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CityU has developed the first electronic platform in Hong Kong for classical-colloquial Chinese alignment, processing and retrieval. The platform is expected to enhance the teaching of classical Chinese through the use of information technology.
The 2009 LIVAC Pan-Chinese New Word Rosters showed that new words in the major Chinese communities reflect the most significant global and local events of collective concern this year.
Mirroring the trend of previous years, the top three places on this year’s Annual Pan-Chinese Celebrity Rosters were taken by political figures. They are US President Barack Obama, China’s President Hu Jintao and Chen Shui-bian from Taipei in that order.
Major issues in China and around the world have again topped the 2008 LIVAC Pan-Chinese New Word Rosters released today by the Language Information Sciences Research Centre of CityU.
Political figures have crowned the 9th Annual Pan-Chinese Celebrity Rosters for 2008, with Chen Shui-bian from Taiwan, US President-elect Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao occupying the top three places.
The Language Information Sciences Research Centre of CityU has released the 8th Annual Pan-Chinese Celebrity Rosters for 2007. This year's rosters mark a transition of power and leadership around the world.
The 13th International Conference on Cantonese and Yue Dialects will be held at CityU from 18 to 20 December, alongside the Exhibition on Pre-historic Rock Carvings in Hong Kong and the Region.
CityU’s Language Information Sciences Research Centre has released its 2007 Pan-Chinese New Word Rosters and highlighted five new words which were found in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Taipei last year.
The Language Information Sciences Research Centre at CityU conducted a statistical review of the words most commonly used or being marginalized over the past 10 years. The results will be released between 26 June and 29 June.
A survey conducted by the Language Information Sciences Research Centre at CityU has identified five new Chinese phrases stemming from hot topics in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Beijing and Shanghai during 2006.