Faculty Profiles - ZHONG Yin | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Yin ZHONG
鍾隱

Doctor of Applied Language Sciences
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2020

Lecturer I
Center for Language Education

(852) 2358 7873
lcyinzhong@ust.hk
Room 3305
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ORCID

0000-0003-1366-3324

ResearcherID

GDI-2287-2022

Scopus ID

57205019382

Research Interest Publications Teaching Assignment

Research Interest

Chinese linguistics
Corpus linguistics
Cognitive lexical semantics
Vocabulary teaching and learning
Language use in mass communication

Publications

All Years 31 2024 1 2023 7 2022 11 2021 5 2020 2 2019 0 2018 5

2024 1

Making the Unseen Seen: The Role of Signaling and Novelty in Rating Metaphors

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, v. 53, (3), April 2024, article number 36, p. 1-14
Ahrens, Kathleen; Burgers, Christian; Zhong, Yin
Article

2023 7

Entity, event, and sensory modalities: An onto-cognitive account of sensory nouns

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, v. 10, (1), May 2023, article number 255
Zhong, Yin; Ahrens, Kathleen; Huang, Chu-Ren
Article

Fake News, Real Emotions: Emotion Analysis of COVID-19 Infodemic in Weibo

IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, July 2023, article number 10184472, p. 1-13
Wan, Mingyu; Zhong, Yin; Gao, Xuefeng; Lee, Sophia Yat Mei; Huang, Chu-Ren
Article

Novel metaphor and embodiment: comprehending novel synesthetic metaphors

Linguistics Vanguard, July 2023
Zhong, Yin; Ahrens, Kathleen; Huang, Chu-Ren
Article

A Cognitive Approach to the Semantic Change of the Polysemy gàng ‘Wooden Bar’

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, v. 14514 LNAI, February 2024, p. 358-369
Wang, Hongzhu; Zhong, Yin
Conference paper

Are synaesthetic metaphors inherently emotion-laden? The interaction of sensory experiences and emotions via synaesthetic metaphors

Zhong, Yin; Dong, Sicong
Conference paper

Let’s Talk About Business: A Corpus-Based Study of ‘Business’ Related Near-Synonyms and Their Teaching in Chinese as a Second Language

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, v. 14515 LNAI, February 2024, p. 357-375
Zhong, Yin; Rao, Yujing
Conference paper

The emotion code in sensory modalities: An investigation of the relationship between sensorimotor dimensions and emotional valence-arousal

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, v. 13496, April 2023, p. 183-192
Zhong, Yin; Ahrens, Kathleen
Conference paper

2022 11

A Linked Data Approach to an Accessible Grammar of Chinese for Students

Chinese Language Learning and Technology, v. 2, (1), June 2022, p. 1-29
Chu-Ren Huang; Yan-lin Li; Zhong Yin; Zhu Yongping
Article

Bodily sensation and embodiment: a corpus-based study of gustatory vocabulary in Mandarin Chinese

Journal of Chinese Linguistics, v. 50 , (1), January 2022, p. 196-230
Zhong Yin; Huang Chu-Ren; Dong Sicong
Article

Evaluating the Influence of Metaphor in News on Foreign-Policy Support

International Journal of Communication, v. 16, 2022, p. 4140-4163
Ahrens, Kathleen; Burgers, Christian; Zhong, Yin
Article

Sensorimotor norms for Chinese nouns and their relationship with orthographic and semantic variables

Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, v. 37, (8), September 2022, p. 1000-1022
Zhong Yin; Wan Mingyu; Kathleen Ahrens; Huang Chu-Ren
Article

Building solidarity or dumping emotional garbage: What linguistic and psychological predictors tell us about online peer-to-peer support among infertile patients

Zhong, Yin; Lei, Siyu; Kathleen Ahrens
Conference paper

Effects of metaphors and gain/loss framing on pandemic vaccination responses

Zeng, W.; Zhong, Yin; Ahrens, K.; Huang, C.R.
Conference paper

From Genitive to Conjunctive: Coordinator li⁵⁵ in Chongqing Mandarin

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, v. 13496, April 2023, p. 193-205
Zhong, Yin; Dong, Sicong
Conference paper

On 的(li55) as a coordinator in Chongqing Mandarin

Dong, Sicong; Zhong, Yin
Conference paper

Sensation and emotion: Linguistic manifestations of affective differentiation in sensory modalities

Zhong, Yin; Kathleen Ahrens
Conference paper

Talking about infertility and its treatment: (dis)empowerment of metaphors in online communication

Zhong, Yin; Deng, Y.; Ahrens, K.
Conference paper

淺白易懂融會貫通的華語學生語法 — 簡介劍橋學生中文語法

Huang, C.R.; 鍾隱; Zhu, Y.
Conference paper

2021 5

Use of Machine Learning Algorithms to Predict the Understandability of Health Education Materials: Development and Evaluation Study

