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Professor Hutton, Christopher Mark

Title:
Professor, Chair of English
Professor
Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts

Faculty:

Biography

Chris Hutton's research focuses on political issues in language and linguistics. At present he is investigating the links between linguistic theory and race theory, and the history of race theory, following on from his 1999 study of linguistics and ideology in Nazi Germany, Linguistics and the Third Reich (Routledge). In addition to this interest in the history and politics of Western linguistics, Chris Hutton is pursuing various projects at the intersection of linguistics, law and intellectual history. He is a core member of HKU's Emerging Strategic Research Theme 'Law, Literature, Language'. The focus in this work is on issues of legal definition and classification. Recent publications include Race and the Third Reich (2005), Definition in Theory and Practice (with Roy Harris, 2007), Language, Meaning and the Law (Edinburgh, 2009), and Word Meaning and Legal Interpretation: An Introductory Guide (Palgrave, 2014). Under preparation is a book-length study of the history of the concept 'Aryan'.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2005-07-01Research Output Prize, Faculty of Arts, the University of Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
2000-presentMemberStudiengesellschaft für die Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft
06.1998-presentExecutive Committee MemberInternational Association for the Integrational Study of Language and Communication
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Area of Expertise:
Area of Expertise (EN)Area of Expertise (ZH)
Sociology of language
Sociolinguistics
Semiotics
Semantics
Philosophy of linguistics
Language and the law
Criminological linguistics (triad studies)
Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
English, German英語、德語
Written Languages:
Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English英文
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