Lu Yang

Thesis title

The identification and investigation of technical vocabulary in postgraduate Artificial Intelligence academic texts

Supervisors

Prof Averil Coxhead and  Dr Stephen Skalicky

Biography

Lu Yang is currently a PhD student at the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She holds an M.A. degree in Applied Linguistics from the same university. Her research interests include corpus linguistics and technical vocabulary of Artificial Intelligence.

Publications

Coxhead, A., Rahmat, Y., & Yang, L. (2020). Academic single and multiword vocabulary in EFL textbooks : case studies from Indonesia and China. TESOLANZ Journal, 28, 75–88.

Yang, L., & Coxhead, A. (2020). A Corpus-based Study of Vocabulary in the New Concept English Textbook Series. RELC Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033688220964162

Presentations

Yang, L (2021, June 17). Vocabulary in the New Concept English textbook series. WATESOL, Wellington, NZ

Rahmat, Y., Yang, L., & Coxhead, A. (2020, July 31). Investigating vocabulary and textbooks: Case studies from Indonesia and China. LALS Seminar, Victoria University of Wellington