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Robin Sackmann, MA, Dr phil
School director

DSLC — Dr. Sackmann's Language Education Centre

Postal address:
Unit 603, 6/F Wealth Commercial Centre,
48 Kwong Wa Street, Mongkok, HONG KONG

Email: robin.sackmann@fu-berlin.de

Curriculum vitae

1962	Born in Einbeck, Lower Saxony (Germany)
1983–85	Studied sinology at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)
1985–86	Instructor for German (Jilin Technical University, Changchun, P.R. China)
1986–87	Studied Chinese linguistics (Fudan University Shanghai, P.R. China)
1987–88	Instructor for German (Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China)
1988–89	Instructor for German (Goethe Institute, Hong Kong)
1990–98	Studied linguistics, sinology, and computer science at the Freie Universität Berlin
1998	M.A. ("Measures in Mandarin Chinese: Their morphosyntactic status")
1999/2000	(winter semester) Organizer of the lecture series LiMo — Linguistics on Monday at the Freie Universität Berlin (with Peter Siemund)
1999–2004	Research and teaching assistant in linguistics at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)
2004	Obtained the degree of Dr. phil. at the Freie Universität Berlin (Thesis title: Numeratives: the syntax and semantics of classifiers and measures in Mandarin Chinese)
2005	Started work on the Habilitation (postdoctoral) thesis A general theory of classifier languages
2005–12	Teacher of German as a foreign language at the Goethe-Institut Hong Kong
2012–18	Honorary Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong
2012	Founded the language school DSLC — Dr. Sackmann's Language Education Centre in Hong Kong
	Founder and editor of the book series Studies in Integrational Linguistics

Invited teaching

2000	Sokrates short-term lecturer at the Institute of Linguistics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland (28.11.–8.12.2000)
2001	Visiting lecturer for general linguistics at the Myanmar (Burmese) Department, University of Yangon (Rangoon), Burma (1.9.–31.12.2001)
2002	Visiting lecturer for general linguistics at the Myanmar (Burmese) Department, University of Yangon (Rangoon), Burma (1.–30.9.2002)

Main fields of activity

`•`	Application and development of Integrational Linguistics
`•`	Grammar of Modern Chinese
`•`	Typological studies on classifier languages
`•`	Organization of descriptive studies within the framework of Integrational Linguistics and their publication

Current research projects

`•`	Syntax and semantics of numeratives (measures and classifiers) and numerative constructions in Mandarin Chinese
`•`	Theoretical issues for a typology of classifier languages
`•`	Theoretical foundations of linguistic typology

Membership in academic societies

`•`	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS)
`•`	Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT)
`•`	International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL)
`•`	European Association of Chinese Linguistics (EACL)
`•`	European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS)

List of publications

1996a

"The problem of 'adjectives' in Mandarin Chinese". In: Robin Sackmann (ed.). 1996b. 257–275.

1996b (ed.)

Theoretical linguistics and grammatical description: Papers in honour of Hans-Heinrich Lieb on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: Benjamins. (= Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 138).

1999

"The problem of 'adjectives' in Mandarin Chinese". In: Jerzy Bańczerowski, and Tadeusz Zgółka (eds). Linguam amicabilem facere: Ludovico Zabrocki in memoriam. Proceedings of the conference "At the Foundations of Language Structure and Development", Poznań, 9./10.12.1996. 139–155. [= (1996a)].

2000

"Numeratives in Mandarin Chinese". In: Petra M. Vogel, and Bernard Comrie (eds). Approaches to the typology of word classes. Berlin; New York: Mouton de Gruyter. (= Empirical Approaches to Language Typology 23). 421–477.

► ABSTRACT

2001

Einige Grundbegriffe der Mengenlehre. (Author's edition).

2004

Numeratives: the syntax and semantics of classifiers and measures in Mandarin Chinese. Doct. diss., Freie Universität Berlin. [Published on microfiche].

2005

"Chao Yuen Ren". In: Strazny, Philipp (ed.). Encyclopedia of linguistics. New York: Routledge. Vol. 1. 187–189.

2006

"Integrational Linguistics (IL)". In: Keith Brown (ed.-in-chief). Encyclopedia of language and linguistics. 2nd edition. Oxford: Elsevier. Vol. 5. 704–713.

2008a

"An introduction to Integrational Linguistics". In: Robin Sackmann (ed.). 2008b. 1–20. [Reprint of Sackmann, R. (2006), slightly updated].

2008b (ed.)

