LSHK Outstanding Thesis Award
香港語言學學會 傑出學位論文獎
LSHK invites nomination for the annual LSHK Outstanding Thesis Award. The award is given to any outstanding thesis which contributes to any area in linguistics.
There are five categories of the award:
- M.A. thesis
- M.Phil. thesis
- Other Master’s thesis
- PhD. thesis
- Other Doctorate thesis
Only students enrolled at local tertiary education institutions are eligible. The Chief Supervisor must be a regular staff member at a local tertiary education institution and an LSHK member to be eligible to nominate his/her students. The nomination must be made by the Chief Supervisor. No supervisor should submit more than one nomination per category in any year.
Winners of the awards will give presentations of their works at the LSHK Annual Research Forum.
Application
Nomination for 2024 is now available!
2024
Ph.D.
KONG Deran
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: Subject-Object Asymmetry in Native and Non-native Speakers’ Comprehension and Production of Mandarin Relative Clauses
Supervisor: Dr KIM, Sun-A
M.A.
WANG Shuying
The City University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: A Phonetic Study of the 'Er-hua' Rhymes in Beijing Mandarin
Supervisor: Professor LEE Wai-Sum
2023
Ph.D.
Nga Yan HUI
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: Experience and Bilingual Advantage: An Exploration of Individual Variation
Supervisor: Professor William Shiyuan WANG
2022
Ph.D.
Yan FENG
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: Categorical Speech Perception Across the Lifespan
Supervisor: Professor Gang PENG
Yuming SUN
City University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Semantic Study of Quantifying Expressions Henduo and Henshao in Mandarin Chinese
Supervisor: Professor Peppina LEE Po-lun
2021
M.Phil.
Onyinyechukwu Rhoda EZEAMUZIE
The University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Verbal Fronting and Focus in Igbo
Supervisor: Professor Stephen MATTHEWS
2020
Ph.D.
Chaak-ming LAU (劉擇明)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: 從粵語句末助詞「啊」看句子的邊緣結構
Supervisor: Professor Sze-wing TANG
2019
Ph.D.
Pui-yiu SZETO (司徒沛嶢)
The University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Typological Variation across Sinitic Languages: Contact and Convergence
Supervisor: Professor Stephen MATTHEWS
M.Phil.
Mei-ying KI (祁美瑩)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: 粵語升降句調研究
Supervisor: Professor Sze-wing TANG
M.A.
Sharon Tsoi-lam LEE (李采霖)
The University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Focus Prosody in Cantonese: The Case of Verb-copying Constructions
Supervisor: Professor Stephen MATTHEWS
2018
Ph.D.
Liming LIU
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: Examining Syntactic Complexity in EFL Academic Writing
Supervisor: Professor Kathleen AHRENS
M.Phil.
Oscar Hok-yuen WONG (黃學轅)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Wh-doublets in Cantonese
Supervisor: Professor Lawrence CHEUNG
M.A.
Emily Anna Jantien KOENDERS
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Noun Classifiers in Hong Kong Sign Language
Supervisor: Professor Gladys Wai-lan TANG
2017
Ph.D.
Margaret Ka-yan LEI (李嘉欣)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: The Acquisition of A-quantification in Cantonese
Supervisor: Professor Thomas Hun-tak LEE
2016
Ph.D.
Siu-pong CHENG (鄭兆邦)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: 香港粵語動詞前後置成分的句法語義關係
Supervisor: Professor Sze-wing TANG
M.A.
Scarlet Wan-yee LI
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: The Relation of Working Memory, Declarative Memory and Procedural Memory as Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition
Supervisor: Professor Gloria ZHANG
2015
Ph.D.
Cherie Cheuk-lam WONG (黃卓琳)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: 粵語複合助詞的研究
Supervisor: Professor Sze-wing TANG
2014
Ph.D.
Yuli FENG
City University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: A Semantic Study on Distributive Effects in Mandarin Chinese
Supervisor: Professor Haihua PAN
M.A.
Shuwen CHEN (陳樹雯)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Mental Representation of Emotional Words in the Chinese-English Bilingual Lexicon
Supervisor: Professor Peggy Pik-ki MOK
Steven Ming-chiu WONG
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: Did Obamacare Encourage Businesses to Hire More People? - An Analysis of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama’s Use of Rhetorical Questions in the 2012 US Presidential Election Campaign
Supervisor: Professor Foong-ha YAP
2012
M.A.
Shing YU
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: 中古三四等韻在現代粵語的發展
Supervisor: Professor Kwan-hin CHEUNG
2011
Ph.D.
John C. WAKEFIELD
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: The English Equivalents of Cantonese Sentence-final Particles: A Contrastive Analysis
Supervisor: Professor Sze-wing TANG
2010
M.Phil.
Xiangjun DENG (鄧湘君)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: The Acquisition of the Resultative Verb Compound in Mandarin Chinese
Supervisor: Professor Thomas Hun-tak LEE
Hin-yee WONG (黃顯儀)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: The Acquisition of Verb Particle Constructions in Cantonese-English Bilingual Children
Supervisor: Professor Virginia Choy-yin YIP
M.A.
