Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies 語言學及現代語言系 Message from Head The Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies (LML) was established in 2012 upon the restructuring of the Faculty of Languages, now re-titled the Faculty of Humanities. LML aspires to seek knowledge for advancing our understanding of the triangulated relation between language, mind and society. Because of the progress in information technology, human communications have been changing drastically. Now we often found ourselves communicating via multimedia devices that allow multilingual switching. Records of communication can be stored and transmitted instantly with very little limitations. The impacts of these changes to human language system, its learning and its use have yet been dully gauged. LML, avowedly the youngest linguistics department in Hong Kong, will make its best effort in this exciting and challenging scientific inquiry. With the above undertakings, we also anticipate synergies between general linguistics and applied linguistics in the curriculum development of language education and language studies, which will further contribute to the growth of the Faculty of Humanities. Prof. Cheung Hin Tat（張顯達教授） Head, LML Dynamic Dissemination, Sharing and Promotion of Research in Linguistics: Seminars and Forums Organized by LML The Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies has organised a number of successful seminars and forums of a varied nature during the past few months, either independently or as a joint effort with other bodies, and they reached out to a wide audience. The seminars involving a joint effort, notably, collaboration with the Research Centre on Linguistics and Language Information Sciences or the Department of English Language Education, covered diverse topics in both English and Chinese linguistics, and from both the pure and applied linguistic paradigms. These joint seminars were intended to bring together good theoretical and empirical work in linguistic research and share with those interested both inside and outside the Institute, locally and non-locally. In addition, the department has scheduled a series of departmental seminars specifically for the staff. Each time two or three academic staff members will introduce their research background and present their current research projects. Sessions have been held by Prof. Cheung Hin Tat, Prof. Phil Benson, Dr. Rebecca Chen, Dr. Andy Chin, Dr. Zoe Luk, Dr. Shin Takaoka, and Dr. Xie Qin. This type of intra-departmental seminar has effectively promoted knowledge and information sharing, built up a good team research spirit, and increased the collegial atmosphere within the department. Justifying the Uses of Language Assessments Department & Centre Highlights 10 Faculty of Humanities FHM Newsletter Issue1
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