博士，毕业于复旦大学。主要研究领域为语言真实性、学术写作、多语发展与教育。
语言真实性、学术写作、多语发展与教育
担任《英语口语》（本科生一年级）、《英语学术写作》（本科生三年级）等课程的教学工作。
Book
Chen, N. (2026). Authenticity and Ethics in Academic Writing and Publishing in the 21st Century. Ethics International Press.
Encyclopedia Chapter
Chen, N. (2026). Authenticity and language learning. In International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 3rd Edition. Elsevier.
Refereed Journal Articles (selected)
Chen, N. & Zhou, C. (2024). Making sense of a new language: Authenticity and semiotics in additional language learning. Language and Semiotic Studies, 10(3), 317-342.
Chen, N. (2023). Language, research, and publication: A retrospective autoethnographic account of a peripheral outcast author. Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes, 4(2), 140-163.
Chen, N. (2023). Publishing nationally or internationally in the humanities and social sciences: What do journal websites say about the divide? Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 54(2), 313-337.
Chen, N. (2023). Chinese-English academic writing practice from a biliteracy-informed genre perspective [in Chinese]. Chinese Journal of Second Language Writing, 7, 62-72.
Zhou, C., & Chen, N. (2023). Filling in the blank: Towards a semiotic account of poetry translation. Language and Semiotic Studies, 9(4), 461-483.
Chen, N. & Gu, C. (2022). From ‘main course’ to ‘side dish?’ Debates about removing English as a core subject for Chinese students receiving compulsory education. Changing English, 30(1), 54-65.
Chen, N. (2022). The story of a loner learner: Reconsidering authenticity and authentic engagement in second language learning. Language Teaching, 56(1), 22-28. [Christopher Brumfit Essay Prize 2021 runner-up]
Chen, N. (2022). Discursive construction in multilingual crisis risk communication: An analysis of ‘A letter to foreign nationals’ messages in China’s COVID-19 fight. Discourse Studies, 24(4), 404-422.
Chen, N. (2022). ‘Why should a “foreigner” be better than me?’ Preferential practices in junior academic faculty recruitment among mainland Chinese universities. Tertiary Education and Management, 28, 17-41.
Chen, N. (2021). Translation as subversion and subjugation: Sándor Petőf’s ‘Liberty and Love’ in China. Neohelicon, 48, 577-597.
Chen, N. (2021). Research and teaching of Chinese for academic purposes [in Chinese]. Social Sciences Journal, 9 September, 005.
Chen, N. (2021). A study of linguistic differences in second- and native-language writing across genres [in Chinese]. Chinese Journal of Second Language Writing, 2, 14-25.
Chen, N. (2020). Epistemic attrition in intercultural academic communication [in Chinese]. Intercultural Studies Forum, 1, 57-72.
Chen, N. (2020). Semiotic resourcefulness in crisis risk communication: The case of COVID-19 posters. Language and Semiotic Studies, 6(3), 1-27.
Chen, N. (2020). Where are we going and where have we been? A response to ‘Back to basics’. English Today, 36(4), 30-32.
Chen, N. (2020). The English major crisis in China: Why did the once-popular major fall out of favour among Chinese students? English Today, 36(4), 15-23.
Chen, N. (2019). More than a splendid blend of cultures: Exploring the semiotic depth of faux Asian fonts. Language and Semiotic Studies, 5(4): 71-90.
Chen, N. (2018). Is the English major a ‘guilty conscience’ major? [in Chinese] Contemporary Foreign Language Studies, 6, 32-45.
Chen, N. (2017). Bridging the unbridgeable: A semiotic solution to seeking tertium comparationis in linguistic analysis. Chinese Semiotic Studies, 13(3), 255-267.
Chen, N. (2017). Contemporary notes on the changing language landscape. Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 10(3), 409-418.
Chen, N. (2016). Negotiating with language and culture: Research practice using English as an academic lingua franca. Fudan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 9(4), 695-702.
Chen, N. (2015). Challenging machines to the language game: Wittgensteinian philosophy and future dimensions of Artificial Intelligence. Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(3), 487-500.
Chen, N. (2014). A corpus-based comparative study of metaphors in English and Chinese academic discourse [in Chinese]. Fudan Forum on Forum Languages and Literature, 2, 66-70.
Book Reviews (selected)
Chen, N. (2024). Review of International faculty in Asia: In comparative global perspective. International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 26(1), 76-78.
Chen, N. (2023). Review of Eco-translatology: Towards an eco-paradigm of translation. Translation & Interpreting, 15(1), 288-292.
Chen, N. (2022). Review of Ignorance is bliss: The Chinese art of not knowing. Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 49(3), 313-315.
Chen, N. (2021). Review of Plurilingual pedagogies: Critical and creative endeavours for equitable language in education.International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25(6),2321-2324.
Chen, N. (2021). Review of Applied linguistics and language teaching in the neo-nationalist era. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 31(3), 557-560.
Chen, N. (2018). Review of Grammatical complexity in academic English: Linguistic change in writing. Corpora, 3,125-128.
Chen, N. (2018). Review of Signalling nouns in English: A corpus-based discourse approach [in Chinese]. Corpus Linguistics. 5(1), 105-109.
Chen, N. (2017). Review of Grammatical complexity in academic English: Linguistic change in writing [in Chinese]. Corpus Linguistics, 4(1),89-93.
Wordlist
Shanghai Advisory Committee for College English Teaching at Tertiary Level. (2015). Content Creator.The reference word list for teaching English for General Academic Purposes. Shanghai: Shanghai Jiaotong University Press. Compiled the list for tertiary-level English teaching.
