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Fengzhi Zhao is an Assistant Professor in Department of Applied Linguistics. Before joining XJTLU, she did her Ph.D. at the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Applied Linguistics, Birkbeck, University of London. Her fields of research broadly fall into: sociolinguistics; linguistic landscape studies; discourse analysis; linguistic ethnography. She is generally interested in issues such as language, space and identity; sociolinguistics of globalization and cosmopolitanism; sociolinguistic enquiry pertaining to digital humanities and health humanities. She is currently working on projects related to language, affect, and urban encounters in the context of Shanghai; language and discourse in the online-offline nexus of everyday lifeworld; language, communication and aging in place. Publications can be reached in ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fengzhi-Zhao
Research interests
Sociolinguistics
Linguistic landscape studies
Discourse analysis
Linguistic ethnography
Language, space and identity
Sociolinguistics of globalization and cosmopolitanism
Multilingualism
Experience
Assistant Professor, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2023 - present
Program Director for MA Applied Linguistics, 2024 - present
Research Seminar Coordinator, 2023 - 2024
Teaching
LNG423 MA Dissertation (Applied Linguistics)
LNG203 Language and Society
LNG406 Research Methods
Awards and honours
2018-2021 Birkbeck School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy (SSHP) Scholarship for Doctoral Research
2018-2022 China Scholarship Council (CSC) Scholarship for Doctoral Research
2015-2017 European Union Erasmus Mundus Master Scholarship for Research
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., Birkbeck, University of London
Master of Social Sciences, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris)
BA, Dalian University of Technology
Person Types
- Staff
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The online-offline nexus of everyday lifeworld: a linguistic ethnography
1/07/24 → 30/06/27
Project: Internal Research Project
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HSS-RSF: Investigating students’ multilingual and multimodal academic literacies in dissertation writing in an EMI university.
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Internal Research Project
Research output
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Caregiver Role Transitions in Home-based Alzheimer's Care: A Shanghai Case Study
Wang, Q., Zhao, F. & Wu, Z., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Innovation in Aging.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Role Reversal and Emotional Labor: Family Caregiving for Alzheimer's Patients in Urban Chinese Contexts
Wang, Q., Zhao, F., Wu, Z. & Liu, X., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Alzheimer's & Dementia.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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These Young People Are Taking an Interest in Suzhou-Style Elderly Care: a Documentary Showcasing Unique Elderly Lifestyles
Wang, Q., Zhao, F., Liu, X. & Huang, Z., 1 Oct 2024Research output: Practice-based research output › Digital, Visual or Audio-visual Creative Work › Recorded/rendered creative work: Audio-visual recording
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Living a diasporic space online: semiotic landscape and landscaping of Chinese students in the UK under COVID pandemic
Zhao, F., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Localising cosmopolitanism in place talk: Semiotic landscape as stance object
Zhao, F. & Lou, J. J., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Language in Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Exploring online-offine connectivity: a linguistic ethnography
Fengzhi Zhao (Supervisor)
Jul 2024 → Aug 2024Activity: Supervision › Completed SURF Project
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The 15th Linguistic Landscape Workshop
Fengzhi Zhao (Speaker)
Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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Identifying the influence of linguistic landscapes on environmental awareness
Yuehan Dou (Supervisor) & Fengzhi Zhao (Supervisor)
Jun 2024 → Aug 2024Activity: Supervision › Completed SURF Project
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The 25th Sociolinguistic Symposium
Fengzhi Zhao (Speaker)
Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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14th Chinese International Conference of Sociolinguistics
Fengzhi Zhao (Participant)
May 2024 → Sept 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …