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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]
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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, .
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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.
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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.
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Zhang, L. (2018). The Chinese Notional Passive Construction under the View of Cognitive Construction Grammar. Acta Linguistica Asiatica, 8(2), 83-110. DOI:
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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.
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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/.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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)
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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


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Education & Research

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

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