CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr LI Lan 李蓝 (李蘭)
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Fellow of Chartered Institute of Linguists, UK (2005)
PhD in Applied Linguistics, University of Exeter, UK (1998)
MPhil in Applied Linguistics, University of Exeter, UK (1989)
Graduate Certificate in Industrial Microbiology, Wuxi Institute of Light Industry (1978)
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
08/2017- present
Associate Professor
School of Humanities and Social science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
05/1999- 08/2017
Research Fellow to Associate Professor
Department of English, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
07/1978 – 07/1995
Assistant Lecturer to Associate Professor
Department of Foreign languages, Wuxi University of Light Industry, Jiangsu, China
RESEARCH INTEREST
Lexicology and lexicography
Corpus study and EFL vocabulary learning
Metaphor study *
Neologisms
Technical and web writing *
Language in computer-mediated communication
Workplace English
Sociolinguistics