Professor
Phone: 18995656280
Email: yangwenxiu@hust.edu.cn
Academic Areas:pragmatics, lexicography
Wenxiu Yang is a professor of English linguistics at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST). Her research interest covers bilingual lexicography and pragmatics. Her current study focuses on implicit conflict talk, which falls into the scope of conversation analysis, pragmatics. Her publications include Chinese and international scholarly journals. She is also the chief editor of two textbooks for advanced English learners.
Academic Degrees
1985.9-1989.6 Hubei University BA
1996.9-1999.6 Hubei University MA
2001.9-2004.6 Nanjing University Ph.D
Professional Experience
1989.7-2005.7 Wuhan University of Technology – Teaching assistant, Lecturer, Associate Professor
2003.9-2004.9 University of Reading, UK. – visitor
2005.8-present Huazhong University of Science & Technology – Professor
Selected Publications
RefereedJournal Papers:
Wenxiu Yang, “On Pragmatic Information in Learners’ Dictionaries, with Particular Reference to LDOCE4”, International Journal of Lexicography (SSCI A&HCI), Oxford University Press.2007, Vol 20 , No.2,147-173
Wenxiu Yang, “The Politeness Principle in the Learners’ Dictionaries”, Journal of PLA University of Foreign Languages, 2007, Vol 30. No.5. 32-36
Wenxiu Yang, Boran Zhang, “Pragmatic Information inMacmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners”. 2005. No.8. 69-73
Wenxiu Yang, “Grammatical Information in the Definitions of Bilingual Learners’ Dictionaries”, Journal of Translation Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004,No.9,63-75
RefereedInternational Conference Papers:
Wenxiu Yang, “Adjacency Pairs in Hills Like White Elephants”, The 12thInternational Conference of Pragmatics , 3-8, July, 2011, Manchester University
Wenxiu Yang, Zhiliang Yang, Michelle C. Storm-Carrall, “Implicit Conflict Talk: An Introduction”, Proceedings of 4thAnnual International Conference on Language, Literature & Linguistics. 200-215, 8-9, June, 2015, Singapore.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses:
1. Advanced English
2. Intensive Reading
Graduate Courses:
1.Pragmatics
2. Semantics
