Winnie Oi Wan Chor
Assistant Professor
English Language and Literature
Hong Kong Baptist University
China
Biography
Winnie has done Ph.D. in Linguistics in Department of Linguistics at University of Sydney, M.Phil. in Linguistics in Department of Linguistics at University of Hong Kong and B.A.(Hons) (1st class) in Linguistics and English Studies (double-major) at University of Hong Kong.
Research Interest
Cognitive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Language Change (from a grammaticalization perspective), Functional Approaches to Comparative Grammar, Semantics and Discourse-Pragmatics
Publications
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Winnie C (2013) From ‘direction’ to ‘positive evaluation’: On the grammaticalization, subjectification and intersubjectification of faan1 ‘return’ in Cantonese. Language and Linguistics 14: 91-134.
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Winnie C, Foongha Y (2014) Epistemic, Evidential and Attitudinal Markers in Clause-medial Position in Cantonese. In E. Leiss and W. Abraham (eds.) Modes of Modality: Modality, Typology and Universal Grammar pp: 219-60.
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Winnie C (2015) Epistemic modulations and speakers stance in Cantonese conversations. In M. Harvey and A. Antonia (eds.) The 45th Australian Linguistic Society Conference Proceedings pp: 104-130.