博士，毕业于复旦大学。主要研究领域为语言真实性、学术写作、多语发展与教育。
语言真实性、学术写作、多语发展与教育
担任《英语口语》（本科生一年级）、《英语学术写作》（本科生三年级）等课程的教学工作。
Book
Chen, N. (2026). Authenticity and Ethics in Academic Writing and Publishing in the 21st Century. Ethics International Press.
Encyclopedia Chapter
Chen, N. (2026). Authenticity and language learning. In International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, 3rd Edition. Elsevier.
Refereed Journal Articles (selected)
Chen, N. & Zhou, C. (2024). Making sense of a new language: Authenticity and semiotics in additional language learning. Language and Semiotic Studies, 10(3), 317-342.
Chen, N. (2023). Language, research, and publication: A retrospective autoethnographic account of a peripheral outcast author. Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes, 4(2), 140-163.
Chen, N. (2023). Publishing nationally or internationally in the humanities and social sciences: What do journal websites say about the divide? Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 54(2), 313-337.
Chen, N. (2023). Chinese-English academic writing practice from a biliteracy-informed genre perspective [in Chinese]. Chinese Journal of Second Language Writing, 7, 62-72.
Zhou, C., & Chen, N. (2023). Filling in the blank: Towards a semiotic account of poetry translation. Language and Semiotic Studies, 9(4), 461-483.
Chen, N. & Gu, C. (2022). From ‘main course’ to ‘side dish?’ Debates about removing English as a core subject for Chinese students receiving compulsory education. Changing English, 30(1), 54-65.
Chen, N. (2022). The story of a loner learner: Reconsidering authenticity and authentic engagement in second language learning. Language Teaching, 56(1), 22-28. [Christopher Brumfit Essay Prize 2021 runner-up]
Chen, N. (2022). Discursive construction in multilingual crisis risk communication: An analysis of ‘A letter to foreign nationals’ messages in China’s COVID-19 fight. Discourse Studies, 24(4), 404-422.
Chen, N. (2022). ‘Why should a “foreigner” be better than me?’ Preferential practices in junior academic faculty recruitment among mainland Chinese universities. Tertiary Education and Management, 28, 17-41.
Chen, N. (2021). Translation as subversion and subjugation: Sándor Petőf’s ‘Liberty and Love’ in China. Neohelicon, 48, 577-597.
Chen, N. (2021). Research and teaching of Chinese for academic purposes [in Chinese]. Social Sciences Journal, 9 September, 005.
Chen, N. (2021). A study of linguistic differences in second- and native-language writing across genres [in Chinese]. Chinese Journal of Second Language Writing, 2, 14-25.
Chen, N. (2020). Epistemic attrition in intercultural academic communication [in Chinese]. Intercultural Studies Forum, 1, 57-72.
Chen, N. (2020). Semiotic resourcefulness in crisis risk communication: The case of COVID-19 posters. Language and Semiotic Studies, 6(3), 1-27.
Chen, N. (2020). Where are we going and where have we been? A response to ‘Back to basics’. English Today, 36(4), 30-32.
Chen, N. (2020). The English major crisis in China: Why did the once-popular major fall out of favour among Chinese students? English Today, 36(4), 15-23.
Chen, N. (2019). More than a splendid blend of cultures: Exploring the semiotic depth of faux Asian fonts. Language and Semiotic Studies, 5(4): 71-90.
Chen, N. (2018). Is the English major a ‘guilty conscience’ major? [in Chinese] Contemporary Foreign Language Studies, 6, 32-45.
Chen, N. (2017). Bridging the unbridgeable: A semiotic solution to seeking tertium comparationis in linguistic analysis. Chinese Semiotic Studies, 13(3), 255-267.
Chen, N. (2017). Contemporary notes on the changing language landscape. Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 10(3), 409-418.
Chen, N. (2016). Negotiating with language and culture: Research practice using English as an academic lingua franca. Fudan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 9(4), 695-702.
Chen, N. (2015). Challenging machines to the language game: Wittgensteinian philosophy and future dimensions of Artificial Intelligence. Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 8(3), 487-500.
Chen, N. (2014). A corpus-based comparative study of metaphors in English and Chinese academic discourse [in Chinese]. Fudan Forum on Forum Languages and Literature, 2, 66-70.
Book Reviews (selected)
Chen, N. (2024). Review of International faculty in Asia: In comparative global perspective. International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 26(1), 76-78.
Chen, N. (2023). Review of Eco-translatology: Towards an eco-paradigm of translation. Translation & Interpreting, 15(1), 288-292.
Chen, N. (2022). Review of Ignorance is bliss: The Chinese art of not knowing. Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 49(3), 313-315.
Chen, N. (2021). Review of Plurilingual pedagogies: Critical and creative endeavours for equitable language in education.International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25(6),2321-2324.
Chen, N. (2021). Review of Applied linguistics and language teaching in the neo-nationalist era. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. 31(3), 557-560.
Chen, N. (2018). Review of Grammatical complexity in academic English: Linguistic change in writing. Corpora, 3,125-128.
Chen, N. (2018). Review of Signalling nouns in English: A corpus-based discourse approach [in Chinese]. Corpus Linguistics. 5(1), 105-109.
Chen, N. (2017). Review of Grammatical complexity in academic English: Linguistic change in writing [in Chinese]. Corpus Linguistics, 4(1),89-93.
Wordlist
Shanghai Advisory Committee for College English Teaching at Tertiary Level. (2015). Content Creator.The reference word list for teaching English for General Academic Purposes. Shanghai: Shanghai Jiaotong University Press. Compiled the list for tertiary-level English teaching.