College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Department Abbreviation
LT
Department Code
LT
Department Description (Long)
Department of Linguistics and Translation
Description

The Department of Linguistics and Translation takes a systematic approach to the study of language from a number of different perspectives with a broad range of methodologies. Research foci and expertise cover (1) Corpus and Empirical Linguistics, including cognitive linguistics, computational linguistics, corpus linguistics, dialogue act analysis, lexical semantics, neurolinguistics, and psycholinguistics; (2) General Linguistics, including Chinese linguistics, discourse analysis, formal linguistics, functional linguistics, historical linguistics, morphology, phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, systemic functional grammar, syntax-semantics interface, and text linguistics; (3) Pedagogical Linguistics, including applied linguistics, computer-assisted language learning, contrastive study of English and Chinese, lexicography, linguistics-based pedagogy to language teaching, second language learning and teaching, and teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages; (4) Translation and Interpretation, including translation and interpretation studies, translation theories, computer-aided translation, machine translation and terminology.

Research Degree Coordinator

Research Degree Coordinator

Prof. Alex FANG
3442-8793
3442-0359
acfang@cityu.edu.hk