{"id":24815,"date":"2021-08-24T15:27:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T07:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hlt.hkmu.edu.hk\/?page_id=24815"},"modified":"2025-10-04T08:54:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T00:54:35","slug":"dennischau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/hlt\/dennischau\/","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Chau"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"24815\" class=\"elementor elementor-24815\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c096fe1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c096fe1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;be9a243&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa72e9a\" data-id=\"aa72e9a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05a822b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"05a822b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/hlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/10\/CHAU-Dennis-2-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Senior Lecturer\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/hlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/10\/CHAU-Dennis-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/hlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/10\/CHAU-Dennis-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/hlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/10\/CHAU-Dennis-2.jpg 803w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36f8564\" data-id=\"36f8564\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b868f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b868f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><h3 data-fontsize=\"24\" data-lineheight=\"33\"><strong>Dennis Chau<\/strong><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><h6 style=\"font-weight: 400; 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Research Interests<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"content-container\"><ul><li><h5>Sociolinguistics<\/h5><\/li><li><h5>Digital communication<\/h5><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66c90f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66c90f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-57dce4a\" data-id=\"57dce4a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8928ce4\" data-id=\"8928ce4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bca3ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bca3ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"heading icon-left\"><strong>Staff Profile on the School&#8217;s website: &lt;<a tabindex=\"0\" title=\"staff profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/as\/people\/staff-profile\/?email=cychau&amp;unit=AS&amp;po=N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Here<\/a><\/strong><strong>&gt;<\/strong><\/h5><div class=\"heading icon-left\">Last updated: 7 Oct 2024<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis ChauBA (First Class Hons)\u00a0CUHK, MPhil\u00a0CUHK, PhD\u00a0Reading Senior Lecturer cychau@hkmu.edu.hk Teaching Areas &amp; 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