Lei Lei


Department of English
School of Foreign Languages
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074
People’s Republic of China

86- (Office)
leileicn AT hust.edu.cn



雷蕾，文学博士，华中科技大学外国语学院教授、博士生导师。研究兴趣涉及二语习得、语料库语言学、学术英语、语言计量研究、语言研究方法、文献计量学等领域。
在Applied Linguistics、International Journal of Corpus Linguistics、Journal of English for Academic Purposes、Lingua、System、Journal of Quantitative Linguistics、Discourse, Context and Media、Scientometrics、Science and Engineering Ethics、Journal of Information Science等SSCI期刊发表研究性论文或书评三十余篇，在RELC Journal等国际期刊及《现代外语》、《解放军外国语学院学报》等CSSCI期刊发表论文或书评10余篇。主持国家社科基金项目、中国外语教育研究中心项目等科研项目多项。
近年来为English for Specific Purposes、Journal of English for Academic Purposes、System、Scientometrics、Studies in Higher Education、Science and Engineering Ethics等国内外二十余家期刊匿名审稿。
曾多次赴美国University of Alabama、University of Nebraska - Lincoln访学，赴澳大利亚University of Adelaide、英国International house London进修。


RESEARCH INTERESTS
Academic English: Academic vocabulary, L2 academic writing
Corpus linguistics: Analysis of native and learner corpora
Research methods: Research design and methods for applied linguistic research (e.g. experiments, surveys, corpus-based text analyses, bibliometric analysis, Python programming for corpus data analysis, R programming for statistical analysis)


EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 2010
M.A. in Applied Linguistics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2006
B.A. in English Language and Literature, Huazhong Normal University, China, 1997


WORK EXPERIENCE
Professor, 2015 - , Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Associate Professor, 2008-2015, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Lecturer, 2003-2008, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Assistant Professor, 1997-2003, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Research Scholar, July 2017 - December 2017, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA
Research Scholar, July 2014 - July 2015, University of Alabama, USA
Research Scholar, April - July 2013, University of Alabama, USA

Associate Dean, 2016 - 2018, School of Foreign Languages, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Chair, 2012 - 2016, Department of English, Huazhong University of Science and Technology


PUBLICATIONS
Books
1. Liu, Dilin & Lei, Lei. 2017. Using Corpora for Language Learning and Teaching. Alexandria, VA: TESOL Press.
2. Lei, Lei. 2016. Applied Linguistics Research: Design and Statistics. Wuhan: Huazhong University of Science and Technology. (in Chinese)
3. Lei, Lei. 2013. Bilingual Syntactic Representation and Processing of Chinese Bilinguals. Wuhan: Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
4. Hong, Banxin, & Lei, Lei. 2008. English Medical Paper and Article Writing. Beijing: Beijing University Medical Press. (in Chinese)
5. Lei, Lei, & Hong, Banxin. 2006. Syntactic Structures of Medical English. Beijing: Beijing University Medical Press. (in Chinese)

