Name: LI Ying

Education

BA degree in English studies in Sichuan Foreign Language Studies University

MA degree in English Linguistics and Literature in South West University

As an academic visitor, I carried out academic research work on English teaching methodology in the East China Normal University

Research on Cognitive Linguistics and second language acquisition at the Northumbria University in the UK, under the advice of Ewa Dabrowska

Title & Appointments

Professor, deputy dean of Foreign Languages and Culture Studies School, Xihua University

Member of Chinese Cognitive Linguistics Association

Member of Chinese Western Linguistics Philosophy Association

Research Interests

Cognitive Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics and second language acquisition

Selected Publications

2011. “Word coercion: A Case Study of V+down Construction”, Foreign Languages, (4)

2006. “From head to cognition: Cognitive metaphor, metonymy and polysemy”, Foreign Languages Teaching, (3)

2006. “Cognitive metaphorical thinking and polysemy teaching”. Foreign Languages in China, (5)

Works

English Semantics (Chapter 5 and 6: Cognitive Semantics; Fuzzy Semantics). Higher Education Press, 2011

Contacts

E-mail: hiliying90@163.com

Address: School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Xihua University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, 610039, P. R. China