Liejiong Xu Author

Liejiong Xu earned his BA at Peking University in 1964. He received his tenure at Shanghai Foreign Languages University (1964-1972), followed by professor positions at Fudan University (1972- 1993) and City University of Hong Kong (1993-2007). He also held various other visiting positions at CUNY, MIT, Tilburg, Trondheim and La Trobe. His internationally acclaimed research articles have appeared in a number of prestigious linguistic journals such as Language and Linguistic Inquiry. As one of the most accomplished Chinese linguists of his time, he primarily teaches and researches in the fields of syntax and semantics, particularly within the framework of Government and Binding Theory. Among the various topics he explored are binding theory, control theory, as well as discourse elements such as topic and focus.Danqing Liu is a Distinguished Professor at the College of Humanities of Shenzhen University. He obtained his PhD in Linguistics from City University of Hong Kong. He has assumed a notable number of academic roles, including the former Director at the Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the former Editor-in-Chief of Zhongguo Yuwen,as well as the former President of the International Association of Chinese Linguistics. He is currently an editor-in-chief of Asian Languages and Linguistics (John Benjamins). His wide-ranging research interests encompass language typology, Chinese grammar and dialects, with broader explorations in theoretical linguistics and applied linguistics. He has authored over ten influential books and around 200 papers in both Chinese and English. His research has garnered numerous accolades, including the esteemed Young Linguist Award of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, now known as the Lü Shuxiang Linguistics Award.