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Lian-Hee Wee

Lian-Hee Wee

Professor of Linguistics, Board Chair of the Transdisciplinary Undergraduate Programme, Hong Kong Baptist University
Lian-Hee Wee is a professor of linguistics and board chair of the Transdisciplinary Undergraduate Programme at the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). His research interests include phonology, phonetics, optimality theory, varieties of Englishes (particularly Singapore and Hong Kong English), and Chinese Languages. He was the founder and designer of the HKBU Phonology Lab which now houses state-of-art equipment including EMA, ultrasounds, eyetrackers, among others. He is also an avid researcher and practitioner of the guqin.

Articles by Lian-Hee Wee

Culture

Creative adaptations of Chinese orthography

Academic Lian-Hee Wee and researcher Tommy Wong observe that while traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters are taught in schools depending on government policies, the stenography of kitchen workers, pawnshop accountants and even musicians remain marginalised. This is a pity as their stories provide details missing in the more common politico-economic histories of textbooks.

Lian-Hee Wee

Culture

An exceptional thread of guqin heritage

Academic Lian-Hee Wee shares how the delicate craft of making and repairing ancient guqins was passed down to Master Choi Chang Sau in Hong Kong, and lives on through his disciples at the Choi Chang Sau Qin Making Society.

Lian-Hee Wee

Culture

Hong Kong graffiti: Art, vent or therapy

Hong Kong graffiti in the last few decades have been largely disciplined, and have embellished many dilapidated walls, enlivening otherwise boring surfaces, says academic Lian-Hee Wee.

Lian-Hee Wee

Culture

Wuxia novelist Jin Yong’s legacy minus the Hong Kong factor

On the centenary of his birth, Jin Yong the wuxia writer extraordinaire is respected and remembered for his contribution to the wuxia genre of novels, film and television. At the same time, note researcher Ng Kum Hoon and academic Lian-Hee Wee, the Jin Yong canon is increasingly becoming a cherished “classic” for generations growing old, and yet more distant to the post-millennials. 

Ng Kum Hoon

Culture

The decline of Hong Kong comics: Is politics to blame?

Academic Lian-Hee Wee and researcher Ng Kum Hoon rue the decline of Hong Kong comics, even if classics like Tony Wong’s crime syndicate-related, pugilistic stories live on to today. Politics aside, is it a question of Hong Kong’s youths being too pampered? Or is the industry bent on sterilising itself?

Lian-Hee Wee