Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Discusses How Asian Weight Measurements entered the English Language

18 January 2018 (Friday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, : Dr Lisa Lim discusses how Asian weight measurements entered the English language, in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“Measures of weight taken from Malay and Javanese and in wide use in East Asia were adopted by early European settlers and passed into English, giving the language caddy – a box for holding tea”

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http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2129495/asian-weight-measurements-leave-mark-english-language

Source: SCMP

Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Shares her Views on how Braille Remains a Boon to Visually Impaired Chinese Readers

5 January 2018 (Friday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, : Dr Lisa Lim shares her views on how Louis Braille’s 19th-century invention remains a boon to visually impaired Chinese readers, in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“Grateful world celebrates blind Frenchman’s sophisticated and life-changing code”

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http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2126844/louis-brailles-19th-century-invention-remains-boon-visually

Source: SCMP