Xi'an International Studies University

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with Xi'an International Studies University*

Lin, Lin & Xinyi Wang 2026 

ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics | Online First Publication, 5 pp. | book review

Li, Xiangdong 2025 Academic translators of humanities and social sciences texts: An exploratory survey of their profile and translation activity

Keywords: sociology of translation | academic translators | humanities and social sciences texts | profile | activity

Target 37:1 pp. 55–84 | article

Ament, Jennifer & Mengjia Zhang 2025 Individual differences in English-medium education: Comparing multilingual identity, beliefs, motivations and perspectives in EME in Spanish and Chinese undergraduates

Keywords: English-medium instruction | multilingual identity | perceptions | motivation | multilingual beliefs

AILA Review 38:2 pp. 160–186 | article | open access

Song, Jiannan 2025 Identity dynamics in text messaging: A case study of Chinese private tutors’ communication accommodation on WeChat

Keywords: messages | identity | communication accommodation | private tutors | WeChat

Pragmatics and Society | Online First Publication, 21 pp. | article

Song, Jiannan 2024 Review of The Translation of Realia and Irrealia in Game Localization: Culture-Specificity between Realism and Fictionality by Silvia Pettini (2022)

Target 36:2 pp. 311–315 | book review

Wang, Xi & Rong Jiang 2024 Review of Theorizing and applying systemic functional linguistics: Developments by Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen edited by Bo Wang & Yuanyi Ma (2023)

Language, Context and Text 6:2 pp. 469–475 | book review

Wang, Xi & Rong Jiang 2024 Reconstruing the image of Shan Gui: A multimodal translation from poetry to painting

Keywords: Shan Gui | image reconstrual | multimodal translation | poetry | painting | social semiotics | recontextualization | Shan Gui | reconstitution visuelle | traduction multimodale | poésie | peinture | sémiotique sociale | recontextualisation

Babel 70:1/2 pp. 186–210 | article

Chen, Rong & Dafu Yang 2023 Conventions of author self-reference in Chinese academic writing: Modesty as motivation

Keywords: identity construction | convention | conventionalization | social values | modesty | academic writing | self-reference

Pragmatics and Society 15:3 pp. 425–447 | article

Li, Xiangdong 2023 Global, glocal or local?: The construction of a new identity by peripheral social sciences and humanities journals through translation-mediated bilingual publishing

Keywords: peripheral journals | translation | bilingual publishing | identity construction | glocal identity | 本土（边缘）期刊 | 翻译 | 双语出版 | 身份建构 | 全球-本土身份

Language Problems and Language Planning 47:3 pp. 233–255 | article

Li, Xiangdong 2023 Teaching listening for interpreting through mind mapping: Students’ attitudes and its effectiveness

Keywords: mind mapping | listening | interpreter training | attitude | self-perceived effectiveness | mapas mentales | escucha | formación de intérpretes | actitudes | eficacia

Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics 37:1 pp. 172–199 | article

Wang, Xi & Fangfei Lv 2023 Review of Recent perspectives on gesture and multimodality edited by Isabel Galhano-Rodrigues, Elena Zagar Galvão & Anabela Cruz-Santos (2019)

Gesture 21:2/3 pp. 365–373 | book review

Liu Feng, Zhang Jing-yu & Zeng Jian-yu 2022 负面情感立场标记: 湖南吉首方言句中小品词“呔”的会话分析 [Linguistic expressions of negative stances]

Keywords: 吉首方言 | 句中小品词“呔” | 负面情感立场标记 | 会话分析 | Jishou dialect | utterance-middle-particle [tai] 呔 | marker of negative affective stance | conversation analysis

Chinese Language and Discourse 13:2 pp. 226–241 | article

Wang Xi 2021 Review of Translation and Multimodality: Beyond Words edited by Monica Boria, Ángeles Carreres, María Noriega-Sánchez & Marcus Tomalin (2020)

Babel 67:5 pp. 678–682 | book review

Jin, Lixin, Wei Wang, Kun Xie, Xiaohua Wang & Xiaodong Tang 2022 Perfective aspect and perfect aspect: The case of Russian and Mandarin Chinese

Keywords: perfective/imperfective | perfect/imperfect | phasal aspect | Russian | Mandarin Chinese

International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 8:2 pp. 177–203 | article

Sun, Yi, Mi Zhang & Lang Chen 2021 “Join the Army. Become the Power of China”: Multimodal metaphors in military recruitment advertising – “The Power of China”

Keywords: multimodal metaphor | recruitment advertising | “The Power of China”

Review of Cognitive Linguistics 19:1 pp. 142–171 | article

Tao, Y. & Z. H. Jiang 2021 

Language Problems and Language Planning 45:1 pp. 116–120 | book review

Li, Xiangdong 2019 Analyzing translation and interpreting textbooks: A pilot survey of business interpreting textbooks

Keywords: business interpreting | business interpreting competences | pedagogical expertise | textbook adaptation | textbook development

Translation and Interpreting Studies 14:3 pp. 392–415 | article

Chen, Rong 2021 Identity studies and identity construction: Insights from Donald J. Trump’s (un)presidentiality

Keywords: identity | identity construction | presidential identity | presidency | Donald Trump

Pragmatics & Cognition 26:2/3 pp. 386–413 | article

Sun, Yi & Xi Chen 2019 A diachronic analysis of metaphor clusters in political discourse: A comparative study of Chinese and American presidents’ speeches at universities

Keywords: political discourse | leaders’ speeches in universities | metaphor cluster | diachronic study of metaphor | conceptual metaphor theory

Pragmatics and Society 9:4 pp. 626–653 | article

Sun, Yi & Yang Bai 2018 Gibbs, Jr., R. W. (Ed.). (2016). Mixing metaphor

Review of Cognitive Linguistics 16:1 pp. 311–316 | book review

Sun, Yi & Mengjiao Zhang 2017  John Wilson. Talking with the President: The Pragmatics of Presidential Language

Journal of Language and Politics 16:2 pp. 341–344 | book review

Sun, Yi, Yishu Yang & Monika Kirner-Ludwig 2018 A crosslinguistic study into culturally motivated resemblances and variations in transferred epithet metaphors in Chinese and English

Keywords: transferred epithet metaphor | experientialism | bodily experience | culture

Cognitive Linguistic Studies 4:2 pp. 216–248 | article

Wang, Weili & Xiangdong Li 2017 Translation studies communities in Spain and South Korea: A diachronic comparative study

Keywords: translation studies | cross-national study | comparative study | Spain | South Korea

Translation and Interpreting Studies 12:2 pp. 278–309 | article

Li, Xiangdong 2015 Designing a sight translation course for undergraduate T&I students: From context definition to course organization

Keywords: context definition | course design | sight translation | formulation of goals and objectives | content conceptualization | articulation of beliefs | course organization

Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics 28:1 pp. 169–198 | article

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.