Prof. WEE Lian Hee
Professor, Department of English Language and Literature
| Phone number | 3411 7801 |
|---|---|
| Email address | lianhee@hkbu.edu.hk |
| ORCID number | 0000-0002-3416-6565 |
Degree(s):
Ph.D. (Rutgers Univ.), B.A. (Honours, National Univ. of Singapore)
Research area(s):
Mostly Phonology; Hong Kong and Singapore Englishes, Chinese, and occasional stabs at culture
Teaching area(s):
Englishes; linguistic theory
Taught previously at:
National University of Singapore
Selected output(s):
Wee, Lian-Hee (2022) Tonal processes conditioned by morphosyntax. In Chu-ren Huang, Yen-Hwei Lin and I-Hsuan Chen (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Chinese Linguistics. Cambridge University Press, (Chapter 15), pp. 313-335.
Liang Yuan and Lian-Hee Wee (2022) Melodic-Prosodic Duality of the Syllable: an Application to Chinese. Language and Linguistics (special issue on The Syllable and its Prosody in Chinese), vol.23.1:82-115.
• Wee, Lian-Hee (2019) Phonological Tone. Cambridge University Press.
Wee, Lian-Hee (2019) A Prosodic Essence Conjecture. In Hongming Zhang and Youyong Qian (eds.) Prosodic Studies: Challenges and Prospects. Routledge, pp. 141-158 (Chapter 5).
Wee, Lian-Hee (2019) Hong Kong Food Runes. In World Literature Today, Spring issue, pp.65-67.
• Ng, Kum-Hoon and Lian-Hee Wee (2018) Chiaroscuro of the Uncanny: an unknown side of Old Master Q. In Jason S. Polley, Vinton W.K. Poon and Lian-Hee Wee (eds.) Cultural Conflict in Hong Kong: Angles on a Coherent Imaginary. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 211-234 (Chapter 12).
• Winnie H.Y. Cheung and Lian-Hee Wee (2018) Principles of the Hong Kong Kitchen Shorthand. Hong Kong Studies, vol.1.2:120-142.
• Wee, Lian-Hee (2016) Tone Assignment in Hong Kong English. Language, vol.92.2:e112-132.
• Wee, Lian-Hee (2015) Prominence from Complexity: Capturing the Tianjin Ditonal Patterns. Language and Linguistics, special issue on Theoretical Aspects of Chinese Phonology. Vol. 16.6:891-926.
Current project(s):
1. Research Matching Grant Scheme
i. The Chinese-English Integration Program, Shanghai Xinjia Education and Technology Company.
ii. The Oral English Improvement Program, Suzhou Neo-Alliance Education and Technology Company
2. 国家社会科学基金项目The National Social Science Foundation of China. 《中文与越南语、泰语间的音译词声调互借机制实验研究》[Tonal adaptations of Chinese with Vietnamese and Thai], (Project Code 18XYY024) as Co-I, QIN Chuan (Guangxi University) as PI, and Qin Pu, Wei Lihua, and Lin Zhiliang as Co-Is (all Guangxi University).
Blue Sky Research Grant (for unusual and imaginative projects) BSRF/21-22/01 Principles of Hong Kong Graffiti: Code and Structure, 2022-2024
非物質文化遺產資助計畫「2021年伙伴合作項目」[Intangible Cultural Heritage Funding Scheme 2021 Partnership Projects] 古琴藝術（斲琴技藝）[Guqin (Art of Qin Making)] as Co-I, and Kelwin Kwan as PI (Vice-president, Choi Chang Sau Qin Making Society), July 2022-2025.
Research Matching Grant Scheme. The Chinese-English Integration Program, with Shanghai Xinjia Education and Technology Company, 2 Sep 2019 – 2025.
Research Matching Grant Scheme. The Oral English Improvement Program, with Suzhou Neo-Alliance Education and Technology Company, 18 Sep 2019 – 2025.