Sex：Male
Title：Professor
Department：Department of Linguistics and English
Post：Teacher
Research Interests：Philosophy of Language, Pragmatics and Discourse Studies
Office：Room 411, Teaching Building 1
E-maiL：200611487@gdufs.edu.cn
Resume of Prof. Huo Yongshou
Huo Yongshou, born in 1962 in the city of Mile, Yunnan Province, professor, PhD supervisor and post-doctoral co-supervisor (Faculty of English Language and Culture, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies); deputy chairman (China Association for Chinese and Western Philosophy of Language), executive council member (China Association of Pragmatics), PhD thesis assessment expert (Degree and Graduate Education Development Center, the State Ministry of Education), graduate student teaching supervisor (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies) and director (Academic Committee, Faculty of English Language and Culture); leader of two ministry and provincial level research projects and two municipal research projects; author of papers published in Pragmatics, Modern Foreign Languages, Journal of Foreign Languages, Foreign Language Research, Foreign Language and Literature, Shandong Foreign Language Teaching, English Studies, Journal of Xi’an International Studies University, Journal of Sichuan University (Philosophy & Social Sciences Edition), Journal of Yunnan Normal University (Philosophy & Social Sciences Edition), China University Academic Abstracts, International Journal of Chinese Linguistics and Open Journal of Modern Linguistics; reviewer (Modern Foreign Languages, Journal of Foreign Languages, Shandong Foreign Language Teaching, English Studies, Journal of Sichuan University); guest editor (Zhejiang International Studies University).
1. Education
1979.09-1981.07, Honghe Nationalities Normal School, secondary normal English certificate.
1983.09-1987.07, Department of Foreign Languages, Yunnan Normal University, English language and literature, bachelor’s degree.
1987.09-1989.07, Department of Foreign Languages, Yunnan Normal University, English & American literature, post-graduate certificate.
1991.01-08, Center for Language and Applied Linguistic, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia, visiting scholar sponsored by UNESCO.
1997.09-1998.08, Department of Linguistics, University of Wales, Bangor, visiting scholar sponsored by the British Council.
2000.09-2003.08, Center for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, PhD (pragmatics).
2. Work
1981.08-1983.08, No. 2 Middle School, Mile County, Yunnan Province, teacher of English.
1989.07-2006.05, School of Foreign Languages, Yunnan Normal University, assistant teacher, lecturer, assistant professor, professor, MA supervisor.
2006.05-2008.06, Faculty of English Language and Culture, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, professor, MA supervisor.
2008.07-2012.09, Editorial Board, Modern Foreign Languages, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, professor, MA supervisor.
2012.12-2018.07, Faculty of English Language and Culture, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, professor, MA supervisor.
2018.07-, Faculty of English Language and Culture, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, professor, PhD supervisor, post-doctoral co-supervisor.
3. Research Projects
1. Constructing a Language-Philosophical Basis for Contemporary Chinese Discourse Studies (project leader), State Education Ministry Humanities & Social Sciences Planning Fund Project (15YJA740013, completed), total fund: 100,000 yuan.
2. The Language-Philosophical Dimension of Southern Chan Buddhism Studies (project leader), Guangdong Provincial Philosophy & Social Sciences Planning Fund Project (GD13CWW08, completed), total fund: 30,000 yuan.
3. Language: The Last Homestead of Human Beings, the Chinese Fund for the Humanities and Social Sciences (18WYY011, completed), total fund: 200,000 yuan, 2nd participant.
4. A Study of Chan Buddhist Philosophy of Language (project leader), Education Department of Guangdong Province (2013WYXM0036, completed), total fund: 30,000 yuan.
5. Design of CECL and the Philosophical Basis of Communicative Language Teaching (project leader), Innovative School Project in Higher Education of Guangdong (GWTP-LH-2015-01, under completion), total fund: 60,000 yuan.
4. Publications
Monographs and Compilations
1. New Developments in Pragmatics (Sections 1.1 & 1.2, pp. 1-14). Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2021.
2. Mitigation and Pragmatics as a Linguistic Regulation Theory (English version). Kunming: Yunnan University Press, 2006.
