Zhang, L. (in press). 先秦汉语中的反宾为主句——无常动词的滥觞 Xianqin Hanyu zhong de fanbinweizhuju: Wuchang dongci de lanshang [The ‘theme + verb’ construction in Pre-Qin Chinse: The origin of Chinese labile verbs]. In Proceedings of the 28th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-28). Provo, UT: Brigham Young University. [Manuscript]
Zhang, Liulin & Luke Amoroso. (2020). Internal and external mechanisms of Englishization: Changes in marked and unmarked Chinese passive constructions. Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación 81, 319-338, .
Zhang, Liulin. (2019). A study into the prototypicality of Chinese labile verbs. Cognitive Semantics, 5(1), 1-31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/23526416-00501001.
Zhang, Liulin. (2018). Non-salient form in Chinese as a second language instruction: Input flood of Chinese notional passive construction. Chinese as a Second Language Research, 7(2), 249-276. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/caslar-2018-0010.
Zhang, L. (2018). The Chinese Notional Passive Construction under the View of Cognitive Construction Grammar. Acta Linguistica Asiatica, 8(2), 83-110. DOI:
Zhang, Liulin. (2017). The typology of labile verbs and Chinese. In Lan Zhang (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-29) Vol. 2 (pp. 423-442). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University. Retrieved from
Zhang, L. (2017). Base-generated or movement-derived: Antecedent priming in the processing of the Chinese OSV topic sentence. Quarterly Journal of Chinese Studies, 5(1), 1-24. Available at
Zhang, L. (2017). Ergative verbs and neutral verbs in Pre-Qin Chinese through the investigation of the ‘theme + verb’ construction’. Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies R&D, 2(1). Available at http://media.wix.com/ugd/ab838c_7994d9307537410ab77baee4b6193962.pdf
Zhang, L. (2016). A character-based constructional approach to Chinese imperfective aspect markers 在zai and 着zhe. Acta Linguistica Asiatica, 6(1), 59-79. DOI: . (Click here to read)
Zhang, L., & Jiang, S. (2016). A cognitive linguistics approach to Chinese classifier teaching: An experimental study. Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 7(3), 467-475. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17507/jltr.0703.05.
Zhang, L. (2015). L1 and L2 short passive/inchoative selection of verbs in Mandarin Chinese. In H. Tao, Y.-H. Lee, D. Su, K. Tsurumi, W. Wang, & Y. Yang (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-27) Vol.1 (pp. 54-71). Los Angeles, CA: University of California, Los Angeles. Retrieved from http://naccl.osu.edu/proceedings/naccl-27/.
Ding, X. & Zhang, L. (2014). 论修饰否定副词“不/没”的“一点儿也/都” Lun xiushi fouding fuci ‘bu/mei’ de ‘yidianr ye/dou’ [On yidianr ‘ye/dou’ modifying the negative adverbs ‘bu’ or ‘mei’]. 现代语文 Xiandai Yuwen [Modern Chinese], (1), 62-65. Available at http://www.cqvip.com/QK/87478A/201401/48782873.html.
He, L., & Zhang, L. (2012). 副词“才”的语义指向及计算机识别研究 Fuci ‘cai’ de yuyizhixiang ji jisuanji shibie yanjiu [On the semantic orientation and computer identification of the Chinese adverb ‘cai’], 长江学术 Changjiang Xueshu [Yangtze River Academic], (1), 119- 124. Available at http://lib.cqvip.com/qk/88790X/201201/42346760.html.
Zhang, L. (2012). 汉语流行语的翻译策略浅析——以“给力”为例 Hanyu liuxingyu de fanyi celve qianxi: Yi ‘geili’ wei li [Analysis into the translation strategies of the Chinese meme ‘geili’]. 西南农业大学学报（哲学社会科学版） Journal of Southwest Agricultural University (Volume of Social Science), (1), 109-110. Available at http://wenku.baidu.com/view/67b3ce16c281e53a5802ffeb.html.
Zhang, L. (2012). 从文学作品中的“顽石”意象对比中西文化中禁欲的男性话语 Cong wenxue zuopin zhong de ‘wanshi’ yixiang duibi zhong xi wenhua zhong jinyu de nanxing huayu [Comparison of the discourse of gender in asceticism from the images of stone in Chinese and Western literature]. 文言 [Wenyan (Journal of College of Chinese Language and Literature, Wuhan University)], (1), 31-35. (Click here to read)
You, L., & Zhang, L. (2011). Cultural influence of Beijing Olympic Games. In Y. Tian (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth China National Convention on Sports Science (pp.365-369). Shanghai: World Academic Union.
Zhang, L. (2011). 对外汉语课堂中的流行语教学实践浅析——以“给力”为例 Duiwai hanyu ketang zhong de liuxingyu jiaoxue shijian qianxi: Yi ‘geili’ wei li [Preliminary analysis into meme teaching practicum in TCFL classroom: Take ‘geili’ as an example. 武汉大学研究生学报 [Journal of Graduate Students of Wuhan University], (3), 60-75. (Click here to read)
Zhang, L. (2011). 流行语“给力”的用法源流研究 Liuxingyu ‘geili’ de yongfa yuanliu yanjiu [Study on the evolution of the Chinese meme ‘Geili’]. 科技信息 Keji Xinxi [Science &Technology Information], (24), 123. Available at http://wenku.baidu.com/view/167ceb27453610661ed9f46d.html?re=view.

