Kevin Tang |
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BA in Engineering (Cantab), ME...
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Education
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Oct 2011–
Jul 2015University College London
Linguistics · MPhil/PhD in LinguisticsUnited Kingdom · London -
Sep 2010–
Jul 2011University College London
Linguistics · MA in LinguisticsUnited Kingdom · London -
Sep 2009–
Jul 2010University of Cambridge
Engineering · MEng. in Engineering (Cantab)United Kingdom · Cambridge -
Sep 2006–
Jul 2009University of Cambridge
Engineering · BA in Engineering (Cantab)United Kingdom · Cambridge
Awards & achievements
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Oct 2011Scholarship: Arts and Humanities Research Council. M.Phil./Ph.D. Studentship: M.Phil./Ph.D. in Linguistics at University College London
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Feb 2011Grant: Teaching Innovation Grant, University College London, London. As part of a small interdisciplinary university-wide team, secured a small grant of £2,377.50 to develop and implement the use of the peer-assisted learning package, PeerWise.
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Jul 2009Grant: 2009. £500. Cambridge University Language Centre. Bursaries for Science and Medical Students for Language Courses Abroad: Summer Intensive Course for Modern Greek at University of Cyprus
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Jan 2009Award: The Institution of Engineering and Technology. The IET Innovation Award, Finalist: Gap year project: Automatic Testing of Novel High Resolution X-ray Optics Using Matlab (worth £20000 p.a.)
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Feb 2006Award: The Year In Industry Contribution to Business Award, Finalist: Gap year project
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Sep 2005Scholarship: £4000. The Institution of Engineering and Technology. The IET Fuse Scholarship: University
Other
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LanguagesCantonese (Native)
English (Fluent)
Mandarin (Fluent)
Modern Greek (Intermediate)
Spanish (Beginner) -
Scientific MembershipsIEEE
Questions and Answers (1) View all
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Answer added in Applied Linguistics301 Are there any languages that appear to have no grammar?By Frank Bandach · Chief Scientist, IntrullectKevin Tang · University College LondonI don't think so, but you could get languages that have "poor/unstable" grammar such as pidgins, due to the fact that the speakers' L1 could well be v... [more]I don't think so, but you could get languages that have "poor/unstable" grammar such as pidgins, due to the fact that the speakers' L1 could well be very different from each others'. But every speaker's version of their pidgin would be affected by their L1 grammar, so there is still grammar.Following