3. Shi’s Dictionary of Chinese-English Translation (first associate editor-in-chief). Kunming: Yunnan People’s Press, 2006.
4. Language: The Last Homestead of Human Beings (Sections 2.2.1-2.2.3, pp.70-78). Beijing: The Commercial Press, 2005.
Course Books
1. Basic Readings in the Western Philosophy of Language (2 volumes, editor of both volumes and Chinese introduction to Volume 1). Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2012.
2. Twelve Lectures in Pragmatics (Chapter 7, third editor-in-chief). Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2011.
3. Philosophy of Language (Chapters 13 and 15). Shanghai: East China Normal University Press, 2011.
Translations
1. Language: The Last Homestead of Human Beings (second translator). New York: Routledge, 2021.
2. Yunnan English Tourist Guide (English editor-in-chief). Beijing: The Tourist Education Press, 2006.
3. Understanding Pragmatics (Chinese version, second translator). Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2003.
4. Handbook of Yunnan Tourist Guide (English version, associate editor-in-chief). Kunming: Yunnan University Press, 1999.
5. Story of Yunnan (English version, first translator). Chengdu: Sichuan Art Press, 1998.
Papers
1. Logic of Theorization in Later Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Language. Foreign Language Research, 2024, No. 6.
2. Problems of Time in the Philosophy of Language, Foreign Language and Literature Studies, 2024, No. 2.
3. Philosophy of Language Strengthening the Construction of the Discourse System. China Social Sciences Today, 2024.05.08.
4. Recontextualization and Legitimacy of Dialect Post-Pandemic News Releases: A Case Study of Two Pandemic News Texts in Qujing City, Yunnan Province (second author), Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, 2023, No. 13.
5. The Design of CECL and Its Contribution to the Language-philosophical Basis of Communicative Language Teaching, Foreign Language Research, 2022, No. 1.
6. The Revelation of Ancient Chinese to Semantic Compositionality in Discourse Reporting: A Case Study of Zuozhuan (second author), International Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 2022, Vol.9, No. 2.
7. From Doublet Structure of Consciousness to Dual Consciousness of Speech (second author), Journal of Zhejiang International Studies University, 2021, No. 2.
8. Constructing a Philosophy of Language for Contemporary Chinese Discourse Studies, China University Academic Abstracts, 2021, No. 1.
9. Constructing a Philosophy of Language for Contemporary Chinese Discourse Studies, Journal of Sichuan University (Philosophy & Social Sciences Edition), 2020, No. 6.
10. The Deng-Wu Argument and the Anti-semantic Tradition in Chinese Philosophy, Foreign Language Research, 2020, No. 1.
11. An Interview with Professor Qian Guanlian (first author), English Studies, 2019, No. 9.
12. Saussure’s Arbitrariness of Linguistic Signs from the Perspective of Philosophy of Language (first author), Journal of Foreign Languages, 2017, Vol. 40, No. 6.
13. Context Embedding and Construction: A Language-Philosophical Study of Poem Recitations in Zuozhuan (first author), Shandong Foreign Language Teaching, 2017, No. 5.
14. The Negative Principle from the Perspective of Philosophy of Language: A Study of Saussure’s Linguistic Theorization, Shandong Foreign Language Teaching, 2016, No. 5.
15. Concept Construction and Deconstruction: A Basic Dimension in the Zen Philosophy of Language, Journal of Xi’an International Studies University, 2016, Vol. 24, No. 3.
16. “Performative Scholarship” and Meaning in the Zen Philosophy of Language, Foreign Language Research, 2015, No. 4.
17. Pragmatics from the Perspective of Philosophy of Language: With a Special Review of Yan Huang’s Pragmatics (2nd edition) (first author), Journal of Zhejiang International Studies University, 2015, No. 4.
18. From Referring to Signifying: The Nature of Saussure’s Philosophy of Language, Foreign Language Research, 2014, No. 2.
19. Poem Recitations in Zuozhuan and Pragmatic Functions of “Implicit Words and Mental Interaction,” Contemporary Foreign Language Studies, 2014, No.6.
