Publisher
Paul Robertson, PhD,
TESOL Asia
Founder Asian EFL Journal Group of Academic Journals
Editorial Team
Chief Editor
Le Cheng, PhD, MPhil (Law), MPhil (Linguistics)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
Senior Associate Editors
Sebastian McEvoy, PhD, HDR
University Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
France
Lijin Sha, SJD, LLM
China University of Political Science and Law
China
King Kui Sin, PhD
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Honorary Advisors
Dr. John Adamson
Chief Editor
Linguistics Journal
Nigature Prefecture University
Japan
Professor Roger Nunn
Chief Editor
Asian EFL Journal
Petroleum University
UAE
Prof. Z.N. Patil
The English & Foreign Languages University
Hyderabad
India
Advisory Board
Janet Ainsworth, Seattle University, USA
Susan Berk-Seligson, Vanderbilt University, USA
Vijay Bhatia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Deborah Cao, Griffith University, Australia
Winnie Cheng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Malcolm Coulthard, Aston University, UK
Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto, Canada
Jan Engberg, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Maurizio Gotti, University of Bergamo, Italy
Craig Hoffman, Georgetown University, USA
Christopher Hutton, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
Kyo Kageura, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Jixian Pang, Zhejiang University, China
Gary Prideaux, University of Alberta, Canada
Susan Sarcevic, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Li Li, China University of Political Science and Law, China
Joseph-G Turi, International Academy of Linguistic Law, Canada
Anne Wagner, Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France
Catherine Way, University of Granada, Spain
Editorial board
Article Editors
Phil Cameron, SJD, LLM, JD
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College,
USA
Maria Francisca Carneiro, PhD
Federal University of Paraná,
Brazil
Clara Chan, PhD, LLB
City University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Stanislaw Gozdz-Roszkowski, PhD
University of Lodz,
Poland
Pi-chan Hu, PhD, LLM
Ching Yun University,
Taiwan
Tatiana Tkačuková, PhD
Masaryk University,
Czech Republic
Karen McAuliffe, PhD, LLB
University of Exeter,
UK
Book review editors
Uladzislau Belavusau, PhD, MRes, LLM
Vrije Universiteit,
Netherlands
Qing Zhang, PhD, JD
China University of Political Science and Law,
China
Production editor
Jane Lee
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Editorial Board