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Dr. GERNER Matthias (馬嘉思)
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MA in Linguistics (University Paris 3/France)
PhD in Linguistics (La Trobe University/Australia)
Habilitation/Post-Doc in Linguistics (University of Mainz/Germany)
MA, PhD in Mathematics (University Paris 7/France)
MA in Theology (Faculte Evangelique de Vaux-sur-Seine/France)

Matthias Gerner studied and researched at several institutions in Paris (France), Beijing (China), Melbourne (Australia), Mainz (Germany). He has published three books and numerous research articles on linguistic as well as on mathematical topics in a wide range of journals. His current research interests focus mainly on describing extreme properties of isolating languages from the perspective of general theories in syntax and semantics.

Research Interests
Descriptive and Areal Linguistics of SW Chinese minority languages
Syntax and Semantics
Pragmatics, Grammaticalization and Lexicalization
Typology

Teaching Interests
Semantics
Pragmatics
Syntax
Typology

 
Personal website:
http://www3.ctl.cityu.edu.hk/~mgerner/
 
Office: B7606
Telephone: (852) 3442 7586
Email: mgerner@cityu.edu.hk
Fax: (852) 3442 0359
 
Last updated: 24 February 2009