Welcome to the Centre for Ecolinguistics, SCAU
Date: 2016-06-15
Centre for Ecolinguistics , SCAU
1. About Us
Founded in January 2016, Centre for Ecolinguistics(CE),affiliated to the School of Foreign Studies, is a research institute directlyunder the leadership of South China Agricultural University(SCAU). The directorof this Centre is Professor Huang Guowen, a Chair Professor of Chang JiangScholars Program and Dean of School of Foreign Studies, SCAU; vice directorsare Professor Xiao Haozhang and Professor Chen Yang; and the secretary is LiFeiwu.
The Centre is engaged in academic activities with “ecolinguistics” Ph.D.program as the pivot, and its research orientations include language ecology,eco-discourse analysis, and ecological translation. The research team iscomposed of three professors, seven associate professors, and sevenlecturers.
In carrying out studies in language, culture, and translation,this Centre takes a cross disciplinary perspective, which embodies thedisciplinary features of agricultural universities. One of the research focusesof this Centre is A Systemic Functional Approach to Ecological Analyses ofDiscourse.
Currently, the Centre has established strong academic connectionswith foreign scholars such as Arran Stibbe (University of Gloucestershire,U.K.), Alwin Fill (University of Graz, Austria), Sune Vork Steffensen(University of Southern Denmark, Denmark), Jonathan J. Webster (City Universityof Hong Kong), Wendy L. Bowcher (Sun Yat-sen University, China). The Centrealso maintains close connections with scholars from a number of universitiesfrom within China, including City University of Macau, Sun yat-sen University,Beijing Foreign Studies University, University of Science & TechnologyBeijing, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Jinan University, BeijingNormal University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ChinaAgricultural University, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing InternationalStudies University, University of International Business and Economics, etc.
2.People
Director
HUANG Guowen
Deputy Directors
XIAO Haozhang
CHEN Yang
Members
ZHONG Zhiying
YANG Shu
LI Yuzhuang
HOU Jinping
ZHOU Meizhen
SHEN Wenjing
LI Feiwu
QIN Jianhua
YAN Xiaoli
3. PhDProgram in Ecolinguistics
4. ResearchAchievements
Major Projects
1. “The Status Analysis and Outlook Functional Linguistics Studies in China”,Humanities and social science project, funded by Ministry of Education, China,2010-2013.(Chair, Prof. HUANG Guowen)
2. “A Contrastive Study of Chinese and English Versions of The Analects ofConfucius: Functional Linguistics Approach”, National Social Science FundProject, 2014-2017. (Chair, Prof. HUANG Guowen)
3. “Effects of aligning English Teaching with majors at tertiary level”Teaching Quality Project, funded by Education Department, Guangdong Province,2015-2018.(Chair, Prof. XIAO Haozhang)
4. “Role-based interaction learning: Ecolinguistic Perspective”, funded byAssociation of Social and Philosophical Sciences of Guangdong Province,2016-2019. (Chair, Prof. XIAO Haozhang)
MajorPublications
1. Huang Guowen, 2016. The Emergence and Development of Ecolinguistics, ForeignLanguages in China, (1):1, 9-12.
2. Huang Guowen, 2016.The Studies of Ecolinguistics and the SocialResponsibilities of Language Researchers, Journal of Jinan University, (6):10-14.
3. Huang Guowen, 2016. Language Diversity and the Studies of Ecolinguistics ,Contemporary Foreign Language Education, (1): 2-4.
4. Huang Guowen, 2016. The Ecological Trend of Foreign Language Teaching andResearch, Foreign Languages in China, (5): 1,9-13.
5. Huang Guowen, 2016. Ecolinguistics in an International Context: an Interviewwith Arran Stibbe. Language & Ecology (ISSN 1745-3631)http://www.ecoling.net/journal/4563035324
6. Huang Guowen & Chen Yang, 2016, A Review of Alwin fill’s Studies ofEcolinguistics, Journal of Poyang Lake, (4): 19-24.
7. Huang Guowen & Chen Yang, 2016, Ecosophy and Ecological Analysis ofDiscourse, Foreign Language and Literature, (6): 55-61.
