Contacts

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✉ iwfong@cityu.edu.mo

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Academic Qualifications 

PhD in Linguistics, The University of Hong Kong

MPhil in Modern English Language, University of Glasgow

BA (Hons) in English Studies, University of Macau

Academic Experience

Senior Lecturer        City University of Macau

Lecturer                   Macau University of Science and Technology

Assistant Professor  University of Macau

Research Area / Research Interests

Cognitive Grammar, Construction Grammar, Syntax-semantics interface, English pedagogical grammar, Chinese and English comparative study

Courses Taught

GEF001/GRF011 College English I

Professional Memberships

Linguistic Society of Macau

Recent Major Publications (recent 5 years)

Fong, Ronald (2022, June) Is knowing the constructions enough to understand modality patterns in English?, Volume 38, Issue 2, 98-105, English Today, Cambridge University Press, SSCI indexed  

Fong, Ronald (2021) A Constructional-Cognitive Analysis of the Cantonese Motion Directional Construction. In Choi Lan Tong and Io-Kei Joaquim Kuong (Eds) Crossingover: New Insights into the Dialects of Guangdong. (pp85-103) Macau: Hall de Cultura 

Fong, Ronald (2020) The Chinese Resultative Construction: a Cognitive Constructional Analysis (LINCOM Studies in Chinese Linguistics 14). LINCOM: Munchen, Germany

Fong, R. (2017). Chinese Motion-Directional Construction: A Conceptual and Cognitive Analysis. Studies in Chinese Linguistics, 38(2), 119-147. https://doi.org/10.1515/scl-2017-0006

Honors and Rewards (recent 5 years)

Merit Award, Book Category, 6th Macao Outstanding Research Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences, Macao Foundation, 2022

Second-class Award, Paper Category, 5th Macao Outstanding Research Achievements in Humanities and Social Sciences, Macao Foundation, 2018

Professional Services (recent 5 years)

Managing Editor of Journal of Chinese Linguistics (SSCI) （March 2023 - December 2025).

Provide workshops and teacher training for local schools and review school curricula

Review articles for academic journals and book proposals for publishers