Prof. Tang Sze-wing received his BA and MPhil degrees from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He then obtained his PhD degree from University of California, Irvine. Professor Tang is currently an associate professor in the CUHK Department of Chinese Language and Literature, and concurrently the director of Research Centre for Cantonese, Chinese Language Teaching Development Centre; and associate director of T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre, Institute of Chinese Studies. His research interests lie primarily in Chinese grammar and comparative study of Chinese dialects.