Professor Li Zonghong

 

Position(s):

Vice Director of School of Foreign Languages and Literatures

 

Department/Section:

English Department

Linguistics & Applied Linguistics

 

Email address: lizh@lzu.edu.cn

 

School:

School of Foreign Languages and Literatures

 

Location:

School of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Lanzhou University

Mingdao Building, Room 309
199 West Donggang Road,

Lanzhou, Gansu, P. R. China

 

About:

Li Zonghong works on language development in English as a second language of Chinese learners. His research interests fall on Linguistics, English Lexicology, and Second Language Acquisition. A number of articles, books and book chapters have been published on a subsequent research project investigating to learn the English language by Chinese learners. Before moving to Lanzhou University, Professor Li Zonghong taught English, English Lexicology, Second Language Acquisition, and Linguistics at Hexi University.

 

Academic Background

2006-2009, Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), Ph.D in Linguistics

2004-2005, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS), Visiting Scholar in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

2000-2001, The University College of St Mark and St John, Visiting Scholar in Language Teaching and Administration

1996-1999, Northwest Normal University (NWNU), MA in Linguistics

1986-1990, Northwest Normal University (NWNU), B.A. in English Language Teaching and Learning

 

Professional Background

2009-present, School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Lanzhou University: Professor, Vice Director (2011-present)

2007-2009, English Department, Hexi University: Professor, Dean

1990-2007, English Department, Hexi University: Assistant, Lecturer, Associate Professor; Vice Dean, Dean

 

List of Publications (2000-present)

Refereed Papers:

Li, Zonghong. 2014. A Study of Lexical Pragmatics and Pragmatic Meaning. Foreign Language Education, No. 3.

Li, Zonghong. 2013. A Survey of Language Senses and Its Semantic Evolvment. Journal of Ningxia University (Humanities & Social Sciences Edition), No. 3.

Li, Zonghong. 2010. An Innovation and Application of the Communicative Language Teaching Approach in English Teaching and Learning. Journal of Hexi University, No. 6.

Li, Zonghong. 2008. An Analysis of the Cognitive Processes of Grammatical Metaphor from the Cognitive-Functional Linguistic Perspective. Journal of Hexi University, No. 4.

Li, Zonghong. 2007. A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the Collocation of Verbalization of Nouns. Foreign Language Education, No. 3.

Li, Zonghong. 2006. A Review of Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics. Modern Foreign Languages, No. 4.

Li, Zonghong. 2006. An Investigation of Lexical Pragmatics and Linguistic Ambiguity. Journal of Ningxia University (Humanities & Social Sciences Edition), No. 6.

Li, Zonghong. 2007. A Schematic Analysis of Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition Based on Lexical Semantics. Journal of Hexi University, No. 3.

Li, Zonghong. 2007. On the Reform and Washback of CET-4 and CET-6. Journal of Tianshui Normal University, No. 1.

Li, Zonghong. 2007. A Cognitive Analysis of Linguistic Collocation and Its Application. Journal of Adult Education of Gansu Political Science and Law Institute, No. 3.

Li, Zonghong. 2006. A Cross-disciplinary Analysis of Linguistic Ambiguity. Journal of Hexi University, No. 4.

Li, Zonghong. 2005. Wrestling with Two Theories in Text Comprehension. Teaching English in China, No. 5.

Li, Zonghong. 2004. A Study of Mentoring and Observation in Teacher Training and Development. Journal of Hexi University, No. 4.

Li, Zonghong. 2003. A Probe of English Learning and English Language Ambiguity. Journal of Hexi University, No. 1.

Li, Zonghong. 2000. An Investigation of Semantics and English Vocabulary Teaching and Learning. Journal of Gansu Normal Colleges, No. 3.

 

Books:

Li, Zonghong. 2020. Strategies in English Vocabulary Acquisition (Second Edition). Beijing: Peking University Press.

Li, Zonghong. 2013. Strategies in the Acquisition of English Figures of Speech. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press.

Li, Zonghong. 2012. Strategies in English Vocabulary Acquisition. Beijing: Peking University Press.

Li, Zonghong. 2010. Sociocognition and Schemata: A Paradigm for Text Processing and Comprehension. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.

Li, Zonghong. 2007. Strategies in EFL Acquisition. Lanzhou: Lanzhou University Press.

Li, Zonghong. 2000. Strategies in EFL Reading Comprehension. Lanzhou: Lanzhou University Press.

 

Book Sections:

Li, Zonghong. 2014. Ecology, Pragmatics and Lexical Semantic Evolvement. In Liu, S., et al. (2014: Ch. 3), Ecology and Pragmatics. Lanzhou: Lanzhou University Press.

Li, Zonghong. 2003. College Life. In Wang, S. K., et al. (eds.) (Unit One), New Century College English, Book One. Beijing: China Scientific and Cultural Press.

Li, Zonghong. 2003. Education. In Wang, S. K., et al. (eds.) (Unit Four), New Century College English, Book Two. Beijing: China Scientific and Cultural Press.

Li, Zonghong. 2000. The Use of “It”. In Wang, J. F., et al. (eds.) (2000: Ch. 22), A Course in English Grammar. Qingdao: China Ocean University Press.

 

Courses recently taught:

Advanced English, English Lexicology, Sociolinguistics, Linguistics, Discourse Analysis