The International Symposium on Theoretical Linguistics was recently held on ZUFE’s Xiasha campus. Li Zhanrong, ZUFE’s Vice Presidentattendedthe opening ceremony and delivered a speech.Experts and scholars from King's College London, University of Essex, University of Malta, Beijing Foreign Studies University, and other universities, as well as teachers and students of ZUFE attended theSymposium.TheSymposium was held both online and offline.
Li introduced the basic information of ZUFE and the achievements of foreign languages and literature to the experts and scholars at the Symposium.He expressed the hope that the Symposiumwould build a platform for international academic exchange for ZUFE’s teachers, scholars, and students of linguistics, strengthen interaction with experts and scholars in the field of linguistics at home and abroad, and improveZUFE’s research level in cutting-edge linguistics, thus expandingitsinternational academic influence.
At the Symposium, Xu Jie, Professor oftheUniversity of Macau; Wen Xu, Professor of Southwest University, China; Wang Wenbin, Professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University; Ruth Kempson, Professor of King’s College London; Lutz Marten, Professor oftheCollege of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; Hannah Gibson, Professor oftheUniversity of Essex;andStavros Assimakopoulos, Professor of University of Malta gave presentations entitled “Update and Problem Reset in Linguistic Theory Research,” “Exploration ofCross-CulturalCognitiveLinguistics,” “Why Linguistic Research Should Pay Attention to Comparative Language Research,” “Dynamic Syntax: Language as aTool for Interaction,” “Conceptual andProceduralMeaning inGrammar,” “ThePower ofBuilding andRebuildingStructure: FromCompoundConstructions toTranslanguaging,” “BeyondComprehension: AReappraisal of theTraditionalDomain ofPragmatics,” respectively.
This Symposium aimed to explore the common laws and universal features of human language by exploring frontier issues such as the linguistic characteristics and development rules, and fully probe the academic connotation of theoretical linguistics. To conclude, the discussion was lively and exciting.
