Muhammad Afzaal Associate Professor

研究领域：Corpus Linguistics, Discourse Analysis

办公室：Building 5 # 154

邮箱：afzaal AT shisu DOT edu DOT cn

  • 个人简介

    Biography 个人简介


    Dr.  Muhammad Afzaal joined the institute of Corpus Studies and  Applications, Shanghai International Studies University, China after  gaining his PhD at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China and  extensive research fellow experience at the Hong Kong Polytechnic  University, Hong Kong, and seven years teaching experience at Foundation  University Islamabad, Pakistan. His PhD research includes a  corpus-based analysis of discourses on the Belt and Road Initiative . He  received the Yang Yong research award from Shanghai Jiao Tong  University's graduate school in China. Afzaal’s research interests  include topics in the areas of corpus linguistics, discourse analysis,  critical discourse analysis, translation studies, and, more particularly  the merging of language sciences with NLP and big data.Research  interestsCorpus linguistics and discourse analysis, corpus-assisted  discourse studies (CADS)Language use in media discourseLanguage and big  dataLanguage and politicsTranslation studies Note: Currently, I am  working on the representation of China’s BRI in texts published in the  last decade by using deep learning and sentiment analysis. If anyone  interested, he/she can contact me.




  • 科学研究

    Articles文章

    2022 Forthcoming Publications

    • Muhammad  Afzaal & Swaleha Bano Naqvi (2022) How strategic representations  together with geo-political and economic dynamics are mediating the  global image of Chinaʻs Belt Road Initiative, Asia Pacific Business  Review, DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2040179

    • Afzaal., M  (2022). A Review of Digital Humanities, Machine Learning, and Internet  of Things (IoT) in Applied Linguistics' to the International Journal of  Applied Linguistics. International Journal of Applied Linguistics

    • Huang.,  B. & Afzaal., M. A Review of Conducting Sentiment Analysis by Lei  Lei and Dilin Liu Cambridge University Press: 2021. 96 pp. International  Journal of Applied Linguistics. International Journal of Applied  Linguistics., INJAL. SSCI

    • Peng., Z & Afzaal., M.  (2022). Review of Integrating Gestures: The Dimension of Multimodality  in Cognitive Grammar. Review of Cognitive Linguistics.20(2).

    • Huang.,  B. & Afzaal., M. (2022). A Review of Conducting Sentiment Analysis  by Lei Lei and Dilin Liu Cambridge University Press: 2021. 96 pp.

    • Afzaal,  M. Peng, & Yu. (2022). Discursive shifts in mediatisation of Donald  Trump’s memes in the context of US-China economic relationships: A  multimodal critical discourse analysis. Social Semiotics.

    • Afzaal,  M., Swaleha & Hammad. (2022). Misrepresentation of ‘Corona Virus’  in Donald Trump’s Media Talks: A Critical Discourse Analysis. VFAST.

    • Academic Publications:

    2022

    • Muhammad  Afzaal & Swaleha Bano Naqvi (2022) How strategic representations  together with geo-political and economic dynamics are mediating the  global image of Chinaʻs Belt Road Initiative, Asia Pacific Business  Review, DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2022.2040179

    • Afzaal, M.,  Zhang, C., & Chishti, M. I. (2022). Comrades or contenders: A  corpus-based study of China's Belt and Road in US diplomatic  discourse. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 20578911211069709.

    • Afzaal,  M., & Liu, K. (2022). Review of Kramsch’s Language as symbolic  power. Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics (ARAL). Doi:  https://doi.org/10.1075/aral.21019.afz.

