PinnedLearning Chinese: Some Myths and Misconceptions“We must distinguish Mandarin and Cantonese. These are separate languages!” (Professor of Linguistics, University of York, January 2015)Feb 27, 2018Feb 27, 2018
PinnedPublished inRonin InstituteSave Cantonese: language advocacy for a project to preserve Cantonese in the WestCantonese means a lot to me. My interest in it is twofold: academic and personal. As I do research in Linguistics and I frequently analyse…Sep 1, 2022Sep 1, 2022
Traveling by numbersTraveling is always stressful for me, since, in addition to frantically trying to catch my mode of transport ( train, plane) to the final…Dec 24, 2024Dec 24, 2024
Connectivity and ProductivityI have mentioned before that I am a night hound and I regularly work at night, to the extent that I often work through the night and get to…Oct 11, 2024Oct 11, 2024
The (Greek) Tragedy of the Saiyans (Dragonball)Can Bardock resist fate and change the course of history?Sep 11, 2024Sep 11, 2024
Published inRonin InstituteNew paper ‘On the differential use of subtypes of English clefts in dialogue’Here is the intro to our paper (Hedberg, Garduno, Gorgulu, Irimia, Schneider-Zioga, Sosa, Tse, Yuan (2023)).Jan 9, 2024Jan 9, 2024
Tossed aboutMultitasking is indeed a useful technique, but it is only effective if one knows how to use it effectively. A famous saying in Chinese…Jan 3, 2024Jan 3, 2024