Events

Gloria Dou - The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Research_Postgraduates) || Xuekun Liu - The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Research_Postgraduates) Abstract Pride before profit: language policing on Carousell, an online classified platform in Hong Kong  Ms. Gloria Dou  In this talk, I investigate the direct communication that takes place between sellers and buyers on Carousell, an online classified […]

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Dr. Daniel Weston - The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Faculty/88/Dr_Daniel_Weston) Abstract This talk will explore language use from a historical perspective in one of the few remaining British colonies: the Rock of Gibraltar. Located on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula, Gibraltar has absorbed linguistic and cultural influences not just from the United Kingdom, […]

Dr. Jaspal Singh - The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Faculty/62/Dr_Jaspal_Singh) Abstract As the right-wing Hindutva (Hinduness) movement is gaining political momentum, exclusionary, racist and nationalistic ideologies and practices become normalised and mainstreamed across Indian cultural spheres. Hindu enthusiasts, both from the higher echelons of society and from the grassroots, have made significant progress with ‘purifying’ […]

Mr. John Scott Daly - The University of Hong Kong || Ms. Giulia Usai - The University of Hong Kong || Mr. Sean Philip Smith - The University of Hong Kong Abstract Interdiscursive Intersections: Social Class, Citizenship and Migration in YouTube Comments Mr. John Scott Daly YouTube’s comment feature provides the affordance of persistent interdiscursivity, […]

Professor Adam Jaworski - The University of Hong Kong (https://english.hku.hk/people/Faculty/48/Professor_Adam_Jaworski) Abstract Traditional monuments and commemorative structures used to be tall and domineering. Since the middle of the 20th century, monuments have had their verticality diminished, and their design has become more abstract, or linguistic. In this talk, I examine the three-dimensional semiotics of Ibsen Sitat, […]