Ji Xiaoli

Assistant Professor

Education Experience

Sep 2019 -Dec. 2024: Ph.D.  Nanjing Normal University

Sep 2017 - Jun 2018: Senior Visiting Scholar at Nanjing Normal University

Aug 2008 - Mar 2010: Visiting Student at the Phonetics Laboratory, Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Sep 2007 - Mar 2010: M.A. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Department of English, College of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang University

Sep 2003 - Jul 2007: B.A. in Business English, College of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang University

Major Research Interests

Experimental Phonetics

Cognitive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis

Second Language Acquisition and English Teaching

Research Projects

1.Neurocognitive and Individual Differences in Second Language Grammar Processing in Chinese: Key Project of the National Social Science Foundation (20AYY010), 2020.6-2024.6, Participant.

2.ERP Study on English Prosody Processing by Chinese Learners: Jiangsu Social Science Project (19YYC001), 2019.9-2022.6, projector leader.

3.Learning Mechanism of English Intonation Perception in Chinese Learners Based on Experimental Phonetics: Youth Project of the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences (15YJC740034), 2015.7-2018.7, projector leader.

4.Interdisciplinary Research on Phonetic Acquisition Mechanism of English Learners in Chinese Dialect Regions: Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation (15ZDB103), 2015.6-Present, Participant.

5.Comparative Study of Prosodic Structures between English and Chinese Based on a Parallel Standard Phonetic Database: National Social Science Foundation (11BYY008), 2011-2014, Participant.

6.Construction and Research of the Asia-Pacific Second Language English Phonetic Database: Jiangsu-Zhejiang Dialect Areas: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2011-2012, Participant.

7.Comparative Study of Prosodic Structures in English and Chinese Reading Texts from the Perspective of Experimental Phonetics: Philosophy and Social Sciences Research Project of Provincial Education Department, 2014.6-2016.6, Participant.

8.Research and Development of Lexical Association Test Software: Philosophy and Social Sciences Research Project of Provincial Universities, 2013.06-2015.06, Participant, Completed, 4/7 Participant.

9.Research on English Vocabulary Depth Knowledge Testing Based on Item Response Theory: Foreign Language Education Research Center, Seventh Batch of Chinese Foreign Language Education Fund, 2014-2016, Completed, 2/5 Participant.

Published Papers

1.Xiaoli Ji, Hui Zhang, Aijun Li. Influence of Explicit and Implicit Training Methods on the Acquisition of English Intonation by Second Language Learners [J]. Foreign Language Teaching and Research c (CSSCI), 2023, 55(01): 66-78.

2.Xiaoli Ji, Hui Zhang, Aijun Li. Exploration of Learning Mechanisms for the Categorical Perception of Intonation by Chinese Learners [J]. Foreign Language Teaching c (CSSCI), 2023, 44(01): 30-38.

3.Hui Zhang, Xiaoli Ji. A Critical Cognitive Linguistic Study of News Narratives during the COVID-19 Pandemic [J]. Contemporary Rhetoric (CSSCI), 2021(04): 42-56.

4.Xiaoli Ji, Hui Zhang, Aijun Li. Research on Hot Topics in Linguistics from a Neurolinguistic Perspective—Taking the Special Issue Language and the Brain in Science as an Example. Journal of Xi'an International Studies University (c (CSSCI) Extended), 2021(02): 1-7.

5.Hui Zhang, Xiaoli Ji. Research on Individual Differences in Native and Second Language Neurocognition and Their Influencing Factors. Foreign Language Teaching and Research (c (CSSCI)), 2021(02): 212-223+319.

6.S. Cao, Y. Xu, X. Ji. The Study of Prosody-Pragmatics Interface with Focus Functioning as Pragmatic Markers: The Case of Question and Statement, O-COCOSDA 2019 (EI Indexed).

7.Review and Prospect of Domestic Research on Second Language Intonation in the Past Two Decades, Modern Linguistics, 2018.6(5): 755-763.

8.Current Situation and Development Strategies of Information Technology Teaching Ability of College English Teachers, China Educational Technology, 2018.24: 72-76.

9.Empirical Study on the Perception of English Intonation by Learners of Different Levels, Foreign Language Teaching and Research (c (CSSCI)), 2018.5: 393-406.

10.Preliminary Study on the Validity of Phonetic Testing Systems, College English Teaching and Research, 2017.2: 15-19.

11.Corresponding Author: Preliminary Study on the Pitch Patterns of Declarative Questions by Chinese English Learners, Modern Linguistics, 2017.5: 151-160.

12.Xiaoli Ji et al. Intonation Patterns of Wh-questions from Chinese EFL Learners. Proc. Speech Prosody 2012, 5 Shanghai, China.

13.Xia Wang, Aijun Li, Xiaoli Ji. Perception and Production of Prominence Distribution Patterns by Chinese EFL Learners. Proc. Speech Prosody 2010, Chicago, USA.

14.Xiaoli Ji et al. Intonation Patterns of Yes-No Questions for Chinese EFL Learners. O-COCOSDA 2009 (EI Indexed).