:30 - 6:00 pm Room 207, Run Run Shaw Building
Talk 2 : Hidden Complexity: The Case of East and Mainland Southeast Asian Languages

May 9 (Wednesday) 4:30 - 6:00 pm Room 207, Run Run Shaw Building
Talk 3 : Hidden Complexity in West African Kwa Languages and in Creole Languages

May 18 (Friday) 4:30 - 6:00 pm Room 207, Run Run Shaw Building
Talk 4 : Language and Complexity: The Wider Perspective

May 29 (Tuesday) 5:00-6:30 pm Room 807, Knowles Building
Mr. Jeremy Collins (final year student report),The University of Hong Kong
Grammaticalization and Greenberg's Word Order Correlations

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Inquiry: Dr. Tao Gong (tgong@hku.hk); MB245A; 2857 8604

Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics, details will circulate in a separate poster.
Inquiry: Dr. Umberto Ansaldo (ansaldo@hku.hk); MB247; 2859 2872