Department of Applied Linguistics

Research output

Research output per year 1991 2022 2023 2024 2025

• 248 Article
• 63 Chapter
• 30 Book
• 20 Other contribution
• 61 More
  • 17 Conference Proceeding
  • 14 Review article
  • 10 Editorial
  • 7 Paper
  • 6 Software
  • 3 Foreword/postscript
  • 1 Commissioned report
  • 1 Edited volume
  • 1 Conference article
  • 1 Digital, Visual or Audio-visual Creative Work

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2025

  A Synchronic Sociolinguistic Survey of Patterns of Language Use and Attitudes by Selected 16 to 25-Year-Old Mauritius Secondary School and University Students

  Ihemere, K., 30 Jun 2025, In: International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies. 23, 1, p. 141-161 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mauritius 100%

• Exploring collaborative writing among large groups in online distance learning through a public forum and private chat tool

  Mei, F., Ma, Q., Tang, J. & Zou, B., 10 Jan 2025, In: ReCALL. 37, 1, p. 43–61

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Item repetition matters: Methodological considerations in bilingual language control research

  Liu, H., Chaouch-Orozco, A. & Sperlich, D., 2025, In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Language control in auditory bilingual comprehension: Uncovering novel evidence from the n-2 repetition paradigm

  Liu, H. & Chaouch-Orozco, A., 2025, In: Language and Cognition.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Language proficiency and study achievement of pupils with dyslexia enrolled in content and language integrated learning (CLIL)

  Parmentier, C., Simonis, M., Van Mensel, L., Hiligsmann, P., Galand, B., Lefèvre, N., Ordonez Magro, L. & Szmalec, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dyslexia 100%
  • Reading disorder 10%
  • Learning Disorder 10%
  • Traditional Education 10%

• Role Reversal and Emotional Labor: Family Caregiving for Alzheimer's Patients in Urban Chinese Contexts

  Wang, Q., Zhao, F., Wu, Z. & Liu, X., 9 Jan 2025, In: Alzheimer's & Dementia. 20, 8, e095009.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Family Caregiving 100%
  • Emotional Labor 100%

• Uncertainty avoidance, news genres and framing of Traditional Chinese Medicine: a content analysis of news from seven countries

  Tang, J., Kuang, X. & Wei, R., 8 Jan 2025, In: Journal of Transcultural Communication.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2024

  Age-related changes in lexical tones and intonation in Cantonese infant-directed speech: A longitudinal study

  Wang, L. & Wong, P. C. M., 2024, In: Journal of Child Language.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• A longitudinal test of the impact of CLIL on language emotions and learning motivation

  Mettewie, L., Van Mensel, L., De Smet, A. & Galand, B., Jul 2024, In: System. 123, 103355.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Language Integrated Learning 100%
  • Language Learning 22%
  • Value Added 11%
  • Task Value 11%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• An Investigation Into Learners’ Cognitive Processes in Data-Driven Learning: Case Studies of Six Learners of Chinese

  Liu, T. & Chen, M., Apr 2024, In: Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics. 46, 4, p. 544-561 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Case Study 100%
  • Data-Driven Learning 100%
  • Cognition 100%
  • Corpus 40%
  • GaIN 20%

• A Study of “AB Ren” From the Perspective of Construction Grammar

  Xiao, Y. & Yin, H., 29 Mar 2024, In: Theory and Practice in Language Studies. 14, 3, p. 827-835 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Social Media 100%
  • Linguistic Expression 33%
  • Riots 33%
  • mockery 33%
  • Social Function 33%

• A Synchronic Sociolinguistic Survey of Patterns of Language Use and Attitudes by Selected 16-25-Year-old Mauritius Secondary School and University Students

  Ihemere, K., 9 Aug 2024, In: International Journal of Communication and Linguistic Studies. 23, 1, p. 141 161 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Creoles 100%

• Botanical Roots and Word Origins: A Systematic Reconstruction of Alor Plant Name Etymologies

  ONG, B. M. Q. & PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F., 17 Dec 2024, In: Histories. 4, 4, p. 575-597 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • plant names 100%
  • Papuan Languages 100%
  • Etymological Research 100%
  • Spoken Language 100%
  • Genealogical Link 100%

• Caregiver Role Transitions in Home-based Alzheimer's Care: A Shanghai Case Study

  Wang, Q., Zhao, F. & Wu, Z., 31 Dec 2024, In: Innovation in Aging. 8, 1122.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mental Stress 100%
  • Patient Care 100%
  • Role Theory 80%
  • Psychological Stress 40%

• Chinese Morphology

  Xu, Z., 27 Nov 2024, (Submitted) In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Cultural Contacts among Pre-Roman Peoples in Iron Age Italy: The Case of Venetic Inscriptions

  VICARI, S. & PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F., 2 Apr 2024, In: Histories. 4, 2, p. 220-233 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Iron Age 100%
  • Cultural contacts 100%
  • Age Italy 100%
  • Cultural Influence 100%
  • Egypt 25%

• Digital game-based learning’s effectiveness on EFL learners’ receptive and productive vocabulary knowledge

  Jia, W., Zhang, L., Pack, A., Guan, Y. & Zou, B., 1 Apr 2024, In: Language, Learning and Technology. 28, 1, p. 1-21

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Do teachers' well-being and resilience predict their Foreign Language Teaching Enjoyment (FLTE)?

