1 September 2017 (Friday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, talks about the origin of the word “typhoon”, in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“A closer look shows ‘typhoon’ may not have originated from Chinese after all”

Please click on the following link for the complete article:

http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2109164/hong-kong-braces-mawar-find-out-where-word-typhoon-came

Source: SCMP