Shanghai International Studies University

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with Shanghai International Studies University*

Titles

Language, Culture and Identity: Signs of life

Edited by Vera da Silva Sinha, Ana Moreno-Núñez & Zhen Tian

Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Cognition and language | Discourse studies | Narrative Studies | Pragmatics

[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts, 13] 2020. | edited volume

Cognitive Linguistics and the Study of Chinese

Edited by Dingfang Shu, Hui Zhang & Lifei Zhang

Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Psycholinguistics | Sino-Tibetan languages | Theoretical linguistics

[Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 67] 2019. | edited volume

Zhong, Chen & Fan Like 2026 Cognitive mechanisms in Chinese and English diagonal direction compounds encoding order: The competition between cognitive style and stability-identifiability interplay

Keywords: encoding order | figure-ground | stability | differentiation | egocentric style | object-centered style

Review of Cognitive Linguistics | Online First Publication, 23 pp. | article

Shi, Yaqian & Lei Lei 2026 National citizens in a sanitized vision of global economy in Japanese ELT textbooks

Keywords: neoliberalism | nationalism | consumerism | multimodal critical discourse analysis | Japanese ELT textbooks

Journal of Language and Politics | Online First Publication, 20 pp. | article

Machin, David, Lili Zhang & Christopher A. Smith 2026 Representing societies in language teaching textbooks: Localized ideologies in language learning materials

Keywords: textbooks | ideology | multimodality | critical discourse analysis | language learning

Journal of Language and Politics | Online First Publication, 23 pp. | article

Afzaal, Muhammad & Waqar Ali Shah 2026 The singular “national citizen” in English language textbooks in Pakistan: A multimodal critical discourse approach

Keywords: EFL textbooks | Pakistan | nationalism | multimodality | critical discourse analysis

Journal of Language and Politics | Online First Publication, 20 pp. | article

Liang, Jiayi, Hang Su & Meng Huat Chau 2026 Patterns of thanking in Asian Englishes: A local grammar-based investigation

Keywords: thanking | Asian Englishes | local grammar | speech acts | world-wide Englishes

English World-Wide | Online First Publication, 28 pp. | article

Huang, Yan 2025 Review of Debates in Translation Studies edited by Susan Bassnett & David Johnston (2025)

Target 38:1 pp. 155–161 | book review

Yuan, Xiaoshu 2025 Review of Negotiating Climate Change in Public Discourse: Insights from Critical Discourse Studies edited by Guofeng Wang & Changpeng Huan (2025)

Journal of Language and Politics | Online First Publication, 4 pp. | book review

Zhu, Yafei & Jidong Zhang 2025 Beyond the law: Symbolic violence through metaphors in abortion news discourse

Keywords: abortion | Roe v. Wade | critical metaphor analysis | symbolic violence | news discourse

Journal of Language and Politics | Online First Publication, 25 pp. | article

Zhao, Yaru & Jiayu Wang 2025 “Brides as unaffordable commodities”: A feminist critical discourse analysis of metaphor scenarios in high-bride-price cartoons in China

Keywords: metaphor scenario | multimodal metaphor | feminist critical discourse analysis | high-bride-price | cartoon

Review of Cognitive Linguistics | Online First Publication, 27 pp. | article

Mao, Feng & Zi Ling 2024 Review of Fighting Words: A Critical Approach to Linguistic Transgression by Eric Louis Russell (2024)

Journal of Language and Politics 24:4 pp. 698–702 | book review

Liu, Xinyuan, Weiqing Xiao & Kanglong Liu 2025 Analyzing research trends in localization: A comparative systematic review of journal articles in English and Chinese (2012–2023)

Keywords: localization | new translation practices | literature review | methodology | translation studies

Digital Translation 11:2 p. 91 | article | open access

Breazu, Petre & David Machin 2024 Humanitarian discourse as racism disclaimer: The representation of Roma in Swedish press

Keywords: anti-Roma racism | colorblind racism | multimodal critical discourse analysis | Swedish exceptionalism | Swedish media

Journal of Language and Politics 23:6 pp. 783–807 | article

Xu, Minhui & Tianze Duan 2024 Networking in online collaborative translation: An ANT perspective of translating Horizon, Bright Moon, Sabre on Wuxiaworld

