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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