Andrew Goatly is an English language professor at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. He has taught Linguistics in colleges and universities in the United Kingdom, Rwanda, Thailand, and Singapore. He is the author of The Language of Metaphors and Critical Reading and Writing: An Introductory Coursebook. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... Lingnan University can refer to two separate establishments: Lingnan University (Hong Kong) - a university in Hong Kong Lingnan University (Guangzhou) - a university in Guangzhou province in China This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Linguistics is the scientific study of language, which can be theoretical or applied. ...