Refereed journal articles (* corresponding author)
1. Shi, Yaqian, & Lei, Lei*. (2019). The evolution of LGBT labelling words: Tracking 150 years of the interaction of semantics with social and cultural changes. English Today, 1–7. (SSCI)
2. Li, Xin, & Lei Lei*. 2019. A bibliometric analysis of topic modelling studies (2000–2017). Journal of Information Science. 1-15. (SSCI)
3. Lei, Lei, & Liu, Dilin*. 2019. The research trends and contributions of System’s publications over the past four decades (1973–2017): A bibliometric analysis. System. 80: 1-13. (SSCI)
4. Wei, Yaoyu, & Lei, Lei*. 2018. Institution bias in the New England Journal of Medicine? A bibliometric analysis of publications (1997-2016). Scientometrics. 117(3):1771–1775. (SSCI)
5. Zhu, Haoran, & Lei, Lei*. 2018. Is Modern English becoming less inflectionally diversified? Evidence from an entropy-based algorithm. Lingua. 126: 10-27. (SSCI)
6. Lei, Lei, & Liu, Dilin*. 2018. Research Trends in Applied Linguistics from 2005 - 2016: A Bibliometric Analysis and Its Implications. Applied Linguistics. (SSCI)
7. Lei, Lei, & Liu, Dilin*. 2018. The Academic English Collocation List: A corpus-driven study. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 23(2): 216-243. (SSCI)
8. Liu, Dilin, & Lei, Lei*. 2018. The appeal to political sentiment: An analysis of Donald Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s speech themes and discourse strategies in the 2016 US presidential election. Discourse, Context & Media. 25: 143-152 (SSCI)
9. Lei, Lei*, & Jockers, Matthew. 2018. Normalized Dependency Distance: Proposing a New Measure. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. (SSCI)
10. Zhu, Haoran, & Lei, Lei*. 2018. British Cultural Complexity: An Entropy-based Approach. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 25(2): 190-205. (SSCI)
11. Lei, Lei*, & Zhang, Ying. 2018. Lack of Improvement in Scientific Integrity: An Analysis of WoS Retractions by Chinese Researchers (1997–2016). Science and Engineering Ethics. 24(5): 1409-1420. doi:10.1007/s11948-017-9962-7 (SSCI)
12. Wu, Xue, & Lei, Lei*. 2017. Pragmatic force modifiers in ELF academic discussions. Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics. 53(3): 423–448 (SSCI)
13. Liao, Shengyu, & Lei, Lei*. 2017. What we talk about when we talk about corpus: a bibliometric analysis of corpus-related research in linguistics (2000-2015). Glottometrics. 38: 1-20.
14. Lei, Lei*, & Liao, Shengyu. 2017. Publications in linguistics journals from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau (2003–2012): A bibliometric analysis. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 24(1): 54-64. (SSCI)
15. Lei, Lei*, & Yan, Sheng. 2016. Readability and citations in information science: evidence from abstracts and articles of four journals (2003 - 2012). Scientometrics. 108(3):1155–1169. (SSCI)
16. Lei, Lei*. 2016. When science meets cluttered writing: Adjectives and adverbs in academia revisited. Scientometrics. 107(3):1361-1372. (SSCI)
17. Lei, Lei, & Liu, Dilin*. 2016. A new medical academic word list: A corpus-based study with enhanced methodology. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 22:42-53. (SSCI)
18. Wu, Xue*, & Lei, Lei. 2016. Functions of you know and I mean in academic seminar discussions by ELF speakers. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics. 39(3):288-303.
19. Lei, Lei & Liu, Zehua*. 2014. A word type-based quantitative study on the lexical change of American and British English. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 21(1), 36-49. (SSCI)
20. Sun, Yazhen*, & Lei, Lei. 2013. Academic lexical items in economics journal papers. Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics. 36(3):354-367.
21. Lei, Lei*. 2012. Linking adverbials in academic writing on applied linguistics by Chinese doctoral students. Journal of English for Academic Purposes. 11(3): 267–275. (SSCI)
22. Wei, Yaoyu* & Lei, Lei. 2011. Lexical bundles in the academic writing of advanced Chinese EFL learners. The RELC Journal. 42(2):1-12.
23. Lei, Lei* & Qin, Xiaoqing. 2009. An empirical study of success and failure attributions of EFL learners at the tertiary level in China. Asian EFL Journal. 11(3):28-50.
24. Lei, Lei*. 2008. Validation of the C-Test amongst Chinese ESL learners. Journal of Asia TEFL. 5(2):117-140.
25. Lei, Lei*. 2008. Use of idioms in Chinese EFL learners’ spoken English: Evidence from SECCL and COLSEC. Teaching English in China. 31(6): 82-90.
26. Lei, Lei* & Wei, Yao. 2007. An empirical study on writer’s block of Chinese EFL learners at the tertiary level. Teaching English in China. 30(5): 13-18.

Book reviews
1. Zhu, Haoran & Lei, Lei. 2018. Style, Computers, and Early Modern Drama: Beyond Authorship. Australian Journal of Linguistics. (SSCI)
2. Zhu, Haoran & Lei, Lei. 2018. Review of Motifs in Language and Text. Journal of Quantitative linguistics. 25(3): 288-292. doi: 10.1080/**.2017.** (SSCI)
3. Wu, Xue & Lei, Lei. 2018. Review of Language Regulation in English as a Lingua Franca. English Today. doi:10.1017/S030X (SSCI)
4. Zhang, Ying & Lei, Lei. 2018. Review of Regional Variation in Written American English. English Today. doi:10.1017/S0335 (SSCI)
5. Yan, Sheng, & Lei, Lei. 2017. Review of the English language in Hong Kong: Diachronic and synchronic perspectives. Language in Society, 46(3), 435-438. (SSCI)
6. Wu, Xue & Lei, Lei. 2016. Review of Corpora and Discourse Studies: Integrating Discourse and Corpora. Australian Journal of Linguistics. 36(4): 560–562. (SSCI)
7. Lei, Lei. 2016. Review of Text Analysis with R for Students of Literature. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 23(2): 228-233. (SSCI)
8. Zhang, Ying & Lei, Lei. 2016. Review of Language Proficiency in Native and Non-Native Speakers: Theory and Research. System. 56:140-141. (SSCI)
9. Lei, Lei. 2016. Review of Computational Methods for Corpus Annotation and Analysis. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 21(1):133–138. (SSCI)
10. Zhang, Ying & Lei, Lei. 2014. Review of Discourse in English Language Education. RELC Journal. 45(2), 213-214.
11. Lei, Lei. 2013. Review of Exploring Corpus Linguistics: Language in Action. ELT Journal. 67(4): 503-505. (SSCI)
12. Lei, Lei. 2013. Review of Collocation: Applications and Implications. System. 41(4):1088-1090. (SSCI)
13. Lei, Lei. 2012. Review of Quantitative Linguistic Computing with Perl. Literary and Linguistic Computing. 27(2):227-230. (SSCI)