Xiaochun CAI
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Sentence-medial Particles in Shantou Dialect
Supervisor: Professor Candice Chi-hang CHEUNG
2009
M.Phil.
Aijun HUANG (黃愛軍)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Count-mass Distinction and the Acquisition of Classifiers in Mandarin-speaking Children
Supervisor: Professor Thomas Hun-tak LEE
M.A.
Donald Timothy WHITE
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Speech Rhythm Development in a Balanced Cantonese-English Child
Supervisor: Professor Peggy Pik-ki MOK
2008
Ph.D.
Sherman LEE (李雪曼)
City University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: A Study of Language Choice and Language Shift among the Hakka-speaking Population in Hong Kong, with a Primary Focus on Sha Tau Kok
Supervisor: Professor David Chor-shing LI
M.Phil.
Kevin Ming-kei CHAN (陳銘基)
The University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: The Perception and Production of Lexical Stress by Cantonese Speakers of English
Supervisor: Professor Stephen MATTHEWS
M.A.
Feifei YU
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: How the Chinese Locative Words with Shang Express the Concept Shang
2007
M.A.
Ka-fat CHOW (周家發)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: On Monotonic Inferential Relationships of Quantified Structures in Natural Language
Supervisor: Professor Yan JIANG
2006
Ph.D.
Wai-hoo AU YEUNG (歐陽偉豪)
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Thesis title: An Interface Program for Parameterization of Classifiers in Chinese
Supervisor: Professor Samuel Hung-nin CHEUNG
M.Phil.
Antonio Ki-shun CHEUNG (張祺舜)
The University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Processing Factors in Language Comprehension and Production: The Case of Cantonese Dative Constructions
Supervisor: Professor Stephen MATTHEWS
M.A.
Di MI
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: L2 Acquisition of Preposition Stranding and Pied-Piping by Chinese Learners of English
Supervisor: Professor Gladys Wai-lan TANG
2005
M.Phil.
Stella Wing-man KWAN
The University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: On the Word Order of Locative Prepositional Phrases in Cantonese: Processing, Iconicity and Grammar
Supervisor: Professor Stephen MATTHEWS
2004
Ph.D.
Peppina Po-lun LEE (李寶倫)
City University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: A Syntax-semantics Mapping Approach to Cantonese Suffixal Quantifiers
Supervisor: Professor Haihua PAN
M.Phil.
Winnie Oi-wan CHOR (左靄雲)
The University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: A Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis of Verbal Particles in Cantonese
Supervisor: Professor Kang-kwong LUKE
M.A.
Daphne Siu-lai HO (何少麗)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: On the Acquisition of bei2-dative Constructions in Cantonese
Supervisor: Professor Sze-wing TANG
2003
M.Phil.
Carmen Ka-man LEE (李嘉雯)
The University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Chinese and English Computer-mediated Communication in the Context of New Literacy Studies
Supervisor: Professor Adams BODOMO
M.A.
Mei-fung LAI (黎美鳳)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: 粵語「添」的一些語言特點
Supervisor: Professor Sze-wing TANG
2002
Ph.D.
Hoi-yan KWAN
City University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: The Learning of English Vocabulary by Local Students and Chinese Immigrant Children: A Critical and Sociocultural Analysis
Supervisor: Professor Angel Mei-yi LIN
M.Phil.
Carine Yuk-man YIU (姚玉敏)
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Thesis title: Cantonese Final Particles "LEI", "ZYU" and "LAA": An Aspectual Study
Supervisor: Professor Samuel Hung-nin CHEUNG
M.A.
Edith Yuet-ying LEE
City University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: The Influence of Information Structure on Word Order in Cantonese
Supervisor: Professor Randy John LAPOLLA
2001
M.A.
宣力
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: 連動結構中的虛化成分「來」
Supervisor: Professor Yan JIANG
1999
M.Phil.
Micky Pui-yin LEE (李沛然)
City University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Code-switching in Hong Kong Popular Magazines: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Media Texts
Supervisor: Dr. Angel Mei-yi LIN
M.A.
Rongli SUN
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: 北京話中詞法、句法和語用的互動
Supervisor: Professor Yan JIANG
1998
M.Phil.
Sau-ming KWAN (關秀明)
The University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Compliments in Conversational Sequences: An Analysis of Compliments and Their Responses in Cantonese Radioprogrammes
Supervisor: Professor Kang-kwong LUKE
M.A.
Jenny Chau-yin YIM
Hong Kong Baptist University
Thesis title: The Interaction of Viewpoint Aspect and Situation Aspect in Cantonese
1997
M.Phil.
Lawrence Yam-leung CHEUNG (張欽良)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: A Study of Right Dislocation in Cantonese
Supervisor: Professor Thomas Hun-tak LEE
M.A.
Wai-yi POON (潘慧儀)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: 香港粵、英語碼混合現象的綜合性研究
Supervisor: Professor Robert BAUER
1996
Ph.D.
Chuming WANG
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Thesis title: Semantic Structure Theory and L2 Learning of English Adjectival Participles
Supervisor: Professor Thomas Hun-tak LEE
M.A.
Hwei-ying TI (狄慧英)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Thesis title: 現代漢語的主題及其分佈
Supervisor: Professor Dingxu SHI