Dr Meili Fang - Publications

Books

2007. Spoken Chinese. London: Mandaras Publishing Details

2006. Spoken Hokkien. ms Details

2004. Location and Motion: A Comparative Study of Japanese and Chinese Grammar. Hakuteisya, Tokyo, Japan. May 2004

2004. A Contrastive Study of Verb-Object Collocations Japanese and Chinese, Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar. Umiyamabunkaken Kyuzyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Book chapters

2005. "Japanese armour". In J. Imanishi (ed.) That's why I chose Japan pp. 145-154, Japan Book Co, Tokyo, Japan

2004. "Motion and location phrases: A contrastive study of Chinese and Japanese" 21 seki gengogaku kenkyu: Suzuki Yusuyuki kyouzyu koki kinen ronsyu, pp. 44-67, Hakuteisya, Tokyo, Japan.

Dissertation

1997. "A Contrastive Study of Verb-Object Collocations Japanese and Chinese, Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar." Ph.D. Dissertation, Ochanomizu Women's University, Tokyo.

Journal articles

2006. "Taiwanese language teaching and development in the United Kingdom". In Proceedings of Taiwan Research in UK and New Studies in Taiwan History Academia Sinica, December 2006 Download paper

2004. "A comparative study of Japanese and Chinese [Location]" Japanese Studies: Explanation and Appreciation. Shibundo pp. 76-92, July 2004

2003. "A Study of noun phrase connectives : Chinese [de] and Japanese [no]" Taisho Gengogaku Kenkyu 13, pp. 86-105, December 2003.

2002. "Phrasal Combinations of Movement and Direction: A Comparative Study of Japanese and Chinese Grammar". Taisho Gengogaku Kenkyu 12, pp. 88-104, December 2002.

2002. "Location Noun and Motion verb: A Comparative Study of Japanese and Chinese Grammar." Japanese Linguistics No 11, pp.55-78, April 2002, The National Association for Japanese Language. Tokyo, Japan.

2002. "Phrasal Combinations of Destination: A Comparative Study of Japanese and Chinese." Studies in Foreign Language Teaching No24, pp. 51-69, March 2002, Foreign Language Center of Tsukuba University.

2001. "Part 2: Deriving the meanings of Verb and Noun combinations, Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar." Japanese Studies: Explanation and Appreciation, pp. 3-11, December 2001, Shibundo.

2001. "Deriving the meanings of Verb and Noun combinations, Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar." Japanese Studies: Explanation and Appreciation, pp. 109-118, July 2001: Shibundo.

1999. "The meaning of grammatical categories, Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar." Japanese Studies: Explanation and Appreciation, January 1999: Shibundo.

1997. "New Perspectives on Predicates, Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar." Japanese Studies: Explanation and Appreciation, pp. 122-29, January 1997: Shibundo.

1996. "Contrast of Japanese <Material Noun wo + Transitive verb> Predicates and their Chinese Equivalents, Problems in Comparative Studies." Japanese Studies: Explanation and Appreciation, pp. 33-41, July 1996: Shibundo.

1996. "Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar: A Comparison of Verbs and Material Nouns." Collection of Papers by R.O.C. Scholars in Japan, Vol. 8, pp. 85-94, February 1996: Chuo University, Tokyo.

1995. "Locative Preposition "Zai" and [ni], [de], [wo], Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar." Ochanomizu Women's University Journal of Chinese Language and Literature Vol.19, pp. 167-77, April 1995.

1995. "Noun-Verb Combinations, Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar." Ochanomizu Women's University Journal of Chinese Language and Literature Vol.14, pp. 51-61, April 1995.

Presentations

2005. "Japanese postpositions and Chinese prepositions: A contrastive analysis using Rengoron". Seminar SOAS Department of Linguistics January 2005. Abstract

2004. "Japanese postpositions and Chinese prepositions: A Study in Comparative Grammar". Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, Sydney, July 2004

2003. "[de] and [no] : A Comparative Study of Japanese and Chinese Grammar". Paper read at the Japanese Grammar Association, Tokyo University, Tokyo, November 2003.

2002. "Motion Verb and Location Noun Phrases: A Contrastive Study of Chinese and Japanese". Australian Linguistics Society 2002 Conference. Australian Sydney July 13,14

2001. "Motion and location phrases: A Rengoron analysis" Paper read at the Japanese Grammar Association, Daito Bunka University, October 2001.

2000. "Contrast of Japanese <Location Noun + motion verb> combinations, Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar." The 9th International Conference on Chinese Linguistics. July, 2000. Singapore

2000. "The Theory and Structure of Japanese Language Education, Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar." [Symposium at the School of Japanese Studies in a Global Perspective 2. "To appear in Ochanomizu Women's University Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences], pp. 20-28, December. 2000: Paper read at Ochanomizu Women's University, July 15, 2000.

1999. "Semantic typology of motion terms." Paper read at the Victorian South-East Asian Linguistics Society Annual Conference, University of Melbourne, July 1999

1998. "Location and motion verbs, Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar." Paper read at the Japanese Grammar Association, Daito Bunka University, Tokyo, February 1998.

1997. "On the Combination of Accusative Spatial Nouns and Verbs of Motion in Japanese and Chinese, Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar." Paper read at the Association of Linguists, Tokyo, December 5, 1997.

1996. "A Contrastive Study of Verb-Object Collocations Japanese and Chinese, Studies in Comparative Japanese and Chinese Grammar." Paper read at a Meeting on the Study of Japanese Grammar, October 10, 1996.