Explorations in Integrational Linguistics: four essays on German, French, and Guaraní. (Studies in Integrational Linguistics, 1).. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: Benjamins. (= Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 285).

in prep. a

"The so-called 'plural marker' men in Mandarin Chinese: morphology, syntax and semantics".

in prep. b

"The identification of word forms in an isolating language: The case of numeratives in Mandarin Chinese". In: Robin Sackmann (ed.). in prep. e.

in prep. c

Numeratives: the syntax and semantics of classifiers and measures in Mandarin Chinese. Studies in Integrational Linguistics 2. Amsterdam; Philadelphia: Benjamins. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory).

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1989

耳证人 : 五十种性格。卡内蒂著。沙儒彬 (Robin Sackmann) 罗丹霞译。北京 : 三联书店, 1989。(文化生活译丛 31)。 [= Chinese translation of: Elias Canetti, Der Ohrenzeuge: Fünfzig Charaktere. Beijing: Joint Publ. Co., 1989.]

Lectures & conference presentations

(Invited lectures are marked by *.)

1996*	"Das Problem des 'Adjektivs' im modernen Standardchinesischen". Conference Grundlagen der Struktur und Entwicklung der Sprache in honour of Professor Ludwik Zabrocki, Poznań (Poland), 9.–10.12.1996.
1998*	"The syntax and semantics of numeral classifiers in Mandarin Chinese". 12th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Chinese Studies (EACS), Edinburgh, 10.–13.9.1998.
1999a	"The syntactic structure of numerative expressions in Mandarin Chinese". First Meeting of the European Association of Chinese Linguistics (EACL), Paris, 10.–11.6.1999.
1999b	"Die Syntax von Numerativausdrücken im Chinesischen". LiMo (Linguistik am Montag), Freie Universität Berlin, 5.7.1999.
1999c*	"Die Syntax von Numerativausdrücken im Chinesischen". Linguistisches Colloquium, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 6.7.1999.
1999d*	"Die Numerative im Wortartensystem des Chinesischen". Linguistisches Colloquium, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 26.10.1999.
2000a	"Numerative und Numerativkonstruktionen im Chinesischen". 22nd Annual Meeting of the German Society for Linguistics (DGfS), Marburg (Germany), 1.–3.3.2000.
2000b	"The syntactic structure of numerative expressions in Mandarin Chinese". Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland), 8.12.2000.
2004	"Zur Semantik der Numerative und Numerativausdrücke". Lecture series, Forum Integrative Sprachwissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin. Part 1: "Substantiv- und Numerativbedeutungen" (26.4./10.5./24.5./21.6.2004). Part 2: "Bedeutungskomposition" (5.7.2004).
2005*	"The syntax and semantics of numerative expressions". Departmental Seminar Series, Department of Linguistics, The University of Hong Kong, 19.4.2005.
2006*	"The semantics of numeral classifiers". Variation and Change of Classifier Usage in Written Language and Spoken Language, meeting of COST Action A31 "Stability and adaption of classification systems in a cross-cultural perspective", Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Seminar für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte Nordostafrikas, 17.–19.11.2006.
2012*	"A short introduction to Integrational Linguistics". Department of Myanmar, Taungoo University, Burma, 27.12.2012.

Courses taught

Winter	1999/2000	Introduction to the Study of Linguistics	FU Berlin
		Introduction to Linguistic Description	FU Berlin
Summer	2000	Introduction to Syntax	FU Berlin
Winter	2000/2001	Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Introduction to Linguistic Description	FU Berlin
		Introduction to Integrational Syntax	Poznań (Poland)
Summer	2001	Introduction to Morphology	FU Berlin
Winter	2001	Set-theoretical prerequisites for a theory of language	Rangoon (Burma)
		Integrational Syntax: the theory and its application to Modern Myanmar	Rangoon (Burma)
		Introduction to Integrational Semantics	Rangoon (Burma)
Summer	2002	Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Introduction to Linguistic Description	FU Berlin
		Introduction to Integrational Linguistics	Rangoon (Burma)
		Integrational Syntax	Rangoon (Burma)
Winter	2002/2003	Introduction to Lexical Semantics	FU Berlin
Winter	2003/2004	Introduction to the Study of Linguistics and Introduction to Linguistic Description	FU Berlin
Winter	2012/2013	Postgraduate course Lexical Semantics	Hong Kong U
Summer	2013	Postgraduate course Syntactic Semantics	Hong Kong U