Meifang Zhang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3795210 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meifang Zhang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meifang |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhang |
| SIGNATURE | ZHANG M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Macau |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6534-2480 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Hygiene narratives as public health discourse: Constructing the national body and national identity in wartime China (New China Daily & Liberation Daily, 1937–1945)
During the War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945), China faced severe public health crises amid military and political upheaval, making hygiene and epidemic prevention critical to safeguarding public health and national survival. While the Communist Party of China (CPC) newspapers' role in wartime political culture is recognized, systematic research on how their hygiene discourse shaped national identity is scarce. This study adopted qualita…
Enhancing self-regulation and learner engagement in L2 speaking: Exploring the potential of intelligent personal assistants within a learning-oriented feedback framework
This study suggests Google Assistant as a promising supplementary tool for enhancing L2 speaking proficiency, learner autonomy, and potentially self-regulation within an LOA framework. Further research is needed to explore its impact on motivation and optimize engagement strategies
The Effect of Phonetic Similarity on Domain-General Executive Control in Color-Shape Task: Evidence from Cantonese-Mandarin and Beijing-Dialect-Mandarin Bidialectals
Preservation characteristics and restoration core technology of palm leaf manuscripts in Potala Palace
The Theoretical Foundations of Feng Shui and Science Education in China: The Debate on the Benchmark for Scientific Literacy of Chinese Citizens
Multimodal Approaches to Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting
Taking mediated stance via news headline transediting: A case study of the China-U.S. trade conflict in 2018
This article studies mediated stance in the transedited news headlines on the 2018 China-U.S. trade conflict. It draws on Appraisal theory developed by Martin and White (2005) to examine the transeditor’s stance via an analysis of 66 English news headlines and 50 Chinese headlines. The English texts were collected from the American mainstream media, while the Chinese texts were chosen from China’s major presses. The result of the analysis shows t…
Protective coating of paper works: ZnO/cellulose nanocrystal composites and analytical characterization
Reframing translated news for target readers: A narrative account of news translation in Snowden’s discourses
This article studies some of the framing strategies mentioned in extant literature in the Chinese and English versions of news reports on the Edward Snowden case. It analyses a bilingual corpus of 47 news texts in each language. Both the English and Chinese data were collected from Chinese state-owned news agencies. The research results show that even though the news agency that produced the translated news shares the same ideology as the news or…
Reconstructing cultural identity via paratexts: A case study on Lionel Giles’ translation of The Art of War
As a classic military text in China, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has been translated into multiple languages, thus facilitating its impact on Western strategic culture. However, there has been little research on the reconstruction of cultural identity and paratexts in these translations. To address this issue, the present paper provides a descriptive case study of Giles’ English translation of The Art of War. It first proposes a framework based on t…
Innovation in discourse analytic approaches to translation studies
Since the 1st International Round Table Seminar on Discourse and Translation, which was held in 2012 at the University of Macau, scholars in this research field have continued to explore new ways t
Teaching translation with a model of multimodality
For translator training, different models could be used as points of departure. In our practice in translation teaching in the past years, a model of multimodality was used and proved to be relatively effective. Multimodality in this research means a combination of theory and practice, a combination of written and audiovisual teaching materials, a combination of classroom and online study platform as well as a combination of the teacher's guidanc…
Mapping Discourse Analysis in Translation Studies via bibliometrics: A survey of journal publications
This paper presents a survey of etight major translation journals via bibliometric methods with the aim of investigating the development and state of the merging area between Discourse Analysis and Translation Studies in the period 1990–2013. It first looks into the diachronic changes in the papers under examination in a purpose-built database so as to outline the general trend of the research field, and then identifies the main trends by conduct…
Technology and gender: A case study on “iron girls” in China (1950s–1970s)
Energy efficiency approaches in archives and library buildings in China
Stance and mediation in transediting news headlines as paratexts
News headlines are a kind of paratexts which occupy a privileged place of pragmatics and strategy in news reports. They are expected to offer key information of the news events and to attract the target readers. This paper examines the stances and mediation indicated in the global news headlines of four international news events which happened between the years 2008–2010. It draws on the Appraisal Theory, which was developed by Martin and White (…
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and STS Studies in Mainland China
In 1962, famous American historian and philosopher of science Thomas S. Kuhn published a book titled The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. This work led to a surge of “Kuhn's study fervor” in Ch
Stance and mediation in transediting news headlines as paratexts
News headlines are a kind of paratexts which occupy a privileged place of pragmatics and strategy in news reports. They are expected to offer key information of the news events and to attract the target readers. This paper examines the stances and mediation indicated in the global news headlines of four international news events which happened between the years 2008–2010. It draws on the Appraisal Theory, which was developed by Martin and White (…
Reframing translated news for target readers: A narrative account of news translation in Snowden’s discourses
This article studies some of the framing strategies mentioned in extant literature in the Chinese and English versions of news reports on the Edward Snowden case. It analyses a bilingual corpus of 47 news texts in each language. Both the English and Chinese data were collected from Chinese state-owned news agencies. The research results show that even though the news agency that produced the translated news shares the same ideology as the news or…
Innovation in discourse analytic approaches to translation studies
Since the 1st International Round Table Seminar on Discourse and Translation, which was held in 2012 at the University of Macau, scholars in this research field have continued to explore new ways t
Mapping Discourse Analysis in Translation Studies via bibliometrics: A survey of journal publications