    • SIU, B. W., &  Afzaal, M. (2022). Introducing English for research publication  purposes. John Flowerdew and Pejman Habibie. Routledge, p. 157. ISBN:  978‐0‐367‐33059‐0, $55 (hardcover). International Journal of Applied  Linguistics. DOI: 10.1111/ijal.12413. SSCI

    • Du X, Afzaal M  and Al Fadda H (2022) Collocation Use in EFL Learners’ Writing Across  Multiple Language Profciencies: A Corpus- Driven Study. Front. Psychol.  13:752134. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.752134

    2021

    • Liu,  Y., & Afzaal, M. (2021) A Review of 100 Years of conference  interpreting: A legacy. Edited by Kilian G. Seeber, Cambridge Scholars  Publishing. Newcastle upon Tyne, Price:£ 64.99, 242 pp. ISBN:  1‐5275‐6719‐2.

    • Afzaal, M., & Ilyas M., (2021).  Exploring Image of China in the Diplomatic Discourse: A Critical  Discourse Analysis. Journal of Development and Social Sciences DOI:  http://doi.org/10.47205/jdss.2021(2-IV)11

    • Liu. K, &  Afzaal, M., (2021), Syntactic Complexity in Translated and  non-translated texts: A Corpus-based study of Simplification,  DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0253454 (PLOS ONE), SSCI WOS Indexed Journal.  IF. 3.240, Q1.

    • Afzaal, M. & Liu,  K., (2021) Complexity thinking in translation studies methodological  considerations, Asian Journal of Communication, SSCI, IF. 1.89  DOI: 10.1080/01292986.2021.1990369

    • Liu. K, & Afzaal,  M. (2021). Translator’s Style through Lexical Bundles: A Corpus-driven  Analysis of Two English Translations of Hongloumeng, DOI:  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.633422.  Frontiers in Psychology, SSCI, IF. 2.990,  Q1.

    • Liu, C., & Afzaal, M. (2021). Liang, X. (2019). A  Discourse Analysis of News Translation in China . Routledge.: Book  review. Linguistica Antverpiensia, New Series – Themes in Translation  Studies, SSCI.

    • Afzaal, M. (2021). China’s Belt and Road  Initiative: challenges, doubts and legal implications. Asia Pacific  Business Review, 1-14., DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1978239. WOS, SSCI,  Q1 IF 2.361.

    • Afzaal, M. (2021). Prospects for China’s  Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): implications, assessment and challenges.  Asia Pacific Business Review. WOS, SSCI, Q1 IF  2.361doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2021.189092.

    • Afzaal,  M. Chishti, Chao and Zhang. (2021) Metadiscourse in Chinese and  American Graduate Dissertation Introductions. Manuscript DOI:  10.1080/23311983.2021.1970879 Journal: Cogent Arts & Humanities, Q2.  SCOPUS. Taylor and Francis.

    • Liu, K., & Afzaal, M.  (2021). Academic Writing with Corpora: A Resource Book for Data-Driven  Learning. International Journal of Applied Linguistics.  doi:10.1111/ijal.12342. . WILEY, WOS, SSCI, Q1 IF 1.15.

    • Naqvi,  S. B., Afzaal, M., & Mushtaq, H. (2021) A study of teacher  induction and development within a UK adult ESOL educational setting.  Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language (PJSEL), 7(2),  274-283. Retrieved from  https://www.pjsel.jehanf.com/index.php/journal/article/view/658.

    • Afzaal,  M., Mushtaq, H., & Naqvi, S. B. (2021). GENDERED DISCOURSE ON  WOMEN'S IDENTITY: A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF'OUR LADY OF ALICE  BHATTI'. Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language  (PJSEL), 7(1), 308-317.

    • Jabeen, S., Afzaal, M., &  Akhtar, A. (2021). Collaborative Teaching: Bringing Language Teaching to  the English Content Classroom. Int J Edu Sci, 32(1-3), 12-23.

    • Liu,  K., & Afzaal, M. (2021). Review of Capan, dos Reis & Grasten  (2021): The Politics of Translation in International Relations. Journal  of Language and Politics. doi:https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.21039.kan WOS,  SSCI, Q1 IF 0.8999.

    • Liu.K, Afzaal, M., Alalwi, F.  (2021), Pedagogical Approaches and Instructional Variations: A  Comparative Curriculum Analysis of Master Translation Programs in China,  Hong Kong and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Psychology and Education,  Vol 57, Issue 9, Scopus Indexed.