Keywords: actor-network theory | online collaborative translation | instant interaction | Wuxia­world | Horizon | Bright Moon | Sabre | Théorie de l’acteur-réseau | traduction collaborative en ligne | interaction instantanée | Wuxia­world | Horizon | Bright Moon | Sabre

FORUM 22:1 p. 96 | article

Jiang, Xiangyi & Chenxia Zhang 2024 Discourse and transformation: A discourse-historical approach to understanding energy in China’s diplomatic discourse

Keywords: Discourse-Historical Approach | energy | corpus-assisted | diplomatic discourse | China

Journal of Language and Politics | Online First Publication, 27 pp. | article

Baker, Helen & Tony McEnery 2024 Family, politics and media: Gladstone during the Midlothian campaign, 1879–1880

Keywords: Gladstone | collocation | social actor analysis | electioneering | family

Journal of Historical Pragmatics 25:2 pp. 329–353 | article | open access

Li, Citing & Zibei Li 2023 Review of Social networks in language learning and language teaching by Avary Carhill-Poza & Naomi Kurata (2021)

ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 174:2 pp. 321–325 | book review

Fu, Yu 2023 Review of Born to Parse: How Children Select Their Languages by David W Lightfoot (2020)

ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics | Online First Publication, 6 pp. | book review

Wenhao Yao & Qi Pan 2023 Review of Translation Ethics edited by Joseph Lambert (2023)

Babel 71:2 pp. 275–278 | book review | open access

Peng, Zhibin & Muhammad Afzaal 2023 Review of Integrating gestures: The dimension of multimodality in Cognitive Grammar by Silva H. Ladewig (2020)

Review of Cognitive Linguistics 21:1 pp. 317–322 | book review

Afzaal, Muhammad 2023 Review of Exploring identity work in Chinese communication by Xinren Chen (2021)

Pragmatics and Society 14:6 pp. 944–948 | book review

Li, Shaopeng & Yongxiang Yang 2023 Review of Approaches to Internet Pragmatics: Theory and practice edited by Chaoqun Xie, Francisco Yus & Hartmut Haberland (2021)

Pragmatics and Society 14:1 pp. 185–189 | book review

Bao, Zhiming, Ruiqing Shen & Kunmei Han 2023 Languages and language contact in China

Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 38:1 pp. 1–13 | introduction

Moratto, Riccardo & Xu Qianqian 2023 Paratexts as a site of cultural reflection: James Legge and Wang Tao’s collaborative translation of The Chinese Classics

Keywords: The Chinese Classics | James Legge | Wang Tao | translation | paratext | The Chinese Classics | James Legge | Wang Tao | traduction | paratexte

Babel 69:3 pp. 375–397 | article

Huang, Guangzhe 2023 Reframing Zhuangzi through recontextualization: A multimodal analysis of front covers of both Zhuangzi Shuo and its three translations

Keywords: multimodal texts | recontextualization | Zhuangzi’s image | comic adaptation of Chinese classics and its translations | book covers | texte multimodal | recontextualisation | image de Zhuangzi | adaptation et traduction des classiques chinois | couverture de livre

Babel 70:1/2 pp. 251–276 | article

Hu Kaibao & Li Xiaoqian 2023 The creativity and limitations of AI neural machine translation: A corpus-based study of DeepL’s English-to-Chinese translation of Shakespeare’s plays

Keywords: AI | translation | corpus | limitations | Chinese | Shakespeare | neural machine translation | DeepL | traduction automatique neuronale | textes littéraires | créativité | limites

Babel 69:4 pp. 546–563 | article

Zhu, Jialei 2023 A more special use of the third person singular pronoun in Shanghainese

Keywords: expletive | mood/modal | clitic | locality condition | grammaticalization

Language and Linguistics 24:2 pp. 391–436 | article | open access

Peng, Mei, Yangyang Shi & Ping Zhang 2023 ELT coursebooks for primary school learners: A comparative analysis of songs

Keywords: ELT coursebooks | English songs | young learners | comparative analysis

Language Teaching for Young Learners 5:1 pp. 59–84 | article

Yang, Juan & Rui Peng 2024 Is animation always better for learning Chinese characters?: Investigating the effect of animation with text presentations by children learners of Chinese as a foreign language

Keywords: animation | spoken text | written text | Chinese characters | multimedia learning

Chinese as a Second Language (漢語教學研究—美國中文教師學會學報) 58:1 pp. 61–91 | article

Moratto, Riccardo & Zhimiao Yang 2023 Probing the cognitive load of consecutive interpreters: A corpus-based study

