Feng (Kevin) Jiang's Books

Metadiscursive Nouns

Interaction and Persuasion in Disciplinary Writing

By: Feng (Kevin) Jiang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Metadiscursive Nouns

Interaction and Persuasion in Disciplinary Writing

By: Feng (Kevin) Jiang

Based on a 1.7-million-word corpus of 160 research articles from both soft and hard knowledge fields, this book sets out to explore how a particular type of noun – namely, the metadiscursive noun – is rhetorically used to mediate writer-reader interaction in disciplinary writing. Analysts of academic discourse have come to regard hedges, reporting verbs, directives and so on as forming part of a wide repertoire of interactive features available to authors, suggesting a variety of terms, including evaluation, stance, appraisal, and metadiscourse. One aspect which has been less fully explored, however, is the rhetorical role nouns play in achieving writers’ persuasive goals. This book fills the gap by proposing a particular type of nouns as metadiscursive nouns (as in “this supports our hypotheses that youth are more likely to co-offend when neighbourhoods are less disadvantaged”). The author aims to find out how writers employ metadiscursive nouns to engage and interact with readers in academic prose, raising theoretical and pedagogical implications and how they can be applied in the teaching of academic writing. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars working in the areas of English for academic purposes, corpus studies, academic writing, and linguistics in general.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

235

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000598195

ISBN 13

9781000598193

Why Communist China isn’t Collapsing

The CCP’s Battle for Survival and State-Society Dynamics in the Post-Reform Era

By: Feng Sun,Wanfa Zhang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Why Communist China isn’t Collapsing

The CCP’s Battle for Survival and State-Society Dynamics in the Post-Reform Era

By: Feng Sun,Wanfa Zhang

This book is a comprehensive synthesis of how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has fought on various fronts for survival since the reform refuting the China Collapse thesis by scrutinizing current realities, the proactive strategies adopted by the CCP and the critical role of traditional political culture, and the international environment in shaping state-society dynamics in China. More importantly, the book conducts a deep analysis of the reasons that this authoritarian regime could act responsively and progressively. The CCP possesses strong vigilance and adaptability assets which have helped it survive various crises over the past decades. This book scrutinizes the Chinese cultural environment as well as the political perception and economic interests of major social actors presumed to be forces with potential power to topple the regime. Both the state-dependency resulting from a late developer context and the elements of collectivism and “rule by virtue” in traditional Chinese culture play critical roles in shaping public attitudes toward the CCP regime.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

271

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1498567169

ISBN 13

9781498567169

Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land

Power and Inequality in Rural Ethnic China

By: Xianghong Feng

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land

Power and Inequality in Rural Ethnic China

By: Xianghong Feng

In Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land, Xianghong Feng focuses on the intersection of tourism, power, and inequality in the southern interior of China. In this region, capital-intensive and elite-directed tourism has reshaped the social and cultural patterns of the ethnic Miao and other local residents. Using ethnographic fieldwork conducted over the course of a decade, Feng examines the cultural reconstructions of space, ethnicity, gender, and morality within changing power structures. This book is recommended for scholars of anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, Asian studies, and tourism studies. For more information, check out A Conversation with Xianghong Feng.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

211

Publisher

Lexington Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1498509967

ISBN 13

9781498509961

Social Governance and Political Order in Contemporary China

By: Shizheng Feng

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Social Governance and Political Order in Contemporary China

By: Shizheng Feng

Focusing on the conflict and coordination between social development and political order in social governance, this book investigates the causes, evolution, and manifestations of such tensions in contemporary China, combining both qualitative and quantitative analysis. It has always been a complicated issue for social governance in China to maintain a balanced and benign interaction between social development and political order: Strong leadership from the state can foster robust social development, which can itself pose challenges to the existing political order. To approach this paradox, this book first discusses the entanglement of law and politics in China’s social governance, embodied by state legitimacy of the state and its governance. It then examines institutional changes through analyzing the relationship between market mechanisms and planned systems, as well as the petitioning system, a unique political setup in China. By examining arbitrariness in the practice of Mao Zedong’s theory on two types of contradictions, the author uncovers the characteristics and political basis of China’s approach to resolving social conflict. This title is essential reading for scholars and students studying sociology and political science, especially those interested in social governance in China and contemporary Chinese politics. Shizheng Feng is Professor and Dean of the School of Sociology and Population Studies at Renmin University of China. His research areas include political sociology, historical sociology, social governance and state-making, and political order in China’s social transformation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