    • Baoqin, W., &  Afzaal, M. (2021). The pragmatics of text messaging making meaning in  messages: Critical Discourse Studies, 18(2), 301-303.

    • Afzaal,  M., & Liu, K. (2021). Gender, discourse and ideology in Italian:  Authored by Formato, Federica,(2019), Palgrave Studies in Language,  Gender and Sexuality, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN Hard 978-3-319-96556-7,  Softcover ISBN 978-3-030-07213-1 Price, 93, 59€ pp. 299. Gender, Place  & Culture A Journal of Feminist Geography.. doi:  https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2021.1892119. WOS, SSCI, Q1.

    • Li,  W., & Afzaal, M. New Directions in Second Language Pragmatics  (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs). Félix‐Brasdefer CJ, and  Shively R.(2021). De Gruyter Mouton. International Journal of Applied  Linguistics. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12363. WILEY, WOS, SSCI,  Q1, IF 1.15.

    2020

    • Imran,  M., Afzaal, M., Almas, N., & Mushtaq, H. (2020). Thematic Parallels  in Shakespeare and the 19th Century Urdu Poetry: A Comparative  Study. Revista da Anpoll, 51(3), 84-95.

    • Khan Z,  Changgang, G. & Afzaal, M. (2020) China-Pakistan Economic Corridor  at the Cross Intersection of China, Central Asia and South Asia:  Opportunities for Regional Economic Growth, The Chinese Economy, 53:2,  200-215, DOI:10.1080/10971475.2019.1688005

    • Afzaal, M.  (2020). Belt and Road: A Chinese world order. Asia Pacific Business  Review. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2020.1851487. WOS, SSCI, Q1  IF 2.361.

    • Khan, Z., Changgang, G., Afzaal, M., Ahmad,  R., & Aron Issack, S. (2020). Debunking criticism on the  China-Pakistan economic corridor. The Chinese Economy, 53(6), 477-487.

    • Imran,  M., Afzaal, M., Akhtar, S., & Ahmad, S. (2020). Igualdad de género y  disposiciones sobre cuotas: un desarrollo sostenible en la  participación de las mujeres en la política en Pakistán. Dilemas  contemporáneos: Educación, Política y Valores.

    • Haberman,  P., Afzaal, M., Ghaffar, A., & Alfadda, H. (2020). Various Roles in  the Development of EFL Learners' English Skills. International Journal  of Instruction, 13(4), 609-622.

    • Zhang, H., Afzaal, M.,  & Liu, C. (2020). American Populism in Digital Era: Strategies of  Manipulation in Donald Trump’s Election Tweets. Revista Argentina de  Clínica Psicológica, 29(3), 1273-1280.

    • Tingyu, L., &  Afzaal, M. (2020). Attitude and Identity Categorizations: A Corpus-based  Study of Chinese Animated Movie of Ne Zha Zhi Mo Tong Jiang  Shi. International Journal of Future Generation Communication and  Networking, 13(4), 2001-2020.

    • Qiuhan, L., Afzaal, M.,  Alaudan, R., & Younas, M. (2020). COVID 19 pandemic and online  education in Hong Kong: An exploratory study. International Journal on  Emerging Technologies, 11(5), 411-418.

    • Afzaal, M. (2020).  Book review: Kennet Lynggaard, Discourse Analysis and European Union  Politics (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics). Discourse  Studies, 22(issue 5). doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/1461445620921656. WOS,  SSCI, Q1 IF 1.91

    • Afzaal, M., Liu, K., Wu, B., Sayyida,  R., & Naqvi, S. B. (2020). An Investigation of Abstract and  Discussion Sections in Master’s Dissertations. International Journal of  English Linguistics, 10(1), 220-229. ESCI, WOS Indexed Journal.

    • Akhtar,  A., Liu, K., Jabeen, T., & Afzaal, M. (2020). Tweaking Harassment  Through Tweets: A Critical Discourse Study of# MeToo. International  Journal of English Linguistics, 10(1), 157-165.

