Haitao Liu

List of John Benjamins publications in which Haitao Liu is involved.

Journal

Language Problems and Language Planning

Edited by Michele Gazzola

ISSN 0272-2690 | E‑ISSN 1569‑9889

Articles (20) | Order by:

Xie, Yonghui, Ruochen Niu and Haitao Liu 2025 Cognitive motivations behind absent agents in passive sentences across Chinese and English Review of Cognitive Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article

Passive sentences featuring absent agents are prevalent in both Chinese and English, yet the cognitive motivations behind these agents have not received sufficient attention. To fill the gap, the current study investigates the differences in comprehension difficulty metrics between passive… read more

Zhang, Huiyu, Yao Ke and Haitao Liu 2022 Language policies and organizational features of international organizations Language Problems and Language Planning 46:1, pp. 26–54 | Article

Language policy, which is directly concerned with organizational operation, functions, and objectives, has become an increasingly important issue in international organizations (IOs). However, research on IOs’ language policies, especially exploration based on large-scale data, is rather limited. read more

Poiret, Rafaël, Simon Mille and Haitao Liu 2021 Paraphrase and parallel treebank for the comparison of French and Chinese syntax Languages in Contrast 21:2, pp. 298–322 | Article

This paper proposes to study the contrastive syntax of French and Chinese through the lens of syntactic mismatches, and by making use of parallel treebanks. A syntactic mismatch is the non-similarity between the syntactic structures of one linguistic unit and its translation. Syntactic… read more

Wang, Yalan and Haitao Liu 2017 From planned language to language planning: Esperantists’ activities in China in 1911–1958 Language Problems and Language Planning 41:3, pp. 265–286 | Article

This paper explores how Esperanto (Esperantists) plays an important role in Chinese language reform during 1911–1958. It divides the period into three stages and describes Esperantists’ activities from three perspectives accordingly: roles, goals/results and motives. The paper reveals… read more

Pan, Xiaxing, Huiyuan Jin and Haitao Liu 2015 Motives for Chinese script simplification Language Problems and Language Planning 39:1, pp. 1–32 | Article

The Chinese script simplification movement originated from the debates about Chinese script (hànzì) in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This movement was once the dominant part of language planning and language policy in China. The article describes the three major stages of Chinese script… read more

Li, Wenwen and Haitao Liu 2013 Language Problems and Language Planning: A corpus-based historical investigation Language Problems and Language Planning 37:2, pp. 151–177 | Article

As one of the most authoritative journals in the field of language planning, Language Problems and Language Planning has a long history. In this paper, we describe the development and changes that the journal has experienced in different periods, the characteristics that have remained constant,… read more

Liu, Haitao 2011 Quantitative analysis of Zamenhof’s Esenco kaj estonteco Language Problems and Language Planning 35:1, pp. 57–81 | Article

The formation of a language community in a planned language is one of the most important steps in its development. Esperanto is the only fully functional language with relative success among more than one thousand planned language projects. Model texts have played a very significant role in the… read more

Liu, Haitao 2010 Review of Gobbo (2009): Fondamenti di interlinguistica ed esperantologia. Pianificazione linguistica e lingue pianificate Language Problems and Language Planning 34:3, pp. 287–289 | Review

Liu, Haitao 2010 Review of Zhao & Baldauf (2008): Planning Chinese Characters: Reaction, Evolution or Revolution? Language Problems and Language Planning 34:3, pp. 282–284 | Review

Liu, Haitao 2007 Review of Joseph (2006): Language and Politics Language Problems and Language Planning 31:3, pp. 302–305 | Review

Liu, Haitao 2007 Review of Chen (2003): The Spread of English in Taiwan. Changing Uses and Shifting Attitudes Language Problems and Language Planning 31:1, pp. 70–73 | Review

Liu, Haitao 2006 Review of Kaplan & Baldauf (2003): Language and Language-in-Education Planning in the Pacific Basin Language Problems and Language Planning 30:1, pp. 95–98 | Review

Liu, Haitao 2006 Review of Maurais & Morris (2003): Languages in a globalising world Language Problems and Language Planning 30:2, pp. 195–198 | Review

Liu, Haitao 2005 Review of Carroll (2001): Language Planning and Language Change in Japan Language Problems and Language Planning 29:2, pp. 192–196 | Review

Liu, Haitao 2003 Review of Gottlieb & Chen (2001): Language Planning and Language Policy. East Asian Perspectives Language Problems and Language Planning 27:2, pp. 211–216 | Review

Liu, Haitao 2003 Revizio de Wright (2000): Community and Communication: The Role of Language in Nation State Building and European Integration Language Problems and Language Planning 27:3, pp. 295–299 | Review

Liu, Haitao 2000 Review of Nuessel (2000): The Esperanto Language Language Problems and Language Planning 24:3, pp. 279–281 | Review article

Liu, Haitao 1999 Kiel evoluas interlingvistiko? Kompara studo Language Problems and Language Planning 23:1, pp. 65–77 | Miscellaneous

SUMMARY A comparison of two major German-language monographs on interlinguistics sheds light on the common basis of the discipline and on its two major theoretical orientations, the sociological and the linguistic. Although interlinguistics properly includes the scientific study and systematic… read more

Liu, Haitao 1998 Interlinguistics in China Language Problems and Language Planning 22:1, pp. 76–87 | Miscellaneous

Interlingvistiko en Ĉinio La aŭtoro skizas la historion de interlingvistiko en Ĉinio kaj resumas la enhavon de kelkaj lastatempaj publikaĵoj. La artikolo priskribas la evoluon ekde fruaj lingvopolitikaj diskutoj tra la kreskanta agnosko de Esperanto kiel scienca esplorindaĵo ĝis la aplikado de… read more

Liu, Haitao 1998 Review of Albani & Buonarroti (1994): Aga Magera Difura. Dizionario deile lingue immaginarie Language Problems and Language Planning 22:3, pp. 288–290 | Review