Zenan Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5889976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zenan Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zenan |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham Ningbo China |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-6721-0961 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Linguistic positivity in American English
This study examines the shifts in linguistic positivity in general American English from the 1820s to the 2000s using a 430-million-token structured historical corpus. Furthermore, we investigate the effects of external environmental and internal psychological factors on linguistic positivity. Results showed a significant decline in both positive and negative expressions, indicating a broader societal move from emotionality to rationality in the …
Alternation in the Chinese Event-quantifying Construction
Non-English Majors’ Writing Self-Efficacy and Attribution in Learning English as a Foreign Language
This study examines the relationship between writing self-efficacy, attribution, and writing proficiency of college students in learning English as a foreign language (EFL) context. The scales of writing self-efficacy and attribution were administered to 142 Chinese first-grade non-English majors. Research findings showed that these EFL learners maintained a medium level of writing self-efficacy and tended to attribute their writing outcomes to i…
Covid-19 news reporting and engaging in the age of social media
“To follow and to be followed” has become the new normal in news communication in the age of social media. News audience follow news via social media while they are being followed by news anytime anywhere. This new normal has created a pressing need to investigate whether social media have brought any changes to both party-controlled and market-oriented news media in China in reporting crises. Comparing Xinhua News Agency (party-controlled) and T…
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Non-English Majors’ Writing Self-Efficacy and Attribution in Learning English as a Foreign Language
This study examines the relationship between writing self-efficacy, attribution, and writing proficiency of college students in learning English as a foreign language (EFL) context. The scales of writing self-efficacy and attribution were administered to 142 Chinese first-grade non-English majors. Research findings showed that these EFL learners maintained a medium level of writing self-efficacy and tended to attribute their writing outcomes to i…
Covid-19 news reporting and engaging in the age of social media
“To follow and to be followed” has become the new normal in news communication in the age of social media. News audience follow news via social media while they are being followed by news anytime anywhere. This new normal has created a pressing need to investigate whether social media have brought any changes to both party-controlled and market-oriented news media in China in reporting crises. Comparing Xinhua News Agency (party-controlled) and T…
Alternation in the Chinese Event-quantifying Construction
Linguistic positivity in American English
This study examines the shifts in linguistic positivity in general American English from the 1820s to the 2000s using a 430-million-token structured historical corpus. Furthermore, we investigate the effects of external environmental and internal psychological factors on linguistic positivity. Results showed a significant decline in both positive and negative expressions, indicating a broader societal move from emotionality to rationality in the …
History (2 works) · Advanced Text Analysis Techniques (1 work) · Advertising (1 work) · Affect (linguistics) (1 work) · Alternation (linguistics (1 work) · Attribution (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (1 work) · Disease (1 work)