    • Wu, B.  Q., Afzaal, M., Ghaffar, A., & Naqvi, S. B. (2020). A Comparative  Study of Cultural Values in Chinese and American Parenting Reflected in  The Joy Luck Club. International Journal of English Linguistics, 10(2),  244.

    • Baoqin, W., & Afzaal, M. (2020). Emotion and  cause: Linguistic theory and computational implementation: by Sophia Yat  Mei Lee, Singapore, Springer Nature Singapore Pvt. Ltd, 2019,  74.96€(hardcover), 151 pp. Chinese Journal of Communication, 13(2),  235-237 doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2020.1753974. IF 2.714, Q1.

    • Alfadda,  H., Fatima, M., Ghaffar, A., & Afzaal, M. (2020). Critical Thinking  Perspective in ESL New English Textbooks: A Case Study of  Pakistan. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English  Literature, 9(2),  2431.doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2019.1708764. IF 2.582, Q1.

    • Jadoon,  A. U. R., Chishti, M. I., Afzaal, M., & Afzal, T. (2020).  Challenges Faced by Newly Inducted Teachers Implementing Revised English  Curriculum in Pakistan. English Language Teaching, 13(7), 52-66.  doi:0.5539/elt.v13n7p52

    • Younas, M., Afzaal, M., Noor, U.,  Khalid, S., & Naqvi, S. (2020). Code Switching in ESL Teaching at  University Level in Pakistan. English Language Teaching, 13(8), 63-73.

    • Afzaal,  M. (2020). The China-Pakistan economic corridor of the Belt and Road  Initiative concept, context and assessment: by Siegfried O. Wolf,  Switzerland, Springer, 2020, 404 pp.,£ 88 (hardback), ISBN  978-3-030-16198-9. Asia Pacific Business Review, 26.   Wdoi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2020.1738075. WOS, SSCI, Q1 IF  2.361

    • Afzaal, M., & Chishti, M. I. (2020). Chris Shei  (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Discourse Analysis. Journal of  Language and Politics, 19(1), 196-200.

    • Afzaal et al.  (2020). Artificial Intelligence, Context, And Meaning Making in  Language: A Rationalization Approach, International Journal of Future  Generation Communication and Networking. Vol. 13, No. 3, (2020), pp. 115  – 122, ESCI, WOS Indexed Journal.

    • Afzaal, M. (2020).  Silk Road to Belt Road: reinventing the past and shaping the future:  edited by Md. Nazrul Islam, Singapore, Springer, 2019, xiii+ 404 pp.,  RRP£ 100 (hardback), ISBN 978-9-81132-997-5. Asia Pacific Business  Review, 26(1), 104-107.  doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2019.1686243. WOS, SSCI, Q1 IF  2.361

    • Afzaal, M., & Xiangyi, J. (2020). Book review:  Ken Hyland and Feng (Kevin) Jiang, Academic Discourse and Global  Publishing: Disciplinary Persuasion in Changing Times. Discourse  Studies, 22, (Issue 3). doi:https://doi.org/10.1177/146144562090513.  WOS, SSCI, Q1 IF 1.91

    • Al Fadda, H., & Afzaal, M.  (2020). International Standards for E-Learning ESL Programs: A  Comparative Study. Revista Argentina de Clínica Psicológica, 29(5), 174.  doi:10.24205/03276716.2020.1018 WOS, SSCI. Q2.

    • Al Fadda ,  Afzaal, M., Phillip J. Haberman (2020). Dynamic Assessment in  Education: A Case-Study of Chinese-Speaking EFL Classroom. Universal  Journal of Educational Research, 8(12), 6967 - 6977. DOI:  10.13189/ujer.2020.081264.

    2019

    • Afzaal,  M., (2019) Mapping China’s ‘one belt one road’ initiative, Asia Pacific  Business Review, 25:3, 454-457, DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2019.1614375,  SSCI, WOS Indexed Journal. IF. 2.361, Q1.

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