Dr. CHEUNG Ka-yee Marjorie
Senior Lecturer
 
PhD in English Literature (Investigating John Ruskin’s linguistic strategies to describe visual phenomena),
University of Sheffield, UK
MPhil in English Studies, University of Hong Kong
BA(Hons) in English Studies, University of Hong Kong
 
Courses Taught
English Writing
English Usage
English Skills II
Critical Analysis of Drama 
Contemporary Literature 
Cultural Exploration in Hong Kong 
 
Research Interests
Stylistics and literary linguistics
Corpus linguistics 
19th-century writing 
Contemporary literature
 
Publications
‘Changing Times, Steadfast Purpose: The Law Society at 115’ (Anniversary history of The Law Society), published by The Law Society of Hong Kong, 2023. With Dr. S.J. Alderson, June 2023. 
 
‘John Ruskin and the characterisation of “word-painting” in the nineteenth century’, The Eighth Lamp—Ruskin Studies Today, 2014 (9), pp. 62-76.
 
‘John Ruskin and the Art of Word Painting’ [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Sheffield, 2014. 
 
Review of Literature, Metaphor, and The Foreign Language Learner by Jonathan D. Picken, in Language and Literature, 2009 18 (4), pp. 388-390.
 
Review of Metaphor and Iconicity: A Cognitive Approach to Analysing Texts by Masako K. Hiraga, in Language and Literature, 2009 18 (1), pp. 81-83.
 
‘Iconicity in Literature – A Case Study in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings’ in Proceedings of The 4th Postgraduate Research Forum on Linguistics (2004), Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong, pp. 26-31.
 
‘A Stylistics Approach to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings’ [Unpublished master’s dissertation]. The University of Hong Kong, 2004.
 
Conference Presentations

'New age healing and the language of (Pseudo)science: A rhetorical case study of the works of Joe Dispenza.' Presentation at the Noon Research Forum, Language Center of Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, CHINA, Oct 30, 2024.

 

'Navigating Trauma through Metaphor in Lucas Rijneveld’s The Discomfort of Evening’. English Departmental Seminar, Hong Kong Shue Yan University. July 2024. 

 

‘The Discomfort of Similes: Metaphor and Framing in The Discomfort of Evening’. Annual

Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference. (Sheffield, UK) 28 June – 29 June 2024.

 

‘John Ruskin and the Representation of Colour in Non-Fictional Prose’. International (Zoom) Online Workshop on ‘Colorful Concepts from a Linguistic Point of View’, Ruhr University Bochum, 8 September - 10 September 2021.

 

‘Displaying Private Art Works: Ruskin’s Art of Description in Modern Painters’. International 

Association of Word and Image Studies. Focus Conference – Displaying Word and Image. (Belfast) 4 June – 6 June 2010.

 

‘The Development of Austen’s Visual Style: Northanger Abbey and Sanditon’. Annual

Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference. (Middelburg, Netherlands) 28 July – 1 August 2009.

 

‘Metaphors Through Time: John Ruskin as a Case Study. Annual Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference. (Sheffield, UK) July 2008.

 

‘John Ruskin and the Sister Arts Tradition’. English Departmental Seminar, The University of

Hong Kong. April 2006.

 

‘Fighting Tolkien’s Monster Critics – A Reassessment of Tolkien’s Literary Style in The Lord of the Rings’. Annual Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference. (New York, U.S.) July 2004.

 

Research Grant

 

2024 (Presenter) ‘The Discomfort of Similes: Metaphor and Framing in The Discomfort of Evening' (UCG/23/11) University Conference Grant (HK$15,000)

 

Academic Crossover Activities

Government Trainer 

 

Casual trainer for Cygnet Communications Limited, teaching commissioned English courses for the Civil Service College to government writers from across the HKSAR Government. Courses taught include ‘Common Errors in Official Writing’ (2022-23) and ‘Effective Writing and Editing Skills for Manager’ (2022-23)

 

Principal Researcher

 

115th-anniversary history of The Law Society of Hong Kong, 2023

 
Service to wider community

 

Adjudicator for the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups-Standard Chartered Hong Kong English Public Speaking Contest 2016-2024

 

Adjudicator for the ‘Story-telling Gala for Primary Schools’ 2015