Kai Bao
Biographic Data
| ID | 307928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kai Bao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kai |
| FAMILY NAME | Bao |
| SIGNATURE | BAO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Shanghai for Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1207-9337 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Lexical Bundles across New Engineering Disciplines
This study investigates disciplinary variation in four-word lexical bundles in research articles from three representative New Engineering Disciplines: artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and robotics. Three comparable, recent corpora were compiled from internationally indexed journals, consisting of full-length research articles. Lexical bundles were extracted using AntConc with frequency and dispersion thresholds selected to balance represent…
Ill, vulnerable and kind
This article offers an in-depth analysis of the evolving representations of older adults on Weibo, a leading Chinese social media platform, using a self-compiled corpus of nearly 7 million tokens from posts spanning January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2022. We utilize a corpus analysis tool to identify four-grams and perform concordance analysis to determine thematic categories and track their frequency changes over time. The findings reveal signific…
Comparing nüquanzhuyi and nüxingzhuyi
Treasure and thief
As China grapples with an aging population and societal transformations, understanding the representation of older adults on social media becomes increasingly important. This study explores metaphorical representations of older adults on Zhihu, China's leading question-and-answer platform. Analyzing 6288 posts, we identified metaphors on older adults and categorized them into five major themes and 15 sub-themes using a standard metaphor identific…
Comparative Analysis of Lexical Bundles in Dissertation Abstracts
Lexical bundle research in academic abstracts has predominantly focused on research articles, with less attention given to dissertation abstracts. This is particularly relevant for Chinese graduate students who are required to provide English abstracts in their dissertations. Addressing this gap, the study compared the structural and functional distribution of lexical bundles in dissertation abstracts by linguistics students from China and the Un…
War on feminism
Social media has become a critical medium for disseminating key feminist ideas; however, negative representations of feminism have been observed on Chinese platforms. Metaphor analysis offers valuable insights into public perceptions and attitudes towards social issues, highlighting the role of metaphors in influencing reasoning and decision-making. This study delves into metaphors related to feminism on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging platform ak…
A Contrastive Study of Lexical Bundles Expressing Gratitude in Dissertation Acknowledgments Produced by Chinese and American PhD Students of Linguistics
We then retrieved five-word LBs, of which LBs expressing gratitude in CUC and AUC were identified, categorized, and compared with respect to frequency, forms and structures. Major findings were: (1) the Chinese students used a substantially greater number of gratitude LBs than the American students, (2) the two groups used considerably different gratitude LBs, and (3) the two groups mainly relied on verb phrase-based LBs to express gratitude, but…
Comparative Analysis of Representations of Feminism Across Chinese Social Media
Studies on representations of feminism have seldom addressed the variance across social media platforms, leaving the underlying dynamics that shape feminist portrayals within this important digital context unexamined. This research contrasts representations of feminism on Weibo and Zhihu, China's leading microblogging and question-and-answer platforms, using a corpus-based method. Employing Sketch Engine, I extracted and analyzed noun bigrams con…
When feminists became ‘extremists’
This article presents an analysis of the evolving representations of feminism on Weibo, China’s foremost microblogging platform, employing a corpus-based methodology. The self-compiled corpus comprised 334,871 feminism-related posts from 2019 to 2022. Using the Sketch Engine corpus analysis tool, noun bigrams containing 女权 ( feminism) were extracted, categorized, and compared to discern the portrayals and their transformations. The findings revea…
The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on reported tuberculosis incidence and mortality in China
Background: The reported number of cases and deaths from common infectious diseases can change during major public health crises. We explored whether the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had an impact on tuberculosis (TB) incidence and mortality in China based on routinely reported TB data. Methods: We used TB data used from the monthly national notifiable infectious disease reports in China from January 2015 to January 2023. Based on an inter…
Secular trends in the incidence of major depressive disorder and dysthymia in China from 1990 to 2019
The disparities in trends observed between MDD and dysthymia during the period of 1990-2019 indicated the significance of distinguishing between these two disorders. The age, period and cohort effects all had a greater impact on MDD than on dysthymia, and age effects presented different influential patterns in these two. To alleviate the burden of depressive disorders in China, proactive measures need to be implemented, with particular attention …
Comparative Analysis of Move-Specific Lexical Bundles in Linguistics Dissertation Abstracts
This article compared three-word move-specific lexical bundles (MLBs) in dissertation abstracts authored by linguistics doctoral students from China and the United States. Two separate corpora were constructed for analysis: (1) The China Linguistics PhD Abstracts Corpus (CLC), consisting of 700 abstracts totaling 613,713 words generated by doctoral students from China specializing in linguistics, and (2) the America Linguistics PhD Abstracts Corp…
Should We Use It in Our Classrooms
Corpus linguistics has become increasingly important to both language researchers and teachers over the past three decades. As a popular practice of corpus linguistics, Data-Driven Learning (DDL) sees a rapidly growing body of research as well as instruction in the field. There is, however, a lack of comprehensive literature reviews that summarize the effectiveness, learners’ perception, as well as factors affecting the success of DDL to guide it…
War on feminism
Social media has become a critical medium for disseminating key feminist ideas; however, negative representations of feminism have been observed on Chinese platforms. Metaphor analysis offers valuable insights into public perceptions and attitudes towards social issues, highlighting the role of metaphors in influencing reasoning and decision-making. This study delves into metaphors related to feminism on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging platform ak…
Comparative Analysis of Representations of Feminism Across Chinese Social Media
