Principal

Biodata Chen XIanglan

Chen Xianglan，PhD，has worked as an Associate Professor at University of International Business and Economics after finishing her post-doctoral program at Peking University in 2008. Her main research area is cognitive linguistics and inferential pragmatics. She has been the head of seven research projects, four of which are on metonymic mechanism. One of the projects has been financed by the National Post Doctor Association (20070420267) and other three are associated with the National Elementary Education for Foreign Languages Teaching and Research (JJWYYB2006033). She has published more than 20 papers most of which are on metonymy. More than half of them have appeared in the core journals in China such as Foreign Languages Research, Foreign Languages and their Teaching, Modern Foreign Languages,and so on.

She has presented her research papers on different occasions, among them the 10th International Cognitive Linguistic Conference in Krakow, Poland, 2007, and the 40th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, in Joensuu, Finland, 2007. She has been a keynote speaker in China at the First International Cognitive Semantic Conference in Hunan, 2006, at the conference on Cognitive Grammar in Sichuan, 2007, and at the Symposium on Cognitive Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching in Hangzhou, 2008.

She has co-authored or co-edited a number of books including English Listening for College Entrance Examination (Higher Education Electric and Audiovisual Publishing House 2001), Entrance Examination Directions and Practice for 2003 MA Students (World Books Publishing House, 2002), English Directions and Practice for Entrance Examination (Beijing Education Press 2002), English Explanation and Practice for Grade One in High Middle School (book 1) (Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press, 2006), English Explanation and Practice for Grade One in High Middle School (book 2)(Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press, 2006).


A sample of publications

Articles

  • Chen Xianglan. 1999. How to treat mistakes in EFL class. Journal of XinZhou Teachers’Training University(1)23-29.
  • Chen Xianglan. 2000. Bickerton’s off-line thought and his theory. Journal of Liaoning Normal University(4)16-23.
  • Chen Xianglan. 2002. Explanation to superstition from linguistic philosophy. Journal of XinZhou Teachers’Training University(2)34-39.
  • Chen Xianglan. 2003. Cohesion and coherence. Journal of XinZhou Teachers’Training University(2)32-39.
  • Chen Xianglan. 2004. Study of functionalism. Journal of Foreign Languages Research(5)21-27.
  • Chen Xianglan. 2005a. Saussure and the foundation of structuralism. Journal of Taiyuan University(2)25-31.
  • Chen Xianglan. 2005b. Metonymy: from “trope” to mental mechanism. Journal of Foreign Languages and Their Teaching (8)18-25.
  • Chen Xianglan. 2005c. Introduction and comments to Metonymy, Grammar and Communication. Journal of Modern Foreign Languages (4)43-52.
  • Chen Xianglan, Zhouliuxi.2007a. Metonymy and anaphoric reference. Foreign Languages and Their Teaching(2)1-10.
  • Chen Xianglan. 2007b. Comparison between parody and metonymy on the conceptual level. Foreign Language Research (5).
  • Chen Xianglan. 2007c. Inferencing studied from a cognitive perspective. Journal of Foreign Languages Research (5).
  • Chen Xianglan. 2008a. High-level metonymy. Foreign Language and Teaching Research (6).
  • Chen Xianglan. 2008b. Metonymic matrix domains.Foreign Language Research (5).
  • Chen Xianglan. 2008c. Indirect speech act type transitions and metonymic thinking. Foreign Languages and Their Teaching (1).
  • Chen Xianglan,Shentujing.2008d. The matrix domain view of metonymy. Journal of Foreign Languages (2).
  • Chen Xianglan. 2009. Multiple formations of metonymy thinking operation.Foreign Language Research (1).
  • Chen Xianglan & Shendan..Construction and situation: metonymic constraints on the What’s X doing Y? construction; forthcoming.


Books

  • Chen Xianglan. High-level Metonymy and Language Understanding. Forthcoming. Peking University Press.
  • Chen Xianglan. Metonymy and Pragmatic Inferencing Forthcoming. Peking University Press.

Book Chapters

  • Chen Xianglan. 2002. Improving Writing by Combining Reading. In LiYuee (eds.)Foreign Languages Teaching and Research. Beijing: Chinese Social Science Publishing House. PP.250-258.
  • Chen Xianglan. 2004. Analysis and Comparison on Text Books for Middle School. In Zhou Liuxi.(eds.) Foreign Language Teaching. HongKong: HuaRen Publishing House.PP. 156-163.


Contact Information

ChenXianglan
School of International Studies,
University of International Business and Economics,
Beijing,China
Tel: 86-10-62522328
Post Code: 100029 

Email: cxl617@126.com