Keywords: cognitive load | consecutive interpreting | disfluency | corpus | directionality

Translation and Interpreting Studies 19:2 pp. 234–256 | article

Peng, Zhibin & Muhammad Afzaal 2023 Review of Repetitions in Gesture: A Cognitive-Linguistic and Usage-Based Perspective by Jana Bressem (2021)

Gesture 21:2/3 pp. 374–381 | book review

Afzaal, Muhammad & Kanglong Liu 2022 Review of Language as symbolic power by Claire Kramsch (2021)

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 46:1 pp. 124–129 | book review

Xiang, Mingjian, Esther Pascual & Bosen Ma 2022 Who’s speaking for whom?: Rhetorical questions as intersubjective mixed viewpoint constructions in an early Daoist text

Keywords: fictive interaction | intersubjectivity | rhetorical questions | the Zhuangzi | viewpoint blending

Journal of Historical Pragmatics 23:1 pp. 29–53 | article

Zhao, Bi 2022 

Target 34:4 pp. 653–657 | book review

Frittella, Francesca M. & Susana Rodríguez 2022 Putting SmartTerp to test: A tool for the challenges of remote interpreting

Keywords: remote simultaneous interpreting | computer-assisted interpreting | automatic speech recognition | interpreting technology evaluation research | usability | interpretación simultánea remota | interpretación asistida por ordenador | reconocimiento automático del habla | investigación sobre la evaluación de tecnología de la interpretación | usabilidad

InContext 2:2 pp. 137–166 | article | open access

Chen, Jia & Ruiqiong Huang 2022 Providing in-service online language training for primary teachers of English as a Foreign Language: A brief report

Keywords: primary teachers | EFL competence training | Moodle-LMS | in-service online learning

Language Teaching for Young Learners 4:1 pp. 171–183 | article

Wang, Yang 2022 SCRELE (Shanghai Center for Research in English Language Education) biennial conference 2021: Assessing young learners

Language Teaching for Young Learners 4:1 pp. 184–187 | meeting report

Jin, Lixin, Wei Wang, Kun Xie, Xiaohua Wang & Xiaodong Tang 2022 Perfective aspect and perfect aspect: The case of Russian and Mandarin Chinese

Keywords: perfective/imperfective | perfect/imperfect | phasal aspect | Russian | Mandarin Chinese

International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 8:2 pp. 177–203 | article

Li, Wendong & Yandan Zhu 2021 

Keywords: second language socialization | study abroad | social network analysis | conversation analysis

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 45:3 pp. 371–374 | book review

Wang, Tiansi 2021 On the translator’s voice from the paratextual perspective–exemplified by Goldblatt’s English translation of Red Sorghum and Massage

Keywords: the translator’s voice | paratexts | Goldblatt | Red Sorghum: A Novel of China | Massage | la voix du traducteur | paratextes | Goldblatt | Le Clan du sorgho rouge | Les Aveugles

FORUM 19:1 pp. 65–82 | article

Wu, Chenggang & Juan Zhang 2021 The role of emotion in language development among bilingual children with autism spectrum disorders: A critical void

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 12:1 pp. 87–91 | article commentary

Si, Lu 2020 SCRELE (Shanghai Center for Research in English Language Education) Conference 2019: Language Teaching for Young Learners

Language Teaching for Young Learners 2:1 pp. 144–148 | meeting report

Ellis, Rod 2020 Task-based language teaching for beginner-level young learners

Keywords: task-based language teaching | beginner learners | input-based tasks | design and implementation

Language Teaching for Young Learners 2:1 p. 4 | article | open access

Li, Xin & Yumeng Yuan 2020 When lying is more than deceiving: A pragmatic study of lying, based on the relevance-adaptation model

Keywords: lying | production and interpretation | presumption of relevance | inter-adaptation | optimal lies | relevance-adaptation model

Pragmatics and Society 11:1 pp. 124–148 | article

da Silva Sinha, Vera, Ana Moreno-Núñez & Zhen Tian 2020 Language, culture and identity: Signs of life

In: Language, Culture and Identity: Signs of life, da Silva Sinha, Vera, Ana Moreno-Núñez & Zhen Tian (eds.) [Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts, 13] pp. 1–6

Hao, Jingjie 2019 Andy Pozzoni, Laura Kateri Leung, Jennifer Hardingham Cole, Sarah Jarboe (Eds.). (2017). Ready

