Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Talks About Where the Cockatoo Got Its Name from

11 December 2017 (Monday)

10 December 2017 (Sunday) – online

Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, talks about where the cockatoo got its name from, in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters.

“The name of the bird, one species of which is often spotted in Hong Kong, comes from Malay via Dutch”

Please click on the following link for the complete article:

http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/2123331/where-cockatoo-got-its-name-not-english-cock

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