This paper presents a survey of etight major translation journals via bibliometric methods with the aim of investigating the development and state of the merging area between Discourse Analysis and Translation Studies in the period 1990–2013. It first looks into the diachronic changes in the papers under examination in a purpose-built database so as to outline the general trend of the research field, and then identifies the main trends by conduct…
Reconstructing cultural identity via paratexts: A case study on Lionel Giles’ translation of The Art of War
As a classic military text in China, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has been translated into multiple languages, thus facilitating its impact on Western strategic culture. However, there has been little research on the reconstruction of cultural identity and paratexts in these translations. To address this issue, the present paper provides a descriptive case study of Giles’ English translation of The Art of War. It first proposes a framework based on t…
Preservation characteristics and restoration core technology of palm leaf manuscripts in Potala Palace
Taking mediated stance via news headline transediting: A case study of the China-U.S. trade conflict in 2018
This article studies mediated stance in the transedited news headlines on the 2018 China-U.S. trade conflict. It draws on Appraisal theory developed by Martin and White (2005) to examine the transeditor’s stance via an analysis of 66 English news headlines and 50 Chinese headlines. The English texts were collected from the American mainstream media, while the Chinese texts were chosen from China’s major presses. The result of the analysis shows t…
Protective coating of paper works: ZnO/cellulose nanocrystal composites and analytical characterization
Technology and gender: A case study on “iron girls” in China (1950s–1970s)
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and STS Studies in Mainland China
In 1962, famous American historian and philosopher of science Thomas S. Kuhn published a book titled The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. This work led to a surge of “Kuhn's study fervor” in Ch
Energy efficiency approaches in archives and library buildings in China
Stance and mediation in transediting news headlines as paratexts
News headlines are a kind of paratexts which occupy a privileged place of pragmatics and strategy in news reports. They are expected to offer key information of the news events and to attract the target readers. This paper examines the stances and mediation indicated in the global news headlines of four international news events which happened between the years 2008–2010. It draws on the Appraisal Theory, which was developed by Martin and White (…
Teaching translation with a model of multimodality
For translator training, different models could be used as points of departure. In our practice in translation teaching in the past years, a model of multimodality was used and proved to be relatively effective. Multimodality in this research means a combination of theory and practice, a combination of written and audiovisual teaching materials, a combination of classroom and online study platform as well as a combination of the teacher's guidanc…
Mapping Discourse Analysis in Translation Studies via bibliometrics: A survey of journal publications
This paper presents a survey of etight major translation journals via bibliometric methods with the aim of investigating the development and state of the merging area between Discourse Analysis and Translation Studies in the period 1990–2013. It first looks into the diachronic changes in the papers under examination in a purpose-built database so as to outline the general trend of the research field, and then identifies the main trends by conduct…
Technology and gender: A case study on “iron girls” in China (1950s–1970s)
Reframing translated news for target readers: A narrative account of news translation in Snowden’s discourses
This article studies some of the framing strategies mentioned in extant literature in the Chinese and English versions of news reports on the Edward Snowden case. It analyses a bilingual corpus of 47 news texts in each language. Both the English and Chinese data were collected from Chinese state-owned news agencies. The research results show that even though the news agency that produced the translated news shares the same ideology as the news or…
Reconstructing cultural identity via paratexts: A case study on Lionel Giles’ translation of The Art of War
As a classic military text in China, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has been translated into multiple languages, thus facilitating its impact on Western strategic culture. However, there has been little research on the reconstruction of cultural identity and paratexts in these translations. To address this issue, the present paper provides a descriptive case study of Giles’ English translation of The Art of War. It first proposes a framework based on t…
Innovation in discourse analytic approaches to translation studies
Since the 1st International Round Table Seminar on Discourse and Translation, which was held in 2012 at the University of Macau, scholars in this research field have continued to explore new ways t
Protective coating of paper works: ZnO/cellulose nanocrystal composites and analytical characterization
Multimodal Approaches to Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting
Taking mediated stance via news headline transediting: A case study of the China-U.S. trade conflict in 2018
This article studies mediated stance in the transedited news headlines on the 2018 China-U.S. trade conflict. It draws on Appraisal theory developed by Martin and White (2005) to examine the transeditor’s stance via an analysis of 66 English news headlines and 50 Chinese headlines. The English texts were collected from the American mainstream media, while the Chinese texts were chosen from China’s major presses. The result of the analysis shows t…
The Theoretical Foundations of Feng Shui and Science Education in China: The Debate on the Benchmark for Scientific Literacy of Chinese Citizens
Preservation characteristics and restoration core technology of palm leaf manuscripts in Potala Palace
The Effect of Phonetic Similarity on Domain-General Executive Control in Color-Shape Task: Evidence from Cantonese-Mandarin and Beijing-Dialect-Mandarin Bidialectals
Enhancing self-regulation and learner engagement in L2 speaking: Exploring the potential of intelligent personal assistants within a learning-oriented feedback framework
This study suggests Google Assistant as a promising supplementary tool for enhancing L2 speaking proficiency, learner autonomy, and potentially self-regulation within an LOA framework. Further research is needed to explore its impact on motivation and optimize engagement strategies
Hygiene narratives as public health discourse: Constructing the national body and national identity in wartime China (New China Daily & Liberation Daily, 1937–1945)
During the War of Resistance Against Japan (1937-1945), China faced severe public health crises amid military and political upheaval, making hygiene and epidemic prevention critical to safeguarding public health and national survival. While the Communist Party of China (CPC) newspapers' role in wartime political culture is recognized, systematic research on how their hygiene discourse shaped national identity is scarce. This study adopted qualita…
Sociology (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · China (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Translation Studies and Practices (6 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works)