Research Fields:

 

Research fields include language processing (both first and second); syntactic theory; psycholinguistics/neurolinguistics. The great interest is formalist and functionalist approaches to language processing, especially the central claims of rule-based and experience-based approaches to L2 sentence processing, as well as its implications for L2 learning/ teaching in AI.

 

Education:

 

B.A. 1992, Ph. D. 2009, Lancaster University

 

Selected Publications and Research Grants:

 

 

Selected publications:

 

1. The Effects of Tasks with the Same Involvement Load on the Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition (2020), Chinese Foreign Language, 2: 67-74(CSSCI).

2.Attention to Chinese menus with metaphorical or metonymic names: An eye movement lab experiment (2020). International Journal of Hospitality Management,（84）：1-10.(SSCI)

3.An ERP study of the processing of epistemic modality adverbs yexu and

yidingin Mandarin Chinese (2018)，Neuroscience Letters, 684：55-60. (SCI)

4.Techniques and applications in instructional L2 learning (2017). International Journal of English Linguistics，6:198-204. (ESCI)

5.The connectionist approach of processing L2 ambiguous English sentences (2017)，English Linguistics Research, 4：32-38.

6.The role of L1 syntactic skills in processing extrapositional L2 sentences (2017), International Journal of Advanced Research in Education and Technology, 2：52-56.

7.Individual Differences in L2 Sentence Processing (2009). (monograph), VDM Verlag Publishing Company, Germany.

8.The Study of Second Language Complex Sentence Processing（2016）(monograph), Science Publishing Company, Beijing, China.

9.A review of ERP-based L2 sentence processing (2014), Journal of North China Electric Power University (Social Sciences), (5). 63-68.

10.A study of Chomsky’s universal grammar in second language acquisition (2014), International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature, (12).

11.A study of complex English sentences processing based on instructional differences in syntactic structures (2013), Foreign Language Teaching Theory and Practice, (10).

12.The effect of working memory on processing self-embedded complex English sentences by Chinese learners of English (2010), Foreign Language Teaching and Research, (2).

 

His research grants include:

 

1.A study on the pragmatic competence of the elderly people in language erosion period (2017-2020), Chairman of the Project of the National Language and Character Commission, China. (In progress)

2.Connectionism perspective on English L2 sentence processing, Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project (2015- 2018), Beijing Municipal Government, China. Chairman of the Key Project of Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Planning, Beijing Municipal Government, China. (Finished)

3.A study on the relationship between syntactic and semantic interfaces in complex English l2 sentence processing (2013-2015)，Chairman of the Project of Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Planning, Beijing Municipal Government, China. (Finished)

4.Study of complex English sentence processing ability by Chinese learners (2013-2015), Ministry of Education, Chairman of the Humanities and Social Sciences project, China. (Finished)

5.A study of English that complex sentences processing modal by Chinese English learners, (2011-2013). Chairman of the project, Funded by Ministry of Education, China. (Finished)

6.Research on working memory and comprehension of English that complex sentences (2010-2011), Chairman of the project, Supported by Central University Research Fund, China. (Finished)