Zuoyan Song

Professor

School of Chinese Language and Literature

Email: meszy@163.com

EDUCATION

2009 Dept. of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, Ph. D, Linguistics
2004 Dept. of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, M. A., Linguistics
2001 Dept. of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University, B. A., Chinese Linguistics

RESEARCH

The primary focus of my research is semantics, especially lexical semantics and the interface between semantics and syntax. My work is based on the Theory of Generative Lexicon and Construction Grammar. In addition, I am interested in corpus linguistics, discourse analysis and computational linguistics.

PUBLICATIONS

Book

Zuoyan Song. 2015. On Event Coercion in Mandarin Chinese: From the Perspective of Generative Lexicon Theory. Beijing: Peking University Press.

Book Compilation

Zuoyan Song and Churen Huang. 2018. The Generative Lexicon: Studies on the Chinese Language. Beijing: The Commercial Press.

Papers(selected)

Zuoyan Song. 2019. On the lexicalization and morphologicalization of A1A2A3: From the perspective of lexical constructionalization. Chinese Teaching in the World 33.2:201-213.

Zuoyan Song. 2019. The competition of synonyms in Mandarin Chinese and its influencing factors. Applied Linguistics1:86-95.

Zuoyan Song. 2018. Semantic motivations of noun-to-verb conversion: From verb perspective to noun perspective. Studies of the Chinese Language 3:295-310.

Zuoyan Song. 2017. The cognitive orientation of Generative Lexicon: From the perspective of linguistic relevance. Journal of Peking University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) 54.2:151-160.

Qingqing Zhao and Zuoyan Song. 2017. A study on disyllabic metaphorical noun-noun compounds in Mandarin Chinese: A Generative Lexicon Theory-based approach. Journal of Chinese Information Processing 31.2:11-17.

Zuoyan Song. 2016. The role of telic features in the lexical meaning and word formation of nouns: From the perspective of language values and linguistic values. Studies of the Chinese Language 1: 44-57

Zuoyan Song. 2016. A study of the new construction of “gezhong x”: From the perspective of construction coercion. Language Teaching and Linguistic Studies 1:57-66.

Nianxin Zhang and Zuoyan Song. 2015. Meaning construction of adjective-noun compounds in Mandarin: Based on Qualia Structure and Conceptual Blending Theory. Journal of Chinese Information Processing 29.6:39-47.

Zuoyan Song. 2015.A lexicon of Chinese compound nouns with semantic annotation: Generative Lexicon Theory approach. Journal of Chinese Information Processing 29.3:27-33,43.

Jinsha Hu and & Zuoyan Song.2015. On the lexicographical definitions of tool nouns: From the perspective of qualia structure. International Journal of Knowledge and Language Processing 6.3

Zuoyan Song. 2014.Construction coercion in modifier-head compound nouns. Chinese Teaching in the World 28.4:508-518.

Zuoyan Song. 2014. A comparative study of event coercion between Chinese and English. Language and linguistics15.2: 199–229

Zuoyan Song. 2014. Dictionary of Hong Kong Community Words (book review). Chinese Language and Discourse 5.2.

Zuoyan Song. 2014. On the implicit predicates in modifier-head construction containing ‘De’. Chinese Language Learning 1:20-28.

Zuoyan Song. 2013. Logical metonymy, event coercion and noun-to-verb transformation. Linguistics Sciences 12.2:117-129.

Zuoyan Song and Likun Qiu. 2013. Qualia relations in Chinese nominal compounds containing verbal elements (NCCVs). International Journal of Knowledge and Language Processing, vol4, no.1.

Zuoyan Song. 2012. Event coercion of Mandarin Chinese temporal connective hou ‘after’. Proceedings of 26th Pacific Asia  Conference on    Language，Information and Computation. Published by Faculty of Computer Science, Universitas Indonesia.

Zuoyan Song. 2011.Light verb, event and complement coercion in Mandarin Chinese. Studies of the Chinese Language 3:205-217.

Zuoyan Song. 2011.The semi productivity and multiple interpretations of logical metonymy. Language Teaching and Linguistic Studies 3:43-50.

Zuoyan Song. 2010.On the affixoid which can trigger off event coercion. Chinese Teaching in the World 24.4:446-458.

Zuoyan Song and Hongyin Tao.2009. A unified account of causal clause sequences in Mandarin Chinese and its implications.  Studies in Language 33.1.

Zuoyan Song and Hongyin Tao. 2008. A comparative study of Chinese and English causal clause sequences in discourse. Chinese Linguistics 4:61-71.

AWARDS

2013. Beijing Higher Education Young Elite Teacher

2014. Excellent Output of the National Social Science Fund of China

2016. First-class of the 18th LV-Shuxiang Award in Linguistics

2018. The third-class of Yinghua Academic Award