Studies on representations of feminism have seldom addressed the variance across social media platforms, leaving the underlying dynamics that shape feminist portrayals within this important digital context unexamined. This research contrasts representations of feminism on Weibo and Zhihu, China's leading microblogging and question-and-answer platforms, using a corpus-based method. Employing Sketch Engine, I extracted and analyzed noun bigrams con…
Comparative Analysis of Move-Specific Lexical Bundles in Linguistics Dissertation Abstracts
This article compared three-word move-specific lexical bundles (MLBs) in dissertation abstracts authored by linguistics doctoral students from China and the United States. Two separate corpora were constructed for analysis: (1) The China Linguistics PhD Abstracts Corpus (CLC), consisting of 700 abstracts totaling 613,713 words generated by doctoral students from China specializing in linguistics, and (2) the America Linguistics PhD Abstracts Corp…
Should We Use It in Our Classrooms
Corpus linguistics has become increasingly important to both language researchers and teachers over the past three decades. As a popular practice of corpus linguistics, Data-Driven Learning (DDL) sees a rapidly growing body of research as well as instruction in the field. There is, however, a lack of comprehensive literature reviews that summarize the effectiveness, learners’ perception, as well as factors affecting the success of DDL to guide it…
When feminists became ‘extremists’
This article presents an analysis of the evolving representations of feminism on Weibo, China’s foremost microblogging platform, employing a corpus-based methodology. The self-compiled corpus comprised 334,871 feminism-related posts from 2019 to 2022. Using the Sketch Engine corpus analysis tool, noun bigrams containing 女权 ( feminism) were extracted, categorized, and compared to discern the portrayals and their transformations. The findings revea…
The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on reported tuberculosis incidence and mortality in China
Background: The reported number of cases and deaths from common infectious diseases can change during major public health crises. We explored whether the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) had an impact on tuberculosis (TB) incidence and mortality in China based on routinely reported TB data. Methods: We used TB data used from the monthly national notifiable infectious disease reports in China from January 2015 to January 2023. Based on an inter…
Secular trends in the incidence of major depressive disorder and dysthymia in China from 1990 to 2019
The disparities in trends observed between MDD and dysthymia during the period of 1990-2019 indicated the significance of distinguishing between these two disorders. The age, period and cohort effects all had a greater impact on MDD than on dysthymia, and age effects presented different influential patterns in these two. To alleviate the burden of depressive disorders in China, proactive measures need to be implemented, with particular attention …
Comparative Analysis of Move-Specific Lexical Bundles in Linguistics Dissertation Abstracts
This article compared three-word move-specific lexical bundles (MLBs) in dissertation abstracts authored by linguistics doctoral students from China and the United States. Two separate corpora were constructed for analysis: (1) The China Linguistics PhD Abstracts Corpus (CLC), consisting of 700 abstracts totaling 613,713 words generated by doctoral students from China specializing in linguistics, and (2) the America Linguistics PhD Abstracts Corp…
Comparative Analysis of Lexical Bundles in Dissertation Abstracts
Lexical bundle research in academic abstracts has predominantly focused on research articles, with less attention given to dissertation abstracts. This is particularly relevant for Chinese graduate students who are required to provide English abstracts in their dissertations. Addressing this gap, the study compared the structural and functional distribution of lexical bundles in dissertation abstracts by linguistics students from China and the Un…
War on feminism
Social media has become a critical medium for disseminating key feminist ideas; however, negative representations of feminism have been observed on Chinese platforms. Metaphor analysis offers valuable insights into public perceptions and attitudes towards social issues, highlighting the role of metaphors in influencing reasoning and decision-making. This study delves into metaphors related to feminism on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging platform ak…
A Contrastive Study of Lexical Bundles Expressing Gratitude in Dissertation Acknowledgments Produced by Chinese and American PhD Students of Linguistics
We then retrieved five-word LBs, of which LBs expressing gratitude in CUC and AUC were identified, categorized, and compared with respect to frequency, forms and structures. Major findings were: (1) the Chinese students used a substantially greater number of gratitude LBs than the American students, (2) the two groups used considerably different gratitude LBs, and (3) the two groups mainly relied on verb phrase-based LBs to express gratitude, but…
Comparative Analysis of Representations of Feminism Across Chinese Social Media
Studies on representations of feminism have seldom addressed the variance across social media platforms, leaving the underlying dynamics that shape feminist portrayals within this important digital context unexamined. This research contrasts representations of feminism on Weibo and Zhihu, China's leading microblogging and question-and-answer platforms, using a corpus-based method. Employing Sketch Engine, I extracted and analyzed noun bigrams con…
Ill, vulnerable and kind
This article offers an in-depth analysis of the evolving representations of older adults on Weibo, a leading Chinese social media platform, using a self-compiled corpus of nearly 7 million tokens from posts spanning January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2022. We utilize a corpus analysis tool to identify four-grams and perform concordance analysis to determine thematic categories and track their frequency changes over time. The findings reveal signific…
Comparing nüquanzhuyi and nüxingzhuyi
Treasure and thief
As China grapples with an aging population and societal transformations, understanding the representation of older adults on social media becomes increasingly important. This study explores metaphorical representations of older adults on Zhihu, China's leading question-and-answer platform. Analyzing 6288 posts, we identified metaphors on older adults and categorized them into five major themes and 15 sub-themes using a standard metaphor identific…
Lexical Bundles across New Engineering Disciplines
This study investigates disciplinary variation in four-word lexical bundles in research articles from three representative New Engineering Disciplines: artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and robotics. Three comparable, recent corpora were compiled from internationally indexed journals, consisting of full-length research articles. Lexical bundles were extracted using AntConc with frequency and dispersion thresholds selected to balance represent…
Computer Science (6 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Second Language Acquisition and Learning (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · China (3 works) · Corpus linguistics (3 works) · Feminism (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)