Dean

Professor

Ph.D. Supervisor

 

Biography: 

Education

2003, Ph.D., Functional Linguistics, Sun Yat-sen University

1989, MA, English Language and Literature, Zhongshan University

1986, BA, English Language and Literature, Zhongshan University

 

Employment History

2015 –             Dean, School of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University

2008 – 2014    Dean, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University

2005 –             Director, Centre for Australian Studies, Sun Yat-sen University

2005 –             Professor of English, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University

2000 – 2008    Deputy dean, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University

1998 – 2005    Associate Professor, English Department, School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University

1989 – 1998    Language teacher, Lecturer, Guangzhou English Language Centre, Zhongshan University

 

Academic Activities: 

Conference presentations

1. "English-language Liberal Education in China", invited presentation at the 5th PolySystemic Language and Education Symposium and Workshops, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 2-3 February 2015.

2. “The treatment of English idioms from a systemic functional perspective”, paper presented at the 14th National Discourse Analysis Conference, Chang’an University, Xi’an, China, 19-21 September 2014.

3. “The Neo-Marxist orientation of Systemic Functional Linguistics”, paper presented at 39th International Systemic Functional Congress, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 16-20 July 2012.

4. “Grammatical metaphor: issues and problems”, paper presented at the 7th Symposium on Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China, 29-30 March 2012.

5. “Markedness: a systemic functional perspective”, plenary paper presented at the 12th National Functional Linguistics Conference, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China, 10-12 November 2011.

6. “Sydney school genre-based teaching in Chinese middle school EFL classrooms”, paper presented at the “Learning Through Language” symposium, the 16th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA 2011), Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China, 23-28 August 2011.

7. “Evaluative meanings in Chinese modal expressions”, paper presented at the 38th International Systemic Functional Congress, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 25-29 July 2011.

8. “The dialectic of theory and practice: SFL as an appliable linguistics”, paper presented at the Pearling Appliable Linguistics Seminar Series, the Halliday Centre for Intelligent Applications of Language Studies, City University of Hong Kong, China, 24 September 2010.

9. “The evolution of Chinese: a case study of newspaper headlines”, paper presented at the 37th International Systemic Functional Congress, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 18-23 July 2010.

10. “English Education in China: Traditions and Challenges”, paper presented at the Symposium on Internationalising Education: Challenges and Rewards, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark, 21-22 April 2009. 

11. “Commitment in parallel texts”, paper presented at the 36th International Systemic Functional Congress, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 14-18 July 2009.

12. “Internationalization and Foreign Language Education at SYSU”, paper presented at the Symposium on Internationalization, Teaching, Learning and Liberal Arts, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, 4-5 November, 2009.

13. “Corpus and language system”, paper presented at the Symposium on System and Corpus, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, 20-21, 2009.

14. “Genre-based teaching: ‘the Sydney School’”, paper presented at the 11th International Conference of Australian Studies in China, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China, 31 October to 2 November, 2008.

15. “Prosodic features of Appraisal meanings”, paper presented at the 11th National Discourse Analysis Conference, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, 18-22 August 2008.

16. “Chinese Idioms and their Evaluative Force”, paper presented at the First HCLS Conference on Becoming a World Language: the growth of Chinese, English and Spanish, City University Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 5-7 December 2007. 

17. “The meaning is the use: application of Functional Linguistics in lexicography”, paper presented at the 10th National Functional Linguistics Conference, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, China, 11-14 April 2007.

18. “English Idioms and Appraisal”, plenary paper presented at the 9th National Functional Linguistics Conference, Henan University, Kaifeng, China, 8-10 October 2005.

19. “Functional Discourse Analysis: Implications for the Teaching of English Speaking”, paper presented at the 9th National Discourse Analysis Conference, Shandong University, Jinan, China, 22-24 October 2004.

20. “Language System and Language Use”, paper presented at the 8th National Functional Linguistics Conference, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, China, 19-22 August 2003.

21. “Interpersonal grammatical metaphors in English”, paper presented at the 7th National Discourse Analysis Conference, Xiangtan Normal University, Xiangtan, China, 24-28 October 2000.

 

Publications: 

A. Journal articles and book chapters

1. Chang Chenguang 2015. “Introducing English-language liberal education in China”, in Gordon Slethaug & Jane Vinther (eds.) International Teaching and Learning at Universities. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. 

2. Chang Chenguang 2014. “Review: J. R. Martin (ed.): Interviews with M.A.K. Halliday: Language Turned Back on Himself”, Functional Linguistics1:10. 

3. Chang Chenguang 2014. “Comment 1 on Mahboob and Liang”, Asian Englishes 16: 3. 

4. Chang Chenguang 2014. “Languages and cultures in Australia: an overview”, in Chang Chenguang & Yu Changsen (eds.) Languages and Cultures in Australia. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press. 

