Group photo with keynote speakers: (from left) Prof. Andy Chin Chi-on, Dean of E&L; Prof. Zhuang Chusheng, Professor in the School of Literature at Zhejiang University; Prof. Paul Lam Kwan-sing, HKMU President; Prof. Tang Sze-wing, Professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Prof. Giorgio Francesco Arcodia, Professor of Chinese language and linguistics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice; and Prof. Peppina Lee Po-lun, Associate Dean of E&L
Prof. Paul Lam Kwan-sing, HKMU President, E&L colleagues and other professionals mark the opening of Yue 28.
Prof. Paul Lam Kwan-sing, HKMU President, emphasises that language is crucial, especially concerning Yue dialects, which are predominant in the Greater Bay Area.
Yue 28 brings together over 70 professionals from both local and international backgrounds.
The Research Institute for Bilingual Learning and Teaching (RIBiLT), under the School of Education and Languages (E&L) of Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), hosted the 28th International Conference on Yue Dialects (Yue 28) between 13 and 14 December 2024. This marked the first time the conference was held at HKMU. Since its inception in 1987, the International Conference on Yue Dialects has served as an excellent platform for scholarly exchange in the study of Yue dialects and Cantonese.
In delivering the opening remarks, Prof. Paul Lam Kwan-sing, HKMU President, noted that 2024 marked a significant milestone for HKMU as it celebrated its 35th anniversary. In early 2024, HKMU was designated as the first university of applied sciences (UAS) in Hong Kong, leading in the integration of theory and practice to nurture talent with applied skills and knowledge for societal contribution. In this context, language is crucial, especially concerning Yue dialects, which are predominant in the Greater Bay Area. This is particularly important for Hong Kong, where Cantonese serves not only as a dialect for intra-group communication, but also as an official language, in line with Hong Kong's “Biliteracy and Trilingualism” language policy.
Yue 28 demonstrates the unwavering commitment of the RIBiLT and E&L to the development and application of language studies. The two-day event brought together a distinguished group of professionals from both local and international backgrounds. It featured three keynote presentations, four invited presentations and 59 parallel presentations on a wide range of topics, including corpus linguistics, language acquisition, syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, pragmatics and sociolinguistics. The conference helped foster scholarly exchange and strengthen ties among researchers and institutions, facilitating collaboration that can lead to impactful advances in the knowledge of Yue dialects and Cantonese studies.
Group photo with keynote speakers: (from left) Prof. Andy Chin Chi-on, Dean of E&L; Prof. Zhuang Chusheng, Professor in the School of Literature at Zhejiang University; Prof. Paul Lam Kwan-sing, HKMU President; Prof. Tang Sze-wing, Professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Prof. Giorgio Francesco Arcodia, Professor of Chinese language and linguistics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice; and Prof. Peppina Lee Po-lun, Associate Dean of E&L
The Research Institute for Bilingual Learning and Teaching (RIBiLT), under the School of Education and Languages (E&L) of Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU), hosted the 28th International Conference on Yue Dialects (Yue 28) between 13 and 14 December 2024. This marked the first time the conference was held at HKMU. Since its inception in 1987, the International Conference on Yue Dialects has served as an excellent platform for scholarly exchange in the study of Yue dialects and Cantonese.
In delivering the opening remarks, Prof. Paul Lam Kwan-sing, HKMU President, noted that 2024 marked a significant milestone for HKMU as it celebrated its 35th anniversary. In early 2024, HKMU was designated as the first university of applied sciences (UAS) in Hong Kong, leading in the integration of theory and practice to nurture talent with applied skills and knowledge for societal contribution. In this context, language is crucial, especially concerning Yue dialects, which are predominant in the Greater Bay Area. This is particularly important for Hong Kong, where Cantonese serves not only as a dialect for intra-group communication, but also as an official language, in line with Hong Kong's “Biliteracy and Trilingualism” language policy.
Yue 28 demonstrates the unwavering commitment of the RIBiLT and E&L to the development and application of language studies. The two-day event brought together a distinguished group of professionals from both local and international backgrounds. It featured three keynote presentations, four invited presentations and 59 parallel presentations on a wide range of topics, including corpus linguistics, language acquisition, syntax, semantics, phonetics, phonology, pragmatics and sociolinguistics. The conference helped foster scholarly exchange and strengthen ties among researchers and institutions, facilitating collaboration that can lead to impactful advances in the knowledge of Yue dialects and Cantonese studies.
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