Jilang CAI

Dr. Jilang Cai is an assistant professor at School of Foreign Languages of HNU, specialized in Formal Linguistics, Philosophy of Language and English Teaching. His current research program focuses on the nominal syntax of Li language. Dr. Cai got his Ph.D in Linguistics in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in 2012. He visited the Linguistic Department of USC in America as a visiting scholar in 2011.

TEACHING

Introduction to Linguistics (Undergraduates)

Advanced English  (Undergraduates)

Syntax  (Undergraduates)

Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (graduates)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers

A Syntactic Analysis of Multi-classifier Construction in English and Chinese. Foreign Language Teaching, 2017(4).

Holistic Education in Linguistics Teaching , Journal of Higher Education, 2017(4).

A Feature Decomposition Analysis of Classifiers, Contemporary Linguistics, 2015(1).

Chomsky’s Mind on Reference, Journal of Xi’an International Studies University, 2013(1).

Monographs

The syntax of Classifiers, Science Press, 2015.

Translation Work

Chomsky: Ideas and Ideal (Co-authored), China Renmin University Press, 2015.

RECENT RESEARCH PROGRAMS

2017 A Study of the Nominal Syntax of Li Language, National Social Science Project（17BYY180），proceeding.

2014 A Comparative Study of Chinese Classifier Phrases and Classifier Phrases of Li Language, Hainan Provincial Project of Social Science（HNSK14-128），proceeded.

TITLES

2016  “Top Ten Teaching Experts” of HNU

2016  Second Prize Coach Award in National Final of FLTRP Cup English Public Speaking Contest

2017  “Excellent Head Teacher” of HNU