5. Chang Chenguang & Lü Dairong 2014. “Systemic Functional Linguistics Research in China (2012): An Annotated Bibliography”, Annual Review of Functional Linguistics, 5.

6. Chang Chenguang & Huang Guowen, 2014. “Editorial: Functional Linguistics – a new journal for the scientific study of language”, Functional Linguistics, 1:1.

7. Yang Shu & Chang Chenguang, 2013. “Systemic Functional typology: a functional perspective of language typology”, Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, 4. 

8. Lü Dairong，Chang Chenguang, & Huang Guowen, 2013. “Systemic Functional Linguistics Research in China (2011): An Annotated Bibliography”, Annual Review of Functional Linguistics, 4.

9. Chang Chenguang, Yu Changsen & Henry Tsang, 2012. “Forty years of China-Australia Relations: Towards a Community with Shared Interests”, in Chang Chenguang, Yu Changsen & Henry Tsang (eds.). China-Australia Relations: Towards a Community with Shared Interests. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press.

10. Yu Changsen & Chang Chenguang, 2012. “China-Australia Relations: an Overview”, in Chang Chenguang, Yu Changsen & Henry Tsang (eds.). China-Australia Relations: Towards a Community with Shared Interests. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press.

11. Yang Shu & Chang Chenguang, 2012. “Prosodic Structure in Chinese: evidence from modal realizations”, Journal of PLA University of Foreign Languages, 6.

12. Yang Shu & Chang Chenguang, 2012. “The evaluative function of modality”, Foreign Language Education, 4.

13. Chang Chenguang, 2012. “Systemic Functional Linguistics from the Social Semiotic Perspective”, Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 3.

14. Yang Shu & Chang Chenguang, 2012. “The Evaluative Function of Modality”, Foreign Language Education, 4.

15. Chang Chenguang, 2012. “Probability Theory, Markednes and Language Teaching”, in Qian Jun (ed.). Language Studies and Foreign Language Teaching. Beijing: Higher Education Press. 

16. Chang Chenguang & Chen Yumin, 2011. “Systemic Functional Studies of Register”, Journal of Beijing University of Science and Technology, 3.

17. Chang Chenguang, 2011. “Commitment in Parallel Texts – A study of Pride and Prejudice and its adaptations”, Studies in Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, 3.

18. Chang Chenguang, Lü Dairong & Huang Guowen, 2011. “Systemic Functional Linguistics Research in China (2010): An Annotated Bibliography”, Annual Review of Functional Linguistics, 3.

19. Chang Chenguang & Chen Yumin, 2011. “Studies of Context in Systemic Functional Linguistics”, in Chang Chenguang & Chen Yumin (eds.).Context in Systemic Functional Linguistics, Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. 

20. Gong Xianghong & Chang Chenguang, 2011. “Markedness: A Systemic Functional Perspective”, Journal of Social Sciences of Hunan Normal University, 5.

21. Yang Shu & Chang Chenguang, 2011. “Reflections on Modality in Systemic Functional Grammar”, Foreign Language Research, 3.

22. Gong Xianghong & Chang Chenguang, 2011. “Systemic functional research on context: a review”, Yantai University Journal, 4.

23. Huang Guowen, Chang Chenguang & Lü Dairong, 2011. “Systemic Functional Linguistics Studies in China (2010)”, Annual Review of Functional Linguistics, 3.

24. Chang Chenguang and Liao Haiqing, 2010. “The dialectic of theory and practice: SFL as an appliable linguistics”, Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, 5. 

25. Chang Chenguang, 2010. “Systemic functional linguistics as an appliable linguistics”, In Huang G. W. et al (eds.) Forum on Systemic Functional Linguistics Studies. Beijing: Higher Education Press. 

26. Chang Chenguang, 2010. “Discourse analysis: language above the sentence”, in Miao Xingwei (ed.) Linguistics: An Elementary Course Book. Beijing: Peking University Press. 

27. Chang Chenguang, Huang Guowen & Lü Dairong, 2010. “Systemic functional linguistics studies in China (2008): an annotated bibliography”,Annual Review of Functional Linguistics, 1.

28. Chang Chenguang, 2009. “The meaning is the use: application of Functional Linguistics in lexicography”, Studies in Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, 1.

29. Chang Chenguang, 2008. “Modal adjuncts as evaluative devices”, Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, 1.

30. Chang Chenguang, 2008. “New developments in the making of electronic English dictionaries”, Foreign Languages in China, 5: 2.

31. Chang Chenguang, 2008. “Prosodic features of Appraisal meanings”, Journal of Beijing University of Science and Technology, 3.

