Dr Cherry Chit-Yu LAM
林哲伃
Teaching
My main teaching interests include: Generative syntax - Government and Binding, Minimalist Program, and Lexical-Functional Grammar, Language variation and change, Semantics, Pragmatics, and Linguistic theories. Below are the linguistics and English language courses I have taught and/or developed.
Introduction to Linguistics
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Undergraduate Year 1, English major
(Lecturer 2022-2023; Hong Kong Shue Yan University)
Issues in Pragmatics
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Undergraduate Year 4, English major
(Lecturer 2022; Hong Kong Shue Yan University)
Linguistics Approaches to Translation
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Undergraduate Year 4, English major
(Co-lecturer 2023; Hong Kong Shue Yan University)
Linguistics courses
History of the English Language
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Undergraduate Year 2, English major
(Lecturer 2016; Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge)
Foundations to Applied Linguistics
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Undergraduate, English major
(Co-course developer; Hong Kong Shue Yan University)
The Interplay between Grammar and Meaning
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Undergraduate, English major
(Course developer; Hong Kong Shue Yan University)
Capstone Experience: Dissertation (Linguistics)
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Master of Arts in English Studies
(Lecturer and supervisor 2019; The University of Hong Kong)
Structures and Meanings
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Undergraduate Year 1, Linguistics Tripos
(Supervisor 2015; University of Cambridge)
Grammatical Description
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Undergraduate Year 2, Linguistics major
(Tutor and course coordinator 2012; The University of Hong Kong)
Syntactic Theory
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Undergraduate Year 2-3, Linguistics major
(Tutor and course coordinator 2012; The University of Hong Kong)
Human Language: Nature vs. Nurture
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Undergraduate Year 1, General Education
(Tutor 2012; The University of Hong Kong)
Introduction to Linguistics (Part 1 & 2)
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Undergraduate Year 1, Linguistics major
(Tutor 2012; The University of Hong Kong)
English Language courses
Academic Writing
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Undergraduate Year 2, English major
(Lecturer 2022; Hong Kong Shue Yan University)
English Usage (Part 1 & 2)
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Undergraduate Year 1
(Lecturer 2019, 2021-2023; Hong Kong Shue Yan University)
Effective Use of English (Part 1)
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Undergraduate Year 1
(Lecturer 2019-2020; Hong Kong Metropolitan University)
English Academic Writing Workshop
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Undergraduate and Postgraduate, Linguistics major
(Guest lecturer 2019-2020; The City University of Hong Kong)