Language and Learning
mercator.uni-koeln.deBin Zhang studied German Linguistics, English Literature, and Cultural Studies in Beijing and Göttingen, before he completed his PhD in the field of German philology at the University of Göttingen (thesis defended in February 2022).
His research and teaching interests focus on cognitive-functional linguistic approaches such as frame semantics and construction grammar and their application potentials in multilingualism, language contact, language acquisition and language teaching.
Before working in Cologne, he worked as a lecturer or research associate at various German universities (University of Göttingen, Humboldt University of Berlin, and Leibniz University Hannover). Since November 2022 he has been working as a research associate (postdoc) at the University of Cologne.
Research
Topics
- Multilingualism
- Language Contact
- Language Acquisition (especially German as a Foreign Language and German as a second language)
- Construction Grammar
- Cognitive Linguistics
- Discourse Analysis
Akademischer und beruflicher Werdegang
Since November 2022
Research Associate (Postdoc) in the working group “language and learning” at the Mercator-Institute for Language Development Promotion and German as a Second Language and at the Institute for German Language and Literature II at the University of Cologne
October 2022 – March 2023
- Research Associate in the German Department at the Leibniz University HannoverLecturer at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Institute for German Language and Linguistics (Prof. Dr. Heike Wiese)
- Lecturer at the University of Göttingen, Department of German Philology (Prof. Dr. Andrea Bogner)
since April 2022
German Language Teacher, Institute for Intercultural Communication, University of Göttingen
April 2022 – September 2022
Lecturer at the University of Göttingen, Department of German Philology (Prof. Dr. Andrea Bogner)
February 2022
PhD Thesis Defense (Final score: summa cum laude/summa cum laude)
since August 2017
Freelance German Language Teacher
November 2017 – February 2022
PhD Program in German Philology and Intercultural German Studies, University of Göttingen
Since March 2015
Freelance Translator and Interpreter
September 2014 – June 2017
M.A. German Linguistics and Intercultural German Studies (Germany-China), Beijing Foreign Studies University and University of Göttingen (Final score: 1,3; with high distinction)
September 2010 – June 2014
B.A. German Studies (Major) und English Studies (Minor), Beijing Foreign Studies University
Teaching
SoSe 2023
- Einführung in die Sprachwissenschaft (I + II) (Leibniz-Universität Hannover)
- Sprachkontakt und Mehrsprachigkeit (Universität zu Köln)
- Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik (Universität zu Köln)
WiSe 2022/2023
- Einführung in die Sprachwissenschaft (I + II) (Leibniz-Universität Hannover)
- Begleitung beim professionellen wissenschaftlichen Schreiben (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
- Sprachkontakte. Sprachliche Konstruktionen: Mehrsprachige, kontrastive und spracherwerbliche Zugänge (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
- Lektorat-Deutschkurs B2.1 (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
- Semesterbegleitender Online Deutschkurs B2.2 (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
SoSe 2022
- Begleitung beim professionellen wissenschaftlichen Schreiben (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
- A2.1 Online-Deutschkurs; B1 plus Intensivkurs; B2.1 Sommerkurs; B1.1 Herbstkurs (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
Publications
2023
Bin Zhang (2023): Metapher und Konstruktion. Ein vierdimensionaler Ansatz. (Vertrag abgeschlossen mit dem Verlag Narr, Reihe Tübinger Beiträge zur Linguistik) (Dissertationsschrift)
Bin Zhang (im Druck): OBEN-UNTEN-Metaphern im Chinesischen und Deutschen: Eine korpusgestützte Analyse. In: Barbara Dengel, Deming Kong, Yan Yao (Hrsg.): Grenz│Überquerungen. 14 Aufsätze. Deutsch-chinesische Themen und Arbeitsfelder einer interkulturellen Germanistik. (Reihe interKULTUR, European-Chinese Intercultural Studies). Göttingen: Göttinger Universitätsverlag.
2022
Andreas Wirag, Yunong Li, Bin Zhang (2022): Applying Cognitive Linguistics to Foreign Language Teaching and Learning: Addressing Current Research Challenges. In: Cognitive Linguistic Studies. Volume 9/2, 185-201. (ERIH PLUS)
Bin Zhang (2022): Rezension zu Sonja Taigel (2021): Ikonizität. Kurze Einführung in die germanistische Linguistik. In: Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft. Band 41, Heft 2, 429-434. (A&HCI, SSCI)
Bin Zhang (2022): Rezension zu Anja Binanzer, Jana Gamper, Verena Wecker (Hrsg.) (2021): Prototypen – Schemata – Konstruktionen. Untersuchungen zur deutschen Morphologie und Syntax. Berlin: de Gruyter. In: Muttersprache. Heft 4, 375-378. (A&HCI)
2021
Bin Zhang (2021): Rezension zu Simon Kasper (2020): Der Mensch und seine Grammatik. Eine historische Korpusstudie in anthropologischer Absicht. Tübingen: Narr. In: Muttersprache. Heft 4, 393-396. (A&HCI)
Bin Zhang (2021): Rezension zu Thomas Niehr, Jörg Kilian, Jürgen Schiewe (Hrsg.) (2020): Handbuch Sprachkritik. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. In: Muttersprache. Heft 1, 75-78. (A&HCI)
Bin Zhang (2021): Rezension zu Andrea Tyler, Lihong Wang, Hana Jan (Hrsg.) (2018): What is Applied Cognitive Linguistics. Answers from Current SLA Research. Berlin: de Gruyter. In: Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik. Heft 74, 123-132. (ERIH PLUS)
2015
Yun Fan, Jingyu Wang, Bin Zhang, Mi Tang (2015): Briefwechsel der Soldaten im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Jiangxi: Baihuazhou Literatur- und Kunstverlag) (Buchübersetzung, verantwortlich für mehr als 1/3 des Buchs sowie Sachregister).
Lectures
(Selection):
2022
11/2022 Über die möglichen Beiträge der Konstruktionsgrammatik zur Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung. Workshop: Plurilingualism in a Globalized World. Department of German Studies, University of Arizona, USA.
03/2022 Dativus-ethicus-Constructions (DeCs) and the Neglected Role of Prosody in Linguistic Constructions, The 9th International Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistic Association (DGKL/GCLA-9), Cognitive Linguistics as an Interdisciplinary Endeavour: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges. Universität Erfurt, 02.03. – 05.03.2022
01/2022 Konstruktionsgrammatik. Grundkonzepte und Forschungsmethoden. Invited Talk at the University of Zhejiang, China, 23.01.2022.
2021
12/2021 (together with Andreas Wirag and Yunong Li) Current Challenges in the Applied Cognitive Linguistics, The 4th Białystok-Kiev Conference on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (TALC4), Language in Context: Perspectives from Linguistics, Translation Studies, and Language Education. Białystok, Poland, 02.12. – 03.12.2021.
11/2021 New Developments in Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Construction Grammar. Reflections on the Roles of Prosody, Semantic Role and Pragmatics. Invited Talk at the Central South University, China, 26.11.2021
2019
12/2019 Politik und Diskursanalyse, Mastervertiefungsseminar: Politik und Sprache (Germanistik), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 19.12.2019. (invited by apl. Prof. Dr. Albert Busch)
11/2019 Serial Verb Constructions Revisited - A Construction Grammar Approach to the Da-Constructions in Mandarin Chinese, The 11th Chinese Cognitive Linguistics Symposium, Cognitive Linguistics in China: Traditions and Innovations, Beijing Foreign Studies University. 01.11. – 03.11.2019.
08/2019 Interaction of Metaphor and Political Frames in the Language Critique Activity Unwort des Jahres (the Non-Word of the Year), The 15th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC-15), Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Cognitive Linguistics. 06.08. – 11.08.2019.
2018
09/2018 Orientierungsmetaphern im Chinesischen und Deutschen - eine korpusgestützte Analyse von OBEN-UNTEN-Metapher, The 8th Conference of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, Applied Cognitive Linguistics. Universität Koblenz, 26.09. – 28.09.2018.
08/2018 Metaphor as a Special Linguistic Mismatch between Form and Meaning, Summer School Form-Meaning Mismatches in Natural Language, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, 30.07. – 10.08.2018.
