College of Foreign Languages, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China This article combines linguistic discourse analysis with role theory to create a role-theoretic ...

Drawing on a corpus-driven discourse analysis approach, this paper examines the discursive strategies adopted by the spokespersons of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs during regular press ...

This course focuses on discourse as language use within specific contexts. Discourse is understood as a set of verbal and non-verbal practices that, on the one hand, represent reality through language ...

I’m a senior lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Director of the MA in Applied Linguistics, as well as Director of International Affairs for the School of English. I joined the department in 2010 ...