A Diachronic Research of the Development of Foreign Linguistics in China

A Knowledge Map Analysis Based on the National Social Science Fund Project Database (1996–2019)

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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.329How to use a DOI?

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diachronic research, National Social Science Fund, foreign linguistics, CiteSpace, hotspot

Abstract

The National Social Science Fund (NSSF) project titles of foreign linguistics (1996-2019) were segmented and processed with CiteSpace. The visualized knowledge map by CiteSpace intuitively displays the diachronic development trajectory of foreign linguistic research and the changing of research hotspots. The research shows: the development of foreign linguistics NSSF projects experienced three development stages in numbers; NSSF projects of foreign linguistics mainly includes translation studies, teaching research and language ontology research; the research topics concerned by scholars are widely distributed and dynamically developed, but the comparative research between English and Chinese languages, English language research and the research of English learners are always the hotpots of all time; as new research paradigms, researches concerning validity and typology are expected to be the focus of attention in the future.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yansong Feng
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/18
TI  - A Diachronic Research of the Development of Foreign Linguistics in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 195
EP  - 204
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.329
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.329
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