Ph.D. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2017, Chinese Language, East Asian Language and Literatures

Dissertation: Lability of verbs and the change-of-state construction in Chinese [Abstract] [Full Text]

Advisor: Dr. Song Jiang

M.A. Wuhan University, 2013, Chinese Teaching for Foreigners

Awarded the National Scholarship for M.A. students of China, 2012

Scholarly Paper: Study of time adverbs 在zai, 正zheng, and 正在zhengzai for teaching Chinese as a
foreign language

Advisor: Dr. Yingjing Zhou

B.A. Wuhan University, 2011, Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

Graduated with honors
Admitted to be a graduate student exempted from tests

Scholarly Paper: Analysis of teaching and translation about 给力geili and related structures

Advisor: Dr. Lin He

Awarded Outstanding Bachelor’s Thesis in Hubei Province of 2011

Publications

Education

Nobody is born professional.

Education & Research

Conference Presentations

Zhang, L. (August, 2019). The difficulty gradient of change-of-state events for human construal demonstrated in the expansion of Chinese framing satellites. The 15thInternational Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-15). Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan.
Zhang, L. (May, 2019). Topic-prominent versus subject-prominent: Cross-modal priming in the processing of Chinese OSV sentences.The 27thAnnual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-27). Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Kobe, Japan.
Zhang, L. (May, 2018).The Chinese notional passive construction under the view of cognitive construction grammar.The 26thAnnual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL-26). University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Zhang, L. (April, 2018). Diachrony of Chinese Marked/Unmarked Passive Distribution in the Paradigm of Language Modernization. The 30th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-30). The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Zhang, L. (June, 2017). The typology of labile verbs and Chinese. The 29th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-29). Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Zhang, L. (November, 2016). Input flood of Chinese notional passive construction: a usage-based account. 2016 ACTFL/CLTA-USA Annual Meeting. Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, MA.
Zhang, L. (October, 2016). Impact of translation on language modernization: the functional expansion of the 被bei construction in Chinese. The 5th Asia-Pacific Forum on Translation & Intercultural Studies. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI.
Zhang, L. (July, 2016). Base-generated or movement-derived: L1 and L2 processing of Chinese OSV topic sentence. The 24th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics (IACL). Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China.
Zhang, L. (May, 2016). ‘Theme + verb’ construction in Pre-Qin Chinese. The 28th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-28). Provo Marriott Hotel & Conference Center Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Zhang, L. (November, 2015). Teaching Chinese classifiers: An approach from cognitive linguistics. 2016 ACTFL/CLTA-USA Annual Meeting. San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA.
Zhang, L. (April, 2015). L1 and L2 short passive/inchoative selection of verbs in Mandarin Chinese. The 27th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-27). University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.
Zhang, L. (March, 2015). A cognitive approach to the grammatical functions of ‘laX’ structures in the Suzhou dialect. 2015 International Conference on Language Form and Function (ICLFF). Soochow University, Suzhou, China.

Awards & Fellowships

Finalist of the Annual Young Scholar Award for Best Paper in Chinese Linguistics, 27thAnnual Meeting of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies, Japan, 2019
School of Arts and Letters 2017-2018 SAL Mini Grant, to attend the 2018 North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-30)
Chung-fong and Grace Ning Chinese Studies Fund, Spring 2017, to attend the 29th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-29).
The Yao Memorial Presentation Award, 2016 ACTFL/CLTA-USA Annual Meeting, The Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA.
Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Grants & Awards Program, Spring 2016, to attend the 24th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics.
EALL Conference Travel Award, Spring 2016, to attend the 28th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-28).
Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Grants & Awards Program, Spring 2015, to attend the 27th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-27).
Chung-fong and Grace Ning Chinese Studies Fund, Spring 2015, to attend the 2015 International Conference on Language Form and Function (ICLFF).
National Scholarship for M.A. Students of China, 2012.
Second class excellent graduate scholarship in Wuhan University, 2012.
First class basic graduate scholarship in Wuhan University, 2012.
First class basic graduate scholarship in Wuhan University, 2011.
Outstanding Graduate of Wuhan University, 2011.
Outstanding Student of Wuhan University, 2010.
Second class scholarship in Wuhan University, 2010.
First class of Zhan, Shaoqi & Yin, Zhengci Scholarship, 2008.
“Triple-A” Outstanding Student of Wuhan University, 2008.
First class scholarship in Wuhan University, 2008.

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张榴琳 Liulin Zhang, Ph.D.