Personal profile

Research interests

  • Semantics

  • Linguistic typology

  • Multilingualism

  • Language development

 

PhD project

A study of motion expression in Lhasa Tibetan

 

Supervisors:

Professor Eva Schultze-Berndt & Professor Maj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen

 

Details of education/academic qualifications:

  • Master of Arts (2022)

Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, English Language and Literature, School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, CN

Project title: A cognitive linguistic analysis of the conceptual metaphors in the Tibetan proverbs in King Gesar

  • Bachelor of Arts (2019)

English Language and Literature, School of Foreign Languages and Literature, Southwest Minzu University (previously known as Southwest University for Nationalities), Chengdu, CN

Project title: An analysis of color and graphic composition in Tibetan Thang-ka: From the perspective of multimodal metaphor 

 

Activities and esteem:

Presentations

  • “An analysis of color and graphic composition in Tibetan Thang-ka: From the perspective of multimodal metaphor.” The 8th Symposium on Cognitive Neurolinguistics in China, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing CN, November 2019.

  • “An investigation into the metaphoric competence of advanced Chinese EFL learners at different levels in argumentative writings: Focusing on grammatical metaphor and conceptual metaphor.” The 20th China International Forum on Cognitive Linguistics (CIFCL-20), Beihang University, Beijing CN, May 2021

Posters

  • “A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the Conceptual Metaphors in the Tibetan Proverbs in King Gesar.” The 15th Newcastle & Northumbria Postgraduate Conference in Language and Linguistics (NNPCiLL), Northumbria University, Newcastle UK, March 2024.
  • "Pragmatic shifts in the translation of requesting strategies: A case study of The Song of King Gesar." School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED) PGR Conference 2024, The University of Manchester, Manchester UK, May 2024.

Others

 

Prizes and awards

  • 2023 School of Arts, Languages and Cultures Studentship +3.5 PhD award ~£128,177

  • 2021 P.R.C National Scholarship for Postgraduate Students -¥20,000 (~£2,236)

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Education/Academic qualification

Master of Arts, Beijing Foreign Studies University

31 Aug 201930 Jun 2022

Award Date: 15 Jun 2022

Bachelor of Arts, Southwest Minzu University

9 Sept 201526 Jun 2019

Award Date: 26 Jun 2019

Areas of expertise

  • P Philology. Linguistics
  • Typology
  • Multilingualism
  • Semantic cognition

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