【Macao Humanities Forum】Saying no without ‘no’. Other faces of negation – Prof. Ana Maria Martins from University of Lisbon (1 Smart Point & 15 CS)

【鏡海人文論壇】說不而不用“不”:語言表達否定的多種方式 – 里斯本大學文學院Ana Maria Martins教授 (1粒至叻星及15個CS)

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We are delighted to invite you to the 4th Lecture of the FAH Macao Humanities Forum (2025/2026) scheduled on 13 April 2026. The forum provides a platform for world-renowned scholars from diverse humanities fields to share their academic and research outcomes with FAH community and other UM scholars. All members of UM community are cordially invited to this splendid event.

In the upcoming forum, we are honored to have Professor Ana Maria Martins as our guest speaker to deliver a lecture on “Saying no without ‘no’. Other faces of negation”. Professor Martins is Professor and Chairperson of the School Council at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. She is also a Researcher at its Center of Linguistics, with research covering topics such as word order, clitics, negation, emphatic polarity, infinitival structures, passive and impersonal constructions.

Details of the forum are as below:

Speaker: Professor Ana Maria Martins

Topic: Saying no without ‘no’. Other faces of negation

Date: 13 April 2026 (Mon)

Time: 14:00 – 15:30

Venue: E21A-G049 

Language: English (with onsite simultaneous interpretation into Mandarin)

*Light refreshments will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

Please register for the forum by 9 April 2026 (Thur) via https://umac.questionpro.com.au/t/ARuLQZSBPR.

 

鏡海人文論壇(2025/2026)第四講將於2026年4月13日舉行。本論壇旨在定期邀請來自不同人文領域的世界知名學者,與學院師生分享最新研究成果。我們誠摯邀請澳大同仁參與本次精彩活動。

在本次論壇中,我們十分榮幸邀請到Ana Maria Martins教授擔任主講嘉賓,為我們帶來題為「說不而不用“不”:語言表達否定的多種方式」的演講。教授現為里斯本大學文學院教授,並擔任該院院務委員會主席及該校語言學中心(Linguistics Center)之研究員。其研究多採取理論語言學、比較語言學及歷語言學角度,深入分析詞序、黏著詞(clitics)、否定、強調極項(emphatic polarity)、非限定動詞結構、被動式與非人稱結構等主題。

論壇詳情如下:

主講者:Ana Maria Martins教授

主題:說不而不用語言表達否定的多種方式

日期:2026年4月13日(星期一)

時間:14:00 – 15:30

地點:E21A-G049

語言:英語(現場輔以普通話即時傳譯)

本次論壇將提供輕便茶點,數量有限,先到先得。

 

歡迎有興趣參與的同事及學生於2026年4月9日(星期四)或之前透過以下鏈接報名:https://umac.questionpro.com.au/t/ARuLQZSBPR