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    Distinguished lectures in humanities : gesture, metaphor, and spatial language

    Distinguished lectures in humanities : gesture, metaphor, and spatial language

    I will discuss how co-speech (i.e., speech-accompanying) gestures relate to language and conceptualisation underlying language. I will focus on “representational gestures”, which can depict motion, action, and shape or can indicate locations. I will provide evidence for the following two points. Various aspects of language shape co-speech gestures. Conversely, the way we produce co-speech gestures can shape language. I will discuss these issues in relation to manner and path in motion event descriptions, clause-linkage types in complex event descriptions, and metaphor. I will conclude that gesture and language are parts of a "conceptualisation engine”, which takes advantage of unique strengths of spatio-motoric representation and linguistic representation.
    Event date: 26/02/2024
    Speaker: Prof. Sotaro Kita (University of Warwick)
    Hosted by: Faculty of Humanities

    Subjects:
    Language and Languages
    Keywords:
    Nonverbal communication Language languages Gesture
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    PAIR distinguished lecture series: biomanufacturing of functional tissues and organs: exploration and progress

    PAIR distinguished lecture series: biomanufacturing of functional tissues and organs: exploration and progress

    The lecture commenced with a warm welcome address by Prof. CHEN Qingyan, Director of PAIR, followed by a brief speaker introduction by Prof. WANG Zuankai, Associate Vice President (Research and Innovation) of PolyU. In his presentation, Prof. Yang highlighted that urgent need for tissue/organ biomanufacturing owing to the shortage of donation for organ transplantation. He pointed out some challenges in the in vitro manufacturing of tissues/organs, particularly in relation to accurate design, precise fabrication, and functional induction, which underscore the imperative need for new methods for tissue/organ manufacturing. Next, Prof. Yang outlined the development roadmap of biomanufacturing and shared specific examples demonstrating the research progress in 3D bioprinting. In concluding his presentation, Prof. Yang shared his insights on the future direction for biomanufacturing, as well as some significant accomplishments by him and his team at Zhejiang University in the field.
    A question-and-answer session moderated by Prof. Wang was followed. Both the online and on-site audience had a fruitful discussion with Prof. Yang.
    Event date: 2/1/2024
    Speaker: Prof. Huayong Yang (Zhejiang University)
    Moderator: Prof. Zuankai Wang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
    Hosted by: PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research

    Subjects:
    Biomedical Engineering and Biology
    Keywords:
    Biomedical engineering Tissue engineering Regenerative medicine Three-dimensional printing
    Resource Type:
    Video