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A Group from City University of Hong Kong Visits SIS, ZJU

date:2010-09-13

A Group from City University of Hong Kong Visits SIS, ZJU

 

February 24, 2010

 

From Jan. 11th to Jan. 14th, 2010, a group, led by Jonathan WEBSTER, the dean of Chinese, translation and linguistics

department of City University of Hong Kong, visited School of International Studies, Zhejiang University.

 

During the visit, Dean Jonathan WEBSTER presented a speech named “Modeling indeterminacy in language: a

systemic-functional perspective” for teachers and students in SIS. Professor Pan Haihua talked about “The licensing

conditions of indefinite subjects in Chinese”; and Professor Fang Chengyu made a speech about “Uses of adverbial

clauses across speech and writing: a corpus-based investigation”. All the lectures were warmly welcomed by teachers

and students in SIS.

 

Dean Jonathan WEBSTER and Professor Pan Haihua also introduced some information about academic research and

postgraduate enrollment of Chinese, translation and linguistics department of City University of Hong Kong. They welcome

excellent students who are interested in this research fields to apply for degrees, or make academic visits.

 

Dean He Lianzhen from SIS, ZJU and Dean Jonathan WEBSTER signed a cooperation memorandum, in order to

improve future cooperation between each other in relevant academic fields a step further.

 

(He Chen)

 

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