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Name in Chinese
何雅文
Biography
Janet Ho joined the Department of English at Lingnan University in 2014. Prior to that she worked for several years at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The Open University of Hong Kong. She was a Visiting Study Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Research in English, University of Birmingham, in 2010. She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2013. The same year, she completed her Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA) in Krakow.
Her current research interests lie in metaphor studies, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, and English language teaching. Her recent publications have appeared in reputed journals including English for Specific Purposes, Journal of Pragmatics and Text & Talk.
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Exploring the online empowerment: a linguistic analysis
HO, J. (PI)
1/05/24 → 30/04/25
Project: Grant Research
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The Discursive Representation of Africans in Chinese Social Media Contexts
HO, J. (PI)
1/11/22 → 31/10/23
Project: Grant Research
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Reducing the linguistic prejudice towards migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong
HO, J. (PI)
1/06/22 → 31/07/23
Project: Other Knowledge Transfer
Research output
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Linguistic hostility, social exclusion, and the agency of African migrants in Hong Kong
GU, J. & HO, J., 3 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Language in Society. 24 p.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
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The Construction and Negotiation of Africanness and Blackness in the Chinese Social Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis
GU, J. & HO, J., 23 May 2024.Research output: Other Conference Contributions › Presentation
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#FleeingWuhan : Legitimation and Delegitimation Strategies in Hostile Online Discourse
HO, J., 1 May 2023, In: Applied Linguistics. 44, 3, p. 391-419 29 p., amac061.Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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LU Research & Knowledge Transfer Fund Award 2021 (RGC/PICO Grant)
HO, J. (Recipient), Apr 2021
Prize: Prize (CDCF)
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Are Hong Kong people bad employers? Evidence from social and news media
SEWELL, A. (Speaker) & HO, J. (Speaker)
24 May 2024Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
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Fleeing lockdown in the time of Corona: Animal metaphors and dehumanisation in virtual space
HO, J. (Speaker)
22 Oct 2021Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
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No Gain Without Pain? Discursive Representation of Foreign Domestic Helpers in Online Discourse
HO, J. (Speaker) & DU, C. (Moderator)
26 Apr 2021Activity: Talks or Presentations › Other Invited Talks or Presentations
Press/Media
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Hong Kong’s migrant domestic workers unfairly represented in media, research finds
15/11/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer
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嶺大研究指本地中文傳媒對外籍家庭傭工受虐待事件作不公平報道
14/11/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer
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Helpers at wrong end of stories
14/11/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research / Knowledge Transfer