Dezheng William Feng
Biographic Data
| ID | 9092290 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dezheng William Feng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dezheng William |
| FAMILY NAME | Feng |
| SIGNATURE | FENG D W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of English and Communication, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Chinese female university teachers’ emotional vulnerability in the era of hyper-performativity
The global advent of hyper-performativity in higher education has placed great pressure on university teachers, which is particularly evident for female teachers. Through the theoretical lens of emotional vulnerability within a post-structuralist approach, the study examines Chinese female university teachers’ professional development and wellbeing amid the ramifications of hyper-performative institutional cultures. Adopting a narrative case stud…
Corpus Analysis of Language in the Workplace
Studies interpreting frequency‐based linguistic and pragmatic features of workplace interaction have increased significantly over the past two decades. Specialized corpora in the professional fields have been collected, primarily with a focus on improving our understanding of workplace communication and to develop training materials to enhance service quality, avoid miscommunication, and facilitate successful business transactions. The corpus app…
Infusing patriotism in popular culture
The porous boundary between popular culture and politics has often led to the political appropriation of popular cultural venues for promoting official ideologies and fostering patriotic consciousness. To understand how patriotic values are infused into popular culture, this study analyzes a 2019 Chinese "main melody" film, My People, My Country, from a social semiotic perspective. To examine the interplay between power, narrative, and patriotism…
Academic capitalization and public relations communication in higher education
The academic capitalization in higher education has aroused much public attention with its impact on every aspect of universities. To survive in the market, universities in Hong Kong have been striving to build desirable images among stakeholders in public communication. Drawing upon critical genre theory and the notion of interdiscursivity, this study examines the annual reports of six universities in Hong Kong from academic year 1994/95 to 2015…
Aesthetics, Technology, and Social Harmony
As China’s environmental problems have been thrust into the limelight of both domestic and international media, the Chinese government is eager to present a positive country image in terms of environmental planning and protection. Against this backdrop, this study aims to investigate how a “Green China” image is constructed through state-sanctioned eco-documentaries. Drawing on the Attitude System in Appraisal theory and multimodal discourse anal…
Multimodal Approaches to Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting
Language, attitudes and party politics
This study investigates Barack Obama’s attitudes towards Republicans and Democrats by analyzing a corpus of 249 Presidential weekly addresses. Analysis shows that Obama’s attitudes towards the Republicans are characterized by a negative judgment of propriety, creating a negative image of the Republican Party, whereas when Republicans and Democrats are mentioned together, his attitudes are characterized by his hopes for and commendations on bipart…
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Language, attitudes and party politics
This study investigates Barack Obama’s attitudes towards Republicans and Democrats by analyzing a corpus of 249 Presidential weekly addresses. Analysis shows that Obama’s attitudes towards the Republicans are characterized by a negative judgment of propriety, creating a negative image of the Republican Party, whereas when Republicans and Democrats are mentioned together, his attitudes are characterized by his hopes for and commendations on bipart…
Multimodal Approaches to Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting
Academic capitalization and public relations communication in higher education
The academic capitalization in higher education has aroused much public attention with its impact on every aspect of universities. To survive in the market, universities in Hong Kong have been striving to build desirable images among stakeholders in public communication. Drawing upon critical genre theory and the notion of interdiscursivity, this study examines the annual reports of six universities in Hong Kong from academic year 1994/95 to 2015…
Aesthetics, Technology, and Social Harmony
As China’s environmental problems have been thrust into the limelight of both domestic and international media, the Chinese government is eager to present a positive country image in terms of environmental planning and protection. Against this backdrop, this study aims to investigate how a “Green China” image is constructed through state-sanctioned eco-documentaries. Drawing on the Attitude System in Appraisal theory and multimodal discourse anal…
Infusing patriotism in popular culture
The porous boundary between popular culture and politics has often led to the political appropriation of popular cultural venues for promoting official ideologies and fostering patriotic consciousness. To understand how patriotic values are infused into popular culture, this study analyzes a 2019 Chinese "main melody" film, My People, My Country, from a social semiotic perspective. To examine the interplay between power, narrative, and patriotism…
Corpus Analysis of Language in the Workplace
Studies interpreting frequency‐based linguistic and pragmatic features of workplace interaction have increased significantly over the past two decades. Specialized corpora in the professional fields have been collected, primarily with a focus on improving our understanding of workplace communication and to develop training materials to enhance service quality, avoid miscommunication, and facilitate successful business transactions. The corpus app…
Chinese female university teachers’ emotional vulnerability in the era of hyper-performativity
The global advent of hyper-performativity in higher education has placed great pressure on university teachers, which is particularly evident for female teachers. Through the theoretical lens of emotional vulnerability within a post-structuralist approach, the study examines Chinese female university teachers’ professional development and wellbeing amid the ramifications of hyper-performative institutional cultures. Adopting a narrative case stud…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · China (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)