Xiaodong Yang

I have been working at Zhejiang University of Technology for more than ten years. 

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RESEARCH STATEMENT

I am currently employed as an associate professor at Zhejiang University of Technology in China, where I teach linguistics-oriented courses such as Introduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Syntax, and language courses such as Academic English for Graduate Students. I earned my PhD in Linguistics from Chungnam National University in 2011. Prior to my current position, I worked at Zhejiang A & F University from 2001 to 2008, where I taught Chinese as a foreign language to overseas students.

My primary research interests lie in the fields of syntax, pragmatics, prosody, and their interface. Through my investigations, I aim to explore the relationship between language competence and language performance, and how they intersect. Additionally, I am intrigued by the application of corpus linguistics and statistical methods to explain the linguistic patterns discovered in Sanskrit-Chinese parallel corpora and errors in L2 academic writing. For corpus linguistic analysis, I predominantly use Python, while R is my preferred statistical tool, and I write in LaTeX.

Furthermore, I am eager to explore the potential of AI technologies in corpus and quantitative studies on vocabulary and syntax. I firmly believe that AI technologies have the potential to significantly improve the efficiency and accuracy of linguistic analysis, particularly in the domain of corpus linguistics. My goal is to employ AI to develop more sophisticated and effective methods for analyzing large-scale linguistic data and gaining new insights into language use and variation. Specifically, I am interested in exploring machine learning and natural language processing techniques for automatic word sense disambiguation, syntactic parsing, and semantic analysis. My intention is to combine these techniques with traditional statistical methods to develop a comprehensive framework for analyzing language use and variation that can be applied to a wide range of linguistic phenomena and across different languages.

BOOKS

2022    Studies on Ancient Indian Languages and Buddhist Scripts: Scripts,  Sanskrit Textbooks, and Sanskrit Dictionary Compilation

            Li, Wei; Yang, Xiaodong

            Zhonghua Book Company, Beijing

2019    Syntactic Movement: From GB to MP

            Tong, Helong; Yang, Xiaodong

            Jiangsu People's Press, Nanjing

2016    Vocabulary Learning and Sentence Speaking: HSK1-HSK4

            Ouyang, Yan; Qi, Hengnian; Yang, Xiaodong

            Yunnan University Press, Kunming

JOURNAL ARTICLES

2021    Xuan Zang’s Five Transliterations Revisited: A Corpus Linguistic Study Of Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa Sūtra

            Yang, Xiaodong; Li, Zhen

            International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation, 4(5), 226-235.

2016    The confirmational marker ha in Northern Mandarin

            Yang, Xiaodong; Wiltschko, Martina

            Journal of Pragmatics, 104, 67-82, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2016.09.004

2013    Serial verb constructions: a comprehensive overview (written in Chinese)

            Peng, Guozhen; Yang, Xiaodong; Zhao, Yiya

            Contemporary Linguistics (当代语言学), 3, 324-335.

2010    Remarks on Category P: a comparative study from English, Korean, and Chinese

            Hong, Sungshim; Yang, Xiaodong

            Language and Information (언어와 장보), 14(2), 71-84.

2009     Dual CP Structure and Doubly-Filled COMP Effect in Chinese

            Yang, Xiaodong

            Research of Humanities (인문학 연구), 9(2).

BOOK CHAPTERS

2021    《生成语法演进研究》, 第二章，第三章

            梅德明，佟和龙 主编，上海外语教育出版社

2017    《语言学与应用语言学百科全书》，句法学术语部分

            梅德明 主编，北京大学出版社

2013    The Englishization of Cyber Chinese and Teachers’ Reply

            Yang, Xiaodong; Ouyang, Yan

            Proceedings of the 11th Symposium of International Chinese Education, 509-519. Press of Bashu Shushe, Chengdu

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2021. Vocatives in code-switching: what they were and how they are. Frontiers of Textual Study of Buddhism: From Philology to Philosophy. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou.

