About  Us

Brief Introduction

The study of lexicography in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS) started in the 1970s, and the main representative figure is Professor Huang Jianhua, the former president of GDUFS and known as one of the pioneers in Modern Theoretical Lexicography in China. In the early 1980s, lexicography became the key study area in the former Institute of International Languages and Cultures (IILC). In the mid-1990s, the Center for Lexicography was established subordinate to IILC. From then on, Professor Huang Jianhua, Chen Chuxiang and Zhang Yihua obtained significant achievements in their academic researches, which have exercised great influence upon China contemporary lexicography. With the development of lexicographical studies and the growth of academic team, the Center for Lexicographical Studies became an independent research institution under the University in the year 2001.  At present, lexicographical study in GDUFS is one of the three well-established research areas in National Key Research Bases for Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, and concurrently appraised to be the National Key Discipline. The Center for Lexicographical Studies functions as the seat of Chinalex Bilingual Committee. Professor Huang Jianhua and Zhang Yihua are successively the former and the present chairman of the Committee. The faculty of the Center includes 8 full-time members and 10 guest or part-time ones, among them 7 have professorship, and 5 have associate professorship. Ten of the professors or associate professors are graduate supervisors, and two of them are Ph.D. supervisors. The Center is composed of the following sections: Lexicographical Research Section; Dictionary Compilation Section; Laboratory for Computer-Aided Dictionary Compilation; Lexicography Teaching and Researching Section; and a reference-room.

Staff Members

Director: Zhang Yihua (Ph.D. And Professor, Ph.D. supervisor) Staff Members: Huang Jianhua (Professor, Ph.D. supervisor) Xia Lixin (Associate Professor, Postgraduate Supervisor) Xu Hai (Ph.D. And Associate Professor, Postgraduate Supervisor) Ma Lidong (Associate Professor, Postgraduate Supervisor) Li Qian (Assistant Research Fellow) Huang Fang (Assistant Research Fellow) Liu Hui (Assistant Research Fellow) Chen Lihua (Secretary) Guest Professor: Wu Guanghua (Professor) Part-time Professors: Wu Qianguang (Professor), Yuan Kele (Professor), Sheng Peilin (Professor), Yong Heming (Ph.D. and Professor), Xu Luomai (Ph.D. and Associate professor), He Jianing (Ph.D. and Associate professor), Tao Yuanke (Ph.D. and Research Fellow), Wu Jihong (Associate professor), An Qingbo (Associate professor), Zhang Jinwen (Associate professor)