Zhejiang International Studies University

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

The Pragmatics of Internet Memes

Edited by Chaoqun Xie

Subjects Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Benjamins Current Topics, 120] 2022. | edited volume

Understanding Chinese Social Media: Special issue of Internet Pragmatics 4:2 (2021)

Edited by Sumin Zhao & Chaoqun Xie

Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Internet Pragmatics, 4:2] 2021. | special issue

Approaches to Internet Pragmatics: Theory and practice

Edited by Chaoqun Xie, Francisco Yus & Hartmut Haberland

Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 318] 2021. | edited volume

The Pragmatics of Internet Memes: Special issue of Internet Pragmatics 3:2 (2020)

Edited by Chaoqun Xie

Subjects Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics

[Internet Pragmatics, 3:2] 2020. | special issue

Chen, Jingli 2026 Review of Ageism in Job Interviews: A Multimodal Discourse Analytical Perspective by Dorien Van De Mieroop, Federica Previtali & Melina De Dijn (2025)

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

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

Wang, Vincent Jixin 2026 語義非定性視角下的事件強迫 [Eventive coercion from the perspective of semantic underspecification]

Keywords: 事件強迫 | 類型 | 語義–語用界面 | 語義非定性 | 語用推理 | eventive coercion | type | semantic-pragmatic interface | semantic underspecification | pragmatic reasoning

Language and Linguistics 27:3 pp. 513–538 | article | open access

Yu, Weiwei & Jia Yu 2025 Review of Manipulation, Influence and Deception: The Changing Landscape of Persuasive Language edited by Sofia Rüdiger & Daria Dayter (2025)

Journal of Language and Politics | Online First Publication, 7 pp. | book review

Li, Bingyun 2024 Review of OKAY across Languages: Toward a Comparative Approach to Its Use in Talk-in-Interaction edited by Emma Betz, Arnulf Deppermann, Lorenza Mondada & Marja-Leena Sorjonen (2021)

Internet Pragmatics 7:2 pp. 331–335 | book review

Ding, Xinru 2023 Review of Email Pragmatics and Second Language Learners edited by Maria Economidou-Kogetsidis, Milica Savić & Nicola Halenko (2021)

Internet Pragmatics 6:2 pp. 285–291 | book review

Xu, Wenjin & Bingyun Li 2023 Review of Cognitive Pragmatics: Mindreading, Inferences, Consciousness by Marco Mazzone (2018)

Internet Pragmatics 6:1 pp. 139–148 | book review

Xie, Chaoqun & Ying Tong 2023 “A tour guide losing her cool”: Emotional stance and social positioning in doing moral work

Keywords: complaint | moral order | situated norm | emotional stance | collective identity | positioning | impoliteness formulae

Pragmatics and Society 14:5 pp. 732–752 | article

Li, Le 2022 Review of Smartphone Communication: Interactions in the App Ecosystem by Francisco Yus (2022)

Internet Pragmatics 6:1 pp. 129–133 | book review

Xie, Chaoqun 2022 Internet memes we live by (and die by)

Keywords: internet memes | memetic message | meme output | misinformation | infodemic | COVID-19 | face mask | transformative power | self-knowledge | other-knowledge | human nature

In: The Pragmatics of Internet Memes, Xie, Chaoqun (ed.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 120] p. 7

Xie, Chaoqun 2022 Introduction: The pragmatics of internet memes

In: The Pragmatics of Internet Memes, Xie, Chaoqun (ed.) [Benjamins Current Topics, 120] pp. 1–6

Jing, Gaowa & Meichun Liu 2022 The Multifunctionality of Mandarin Diào 掉 : A cross-linguistic perspective

Keywords: The Mandarin diào | multifunctionality | semantic evolution | grammaticalization | completive | 普通话“掉” | 多功能性 | 语义演变 | 语法化 | 完结体

Chinese Language and Discourse 14:1 pp. 18–49 | article

Tong, Ying & Chaoqun Xie 2021 

Pragmatics and Society 12:1 pp. 157–161 | book review

Xie, Chaoqun & Ying Tong 2021 Inviting a purchase: A multimodal analysis of staged authenticity in WeChat social selling

Keywords: frames | footing | self-presentation | WeChat | status update | group chat | social selling | influencer | multimodal analysis | staged authenticity | pragmatic strategy

In: Approaches to Internet Pragmatics: Theory and practice, Xie, Chaoqun, Francisco Yus & Hartmut Haberland (eds.) [Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 318] pp. 207–234

Tong, Ying & Chaoqun Xie 2021 Complaining, teasing, and meme-framing: Socializing through Moments storytelling

Keywords: social complaints | teasing | internet memes | frames | multimodality | positioning | WeChat Moments

Internet Pragmatics 5:1 pp. 66–91 | article

Xie, Chaoqun & Bingyun Li 2021 Introduction: Understanding Chinese social media

Keywords: Chinese social media | technology | Bakhtin | Heidegger | carnival | revealing | concealing | positionality | releasement

Internet Pragmatics 4:2 pp. 177–189 | introduction

Xie, Li 2020 Talmy Givón. The story of zero

Functions of Language 27:2 pp. 234–245 | book review

Xie, Chaoqun 2020 Internet memes we live by (and die by)

Keywords: internet memes | memetic message | meme output | misinformation | infodemic | COVID-19 | face mask | transformative power | self-knowledge | other-knowledge | human nature

Internet Pragmatics 3:2 pp. 145–173 | article

Xie, Chaoqun 2020 The pragmatics of internet memes

Internet Pragmatics 3:2 pp. 139–144 | introduction

Wu, Tong 2016 Chinese-style topics as indexicality

Keywords: Chinese-style topic | C-SpeakerP | Indexicality Hypothesis | Relativized Minimality | Weak Crossover

International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 3:2 pp. 201–244 | article

Tong, Ying & Chaoqun Xie Building resilience through dialogic resonance: Pandemic discourse in Chinese podcasts

Keywords: dialogic resonance | resilience | intersubjectivity | stance | pandemic discourse | podcast interaction

Pragmatics and Society | Online First Publication, 21 pp. | article

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