  Wei, R., Yang, X. & Wang, J., 1 Nov 2024, In: Applied Linguistics Review. 15, 6, p. 2515-2536 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Foreign Language Teaching 100%
  • Hierarchical Regression 40%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Effect of EAP course on psychology students' writing performance, anxiety and self-efficacy: A latent profile analysis

  Sun, Q., Yang, Z. & Jiang, L., 15 Sept 2024, In: Asia-Pacific Education Researcher.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• English speaking with artificial intelligence (AI): The roles of enjoyment, willingness to communicate with AI, and innovativeness

  Huang, F. & Zou, B., May 2024, In: Computers in Human Behavior. 159, 108355.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Artificial Intelligence 100%
  • Language Learning 10%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Evaluation of the Multilingual Naming Test (MINT) as a quick and practical proxy for language proficiency

  Liu, H. & Chaouch-Orozco, A., 2024, In: Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • placement test 100%
  • Assessment Tool 24%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Examining Chinese EFL learners’ acceptance of mobile-assisted vocabulary learning applications and its influencing factors

  Han, Y. & Chen, C., Aug 2024, In: Journal of China Computer-Assisted Language Learning.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Exploring artificial intelligence technology for enhancing EAP learners’ speaking skills: A case study of EAP Talk

  He, H., Zou, B. & Du, Y., Jun 2024, (Submitted) In: Computer Assisted Language Learning.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Exploring EFL learners’ perceived promise and limitations of using an artificial intelligence speech evaluation system for speaking practice

  Zou, B., Liviero, S., Ma, Q., Zhang, W., Du, Y. & Xing, P., Sept 2024, In: System. 126, 103497.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • EFL learners 100%
  • Limitations 100%
  • Artificial Intelligence 100%
  • English as a Foreign Language 100%
  • Feedback Score 50%

• Exploring English as a Foreign Language Learners’ Adoption and Utilisation of ChatGPT for Speaking Practice Through an Extended Technology Acceptance Model

  Zou, B. & Wang, C., 20 Nov 2024, In: International Journal of Applied Linguistics (United Kingdom).

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Exploring English learning motivation among Chinese older adults

  Wei, R., Wang, R. & Wang, J., 2024, In: Language Teaching Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Chinese 100%
  • Learning Motivation 100%
  • Older Adults 100%
  • Policy Implication 100%
  • Individual Differences 100%

• Exploring human-Generative AI interaction in source use practices: Issues, trials and critical reflections

  Sun, Q., 31 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Academic Writing. 14, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• Exploring languaging practices and reasons in Chinese bilingual students’ academic writing process: insights from EMI and CMI contexts

  Sun, Q., 15 Dec 2024, (Submitted) In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Exploring the interplay between enjoyment, anxiety, ideal self, and willingness to communicate in EMI higher education

  Xu, J., Zhou, S., Chen, C., Perrin, S. & Gan, H., Sept 2024, In: International Journal of Applied Linguistics (United Kingdom).

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Language Learning 100%
  • Academic Learning 100%

• Inanimate antecedents of the Japanese reflexive zibun: Experimental and corpus evidence

  Sperlich, D. & Kogusuri, T., 2024, In: Linguistics. 62, 2, p. 323-347 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Treatment 100%
  • Research 100%
  • Attention 100%
  • Judgement 100%
  • Pronoun 100%

• Is bilingualism linked to national identity? Evidence from a big data survey

  Wei, R., Reynolds, B. L., Kong, M. & Liu, Z., 2024, In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 45, 8, p. 3078-3092 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bilingualism 100%
  • Big Data 100%
  • Regression Analysis 25%
  • Hierarchical Regression 25%
  • Individual Differences 25%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Is multilingualism linked to a higher tolerance of homosexuality? Evidence from a national survey

  Luo, X. & Wei, R., 2024, In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 45, 2, p. 196-208 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• LexCHI: A quick lexical test for estimating language proficiency in Chinese

  Wen, Y., Qiu, Y., Leong, C. X. R. & van Heuven, W. J. B., Mar 2024, In: Behavior Research Methods . 56, 3, p. 2333–2352 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Cognitive Research 100%
  • Cloze Test 33%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Lexical complexity in academic lectures: Comparative analysis of EMI and Non-EMI settings and influential factors

  Chen, C. & Durrant, P., 2024, In: Applied Corpus Linguistics. 4, 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Making arguments at lower proficiencies: Move-bundle connection in Korean university students’ English argumentative writing

  Xia, D. & Kessler, M., Dec 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Applied Linguistics (United Kingdom).