8. Huang Guowen & Chen Yang, 2017, An Ecolinguistic Analysis of EmilyDickinson’s “A Bird Came Down the Walk”, Foreign Language and Literature, (2):61-66.
9. Huang Guowen & Chen Yang, 2017, Ecolinguistics: A New Discipline,Foreign Language and Literature, (5): 29-33.
10. Huang Guowen & Zhao RuiHua, 2017, The Origins, Objectives, Principlesand Methods of Ecological Discourse Analysis, Modern Foreign Languages, (5):585-596.
11. Zhao RuiHua & Huang Guowen, 2017, The Studies of Ecolinguistics andHarmonious Discourse Analysis---An Interview with Professor Huang Guowen,Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, (4): 15-18.
12. Zhou Wenjuan & Huang Guowen, Chinese ecological discourse: aConfucian-Daoist inquiry. In Journal of Multicultural Discourses. Publishedonline: 13 Jul 2017. To link to this article:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17447143.2017.1348505
13. Xiao Haozhang (co-author) 2016. A study of Chinese English majors’development of automaticity in English formulaic expressions, Foreign Languagesand their Teaching, (4) .
14. Xiao Haozhang, 2015. On dialectical thoughts of context in linguisticstudies, Foreign Language and Literature Research, (3).
15. Xiao Haozhang, 2013.A study of the disparities and integration of contexttheories in modern linguistics, in Huang Guowen (ed.) Research on FunctionalLinguistics and Discourse Analysis, (5), pp18-26, Beijing: Higher EducationPress.
16. Xiao Haozhang. 2012, Effects of explicit noticing and the learning ofdiscourse markers on the production and construal of discourse, Modern ForeignLanguage Journal(4).
17. Xiao Haozhang.2012. Sequenced interactional strata and frequency inconstructing L2 Discourse domain. Foreign Languages in China (04).
18. Xiao Haozhang, 2011, Effects of contextual configurations on the learningof EFL Listening and speaking, Journal of University of Technology and ScienceBeijing (Social Sciences edition) (3). (paper presented at the InternationalConference of Systemic Functional Linguistics 2009, Qinghua University).
19. Xiao Haozhang. 2010. Linguistic and cultural conflicts in socialcontexts—the ones between Putonghua and Cantonese in Guangzhou, Fujian Forum(Social Sciences edition)（12）.
20. Chen yang, 2009, A Functional Analysis of Quotations from Lun Yu, ForeignLanguages and Their Teaching, (2): 49-52.
21. Chen yang, 2010, A Functional Discourse Analysis of English Translations ofAnalects of Confucius, Foreign Language and Literature, (1): 105-109.
22. Chen yang, 2010, Construal of Experience and the Participant Identification in the Process, Journal of Foreign Languages in China, (2): 21-26.
23. Chen yang, 2011, The Relationship between Elements of Clause Structure andParticipant Roles, Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing(social Sciences Edition), (1):33-38.
24. Chen yang, 2012, The Applicability of Functional Linguistics: An Interviewwith Professor Huang Guowen, Shandong Foreign Language Teaching Journal, (3):3-9.
25. Chen yang, 2012, A Functional Discourse Analysis of Zi Jian Nan Zi / Zi LuBu Yue
（Confucius sawNanzi / Zilu was not pleased）, Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing (social SciencesEdition), (3):28-33.
26. Huang Guowen & Chen Yang, 2014, Metafunctional Equivalence inTranslation Studies, Journal of Foreign Languages in China, (2): 97-102.
27. Chen yang, 2015, Characteristics of Different Text Types in Lun Yu（the Analects ）, Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing(social Sciences Edition), (2):17-21.
28. Chen yang, 2016, Cohesion, Coherence and the Reconstruction of theTranslated Text, Journal of Foreign Languages in China, (4): 38-43.
5. Contact Us
Address:
Room5A-618, Teaching Building No.5
School of Foreign Studies, South China Agricultural University
Wushan Road, Tianhe District
Guangzhou, 510642
China
E-mail: ecoling@yeah.net / ecoling@126.com
Tel: 0086-20-85280254
