William S.-Y. Wang 王士元 Election Year 1992 Dept. of Chinese and Bilingual Studies,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Current Positions
Chair Professor of Language and Cognitive Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan (1960)
Professional Experience
Professor of Linguistics, University of California at Berkeley (1965-1994)
Professor of Graduate School, University of California at Berkeley, U.S.A. (1995-2002)
Specialties
Linguistics, Evolution of Cognition
Awards and Honors
Fellowships from A.C.L.S., Fulbright Program, Guggenheim Foundation
International Institute for Advanced Studies (Kyoto)
Center for Advanced Studies (Stanford) (1969, 1983)
Center for Advanced Studies (Bellagio, Italy)
National Professor (Sweden)
Academician, Academia Sinica (1992)
Honorary Professor: Peking University, Beijing University of Language and Culture, Nanjing Normal University, Huaqiao University (Xiamen), City University of Hong Kong, Macau University of Science and Technology
Lifetime Achievement Award in Anthropology, Shanghai Society of Anthropology (2017)
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Chicago (2018)
Fellow, Linguistic Society of America (2023)
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humanities honoris causa, University of Macau (2023)
Lifetime Achievement Award, Yuen Ren Chao Prize in Language Sciences (2024)