Speech Tile/Abstract

Cognitive linguistics-guided corpus research on lexical semantics and usages

15 Dec 2023 14:30

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Dilin Liu (刘迪麟) is Professor Emeritus of Applied Linguistics/TESOL in the English Department at the University of Alabama, USA. His research focuses on the description and teaching of English grammar and vocabulary using cognitive- and corpus-linguistic approaches. He has published extensively with over 90 publications, including seven books and numerous journal articles and book chapters. His articles have appeared in over 20 different SSCI journals in linguistics/applied linguistics, such as Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, ELT Journal, English for Specific Purposes, English Today, Foreign Language Annals, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, International Journal of Lexicography, IRAL, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Journal of English Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research,  Language and Cognition, Language Teaching Research, Modern Language Journal, Second Language Research, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, and TESOL Quarterly. He has served on the editorial boards of over ten journals including ELT Journal, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, International Journal of Lexicography, Lingua, System, TESOL Quarterly, and TESOL Journal. Liu has also been a reviewer for over twenty SSCI journals and for several book publishers, including Cambridge University Press, Palgrave-MacMillan, and Routledge.

This speech explores the rationales and existing efforts to integrate cognitive and corpus linguistic approaches in research on lexical semantics and usages. It will first discuss the theoretical grounds and rationales for conductive cognitive linguistics-inspired corpus research. Then, using concrete examples from existing research including the author’s published and ongoing studies, the speech will describe in detail the principles and procedures used in conducting such research. The examples given will help showcase how a cognitive linguistics-guided corpus research approach can not only produce new insightful understandings about lexical semantics and usages but also how cognitive linguistics and corpus linguistics can complement each other in making research results more valid, reliable, and interesting. The speech will end with a discussion of the challenges involved in conducting cognitive linguistics-guided corpus research and strategies for overcoming such challenges.