Emeritus Professor Ping Chen
Emeritus Professor & Emeritus Professor
School of Languages and Cultures

Books
Chen, Ping (2017). Language in a Modernizing China. Beijing China: Commercial Press.
Chen, Ping (2017). Introduction, Integration and Innovation. Beijing, China: Commercial Press.
Chen, Ping (2017). The Chinese Language: Form, Meaning and Function. Beijing, China: Commercial Press.
Gottlieb, Nanette and Chen, Ping (2013). Language planning and language policy: East Asian perspectives. Richmond, United Kingdom: Curzon Press. doi: 10.4324/9781315028873
Chen, P. (1999). Modern Chinese: Its History and Sociolinguistics. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge Univ. Press.
Book Chapters
Ko, Leong and Chen, Ping (2015). Preface: Translation: East and west. Translation and cross-cultural communication studies in the Asia Pacific. (pp. 9-11) edited by Leong Ko and Ping Chen. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004299245_001
Chen, Ping (2015). Referentiality and definiteness in Chinese. The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics. (pp. 404-413) edited by William S-Y. Wang and Chaofen Sun. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Chen, Ping (2015). Language reform in modern China. The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Linguistics. (pp. 531-540) edited by William S-Y Wang and Chaofen Sun. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
陳平 Chen, Ping (2013). 從結構主義語義學角度看「葷(菜)」與meat 的釋義和翻譯. Definition and translation of hun (cai) and meat from the perspective of structural semantics. 翻譯研究與跨文化交流 (Translation Studies and Cross-Cultural Communication). (pp. 111-122) edited by 高亮 (Leong Ko) and 主編 (Ping Chen). Taipei, Taiwan: Bookman.
Chen, Ping (2013). Policy on the selection and implementation of a standard language as a source of conflict in Taiwan. Language Planning and Language Policy: East Asian Perspectives. (pp. 95-110) London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315028873-11
Chen, Ping (2013). Development and standardization of Lexicon in modern written Chinese. Language Planning and Language Policy: East Asian Perspectives. (pp. 49-74) London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315028873-9
Chen, P. (2008). Languages in a modernizing China. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture. (pp. 198-217) edited by K. Louie. New York: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/CCOL9780521863223.010
Chen, P. (2007). China. Language and National Identity in Asia. (pp. 141-167) edited by Simpson, A.. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780199267484.003.0007
Chen, P. (2001). Language policy in Hong Kong during the colonial period before July 1, 1997. Language Planning and Language Policy: East Asian Perspectives. (pp. 111-128) edited by N. Gottlieb and P. Chen. Surrey, UK: Curzon. doi: 10.4324/9781315028873-12
Chen, P. (2001). Policy on the selection and implementation of a standard language as a source of conflict in Taiwan. Language Planning and Language Policy: East Asian Perspectives. (pp. 75-94) edited by N.Gottlieb and P. Chen. Surrey, UK: Curzon.
Chen, P. (2001). Functions of phonetic writing in Chinese. Language Planning and Language Policy: East Asian Perspectives. (pp. 75-94) edited by N.Gottlieb and P. Chen. Surrey UK: Curzon. doi: 10.4324/9781315028873-10
Chen, P. (2001). Development and standardization of lexicon in modern written Chinese. Language Planning and Language Policy: East Asian Perspectives. (pp. 49-74) edited by N. Gottlieb and P. Chen. Surrey, UK: Curzon Press.
Gottlieb, N. R. and Chen, P. (2001). Language planning and language policy in East Asia: An overview. Language Planning and Language Policy: East Asian Perspectives. (pp. 1-20) edited by N.Gottlieb and P. Chen. Surrey, UK: Curzon Press. doi: 10.4324/9781315028873-7
Chen, Ping (2001). Development and standardization of lexicon in Modern Written Chinese. Language planning and language policy: East Asian perspectives. (pp. 49-73) edited by Gottlieb, Nanette and Chen, Ping. Surry, UK: Curzon Press.
Journal Articles
Chen, Ping (2022). By given or family name? A contrastive analysis of proper names as referential devices in Chinese and English. 当代修辞学 (2022(5)), 1-21. doi: 10.16027/j.cnki.cn31-2043/h.2022.05.006
Lim, Lily, Chen, Ping and Wang, Vincent Xian (2022). Translating TCM nomenclature into English: a bilingual reference tool needed for clinical practice. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 54 102155, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.eujim.2022.102155
Chen, Ping (2021). Interdisciplinary studies of linguistics: theory and practice. Chinese Journal of Language Policy and Planning, 6 (1), 13-25.
