CV
Gui Wang PhDc
School of International Studies
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, 310058, China
Email: guiwang1201@gmail.com
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LuPi_SoAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gui-Wang-4
Statement
I am currently a PhD candidate at Zhejiang University. My research focuses on corpus linguistics, computational semantic change, culturomics, and the intersections of language, culture, and history.
Education
Zhejiang University, School of International Studies, China
Ph.D, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics June 2027 (expected)
KU Leuven, Faculty of Arts, Belgium
Visiting Ph.D student, Corpus Linguistics Sept. 2025 (expected)
Shanghai Normal University, Foreign Languages College, China
M.A., Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics June 2023
Wenzhou Medical University, Foreign Languages College, China
B.A., English June 2019
Grants, honors & awards
- 2024 China Scholarship Council (CSC)
- 2023 Outstanding Graduate (Shanghai)
- 2022 China National Scholarship (The central government of China, ¥ 20,000)
- 2021 Excellent Postgraduate Scholarship (Shanghai Normal University, ¥ 3,200)
- 2019 Outstanding Graduate (Wenzhou Medical University)
- 2019 Outstanding Student Scholarship (Wenzhou Medical University, ¥ 1,000)
- 2018 Outstanding Student Scholarship (Wenzhou Medical University, ¥ 1,000)
- 2017 Outstanding Student Scholarship (Wenzhou Medical University, ¥ 1,000)
Publications
Wang, G., Wang, H., & Wang, L.* (2024). Exploring the Development of Progressive Construction in Chinese and Japanese EFL Writing: A Usage-Based Approach. TESOL Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesq.3351
Wang, G., Shu, J., & Wang, L.* (2024). Diachronic Changes of Number Use in Written American English from 1923 to 2008. Language Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2024.101656
Hu, RT., Wang, G., & Shao, B.* (2024). Translator attribution of Hongloumeng: Using entropy-based features and machining learning algorithm. Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqae074
Shu, Jin, Wang, G., & Xu, Caihua.* (2024). An exploration of CFL learners’ metaphor use in second language writing: Effects of genre and topic. Journal of Second Language Writing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2024.101162
Wang, H., Wang, G., Wang, N., & Wang, L.* (2024). Effects of speaker types and L1 backgrounds on the linguistic complexity of learners’ writing. 34(2). International Journal of Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12526
Wang, G., Wang, H., Sun, XY., Wang, N., & Wang, L.* (2022). Linguistic complexity in scientific writing: A large-scale diachronic study from 1821 to 1920. 128(1). Scientometrics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-022-04550-z
Wang, G., Wang, H., & Wang, L.* (2022). Kolmogorov complexity metrics in assessing L2 proficiency: An information-theoretic approach. 13. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1024147
Wang, G., Wang, H., & Wang, L.* (2022). Research trends in tourism and hospitality from 1991 to 2020: an integrated approach of corpus linguistics and bibliometrics. 6(2). Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights. https://doi.org/10.1108/jhti-09-2021-0260
Conferences and Forums
- Wang, G. (2025, March 07). The evolution of verb/noun heterosemy in English: A large-scale diachronic study across the past two centuries. Paper presented at the Workshop on Diachronic Variation and Change at DGfS 2025. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
- Wang, G. (2023, October 27). Kolmogorov complexity metrics in assessing L2 proficiency: An information-theoretic approach. Paper presented at The 10th International Symposium on Second Language Acquisition Research in China. Shandong, China.
- Wang, G. (2022, November 20). Linguistic complexity in scientific writing: A large-scale diachronic study from 1821 to 1920. Paper presented at The 1st International Symposium on Data Science and Second Language Research. Ningbo, China.
- Wang, G. (2021, May 16). Research trends in tourism and hospitality from 1991 to 2020: An integrated approach of corpus linguistics and bibliometrics. Paper presented at The 12th Annual Conference of the Professional Committee of Educational Linguistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Shanghai, China.
Research Projects
Chief investigator (2022/06-2022/11). Project title: A Corpus-based analysis of syntactic complexity measures in the discussion part of the academic writing of Chinese EFL Master Students. Founder: Shanghai Normal University. ¥ 800.
Research Techniques and Skills
- Language: R programming (tidyverse, tidymodels, quanteda, tidytext, word2vec, tm), Py (learning🥸)
- Application: spaCy, Bibliometric analysis, sentiment analysis, topic modelling, individual-based models, word embedding