Language and Conceptualisations in Cultural Contexts

Sociolinguistics (Cognitive Sociolinguistics, Translanguaging)

Chinese Studies (Language, People and Society in the Chinese Diaspora)

Empirical and interdisciplinary research on language in context

Motivated by the love of language and linguistics, Eve endeavours to explore the nexus of language, individuals, and sociocultural constructs in the fields of cultural linguistics, cognitive sociolinguistics, and Chinese cultural studies. She welcomes collaborations in empirical and interdisciplinary research on language in context.

Forthcoming publications and works in progress

Chen, E. J. (forthcoming October 2024). “Why would I care how much salt you have eaten?” Reconceptualizing elder’s authority through the Cantonese idiom sik jim do gwo nei sik mai. In J. Kóczy, & V. Jávor-Szelid (Eds.), Cultural linguistics and (re)conceptualized tradition: Past in present. Springer.

Chen, E. J. & Zhang, J. (under review). Translating food is translating culture: Australian English speakers’ reception of food translation. The Journal of Specialised Translation.

Current project 

Past in the Present: Reconceptualizing Traditions in Contemporary China

Funding: 2023 Asia and Pacific Innovation Program (APIP) Basic and Applied Research Grant, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU.