| Renn (Renhua) DENG Ph. D (Functional Linguistics) Associate professor, MA supervisor Director of College English Department
School of Foreign Languages South China University of Technology 381 Wushan Rd., Tiahhe District, Guangzhou 510641 Guangdong Province, P. R. C. Email: rhdeng@scut.edu.cn Tel: +86-20-87112178 |
Research Interests
Education
Ph. D., Functional Linguistics, December 2006
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province
Dissertation: The Existential Enhanced Theme in English: an Alternative Systemic Functional Perspective
M.A., Linguistics & Applied Linguistics, March 2000
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province
B.A., English Language & Literature, June 1993
Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian Province
Recent Projects:
2016- , A Corpus-based Construal of the Existential Meaning, supported by the Funds of Guangdong Philosophy and Social Science Program (Grant No. x2wyN4160590) ;
2014-2016, The Functional Studies of the Existential Clauses in Chinese, supported by the Funds of Guangzhou Philosophy and Social Science Program for 12th “5-year Plan” (Grant No. 14G12);
2010-2013, The Studies of the Existential Enhanced Theme Construction in Systemic Functional Grammar, supported by the Funds of Social Sciences and Humanities of Ministry of Education of China for Young Scholars (Grant No. 10YJC740020);
Association Memberships
Member, China Association of Functional Linguistics (2007- present)
Member, China Association of English & Chinese Discourse Analysis (2007- present)
Member, Guangdong Association of Linguistics (2006 – present)
Teaching Experience
Associate professor, South China University of Technology (December 2008 – present)
Introduction to General Linguistics (for postgraduate students)
Introduction to Systemic Functional Grammar (for postgraduate students)
American Society & Culture (for undergraduate students)
Lecturer, South China University of Technology (May 2001–November 2008)
College English
Oral English
Teaching Assistant, Sanming Teachers’ College, Fujian Province (September 1993-April 2001)
English Listening
English Writing
Selected Publications & Presentation
(2016) A Functional Syntactico-semantic Analysis of “Mupai Shang Xiezhe Liangge Dazi”, Journal of Foreign Languages in China (Journal of China Social Science Citation Index), 3: 37-46.
(2015) A Systemic Functional Study of Chinese Existential Clauses, Journal of Modern Foreign Languages (Journal of China Social Science Citation Index), 1: 30-41.
(2014) The Discourse Functions of the Existential Enhanced Theme Construction, Journal of South China University Technology (Social Science Ed.) , 1: 66-70，115.
(2013) A Functional Syntactic Analysis of the Existential Clauses in Chinese, 40th International Systemic Functional Congress, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou.
(2013) Construing the System Network of the Existential Meaning, Journal of Foreign Language Education (Journal of China Social Science Citation Index) , 2: 1-5，16.
(2012) The Studies of Existential Clauses in Systemic Functional Grammar, Sun Yat-sen University Press.
(2008) Existential Enhanced Theme and its System Network, Journal of Foreign Language Education (Journal of China Social Science Citation Index) , 5: 33-35.
(2007) The Syntactico-semantic Analysis of the Existential Enhanced Theme Construction, Journal of Foreign Language Research (Journal of China Social Science Citation Index), 5: 40-44.
(2005) The Studies of Existential Clauses in Systemic Functional Grammar, Journal of Foreign Languages (Journal of China Social Science Citation Index), 5: 39-46.