Chen, Ping (2021). Teaching and researching in interdisciplinary subjects: what to do and how to do it. Chinese Journal of Language Policy and Planning , 6 (1), 11-12.
Lu, Bingfu and Chen, Ping (2020). Distance iconicity: a fundamental attribute of syntactic formation. Studies of the Chinese Language (6), 643-661.
Chen, Ping (2020). Theoretical Linguistics, interdisciplinary linguistics and applied language studies: Observations and reflections. Contemporary Rhetoric (5), 1-18.
Chen, Ping (2018). On empirical evidence in the studies of modern Chinese grammar. Contemporary Rhetoric (5), 1-12.
Chen, Ping (2018). Chinese linguistics: past, present and future. Yuyan Zhanlue Yanjiu (Chinese Journal of Language Policy and Planning), 3 (1), 25-31.
Chen, Ping (2017). Inheritance and Abandonment - on the True Significance of the Vernacular Written Chinese Movement. Yuyan Zhanlue Yanjiu (Chinese Journal of Language Policy and Planning), 2, 61-70.
Chen, Ping (2017). Structure and Meaning of Discourse and Practice of Discourse Analysis. Contemporary Rhetoric, 2, 1-11. doi: 10.16027/j.cnki.cn31-2043/h.2017.02.001
Chen, Ping (2017). Politics, economics, society, and overseas Chinese teaching: a case study of Australia. Chinese Education and Society, 49 (6), 351-368. doi: 10.1080/10611932.2016.1252215
Chen, Ping (2016). Definiteness and grammaticalization in Chinese. Dangdai Xiucixue, 4, 1-13. doi: 10.16027/j.cnki.cn31-2043/h.2016.04.001
Chen, Ping (2015). Referentiality: a core concept in linguistics. Dangdai Xiucixue, 3, 1-15.
Chen, Ping (2015). Researching for publication in linguistics: what can we learn from classic works in the field. Dangdai Xiucixue, 6, 1-22.
Chen, Ping (2015). Opposition with the system as the foundation principle of Saussurean Modern Linguistics. Dangdai Xiucixue, 2, 1-11.
陈平 Chen, Ping (2013). 政治、经济、社会与海外汉语教学——以澳大利亚为例. Political, economical and ethnographical perspectives on teaching Chinese as a second language: a case study of Australia. Shijie Hanyu Jiaoxue, 27 (3), 400-412.
Chen, Ping (2012). Discourse analysis and studies of meaning. Dangdai Xiucixue, 4, 2-9.
Chen, Ping (2009). Aspects of referentiality. Journal of Pragmatics, 41 (8 (Childhood and Social Interaction in Everyday Life)), 1657-1674. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2009.03.002
陳平 Chen, Ping (2008). 語言民族主義:歐洲與中國. 外語教學與研究, 40 (1), 4-13.
Chen, P (2006). Introduction, integration and innovation: Reflections on the interaction between western linguistics and Chinese linguistics. Contemporary Linguistics, 8 (2), 165-173.
Chen, P. (2004). Double NP construction and topic-comment articulation in Chinese. Zhongguo Yuwen [Chinese Language & Writing], 6, 493-507.
Chen, Ping (2004). Han Yu Shuang Xiang Ming Ci Ju Yu Hua Ti - Chen Shu Jie Gou. Zhongguo Yuwen (6), 493-507.
Chen, Ping (2004). Identifiability and definiteness in Chinese. Linguistics, 42 (6), 1129-1184. doi: 10.1515/ling.2004.42.6.1129
Chen, Ping (2003). Indefinite determiner introducing definite referent: a special use of 'yi 'one' + classifier' in Chinese. Lingua, 113 (12), 1169-1184. doi: 10.1016/S0024-3841(02)00163-8
Chen P. (1996). Toward a phonographic writing system of Chinese: A case study in writing reform. International Journal of the Sociology of Language (122), 1-46. doi: 10.1515/ijsl.1996.122.1
Chen P. (1996). Pragmatic interpretations of structural topics and relativization in Chinese. Journal of Pragmatics, 26 (3), 389-406. doi: 10.1016/0378-2166(95)00042-9
Chen, Ping (1996). Modern written chinese, dialects, and regional identity. Language Problems and Language Planning, 20 (3), 223-243. doi: 10.1075/lplp.20.3.02che
Chen, Ping (1993). Modern Written Chinese in development. Language in Society, 22 (4), 505-537. doi: 10.1017/S0047404500017450