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Yang Xinzhang
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 Academic Degree::

MA

 

 Academic Rank:

Professor

 Gender

Male

 Email:

xzyang@xmu.edu.cn

 Courses Taught:

Modern Linguistics, Introduction to Linguistics, Functional Grammar, Discourse Analysis and Translation, Selected Readings in Linguistics, Special Topics in Linguistics, Functional Linguistics, Studies in Text Analysis

 Research Interests:

Functional Linguistics;Discourse Analysis

 Professional Experience:

1983-present, College of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xiamen University

 Educational Background:

 1979- 1983, BA, Xiamen University

1988-1990, MA, University of Sydney

 Publications:

Prof Yang has published both at home and abroad 27 books and more than 80 articles on linguistics, text analysis and language teaching, among which are:

  1.  Functions of language in English novels (1992), Foreign Languages.

 2. Saussure's arbitrary theory of linguistic sign (1994), Foreign Languages.

 3. Saussure's theory of langue and parole (1996), Shandong Foreign Languages Journal.

 4. Two interpretations of metaphor (1998), Foreign Languages and Their Teaching

5. Review of Margaret Berry et al. edsMeaning and Form: Systemic functional interpretation (1999), Word.

6. Charles C. Fries’ theory of linguistic communication and signal grammar (2000), Foreign Languages.

 7. A Dictionary of English Phrases and Idioms with Examples (2002), Xiamen University Press.  

 8. Construal and context in discourse (2003), Evaluative devices in text (2003), Foreign Language Teaching and Research.

 9. Introduction to Linguistics (2005), Higher Education Press.  

 10. English modal devices and text types (2006), Foreign Languages and Their Teaching

 11. A small-corpus-based approach to the role of nominalization in styles (2006), Computer-assisted Foreign Language Education.

 12. Comment adjuncts in English academic texts (2006), Foreign Languages and Their Teaching

 13. Metadiscourse and Language Functions (2007), Foreign Language Education.

 14. English Lexicology: A Coursebook (2009), Higher Education Press.

 15. Multimodal discourse analysis and systemic functional linguistics (2009), Foreign Language Education.  

 16. The various approaches to lexis (2011), Foreign Languages in China.  

 17. Lexicogrammar of English Science Text and Popular Science Text (2011), Foreign Language Education.  

 18. Studies in Discourse and Text: Theories and Methods (2013), Foreign Languages in China.  

19. The Linguistic Features of Knowledge Construction in Chemistry Textbooks (2017). in Jonathan J. Webster and Peng Xuanwei eds. Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics: The State of the Art in China Today. London and New York: Bloomsbury.

 Research Projects:

Prof Yang has undertaken 14 research projects, among which are two projects from National Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science, two from MOE and two from Fujian Research Projects for Social Sciences.


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