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Adjunct Assistant Professor

Dr Sinead Kwok

BA, PhD HKU

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Email

sineadsk@hku.hk

Profile

Sinéad Kwok received her PhD in language and communication at the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests lie in language philosophy, semiology and semiotics, communication theories, translation studies as well as textual studies. Having published papers in numerous journals, Sinéad’s monograph titled Translation in Signs is scheduled to be published in early 2026. She is currently the associate editor of Language and Communication and the executive editor of Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication. Sinéad Kwok received her PhD in language and communication at the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests lie in language philosophy, semiology and semiotics, communication theories, translation studies as well as textual studies. Having published papers in numerous journals, Sinéad’s monograph titled Translation in Signs is scheduled to be published in early 2026. She is currently the associate editor of Language and Communication and the executive editor of Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication.

Publications

Published
  • Kwok, S. (2026). Translation in Signs: An Integrational Approach. London & New York: Routledge.
  • Kwok, S. (2024). Navigating contemporary linguistics and textual studies: an integrational semiology of textualization. In A. Pablé & D. Duncker (Eds.), Signs in Activities. New Directions in Integrational Linguistics (pp.165-187). London & New York: Routledge.
  • Kwok, S. (2023). (Bio)semiotics and translation: an open door or a closed book to each other? In A. Biglari (Ed.), Open Semiotics Volume 3 (pp.87-102). Paris: L’Harmattan.
  • Kwok, S. (2022). Contracting, expanding and integrating translation: who and where to draw the line? Forum Linguistico, 90: 7226-7247.
  • Kwok, S. (2021). Integrationism and postcolonialism: convergences or divergences? An integrational discussion on ethnocentricity and the (post)colonial translation myth. In S. B. Makoni, D. P. Verity & A. Kaiper-Marquez (Eds.), Integrational Linguistics and Philosophy of Language in the Global South (pp.137-155). London & New York: Routledge.
  • Kwok, S. (2020a). Postcolonial translation theories and the language myth: an integrationist perspective. Language Sciences, 80(3): 101286. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2020.101286
  • Kwok, S. (2020b). The human-animal divide in communication: anthropocentric, posthuman and integrationist answers. Language and Communication, 74(1): 61-73. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2020.06.005