PhD. Associate Professor

Chair, Department of English for Graduate Students

 

Research Fields:

 Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL); cognitive linguistics; applied linguistics; SFL-informed EAP studies. Current research projects include a Beijing Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project on EAP studies, and a book on the comparative studies between Chinese and English.

Education:

 Ph. D. 2013, Beijing Normal University; Visiting scholar, 2016-2017, the University of Michigan

Selected Publications

[1] He, Z. & Zhao, J. 2019. A cognitive poetics approach to DEATH metaphor in Emily Dickinson’s Poetry. Journal of Xi’an Foreign Studies University, (3): 1-6.

[2] He, Z. 2019. A functional language analysis approach to EAP studies: Development, motivation, and applications. Foreign Language Research, (1), 18-24.

[3] He, Z. 2019. A functional syntactic analysis of apposition in English. Shandong Foreign Languages Teaching, (2): 36-45.

[4] He, Z. & Wang, K. 2018. Cohesion in mathematical discourse from the perspective of functional language analysis. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing (Social Sciences Version), (5): 1-6.

[5] He, Z. 2016. A construction approach to metaphor studies. Foreign Language Research, (2): 50-55.

[6] He, Z. 2016. A trinocular perspective on metaphor analysis. Foreign Language Teaching, (2): 43-48.

[7] He, Z. 2014. Construction metaphors from the perspective of new transitivity model in SFL. Beijing: Jiuzhou Press.

[8] He, Z. 2014. Metaphors in English mental process clauses. Beijing: University of International Business and Economic Press.