Linguistics, English Language, and Systemic Functional Linguistics

This research profile includes all areas of linguistics, English language and systemic functional linguistics, including grammar, lexicology, lexicography, pragmatics, semantics, phonetics, phonology, discourse analysis, conversation analysis, corpus linguistics, typology, and description and theory of languages and other semiotic systems.

(1) Clinical Linguistics

Prof Louise Cummings*

(Clinical pragmatics, communication disorders)

(2) Cognitive Linguistics

Prof Kathleen Ahrens*

(Metaphor Theory, Psycholinguistics)

Dr Dennis Tay*

(Metaphor theory, Psycholinguistics, Quantitative research methods)

Dr William Feng*

(Multimodal Metaphor and Metonymy)

Dr Renia Lopez*

(Gestures)

(3) Corpus linguistics

Prof. Kathleen Ahrens*

(Political Discourse Analysis)

Dr Phoenix Lam*

(Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis)

Dr Phoebe Lin

(Multiword expressions, Speech prosody)

(4) Sociolinguistics

Prof. Hans Ladegaard*

(Language & gender, Language & education)

Dr Anne Schluter

(Language and power, Language attitudes, Language ideology)

Dr Gerald Stell

(Language Variation, Sociology of Language, Language Perception)

Dr Phoenix Lam*

(Linguistic landscapes)

(5) Systemic Functional Linguistics

Dr William Feng*

(Systemic functional visual grammar, Social Semiotics)

*All faculty members with a star next to their name are potential Principal Supervisors for the 2021-22 intake of RPg students.

Research Highlights

Author	Title	Year	Research Type
Ahrens, K. & Jiang, M-h.	Source Domain Verification Using Corpus-based Tools. Metaphor and Symbol. 35(1), 43-55.	2020	Journal Article
Cummings, L.	Fallacies in Medicine and Health: Critical Thinking, Argumentation and Communication. Palgrave Macmillian.	2020	Book
Lam, P.	Online place branding: The case of Hong Kong. London; New York: Routledge.	2020	Book
Qian, H. and Feng, D.	Intersemiotic shifts in the translation of Chinese costume drama subtitles: A multimodal analysis approach. In Zhang, M. and Feng, D. (eds). Multimodal Approaches to Translation and Interpreting. London: Routledge.	2020	Book Chapter
Tay, D.	Affective Engagement in Metaphorical versus Literal Communication Styles in Counseling. Discourse Processes, 57(4), 360–375.	2020	Journal Article