Speaker Biography
Liao Qiaoyun is a Professor at Shanghai International Studies University, holding a Ph.D., and serves as a Doctoral Supervisor in English Language and Literature as well as in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, and a Postdoctoral Supervisor. She is a communications reviewer for projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China and the Ministry of Education's Social Science Fund, and a doctoral dissertation reviewer for the Degree Center of the Ministry of Education. She holds leadership positions as Vice President of the Embodied-Cognitive Linguistics Professional Committee of the Huaxia Culture Promotion Association, Vice President of the China Language Education Association, Vice President of the China Cognitive Neurolinguistics Association, Executive Director of the Cognitive Linguistics Professional Committee of the China Association for Comparative Studies of English and Chinese, and Executive Director of the Philosophy of Language Professional Committee of the China Association for Comparative Studies of English and Chinese. She is currently leading a key project of the National Social Science Fund of China, and has previously led two other National Social Science Fund projects, six provincial/ministerial research projects, two key provincial higher education teaching reform projects, one national first-class course, one Shanghai key course, one Shanghai first-class course, and one course on the Chinese University MOOC platform. Her primary research areas include cognitive linguistics, cognitive pragmatics, and cognitive neurolinguistics. She has published six books, including A Study on the Operation Mechanism of Causal Constructions and Cognitive Neural Mechanism of Semantic Rhetoric, and has authored over 80 articles in prominent domestic and international journals such as Foreign Language Teaching and Research, Foreign Languages, Modern Foreign Languages, Journal of Pragmatics, and Journal of Neurolinguistics, including CSSCI, SSCI, and SCI indexed journals. She has been recognized as one of the Fourth Batch of Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions in Chongqing, has received the Baogang Excellent Teacher Award, and has won one second prize for National Teaching Achievement in Higher Education, two second prizes for Provincial/Ministerial Outstanding Achievement Awards in Social Sciences, and one first prize and one third prize for Provincial/Ministerial Higher Education Teaching Achievement Awards.
Lecture Time & Venue
Lecture Time: November 27 (Thursday), 19:00–20:30
Lecture Venue: Lecture Hall 103, Teaching Building No. 5, Songjiang Campus
Lecture Title
Quantum Thinking and Language Research: A Case Study of Semantic Rhetoric
Lecture Abstract
Influenced and propelled by the trend toward interdisciplinary language research, mathematical and physical sciences have entered the purview of language researchers. In recent years, quantum mechanics theory has been introduced into language research, attracting widespread attention from many scholars and giving rise to interdisciplinary approaches to language study. Drawing on the principle of nonlocality from quantum mechanics and a research model of the operational mechanisms of semantic rhetoric, we propose an analytical framework for semantic rhetorical mechanisms—the Nonlocal Correlation Model (NLCM)—and examine the processes of generating and interpreting semantic rhetoric. This study represents a preliminary attempt to apply quantum mechanics theory to the study of language phenomena, offering a new perspective for the exploration of semantic rhetoric and serving as a modest spur to invite further contributions.
