Wei Zhang
List of John Benjamins publications in which Wei Zhang is involved.
Journal
ISSN 1877-7031 | E‑ISSN 1877‑8798
Articles
2022 Exploring the predictive validity of an interpreting aptitude test battery: An approximate replication Interpreting 24:2, pp. 279–308 | Article
This study explores the validity of a battery of interpreting aptitude tests comprising the SynCloze test, the Negative Affectivity Scale and the Inventory of Learning Styles in predicting the interpreting performance of Chinese interpreting trainees. The aptitude test battery was conducted at… read more
2019 A duet and/or a concerto? Simultaneous interpreters’ working memory and interpreting expertise Babel 65:4, pp. 519–537 | Article
Working memory and interpreting expertise are generally acknowledged as two essential factors that affect the interpreting process. With reference to the compensation model, the independent influences model, and the rich-get-richer model proposed in cognitive psychology concerning the interplay… read more
2015 The shifting representation of common people in China’s news media Journal of Language and Politics 14:2, pp. 285–308 | Article
This paper examines the meanings associated with the high-frequency social address term baixing (‘common people’) in China’s contemporary news media, through the analysis of a sizable corpus of data from China’s online news portals, together with the results of qualitative research derived from… read more