Prof Gu Yueguo

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Prof Gu Yueguo, who obtained his PhD from Lancaster University, UK, is a research professor, and the Head of the Contemporary Linguistics Department, in the prestigious Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. His research interests include pragmatics, discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, rhetoric and online education. He has published extensively in these areas both at home and abroad. He has also authored and edited several series of textbooks covering linguistics, rhetoric, ELT methodology, action research, cross-cultural communication, and teaching English to Chinese learners. He is a co-chief editor of the Journal of Contemporary Linguistics, and on the advisory editorial boards of nine international journals. He was the winner of five national top research prizes, and was appointed K. C. Wong Fellow of the British Academy in 1997. He is a holder of many honorary posts, most notably special professorship of the University of Nottingham (2004-2012), and academic advisor of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University(2007-2013). (Personal website: http://www.multimodal.cn)

 

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Prof Winnie Cheng

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Winnie Cheng is the Director of the Research Centre for Professional Communication in English (RCPCE), in the Department of English of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She is also the Senior Editor of the Asian ESP Journal and the Secretary/Treasurer of the Asia-Pacific Rim Language for Specific Purposes & Professional Communication Association. She is well published in a wide range of areas, and her articles have appeared in top journals such as Applied Linguistics, English for Specific Purposes Journal, International Journal of Corpus Linguistics (IJCL), and Teaching in Higher Education. Her books include A Corpus-driven Analysis of Discourse Intonation (co-authored with Chris Greaves and Martin Warren, John Benjamins, 2008) and Professional Communication: Collaboration between Academics and Practitioners (co-edited with Kenneth C.C. Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 2009). Much of her current research involves collaboration with business, finance, and technical professionals, to whom she has also acted as a consultant.

 

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Prof Fang Yan

Tsinghua University, China

Fang Yan is Professor of English and Linguistics in the Department of Foreign Languages, Tsinghua University, China. Her fields of specialty include English, Systemic-Functional Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, and Chinese Culture and Society. She was the Deputy-Chair of International Systemic-Functional Linguistics Executive Committee from 2002 to 2008 and the Vice-Chairperson of Functional Linguistics Association of China from 1995 to 2008 . She was the organizer of the 1995 Summer Institute of Systemic-Functional Linguistics held in Tsinghua University , the Co-convenor of the 1997 International Discourse Analysis Conference held in Macao University sponsored by Macao University and Tsinghua University , and also the Co-convenor of the 36th International Systemic Functional Congress held in Tsinghua University in 2009, sponsored by Tsinghua University and City University of Hong Kong. Now she is an honorary vice chairperson of Functional Linguistics Association of China . Her research areas include Systemic-Functional Linguistics, especially Theme in Chinese, genre-based language teaching, and Applied Linguistics. She has published more than 30 papers and is the co-author of one book and one text-book.

 

Dr Kevin Harvey

University of Nottingham, UK

Kevin Harvey is a lecturer in sociolinguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK. His principal research specialities are in applied sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and corpus linguistics, and he is particularly interested in interdisciplinary approaches to professional communication. His present research focuses on multi-modal approaches to medical discourse and their practical implications for health care deliveries. Specifically this work involves a corpus linguistic exploration of electronic health messages, with a focus on examining the health concerns communicated by contributors to medical professionals online. His recent publications include 'How to use corpus linguistics in the study of health communication', in The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Linguistics (edited by O¡¯Keefe and McCarthy, Routledge, 2009), and 'Electronic Health Discourse', in The Pragmatics Encyclopedia (edited by L Cummings, Routledge, 2009). He is currently working on a book on health communication to be published as part of the new Routledge series of introductory textbooks for applied linguistics.

 

Prof Ken Hyland

University of Hong Kong

Ken Hyland is Chair Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong, having moved from the University of London last year. He has taught Applied Linguistics and EAP for over 30 years in Asia, Australasia and the UK and has published over 140 articles and 14 books on language education and academic writing. His most recent publications are Academic Discourse (Continuum, 2009), a second edition of Teaching and Researching Writing (Longman, 2009), Academic Evaluation (edited with Giuliana Diani, Palgrave, 2009), EAP: an advanced resource book (Routledge, 2006) and Metadiscourse (Continuum, 2005). He is currently working on a book on Disciplinary Identity for Cambridge University Press and a handbook on discourse analysis for Continuum. He was founding co-editor of the Journal of English for Academic Purposes and is now co-editor of Applied Linguistics and editor of the book series Continuum Discourse Series.