Professor Wang Xinhua was born in January 1960. He started to join the work force in August 1976. In 1984, he obtained an MA degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Shandong University, and his Ph.D in 2008. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 1996, and to Professor in 2008. Currently he serves also as a Thesis Advisor for MA students. In addition to his faculty roles, Professor Wang also serves as an executive director of the Shandong Association of Linguistics,and is a member of both the Chinese Association of Linguistics and the Chinese Phonological Association. Professor Wang’s primary field of research is Chinese language and cultural studies. He offers, for undergraduates and graduate students in the School of Literature at Shandong University, the following courses, among others: “Phonology”; “Shuowenjiezi(Explanation of Texts and Words) and Chinese Culture”; “A Topical Study in Chinese Phonetics” and “Social Linguistics”.

Professor Wang’s publications include:

Monographs
Studies in Word Riddles, The Chinese Federation of Literature and Art Publishing House, November 2000
Studies in Literary and Linguistic Taboos and Avoidances,QiluShushe Publishers, January 2007

Papers and journal articles

· “A Study of the Geographical and Cultural Distribution of Taboo Words and Taboo Speech in the Chinese Language”, A Journal of Discourses From Taishan, No. 2, 2004

· “The Origins of Word Riddles in the Chinese Language”, Folklore Research, No. 8, 2004

· “The Debate on Loyalty and Filial Piety in the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties Period, and the Question of Literary and Linguistic Avoidances”,Social Sciences in Shandong, No. 5, 2005

· “A Cultural Explanation of Literaryand Linguistic Taboos and Avoidances”, Academic Journal of Shandong University, No. 5, 2005

· “The Sequencing of Interchangeability and Variation/Exchange of the Word ‘一’ in the Altered Texts of Dunhuang”, Wen-Shi-Zhe (A Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy, No. 4, 2005

· “Several Special Cases of the Use of Quantifiers/Clarifiers in the Altered Texts of Dunhuang”, Chinese Language, No. 4, 1999

· “Words of the ‘ru’, or 入 Tone/Sound Among the Interchangeable Words in the Altered Texts of Dunhuang”, in Collected Papers In Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Mr. Yin Huanxian's Teaching Career, 1994

· “An Example of the Evolution of Words Ending in the ‘m’ Sound in the Altered Texts of Dunhuang”,Studies in Linguistics, No. 2, 1995

· “The Evolution of the Words of the ‘ru’, or 入 Tone/Sound in the Tibetan-Chinese [Han] Parallel-Phonetic Texts and Documents of Dunhuang”, Social Sciences in Shandong, No. 6, 2013

· “A Chronological Study of the Age of The Phonetic Texts and Documents at Dunhuang”, Traversing Boundaries in the Social Sciences, No. 5, 2013

· “Three Cases of Examining and Investigating Ancient Chinese Cultural Phenomena”, Wen-Shi-Zhe (A Journal of Literature, History and Philosophy), No. 4, 1995

Contact information: E-mail address:xhwang118@sdu.edu.cn