Departmental Seminar Series
1st & 2nd Semester, 2011-2012

(Unless otherwise specified, all seminars will begin at 4:30 pm)

Date Speaker Title

14 Oct, 2011
4:30-6:00 pm
Venue: MB142

Prof. Huang Chu-ren & Sophie Lee
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Towards an Event-based Linguistic Theory of Emotion Classification

1 Nov, 2011
4:30-6:00 pm
Venue: LE2

Dr. Yao Yao
Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Is Speech Variation Driven by Speaker or Listener: Evidence from Phonological Neighborhood Effects

9 Nov, 2011
5:00-7:00 pm
Venue: LE1

Prof. Claire Lefebvre
The Université du Québec à Montréal

Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics
Relabeling in Language Genesis

Lecture 1 : A Relabeling-based Theory of Creoles' Genesis

16 Nov, 2011
5:00-7:00 pm
Venue: LE1

Prof. Claire Lefebvre
The Université du Québec à Montréal
Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics
Relabeling in Language genesis

Lecture 2 : The Cognitive Process of Relabeling and Competing Theories of the Lexicon

23 Nov, 2011
5:00-7:00 pm
Venue: LE1

Prof. Claire Lefebvre
The Université du Québec à Montréal
Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics
Relabelling in Language Genesis

Lecture 3 : Relabeling and the Typological Classification of Creoles

30 Nov, 2011
5:00-7:00 pm
Venue: LE1

Prof. Claire Lefebvre
The Université du Québec à Montréal
Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics
Relabeling in Language Genesis

Lecture 4a : The Various Contexts of Application of Relabellng
Lecture 4b: On the Relevance of Pidjins and Creoles in the Debate on the Origins and Evolution of Language

7 Dec, 2011
4:30-6:00 pm
Venue: KKLG101

Dr. Li Bin
City University of Hong Kong
Language Experience and Second Language Speech Perception

21 Feb, 2012
4:30-6:00 pm
Venue: KB219

Mr. Jeremy Collins
The University of Hong Kong
Grammaticalization and Greenberg's Word Order Correlations

27 Feb, 2012
4:30-6:00 pm
Venue: T2

Prof. Shi Dingxu
Associate Dean
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Structure of Numerial-Classifier Phrase

6 Mar, 2012
4:30-6:00 pm
Venue: MB121

Miss Chow Pui Lun, Daisy
The University of Hong Kong
The Syntax-Semantics Interface of Resultative Constructions in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese

20 Mar, 2012
12:30-2:00 pm
MG07

Dr. Hugo Cardoso
University of Coimbra, Portugal 

Lunchtime Talk in Linguistics
Comparative constructions in Asian-Portuguese creoles: contact, convergence and divergence

26 Mar, 2012
4:30-6:30 pm
Venue: T2

Prof. Morten Christiansen
Department of Psychology
Co-Director of Cognitive Science at Cornell University
External Professor, Santa Fe Institute
Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics
Talk 1 : Language as Shaped by the Brain

28 Mar, 2012
4:30-6:30 pm
Venue: LE7

Prof. Morten Christiansen
Department of Psychology
Co-Director of Cognitive Science at Cornell University
External Professor, Santa Fe Institute
Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics
Talk 2 : Language Acquisition as Multiple-cue Integration

30 Mar, 2012
4:30-6:30 pm
Venue: Convocation Room

Prof. Morten Christiansen
Department of Psychology
Co-Director of Cognitive Science at Cornell University
External Professor, Santa Fe Institute
Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics
Talk 3 : Experience-Based Language Processing

3 Apr, 2012
4:30-6:00 pm
Venue: Convocation Room

Prof. Morten Christiansen
Department of Psychology
Co-Director of Cognitive Science at Cornell University
External Professor, Santa Fe Institute
Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics
Talk 4 : Recursion as a Usage-Based Skill

25 Apr, 2012
4:30-6:00 pm
Venue: RR207

Prof. Walter Bisang
University of Mainz
Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics
Lecture 1 : Approaches to Complexity in Linguistics

26 Apr, 2012
4:30-6:00 pm
Venue: LE2

Prof. Peggy Mok
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Do Merging and Musical Training Affect the Perception of Cantonese Tones?

2 May, 2012
4:30-6:00 pm
Venue: RR207

Prof. Walter Bisang
University of Mainz
Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics
Lecture 2 : Hidden Complexity: The Case of East and Mainland Southeast Asian Languages

9 May, 2012
4:30-6:00 pm
Venue: RR207

Prof. Walter Bisang
University of Mainz
Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics
Lecture 3 : Hidden Complexity in West African Kwa Languages and in Creole Languages

18 May, 2012
4:30-6:00 pm
Venue: RR207

Prof. Walter Bisang
University of Mainz
Advanced Seminar Series in Linguistics
Lecture 4 : Language and Complexity: The Wider Perspective

29 May, 2012
5:00-6:30 pm
Venue: KB807

Mr. Jeremy Collins
The University of Hong Kong
Grammaticalization and Greenberg's Word Order Correlations

27 Jun,2012
3:30-5:00 pm
Venue: Room 714, Ming Wah Complex

Prof. Ping Li
Department of Psychology and Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition, Pennsylvania State University

Department of Psychology and Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition Pennsylvania State University

 

   
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