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Making requests at work: An examination of phrase frames in workplace email communication

  Xia, D., Kessler, M., Chen, Y. & Pae, H., 5 Jun 2024, In: Ibérica. 47, p. 67-92 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • e-Mail 100%
  • Business Purpose 100%
  • Requests 100%
  • Academic Discourse 100%
  • Professional Writing 100%

• Minoan Cryptanalysis: Computational Approaches to Deciphering Linear A and Assessing Its Connections with Language Families from the Mediterranean and the Black Sea Areas

  NEPAL, A. & PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F., 25 Jan 2024, In: Information (Switzerland). 15, 2, p. 1-13 13 p., 73.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Minoan 100%
  • Mediterranean 100%
  • Scripts 60%
  • phonetic values 60%
  • Words 40%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Motivation, growth mindset and feedback-seeking behaviors of adolescent writers: A mulit-group structural equation modelling approach

  Wei, D., 2024, (Submitted) In: Journal of Second Language Writing.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Motivation and metacognitive strategy use in reading English as a Foreign Language among adolescent learners

  Wei, D., Xu, C. & Zheng, X., 2024, In: Asia-Pacific Education Researcher. 10.1007/s40299-024-00923-5.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Naming What We Eat: Food and Beverages Names in the Context of Singapore Hawker Centres

  PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F., WU, S., LONG, J., TAY, K-Y., LIU, K., LEONG, C., KAN, Z. & NEO, S-J., 18 Dec 2024, In: Review of Historical Geography and Toponomastics. 19, 37-38, p. 45-90 46 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Singapore 100%
  • Diachronic Linguistics 20%
  • Social Science 20%
  • Foodways 20%

• ONLINE FIRST - Naming What We Eat: Food and Beverage Names in the Context of Singapore Hawker Centres

  PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F., WU, S., LONG, J., TAY, K-Y., LIU, K., LEONG, C., KAN, Z. & NEO, S-J., 18 Sept 2024, In: Review of Historical Geography and Toponomastics. 19, 37-38, p. 1-46 46 p., 3.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Singapore 100%
  • Eat 100%
  • Food Science 100%
  • Social Science 100%
  • Names 40%

• On Relative Word Length and Transposed-Word Effects

  Wen, Y., Mirault, J. & Grainger, J., Sept 2024, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 50, 9, p. 934-941 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Word Length 100%
  • Length Information 50%
  • Skilled Reader 50%

• Pedagogy and beyond: A scrutiny of the ecosystem of postgraduate English for Academic Purposes (EAP) reading and writing modules

  Sun, Q., Zhang, Y. & Li, T., 2024, (Submitted) In: Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Profiling lecturers’ and students’ belief systems of academic literacy in an EMI university through Q methodology

  Sun, Q., 2024, (Submitted) In: Language, Culture and Curriculum.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Revolutionising EFL pedagogy: Innovative strategies for integrating GAI (ChatGPT) into language teaching

  Wang, C., Wang, Y. & Zou, B., 28 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Language Teaching. 4, 1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Social Media Users’ Engagement with Fear Appeal Elements in Government’s Health Crisis Communication via State-Owned Media

  Yao, L., Ngai, C. S. B., Singh, R. G. & Chen, F., 18 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Health Communication.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The genealogy of ‘gentrification’: Semantic prosody, metonymies, and metaphors of a class-struggle discourse in English

  Kitis, E. D., Nov 2024, In: Language & Communication. 99, p. 229-243 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Discourse 100%
  • Metonymy 100%
  • English 100%
  • Gentrification 100%
  • Class Struggle 100%

• The genealogy of ‘gentrification’: Semantic prosody, metonymies, and metaphors of a class-struggle discourse in English

  Kitis, E. D., 2024, In: Language & Communication. 99, p. 229-243

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Class Struggle 100%
  • Semantic prosody 100%
  • Late Middle Ages 33%
  • Diachronic Corpus 33%
  • Late modernity 33%

• The impact of different conversational generative AI chatbots on EFL learners: An analysis of willingness to communicate, foreign language speaking anxiety, and self-perceived communicative competence

  Wang, C., Zou, B., Du, Y. & Wang, Z., 31 Oct 2024, In: System. 127, 103533.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The processing and interpretation of sich in German as a second language by Japanese and Korean learners

  Sperlich, D., 2024, In: Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft. 43, 2, p. 327-355

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Reflexivity 100%
  • German syntax 49%