2019. From pragmatics to syntax: how do sentence final particles modify epistemic stance. The International Symposium on Interfaces in Generative Linguistics. Guangzhou

2018. The modification of epistemic stance by sentence final particles. The 3rd International Conference on Interactional Linguistics and Chinese Language Studies. Beijing

2016. Final particle ha and ao in Northern Mandarin: towards a formal account. The 7^th International Conference of Formal Linguistics. Tianjin

2016. Two types of final particles in Mandarin. Colloquium at Dept. of Linguistics, UBC. Canada

2016. The confirmational marker ha in Northern Mandarin. Canadian Linguistic Association, Calgary

2013. How much native is the English news in Chinese newspapers? A corpus based study. Corpus Linguistics in China (CLIC)-2013. Shanghai

2013. Complementizers of Chinese: From the Perspective of Syntax-Prosody Interface. The 21st Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics. Taipei

2011. Disharmonic Constructions? No, They Are Harmony. The Fifth International Conference on   Formal Linguistics. Guangzhou

2011. Some Remarks on Chinese Localizers. The 19th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics. Tianjin

2010. Chinese Localizers: Postpositions? Prepositions!. Annual Research Forum  (ARF-2010), Hong Kong

2010. Remarks on Category P. The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea, Fall 2010, Mokwon University, Daejeon

2008: Dual CP structure and the Doubly Filled COMP Effect: A Comparative Study in English and Chinese, the 18th International Congress of Linguists, Seoul

2008. Small Clause and Verb-Complement Formation:  A Case Study from Chinese Resultative Predicate. Winter Conference of The Modern  Linguistic Society of Korea, Korean Linguistic Society and Jeju Linguistic Society, Daejeon

2007: The Derivation of Sandwiched Structures: A Cross Linguistic Comparison, International Conference on Linguistics of Korea (ICLK2007), Seoul

2007: The Reformation of College English Teaching: From a Perspective of Bilingual Education, the International Conference on Multi Development and Application of Language and Linguistics (MDALL) 2007, Tainan

2006: CP-Movement: A possible explanation of Chinese final modal word –ne, Fall Conference of Korean Linguistic Association, Kwangju

Conference Presentations

2022. The usage of evidential markers in L2 academic writing under the context of big data. Jiyang College, Zhejiang A&F University, Zhuji

2021. Vocatives in code-switching: what they were and how they are. Fronties of Texual Study of Buddhism: From Philology to Philosophy. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou

2019. From pragmatics to syntax: how do sentence final particles modify epistemic stance. The International Symposium on Interfaces in Generative Linguistics. Guangzhou

2018. The modification of epistemic stance by sentence final particles. The 3rd International Conference on Interactional Linguistics and Chinese Language Studies. Beijing

2016. Final particle ha and ao in Northern Mandarin: towards a formal account. The 7^th International Conference of Formal Linguistics. Tianjin

2016. Two types of final particles in Mandarin. Colloquium at Dept. of Linguistics, UBC. Canada

2016. The confirmational marker ha in Northern Mandarin. Canadian Linguistic Association, Calgary

2013. How much native is the English news in Chinese newspapers? A corpus based study. Corpus Linguistics in China (CLIC)-2013. Shanghai

2013. Complementizers of Chinese: From the Perspective of Syntax-Prosody Interface. The 21st Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics. Taipei

2011. Disharmonic Constructions? No, They Are Harmony. The Fifth International Conference on   Formal Linguistics. Guangzhou

2011. Some Remarks on Chinese Localizers. The 19th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics. Tianjin

2010. Chinese Localizers: Postpositions? Prepositions!. Annual Research Forum  (ARF-2010), Hong Kong

2010. Remarks on Category P. The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea, Fall 2010, Mokwon University, Daejeon

2008: Dual CP structure and the Doubly Filled COMP Effect: A Comparative Study in English and Chinese, the 18th International Congress of Linguists, Seoul

2008. Small Clause and Verb-Complement Formation:  A Case Study from Chinese Resultative Predicate. Winter Conference of The Modern  Linguistic Society of Korea, Korean Linguistic Society and Jeju Linguistic Society, Daejeon

2007: The Derivation of Sandwiched Structures: A Cross Linguistic Comparison, International Conference on Linguistics of Korea (ICLK2007), Seoul

2007: The Reformation of College English Teaching: From a Perspective of Bilingual Education, the International Conference on Multi Development and Application of Language and Linguistics (MDALL) 2007, Tainan

2006: CP-Movement: A possible explanation of Chinese final modal word –ne, Fall Conference of Korean Linguistic Association, Kwangju

Current Project:

2023-2026

A Study on the Syntactic-Pragmatic Interface of English and Chinese Speech Act Markers. [23BYY148] Supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China.

Undergraduate Courses:

Introduction to Linguistics

Introduction to Syntax

Advanced Linguistics

Corpus Linguistics

Graduate Courses:

Linguistic Theories (for English majored graduates)

Linguistic Research Methodology (for English majored graduates)

Academic Writing for non-English majored graduates