32. Chang Chenguang, 2008. “Linguistic inquiry: corpus and system”, in Chang Chenguang, Ding Jianxin and Zhou Hongyun (eds.) Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, Beijing: Peking University Press.

33. Chang Chenguang, 2007. “English idioms and Appraisal”, in Zhang Keding et al (eds.) System, Function, Appraisal. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

34. Chang Chenguang, 2006. “Linguistic enquiries and linguistic evidence”, Educational Research on Foreign Languages and Arts, 2. 

35. Chang Chenguang, 2006. “Idiomatic expressions in English: a textual analysis”, in Huang G.W., Chang C.G., and Dai Fan. (eds.) Functional Linguistics as Appliable Linguistics, Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press.

36. Chang Chenguang, 2005. “Idiomaticity and English learner’s dictionaries”, Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, 11. 

37. Chang Chenguang, 2005. “Functional discourse analysis: implications for the teaching of English speaking”, Foreign Languages in China, 5. 

38. Chang Chenguang, 2005. “Language system and language use – implications of SFL for the teaching of writing”, in Huang G.W., Chang C.G., and Ding J.X. (eds.) Functional Linguistics: Theory and Application, Beijing: Higher Education Press.

39. Chang Chenguang, 2004. “Functions of formulaic language use”, Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, 2. 

40. Chang Chenguang, 2004. “Grammatical metaphor and the re-construal of experience”, Foreign Language Teaching and Research, 1. 

41. Chang Chenguang and Dai Fan, 2003. “English idioms in texts”, Foreign Language Teaching, 5. 

42. Chang Chenguang, 2002. “Interpersonal functions of English idioms”, Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, 12. 

43. Chang Chenguang, 2001. “Interpersonal metaphor in English”, Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, 7. 

 

B. Monographs, textbooks and dictionaries
1. English 5 (A Course Book) (with Huang Hua), Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press, 2008.

2. English Idioms and Interpersonal Meanings, Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press, 2004.

3. An Active Learner’s Dictionary of English Idioms, Guangzhou: Guangdong People’s Press, 2004.

4. A New Dictionary of English Phrasal Verbs, Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 1999 (winner of China National Book Award, 2000).

5. Intensive English Speaking: a Course-book (with Lin Yuyin and Zhang Haiqing), Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press, 1998. 

6. The New Century Dictionary of English Phrasal Verbs, Guangzhou: New Century Press, 1998.

7. A Practical Dictionary for Learners of English (chief editor: Chen Yongpei), Shanghai: Shanghai Education Press, 1997.

8. Agreement (with Gong Shaoyu), Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) Company Limited, Hong Kong, 1992.

 

C. Edited collections
1. Chang Chenguang and Yu Changsen 2014. Languages and Cultures in Australia. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press. 

2. Yu Changsen, Chang Chenguang & Wang Xuedong (eds.) 2014. Blue Book of Oceania: Annual Report on Development of Oceania (2013-2014). Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press. 

3. Huang Guowen and Chang Chenguang, 2014. Annual Review of Functional Linguistics 5. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

4. Huang Guowen and Chang Chenguang, 2013. Annual Review of Functional Linguistics 4. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

5. Huang Guowen, Chang Chenguang, and Liao Haiqing, 2013, Forum on Systemic Functional Linguistics Studies III. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

6. Chang Chenguang, Yu Changsen and Henry Tsang, 2012. China-Australia Relations: towards a Community with Shared Interests. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press.

7. Chang Chenguang and Chen Yumin, 2011, Context in Systemic Functional Linguistics. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. 

8. Huang Guowen, Chang Chenguang, and Liao Haiqing, 2011, Forum on Systemic Functional Linguistics Studies II. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

9. Huang Guowen and Chang Chenguang, 2011. Annual Review of Functional Linguistics 3. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

10. Huang Guowen, Chang Chenguang, and Liao Haiqing, 2010, Forum on Systemic Functional Linguistics Studies I. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

11. Huang Guowen and Chang Chenguang, 2010. Annual Review of Functional Linguistics 1. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

12. Huang Guowen and Chang Chenguang, 2010. Annual Review of Functional Linguistics 2. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

13. Chang Chenguang, Ding Jianxin and Zhou Hongyun, 2008. Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis. Beijing: Peking University Press.

14. Huang Guowen, Chang Chenguang, and Dai Fan, 2006. Functional Linguistics as Appliable Linguistics. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press.

15. Huang Guowen, Chang Chenguang, and Ding Jianxin, 2005. Functional Linguistics: Theory and Application. Beijing: Higher Education Press.

 

Research interests: 

Systemic functional linguistics, applied linguistics, English education, lexicology and lexicography, Australian studies