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2 events,Prof. Matias Martinez - Bergische Universität Wuppertal (https://www.ndlmm.uni-wuppertal.de/) Abstract In recent years narratologists have become increasingly aware of ways of telling stories that do not correspond to a narrow definition of narrative. Diverse phenomena such as ballets, games, buildings, gardens and lifes are now taken to tell stories. These ‚embodied‘ narratives challenge classical narratological concepts […] |
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1 event,Dr. Eli Park Sorensen - The Chinese University of Hong Kong (http://www.eng.cuhk.edu.hk/?page_id=1831) Abstract Since the Korean War (1950-1953), over half a million non-western children have been sent to western countries for transnational adoption — whereas there are very few examples of white children adopted to non-western countries by non-western populations. In my paper, I will […] |
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1 event,Prof. Adam Jaworski - School of English, HKU (https://englishhkuhk.foarts.hku.hk/people/Faculty/48/Professor%20Adam%20Jaworski) Abstract This talk is a preliminary, work-in-progress inquiry into the idea of writing as ‘spectacle’. I will discuss several examples of large scale, extravagant, immersive writing in art and public signage exemplifying three approaches to spectacle: ‘consumerist representation’ (Guy Debord), ‘visual pleasure’ (Laura Mulvey) and ‘grotesque […] |
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Radically usage-based diachronic construction grammar and the development of non-deontic be bound to
Radically usage-based diachronic construction grammar and the development of non-deontic be bound to
Dr. Dirk Noël - School of English, HKU (https://englishhkuhk.foarts.hku.hk/people/Faculty/83/Dr%20Dirk%20No%C3%ABl) Abstract Even when both use and cognition are incorporated in its theorizing about grammatical change, research in the budding discipline of diachronic construction grammar which explicitly subscribes to a “usage-based” approach does not always distinguish between abstraction from the observed usage of a linguistic community and […] |
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1 event,Dr. Hannah Shipman - School of English, HKU Abstract Informed consent is held as the ethical and legal bedrock of clinical practice and research involving humans, though there is ongoing debate about the extent to which it is attained. A paradigm of consent focusing on individual autonomy and self-determination is dominant. With increasing numbers of […] |
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