20. Ci or Proposition: A Comparative Study of Basic Categories in the Chinese and Western Philosophy of Language, Foreign Language and Literature, 2013. No. 2.
21. Predication and the Chinese vs. Western Approaches to the Philosophy of Language: Starting with Quine’s Theory of Predication, Foreign Language Research, 2012, No.1.
22. Linguistic Facts and Philosophical Perspective: On the Epistemological Basis of Linguistics, Foreign Language and Literature, 2011, No. 1.
23. Summary of the First Forum on Chinese and Western Philosophy of Language, Modern Foreign Languages, 2011, No.2.
24. A Socio-linguistic Approach to the Naming of Supermarkets (second author), Journal of Jimei University (Philosophy & Social Sciences Edition), 2011, Vol. 14, No.3.
25. The Holistic Nature of Knowledge and the Evaluation of Scientific Research: Some Epistemological Reflections, Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 2010, Vol.21, No. 5.
26. School Awareness from a Linguistic Perspective: Relations to Be Balanced for the Emergence of Schools of Linguistics in China, Foreign Language Research, 2009, No.5.
27. A Self-Centered Innovative Approach to Pragmatics, Foreign Language and Literature Studies, 2009, No. 2.
28. “Western Philosophy of Language” and the Development of PhD Students’ Theoretical Originality, Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 2008, Vol.19, No. 6.
29. A Prototype-Based Analysis of Linguistic Categories, New Horizons in Cognitive Linguistics (pp.67-80, eds. Wen Xu and Xu Anquan). Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 2006.
30. Performance of Speech Acts and Pragmatic Functions of Discourse Markers, Foreign Language and Literature Studies, 2005, No. 2.
31. Goal-Intention Principle and Pragmatic Nihilism: A Discussion of Pragmatic Principles in Response to Lin et al. (second author), Journal of Sichuan International Studies University, 2004, No. 4.
32. Educating EFL Teachers for Yunnan: Retrospects and Prospects, Methodology of English Language Teaching: Explorations in Hot Issues. Kunming: Yunnan University Press, 2002.
33. Pragmatics and English Language Teaching, Methodology of English Language Teaching: Explorations in Hot Issues. Kunming: Yunnan University Press, 2002.
34. Review of Pragmatics in Chinese Culture. In Pragmatics, 2001, Vol.12, No.1.
35. Educating Middle School Foreign Language Teachers for the 21st Century, Papers on the Contemporary Education of Yunnan. Kunming: Yunnan Nationalities Press, 2000.
36. Characteristics and Methodological Principles of Adult Foreign Language Learning (first author), Adult Education, 2000, No. 3.
37. A Dynamic View of Pragmatics, Journal of Yunnan Normal University (Philosophy & Social Sciences Edition), 2000, supplementary issue.
38. Tentative Thoughts on Reforms in the Curriculum Structure of Schools of Foreign Languages in Normal Universities and Colleges (first author), Journal of Yunnan Normal University (Philosophy & Social Sciences Edition), 1999, No. 4.
39. Pragmatic Competence, Pragmatic Tests and English Self-Taught Examination (second author), Papers on Self-Taught Examination in Yunnan Province (Vol. 4). Kunming: Yunnan Science & Technology Press, 1999.
40. Some Suggestions Concerning Strengthening Reforms in the Foreign Language Education of Yunnan, Yunnan Education, 1998, No. 2.
41. Theories of Deep Grammar, Journal of Yunnan Normal University (Philosophy & Social Sciences Edition), 1997, No. 2.
42. Methods for Adult Foreign Language Learning, Papers on Self-Taught Examination in Yunnan Province (Vol. 3). Kunming: Yunnan Science & Technology Press, 1996.
43. Some Ideas about the Future Development of Foreign Language Schools of Normal Universities and Colleges, Yunnan Higher Education Studies, 1996, No. 2.
44. Pragmatic Presupposition and Language Teaching, Journal of Yunnan Normal University (Philosophy & Social Sciences Edition), 1993, supplementary issue.
45. Whole Language: An Interpretation and a Thought, Journal of Yunnan Normal University (Philosophy & Social Sciences Edition), 1991, Vol.23, No. 6.