Book chapters / Encyclopedia entries
1. Liu, Dilin & Lei, Lei. 2020. Technical vocabulary. In Webb, Stuart (Ed), The Routledge Handbook of Vocabulary Studies. New York: Routledge
2. Liu, Dilin & Lei, Lei. 2018. Teaching idiomatic expressions with make, do, have and other common verbs. In J. Liontas (Ed.), TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Oxford, UK/Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell
3. Liu, Dilin & Lei, Lei. 2018. Teaching location in time and other metaphorical senses. In J. Liontas (Ed), TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Oxford, UK/Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell
4. Liu, Dilin & Lei, Lei. 2018. Using Corpora to Teach Vocabulary. In J. Liontas (Ed.), TESOL Encyclopedia of English Language Teaching. Oxford, UK/Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell

Selected refereed journal articles in Chinese
1. 雷蕾. 2019. 语言学领域高被引论文: 文献计量分析. 当代外语研究. 1:67-76.
2. 施雅倩，雷蕾. 2018.《新闻价值话语》述评. 语料库语言学. 第1期.
3. 吴雪、雷蕾，2018. 二语水平与句法复杂度研究元分析. 现代外语. 第4期. 481-492. (CSSCI)
4. 张英、雷蕾，2018. 学术语篇中名词+补足语结构立场表达. 解放军外国语学院学报. 第1期. 39-47. (CSSCI)
5. 雷蕾，2017. 中国英语学习者学术写作句法复杂度研究. 解放军外国语学院学报. 第5期. 1-10. (CSSCI)
6. 顾嘉慧，雷蕾，2017. 中国大学英语学习者词典使用策略调查. 外语与翻译. 第1期 77-83.
7. 雷蕾、刘迪麟、晏胜，2017. 基于窗口与基于句法分析的搭配提取：问题与方法. 语料库与跨文化研究. 13-36.
8. 雷蕾，曹伟，2016. 《在学术界立足：文化间性，跨文化性，文化趋同性》书评. 英语研究(第三辑). 140-144.
9. 吴雪，雷蕾，2015.《话语分析与媒体态度：伊斯兰教在英国媒体中的呈现》评介. 现代外语.第3期. (CSSCI)
10. 张英，雷蕾，2015. 中国大学生语料库辅助外语写作态度调查. 当代外语研究. 第4期.
11. 雷蕾，潘璠，2012.《定量语料库语言学与R编程:实用导论》述评，外语教学理论与实践，第4期。(CSSCI)
12. 雷蕾. 2010. 《三语或多语习得》述评. 现代外语. 2010年第2期。(CSSCI)
13. 雷蕾，王同顺，2009. 双语句法表征——来自汉英不平衡双语者句法启动的证据，现代外语，第2期。(CSSCI)
14. 雷蕾，2009. 结构方程建模及AMOS软件在应用语言学研究中的应用，中国外语，第1期。(CSSCI)
15. 赵庆红、雷蕾、张梅，2009. 学生英语学习需求视角下的大学英语教学，外语界，第4期。(CSSCI)
16. 雷蕾，韦瑶瑜，叶琳，张梅，2007. 中国非英语专业大学生通过写作附带习得词汇实证研究，解放军外国语学院学报，第1期。(CSSCI)
17. 雷蕾，韦瑶瑜，2005. VocabProfile在英语教学中的应用，外语电化教学，第4期。(CSSCI)
18. 雷蕾，韦瑶瑜，2005. 探索性因子分析与我国应用语言学研究, 中国英语教育, 第4期。
19. 韦瑶瑜，雷蕾，2004. 中国英语学习者使用SIB材料的调查报告，外语电化教学，第2期。(CSSCI)

FUNDED RESEARCH
2015 - 2018. Academic Discourses by Chinese Scholars: A Phraseological Perspective. A project funded by National Social Science Foundation of China.
2012 - 2015. Corpus-based Compilation of a Collocations Dictionary of Academic English. A project funded by Foreign Language Education Foundation of China.
2011 - 2014. Using Corpus Data for Academic Writing Courses. A project funded by Huazhong University of Science and Technology.