Welcome to my homepage. My name is CHOW Ka Fat, or Ka-fat CHOW, following the Western habit of placing the family name at the back of one's name. At present, I hold five degrees. The latest one is a PhD degree for which I have done some research on linguistics. Apart from linguistics, I am also interested in history and mathematics as well as an enthusiast of the Mastermind game and Supercube (a variant of Rubik's Cube). Here you can find the links to two chronologies compiled by me and my Mastermind and Supercube websites as well as the materials of some of my academic presentations in English. I also maintain a Chinese homepage. If you can read Chinese, you may visit my Chinese homepage which includes some of my essays on history, mathematics and linguistics. Hope that you love this site.

LINKS

DEGREES

DegreeInstitutionYear of Award
Bachelor of Social Science
Chinese University of Hong Kong
1989
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Mathematics
Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong
1995
Master of Science in Applied Mathematics
City University of Hong Kong
1999
Master of Arts in Chinese Linguistics
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2007
Doctor of Philosophy
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2012

AWARD

AwardInstitution / OrganisationYear of Award
Outstanding Thesis Award (M.A.)
Linguistic Society of Hong Kong
2007

SOME OF MY ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH

DateVenueEventTitleMaterial
2008.3.29
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
First Faculty of Communication Postgraduate Research Symposium 2008
Squares of opposition and dual inferences
Abstract
2009.11.29
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Fifth International Conference on Contemporary Chinese Grammar
Subjective Quantity
Abstract
2010.4.26
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Third Postgraduate Research Symposium: Language and Cultural Studies in the Pearl River Delta
A Quasi-Self-Dual Interpretation of Negative Raising
Abstract
2010.6.17
University of Corsica
Second World Congress on the Square of Opposition
General Patterns of Opposition Squares and 2n-gons
Abstract

Slides
2011.5.14
City University of Hong Kong
The 7th LSHK Postgraduate Research Forum on Linguistics
Opposition Inferences and Scalar Implicatures
Abstract
2011.10.11
Sun Yat-sen University
The Third International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI-III)
A Semantic Model for Vague Quantifiers Combining Fuzzy Theory and Supervaluation Theory
Paper and Slides
2011.12.6
Sun Yat-sen University
The 2011 International Conference on Non-classical Modal and Predicate Logics (NCMPL 2011)
A Bilattice-based GQT Framework for Interrogatives and Interrogative Inferences
Paper
2011.12.19
University of Amsterdam
18th Amsterdam Colloquium 2011
Generalizing Monotonicity Inferences to Opposition Inferences
Paper
2012.12.1
Hong Kong Institute of Education
Linguistic Society of Hong Kong 2012 Annual Research Forum
Two Contrastive Meanings of Cantonese "dou1"
Abstract
2013.9.16
Sun Yat-sen University
The 13th Asian Logic Conference
Opposition Inferences and Generalized Quantifiers
Abstract
2013.11.30
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Linguistic Society of Hong Kong 2013 Annual Research Forum
Scalar Model and Maximizers/Minimizers
Abstract
2014.12.6
City University of Hong Kong
Linguistic Society of Hong Kong 2014 Annual Research Forum
Scalar Model and Chinese Climax Constructions
Abstract
2017.12.2
Hong Kong Baptist University
Linguistic Society of Hong Kong 2017 Annual Research Forum
Reconciling Inquisitive Semantics and Generalized Quantifier Theory
Abstract
2018.11.12
Keio University (Hiyoshi Campus)
Logic and Engineering of Natural Language Semantics 15
Reconciling Inquisitive Semantics and Generalized Quantifier Theory
Paper
2023.11.19
Osaka University (Nakanoshima Center)
Logic and Engineering of Natural Language Semantics 20
Internal Reading and Reciprocity
Abstract

RESEARCH OUTPUT


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