WAKEFIELD John

WAKEFIELD John

Programme Director of Master of Arts in Language Studies and Associate Professor

3411 2204

OEM 1118

johncw@hkbu.edu.hk

Qualifications

Ph.D., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
M.A., The University of New England, Armidale, Australia
B.A., The University of Texas, Austin

Research Interests

English intonation
Cantonese sentence-final particles
Contrastive analysis of English and Chinese grammar
Cross-cultural studies of Sociopragmatic knowledge

Selected Publications

Wakefield, John C. 2021. “English Speakers in Hong Kong.” International Journal of TESOL Studies, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 58–73. https://doi.org/10.46451/ijts.2021.10.02

Wakefield, John C. 2020. Intonational Morphology, Springer.

Wakefield, John C. 2020. “The Syntax and Semantics of Cantonese Particles in the Left Periphery.” Studies in Chinese Linguistics, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 109–138. https://doi.org/10.2478/scl-2020-0004

Wakefield, John C. (ed.), 2019. Cantonese as a Second Language: Issues, Experiences and Suggestions for Teaching and Learning, Routledge.

Wakefield, John C. 2018. “Turning English into Cantonese: The Semantic Change of English Loanwords.” Cultural Conflict in Hong Kong: Angles on a Coherent Imaginary, , Jason S. Polley, Vinton W.K. Poon and Lian-Hee Wee, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 15–34.

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