248

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000821927

ISBN 13

9781000821925

City of Marvel and Transformation

Changan and Narratives of Experience in Tang Dynasty China

By: Linda Rui Feng

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

City of Marvel and Transformation

Changan and Narratives of Experience in Tang Dynasty China

By: Linda Rui Feng

During the Tang dynasty, the imperial capital of Chang’an (present-day Xi’an) was unrivaled in its monumental scale, with about one million inhabitants dwelling within its walls. It was there that one of the most enduring cultural and political institutions of the empire—the civil service examinations—took shape, bringing an unprecedented influx of literati men to the city seeking recognition and official status by demonstrating their literary talent. To these examination candidates, Chang’an was a megalopolis, career launch pad, and most importantly, cultural paradigm. As a multifaceted lived space, it captured the imaginations of Tang writers, shaped their future aspirations, and left discernible traces in the writings of this period. City of Marvel and Transformation brings this cityscape to life together with the mindscape of its sojourner-writers. By analyzing narratives of experience with a distinctive metropolitan consciousness, it retrieves lost connections between senses of the self and a sense of place. Each chapter takes up one of the powerful shaping forces of Chang’an: its siren call as a destination; the unforeseen nooks and crannies of its urban space; its potential as a “media machine” to broadcast images and reputations; its demimonde—a city within a city where both literary culture and commerce took center stage. Without being limited to any single genre, specific movement, or individual author, the texts examined in this book highlight aspects of Chang’an as a shared and contested space in the collective imagination. They bring to our attention a newly emerged interval of social, existential, and geographical mobility in the lives of educated men, who as aspirants and routine capital-bound travelers learned to negotiate urban space. Both literary study and cultural history, City of Marvel and Transformation goes beyond close readings of text; it also draws productively from research in urban history, anthropology, and studies of space and place, building upon the theoretical frameworks of scholars such as Michel de Certeau, Henri Lefebvre, and Victor Turner. It is a welcome addition to the growing body of scholarship in Chinese studies on the importance of cities and city life. Students and scholars of premodern China will find new ways to understand the collective concerns of the lettered class, as well as new ways to understand literary phenomena that would eventually influence vernacular tales and the Chinese novel. By asking larger questions about how urban sojourns shape subjectivity and perceptions, this book will also attract a wide range of readers interested in studies of personhood, spatial practice, and cities as living cultural systems in flux, both ancient and modern.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

209

Publisher

University of Hawaii Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0824856872

ISBN 13

9780824856878

Geology of the China Seas

By: Pinxian Wang,Qianyu Li,Chun-Feng Li

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Geology of the China Seas

By: Pinxian Wang,Qianyu Li,Chun-Feng Li

Geology of the China Seas represents the first English-language synthesis of the available research into the geology of the South and East China Seas. Among the marginal basins worldwide, these areas have been the focus of extensive research activities in the last three decades, and are now among the global hot spots in hydrocarbon explorations and scientific investigations. The region is experiencing rapid economic development with the offshore petroleum industry providing approximately one third of the domestic hydrocarbon production for mainland China. Gas hydrates have been successfully recovered from the China Seas for the first time. Over the years, many volumes on the geology of the China Seas have been published in Chinese. Although an increasing number of papers in English have appeared recently, the majority deal with local or regional paleo-environment and sedimentology, and are scattered in different journals. This book brings together this rich data in one resource, particularly that generated by Chinese marine geologists and petroleum geologists, and provides the very first synthesis of the geology off China. - The first systematic summary of the geology of the China Seas - Includes comprehensive coverage of the South China Sea and the East China Sea, including the Yellow Sea and Bohai Gulf - Reviews hundreds of Chinese publications on marine and petroleum geology not currently accessible to the international community

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

696

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

0444593942

ISBN 13

9780444593948

Peaceful Development Path in China

By: Yuyan Zhang,Weijiang Feng

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Peaceful Development Path in China

By: Yuyan Zhang,Weijiang Feng

This book clarifies the misconceptions and misinterpretations of the Chinese Path through historical and market logic. The author begins with a historical review of Chinese institutions from their cultural origins to their modern connotations: Chinese regard unity over individualism; Chinese are more cooperative, intrapersonal and defensive than competitive, invasive and expansive. The market economy is another factor that emphasizes the importance of a peaceful environment and stable system of international institutions so as to achieve sustainable development in China. In closing, the author provides an outlook on the role and responsibility of China as a great power towards developed countries, neighbors, new economic groups and developing countries. China’s development means much to the world.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

208

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

981131439X

ISBN 13

9789811314391

Looking for Work in Post-Socialist China

Governance, Active Job Seekers and the New Chinese Labour Market

By: Feng Xu

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Looking for Work in Post-Socialist China

Governance, Active Job Seekers and the New Chinese Labour Market

By: Feng Xu

Unemployment is one of the most politically explosive issues in China and has gained further prominence as a result of the present global financial crisis. The novelty, urgency, and complexity of Chinese unemployment have compelled the government to experiment with policy initiatives that originate in the West. This book argues that although China is not a liberal democracy, it has turned to neo-liberal forms of governance to deal with unemployment, which now function alongside pre-existing Chinese modes of governance. This book examines the initiatives which represent China’s attempt to institutionalize and humanize its approach to governance: these initiatives include training programmes; counselling; a web-based national labour-market information network; insurance; and using community (shequ) organizations as the base for new mechanisms of governance and informal job generation. Based on extensive original research including semi-structured interviews, the book discusses the ways in which the government combines the new techniques with old campaign-style policy techniques. The author argues that these multiple modes of governance make the state's power visible in the new Chinese labour market, and at the same time run the risk of policy incoherence or even failure.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

293

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136509682

ISBN 13

9781136509681

Metadiscursive Nouns

Interaction and Persuasion in Disciplinary Writing

By: Feng (Kevin) Jiang

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Metadiscursive Nouns

Interaction and Persuasion in Disciplinary Writing

By: Feng (Kevin) Jiang

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

243

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000598217

ISBN 13

9781000598216

Book's by Feng (Kevin) Jiang

Metadiscursive Nouns

Metadiscursive Nouns

Why Communist China isn’t Collapsing

Why Communist China isn’t Collapsing

Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land

Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land

Social Governance and Political Order in Contemporary China

Social Governance and Political Order in Contemporary China

City of Marvel and Transformation

City of Marvel and Transformation

Geology of the China Seas

Geology of the China Seas

Peaceful Development Path in China

Peaceful Development Path in China

Looking for Work in Post-Socialist China

Looking for Work in Post-Socialist China

Metadiscursive Nouns

Metadiscursive Nouns

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email