Yijia Zhang holds a Master’s degree and is currently a Ph.D. student in Linguistics. As an Associate Professor, Yijia’s areas of expertise include Sociolinguistics, Corpus Linguistics, and Applied Linguistics. With a keen research interest, Yijia has successfully led and completed over 10 projects at various levels, including provincial initiatives. Yijia’s dedication to linguistics has resulted in over 20 academic papers published in domestic and international journals, including those indexed in SSCI, CSSCI, EI, and SCI.