Language Teaching for Young Learners 1:2 pp. 214–217 | book review

Lin, Hao 2020 Interrogative marking in Chinese Sign Language: A preliminary corpus-based investigation

Keywords: Chinese Sign Language | interrogative | manual markers | non-manual markers | particles

Sign Language & Linguistics 22:2 pp. 241–266 | other

Zeng, Li & Dongfan Hua 2019 Syntax/semantics interface and interpretation of Chinese NP₁NP₂V construction by Japanese speakers

In: Interfaces in Grammar, Hu, Jianhua & Haihua Pan (eds.) [Language Faculty and Beyond: Internal and External Variation in Linguistics, 15] pp. 341–362

Tian, Zhen 2019 On the partial productivity of constructions: Creativity and semantic constraints on the Chinese zhe existential construction

Keywords: collostructional strength | participant roles | salience

In: Cognitive Linguistics and the Study of Chinese, Shu, Dingfang, Hui Zhang & Lifei Zhang (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 67] pp. 73–94

Xu, Yulong 2019 Structural salience and referential accessibility: A cognitive account of inter-clausal NP anaphora in Chinese complex sentences

Keywords: conjoint reference | disjoint reference | subordinate clause | topicality

In: Cognitive Linguistics and the Study of Chinese, Shu, Dingfang, Hui Zhang & Lifei Zhang (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 67] pp. 185–206

Shu, Dingfang, Lifei Zhang & Tian Li 2019 General introduction: 30 years of Cognitive Linguistics in China

In: Cognitive Linguistics and the Study of Chinese, Shu, Dingfang, Hui Zhang & Lifei Zhang (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 67] p. 7

Shu, Dingfang, Hui Zhang & Lifei Zhang 2019 Introduction to this volume

In: Cognitive Linguistics and the Study of Chinese, Shu, Dingfang, Hui Zhang & Lifei Zhang (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 67] pp. 1–6

Wu, Jianming 2019 The inventory structure of Person in the Chinese dialect of Puxian

Keywords: Puxian dialect | person | functional inventory | inventory structure

Language and Linguistics 20:4 pp. 634–659 | article | open access

Li, Xin 2018 Anne Barron, Yueguo Gu and Gerard Steen (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Pragmatics

Pragmatics and Society 9:1 pp. 148–154 | book review

Yu, Wenting & Vincent J. van Heuven 2017 Predicting judged fluency of consecutive interpreting from acoustic measures: Potential for automatic assessment and pedagogic implications

Keywords: fluency | acoustic measures | accuracy | automatic assessment | consecutive interpreting

Interpreting 19:1 pp. 47–68 | article

van de Weijer, Jeroen & Marjoleine Sloos 2014 The four tones of Mandarin Chinese: Representation and acquisition

Keywords: frequency | Tone | Mandarin Chinese | phonological representation | L1 acquisition

Linguistics in the Netherlands 31:1 pp. 180–191 | article | open access

van de Weijer, Jeroen & Marjoleine Sloos 2013 Acquiring markedness constraints: The case of French

Keywords: L1 acquisition | frequency | grammar | usage | innateness | Universal Grammar | constraints | Optimality Theory

Linguistics in the Netherlands 30:1 pp. 188–200 | article | open access

Yu, Wenting & Vincent J. van Heuven 2013 Effects of immediate repetition at different stages of consecutive interpreting training: An experimental study

Keywords: effects of immediate repetition | consecutive interpreting training | training stages

Linguistics in the Netherlands 30:1 pp. 201–213 | article | open access

Xiaofei, Ren, Feng Qinghua & Wang Nan 2011 A translator on the target stage: Ying Ruocheng’s theatre translation

Babel 56:4 pp. 363–376 | article

Li, Shaopeng & Yongxiang Yang Review of Approaches to Internet Pragmatics edited by Chaoqun Xie, Francisco Yus & Hartmut Haberland (2021)

Pragmatics and Society | Online First Publication, 5 pp. | book review

Zhang, Lili & David Machin The representation of English language learners in EFL textbooks in China: The erasure of crushing pressure and obligation experienced by learners in the school system

Keywords: ELT textbooks | ideology | China | neoliberalism | mental health | English language | multimodal | critical discourse analysis

Journal of Language and Politics | Online First Publication, 18 pp. | article

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.