astronomy

Zhao Jin (linguist)

Zhao Jin (linguist) is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Zhao Jin (linguist) rather than just read about it. In short: Zhao Jin (Chinese: 赵劲; born 22 November 1968) is a Chinese professor of German linguistics and a scholar in cultural-analytical linguistics. Education and career Zhao Jin completed her undergraduate study in 1991 and her master's study in 1997 at the Tongji University.

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Reference excerpt

Zhao Jin (Chinese: 赵劲; born 22 November 1968) is a Chinese professor of German linguistics and a scholar in cultural-analytical linguistics.

Education and career Zhao Jin completed her undergraduate study in 1991 and her master's study in 1997 at the Tongji University. She subsequently received a DAAD-scholarship and was awarded a doctorate at the Philipps University of Marburg. Zhao was Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow (2005–2006), Diesterweg Research Fellow of the Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (FIGS) in the University of Siegen (2012) and war awarded the title "Ten Outstanding Foreign Language Philologists in Shanghai (2014). Zhao has been a full professor of German Linguistics since 2008 and the dean of department of German since 2013 at the Tongji University. She was a fellow at the Research College Morphomata of the University of Cologne (2017–2018). She is also a professor at the Technical University of Darmstadt from 2019 to 2020. Zhao was awarded Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2011 and the research Award of Chinese Ministry of Education in 2013.

Main research areas Zhao has published widely in the fields of language for specific purposes, text linguistics, contrastive linguistics, cultural-analytical linguistics, German-Chinese intercultural communication, LSP didactics and methodology for German as a foreign language and language philosophy. She is a co-editor of the 13-volume proceedings of the XIII. International Germanist Congress Shanghai 2015 "German Language and Literature between Tradition and Innovation" and several other conference proceedings. She is also a co-editor of Peter Lang German Linguistics International series ISSN 1862-653X. Zhao has been researching Wilhelm von Humboldt’s philosophy of language since 2016 and is currently leading the project of translating Humboldt’s work on language philosophy and linguistics into Chinese.

Positions and memberships (selection) Chair of the Shanghai branch of the Association for the German Language (Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache, GfdS) Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Language Association (Verein Deutsche Sprache, VDS) Secretary General of the International Association of German Linguistics and Literature (IVG) (2010–2015) Committee member of the International Association of German Linguistics and Literature (IVG) (since 2015) Head of German language teaching group, National Foreign Languages Teaching Advisory Board, Chinese Ministry of Education (since 2018)

Awards and honors (selection)

2011: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Humboldt Foundation 2013: Research Award of the Chinese Ministry of Education

Selected publications

Monographs Wirtschaftsdeutsch als Fremdsprache. Ein didaktisches Modell – dargestellt am Beispiel der chinesischen Germanistik-Studiengänge, (Dissertation) Narr Verlag, Thübingen, 2002, ISBN 978-3-8233-5364-5 Interkulturalität von Textsortenkonventionen. Vergleich deutscher und chinesischer Kulturstile, Frank & Timme Verlag, Berlin, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86596-169-3 Wissenschaftsdiskurse kontrastiv. Kulturalität als Textualitätsmerkmal im deutsch-chinesischen Vergleich, De Gruyter, 2018, ISBN 9783110587746

Articles Kontrastive Analyse Mandarin-Deutsch. In: Hans-Jürgen Krumm, Christian Fandrych, Britta Hufeisen, Claudia Riemer: Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache. Ein internationales Handbuch (= Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft), S. 627–634, Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin/New York, 2010 Das deutsche Chinabild in der Wirtschaft. Journalistische China-Artikel in gehobenen Printmedien. In: Klaus-Dienter Baumann (Hrsg.): Fach – Translat – Kultur. Interdisziplinäre Aspekte der vernetzten Vielfalt. (= Forum für Fachsprachen-Forschung, Bd. 99), S. 1301–1329, Frank & Timme, Berlin, 2011 Kulturspezifik, Inter- und Transkulturalität von Textsorten. In: Stephan Habscheid (Hrsg.): Textsorten, Handlungsmuster, Oberflächen. Linguistische Typologien der Kommunikation S. 123–143, de Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 2011 Wandel der Textsorte, Wandel der Kultur. Kontrastive Analyse und diachronischer Vergleich deutscher und chinesischer wissenschaftliche Rezensionen. In: LiLi Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik, Heft 169, S. 144–164, 2013 Germanistik zwischen Tradition und Innovation. In: LiLi Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik, Heft 172, 2013, S. 145–150 Die Wechselwirkung des Selbstbildes und des Fremdbildes. Analyse von Medienberichten zu Sino-Afrika-Beziehungen. In: Friedemann Vogel, Jia Wenjian (Hrsg.) 2017: Chinesisch-Deutscher Imagereport: das Bild Chinas im deutschsprachigen Raum aus kultur-, medien- und sprachwissenschaftlicher Perspektive (2000–2013), S. 139–153, De Gruyter, Berlin, 2017 Wilhelm von Humboldt in China: Rezeptionen, Forschungen und Probleme. In: LiLi Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik, 4/2018, S. 759–774, 2018

References

External links Publications by Jin Zhao in the germanist directory

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Zhao Jin (linguist)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Zhao Jin (linguist) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Zhao Jin (linguist) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Zhao Jin (linguist) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Zhao Jin (linguist)

In research: Zhao Jin (linguist) appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Zhao Jin (linguist) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Zhao Jin (linguist) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1968 births, 20th-century Chinese linguists, 21st-century linguists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Zhao Jin (linguist) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Zhao Jin (linguist) in simple terms?

Zhao Jin (Chinese: 赵劲; born 22 November 1968) is a Chinese professor of German linguistics and a scholar in cultural-analytical linguistics. Education and career Zhao Jin completed her undergraduate study in 1991 and her master's study in 1997 at the Tongji University.

Why does Zhao Jin (linguist) matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Zhao Jin (linguist)?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Zhao Jin (linguist).