Dong Yuezhang

Name：Dong Yuezhang

Department：English Department

Professional Title：Lecturer

Research Area：Cognitive Linguistics,His research focuses on the syntax-semantics interface in the context of contemporary cognitive science, with a particular emphasis on the study of multiple argument realization from the perspective of Cognitive Construction Grammar.

1.Curriculum Vitae:

Dong Yuezhang,Lecturer, Department of English,PhD in English Language and Literature, Nanjing University | Visiting Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA),Main Research Field: Cognitive Linguistics

2.Education Background:

• 2014 | PhD in English Language and Literature, Nanjing University

• 2008 | MA in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Tianjin University

• 2006 | BA in English Language and Literature, Department of English, Tianjin University

3.Positions & Employments:

• 2014-Present | Faculty Member, Department of English, Tianjin University

4.Courses:

• Undergraduate: Syntax A, Syntax B, Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics (1), English Writing A, English Writing B, English Pronunciation

• Academic Master’s Program: Syntax

5.Academic achievements:

Monograph

• Dong, Y. (2021). Domain-general Cognitive Processes and Multiple Argument Realization of Mandarin Object. Shanghai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press.

Selected Papers

• Dong, Y. (2011). Construction, Domain Matrix and Construal: A Cognitive grammar Account of "chi shitang". Foreign Languages, 3, 2-12. (Full text reprinted in Language and Linguistics, Copy Press of Renmin University of China, 2011(10): 10-20.)

• Dong, Y., & Zhang, R. (2009). A Structural Genomics Approach to Language Emergence and Acquisition. Foreign Languages and Their Teaching, 10, 1-4 + Back Cover.

Research Projects (Presided over)

• Project of Humanities and Social Sciences Research of the Ministry of Education: Study on Domain-general Cognitive Processes and Multiple Argument Realization in English and Chinese from Lexical-Constructional Approach, Completed in 2025.

• Project of Tianjin Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning: Domain-general Cognitive Processes and Multiple Argument Realization in English and Chinese from Lexical-Constructional Approach, Completed in 2023.

6.Honors & Awards:

• - Award for Excellent New PhD Researcher, Ministry of Education (2010)

• - Shen Zhikang Teaching Award, Tianjin University (2016)

• - Third Prize, Teaching Competition for Young Teachers, Tianjin University

• - Young Key Teacher, Beiyang Scholar Program, Tianjin University (2018)

• - Excellent Mentor, Tianjin University (2024)

7.Contact Information:

Email: dongyuezhangtju@163.com