Xia Dengshan TITLE/POSITION: Professor
EMAIL: xiadengshan@bfsu.edu.cn
DEGREES • PhD: Tsinghua University, School of Humanities, English Language and Literature, 09/2008-06/2011 • MA: Tongji University, School of Foreign Languages, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, 09/2002-05/2005 • BA: Anhui Institute of Education, English Education, 09/2000-07/2002
ACADEMIC POSITIONS • 04/2024-04/2027: Chang’an Chair Professor, Chang’an University • 11/2021-11/2026: Guest Professor, Kashgar University • 09/2019- Professor, Beijing Foreign Studies University • 09/2014–08/2018: Associate Professor, Beijing Foreign Studies University • 07/2011–09/2014: Lecturer, Beijing Jiaotong University • 04/2005–08/2008: Lecturer, Shanghai Institute of Technology
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE • 12/2009 -12/2010: Visiting PhD Student, University of Chicago, Department of Linguistics • 08/2018-08/2019 : Visiting Scholar, State University of New York, Albany
TEACHING • Pragmatics • Language and Society • Theories and Methods of Translation • History of Translation
RESEARCH INTERESTS • Sociolinguistics • Pragmatics • Translation History • Foreign Language Education
RESEARCH PROJECTS • Rewriting Ancient Chinese Translation History. 2020 Key Project of National Social Sciences Foundation (20AYY002), ¥350,000. (In Progress) • Research on the Evolution of Chinese Greetings Based on Diachronic Corpora, 2019. MOE Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation (19YJA740065), ¥100,000. (Completed) • A Pragmatic Study of Triadic Communication, 2013 National Social Sciences Foundation (13FYY011), ¥180,000. (Completed)
ACADEMIC SERVICES • Reviewers for international journals: - Journal of Pragmatics - Pragmatics - Language Sciences - Language and Communication - Journal of Politeness Studies - Text & Talk - Intercultural Pragmatics - Pragmatics and Cognition - Pragmatics and Society - Journal of Chinese Applied Linguistics
SCHOLARLY WORKS • Books: - Chinese Long Distance Reflexives (Nov. 2019) First Author, Xuelin Publishing House, “13th Five-Year Plan” National Key Publication Project; Research Series on Hot Issues in Linguistics. - A Pragmatic Study of Triadic Communication (Dec. 2018) The Commercial Press. - Muhua Guiyi Shi-Zhongguo Gudai Fanyishi Lungao (Essays on Translation History in Ancient China) (Apr. 2018) Jilin University Press. • International journal articles - Chinese thanking interaction from premodern to modern China: A diachronic analysis (Feb. 2025) 2nd Author and correspondence author, Language & Communication - China’s Real Estate Agents’ Persuasion Realizations on WeChat Moments (Jul. 2024) 2nd Author and correspondence author, Pragmatics. - A Diachronic Study of Chinese Greetings Between New Acquaintances (Nov. 2023) 1st Author, Journal of Pragmatics. - Historical Poem-Quoting Interaction: An Interaction-Speech Act-Ritual Integrative Study of ‘fù’ in Ancient China (Apr. 2023) 2nd Author and correspondence author, Journal of Pragmatics - Digital Tildes (“∼ ”) May Convey More: Analyzing Innovative Uses of Tildes in Chinese WeChat Messages (Apr. 2023) 2nd Author and correspondence author, Language and Semiotic Studies - Article in Translation: Chinese Compliment Responses in Triadic Contexts (Mar. 2021) 1st Author, Journal of Pragmatics - (Im)politeness at a Chinese Dinner Table: A Discursive Approach to (Im)politeness in Multi-Party Communication (Jun. 2019) 1st Author, Journal of Politeness Research • Journal articles published in Chinese - Xia, Dengshan（2025）. Rethinking of Foreign Language Program Reforms in the New Era. Journal of Northwestern Polytechnical University (Social Sciences Edition),1-8. - Xia, Dengshan. （2024）.The Critical Thinking in Understanding Contemporary China: English Reading and Writing Course. China ESP Research. (01), 1-7. - Xia, Dengshan. (2023). Cultivating Innovative Abilities of Foreign Language Major Students in Higher Education. Shandong Foreign Language Teaching, (02), 49-56. - Xia, Dengshan. (2022). ‘Tribute Translation’ in the History of National Translation Practice. English Studies, (15), 43-54. - Xia, Dengshan & Wang, Jia. (2019). "Compliment Responses and the Collection Method of Interpersonal Pragmatics in Chinese." Foreign Language Teaching, (02), 26-31. - Xia, Dengshan. (2017). Three Translation Views in the History of Chinese Translation. Journal of Central South University (Social Science Edition) (06), 182-191. - Xia, Dengshan. (2017). Rethinking the Difference between ‘Fan’ and ‘Yi’ in Ancient Translation History. Chinese Translator’s Journal (06), 81-85. - Xia, Dengshan, Yin, Caiyan, & Lan, Chun. (2017). Compliment Response Strategies in Triadic Communication. Foreign Language Teaching and Research (05), 688-698+799-800. - Xia, Dengshan. (2017). Reconsideration of the Three Waves of Translation in Ancient China. Chinese Foreign Language (05), 87-92. - Xia, Dengshan & Lan, Chun. (2017). Face Alliances and the Transformation of Face Acts in Multiparty Communication. Foreign Language Teaching (04), 25-28.
AWARDS & HONOURS • Prominent Young Talent of National “Ten Thousand Talents Plan” (2022) • National Teaching Achievement Award (2022) • National Excellent Textbooks Award (2021) • Beijing Higher Education Achievement Award (2022)
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