Dr. CHEUNG Ka-yee Marjorie
Senior Lecturer
Event Coordinator of English Language Centre
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
Research Interests
Stylistics and literary linguistics
Corpus linguistics
19th-century writing
Contemporary literature
Selected 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‘John Ruskin and the Art of Word Painting’ [Unpublished doctoral dissertation].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‘A Stylistics Approach to J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings’ [Unpublished master’s dissertation].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
‘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.
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’ (2022-2023) and ‘Effective Writing and Editing Skills for Manager’ (2022-2023)
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 2016-2022
Adjudicator for the ‘Story-telling Gala for Primary Schools’ 2015