JMIR Medical Informatics, v. 9, (5), May 2021, article number e28413
Meng Ji; Liu Yanmeng; Zhao Mengdan; Lyu Ziqing; Zhang Boren; Luo Xin; Li Yanlin; Zhong Yin
Article

“Prickly Voice” or “Smelly Voice”? Comprehending novel synaesthetic metaphors

Zhong, Yin; Kathleen Ahrens
Conference paper

A journey to win the lottery: Infertility metaphors in online discussions

Zhong, Yin; Deng, Serena Yi
Conference paper

Embodied Grounding of Concreteness/Abstractness: A Sensory-Perceptual Account of Concrete and Abstract Concepts in Mandarin Chinese

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, v. 13250 LNAI, 2022, p. 72-83
Zhong Yin; Huang Chu-Ren; Kathleen Ahrens
Conference paper

Sensorimotor information and mapping principles of novel synaesthetic metaphors

Zhong, Yin; Kathleen Ahrens
Conference paper

2020 2

Sweetness or Mouthfeel: A corpus-based study of the conceptualization of taste

Linguistic Research, v. 37, (3), 2020, p. 359-387
Zhong Yin; Huang Chu-Ren
Article

Eventivity and Auditory Modality: An Onto-Cognitive Account of Hearing Nouns in Mandarin Chinese

From Minimal Contrast to Meaning Construct: Corpus-based, Near Synonym Driven Approaches to Chinese Lexical Semantics / Edited by Qi Su, Weidong Zhan. Peking : Peking University Press, 2020, p. 179-191, Book series: Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics, v. 9
Zhong Yin; Huang Chu-Ren
Book chapter

2018 5

A Semantic Analysis of Sense Organs in Chinese Compound Words: Based on Embodied Cognition and Generative Lexicon Theory

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), v. 11173 LNAI, 2018, p. 23-33
Zhong Yin; Huang Chu-Ren
Conference paper

How do non-tastes taste? A corpus-based study on Chinese people’s perception of spicy and numbing food

Proceedings of the 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation: 25th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing / Association for Computational Linguistics. Stroudsburg, USA : Association for Computational Linguistics, 2018, p. 858-866
Dong, Sicong; Zhong, Yin; Huang, Chu-Ren
Conference paper

Lexical categories and time-variant of Mandarin Chinese sensory lexicon

Zhong, Yin; Dong, S.; Huang, C.R.
Conference paper

Lexical differentiation in Mandarin Chinese sensory lexicon

Zhong, Yin; Dong, Sicong; Huang Chu-Ren
Conference paper

Pleasing to the Mouth or Pleasant Personality: A corpus-based study of conceptualization of desserts in online Chinese food reviews

Proceedings of the 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation: 25th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing / Association for Computational Linguistics. Stroudsburg, USA : Association for Computational Linguistics, 2018, p. 893-901
Zhong, Yin; Huang, Chu-Ren
Conference paper

Article 1

Making the Unseen Seen: The Role of Signaling and Novelty in Rating Metaphors

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, v. 53, (3), April 2024, article number 36, p. 1-14
Ahrens, Kathleen; Burgers, Christian; Zhong, Yin

Article 3

Entity, event, and sensory modalities: An onto-cognitive account of sensory nouns

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, v. 10, (1), May 2023, article number 255
Zhong, Yin; Ahrens, Kathleen; Huang, Chu-Ren

Fake News, Real Emotions: Emotion Analysis of COVID-19 Infodemic in Weibo

IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, July 2023, article number 10184472, p. 1-13
Wan, Mingyu; Zhong, Yin; Gao, Xuefeng; Lee, Sophia Yat Mei; Huang, Chu-Ren

Novel metaphor and embodiment: comprehending novel synesthetic metaphors

Linguistics Vanguard, July 2023
Zhong, Yin; Ahrens, Kathleen; Huang, Chu-Ren

Conference paper 4

A Cognitive Approach to the Semantic Change of the Polysemy gàng ‘Wooden Bar’

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, v. 14514 LNAI, February 2024, p. 358-369
Wang, Hongzhu; Zhong, Yin

Are synaesthetic metaphors inherently emotion-laden? The interaction of sensory experiences and emotions via synaesthetic metaphors

Zhong, Yin; Dong, Sicong

Let’s Talk About Business: A Corpus-Based Study of ‘Business’ Related Near-Synonyms and Their Teaching in Chinese as a Second Language

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, v. 14515 LNAI, February 2024, p. 357-375
Zhong, Yin; Rao, Yujing

The emotion code in sensory modalities: An investigation of the relationship between sensorimotor dimensions and emotional valence-arousal

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, v. 13496, April 2023, p. 183-192
Zhong, Yin; Ahrens, Kathleen

Article 4

A Linked Data Approach to an Accessible Grammar of Chinese for Students

Chinese Language Learning and Technology, v. 2, (1), June 2022, p. 1-29
Chu-Ren Huang; Yan-lin Li; Zhong Yin; Zhu Yongping

Bodily sensation and embodiment: a corpus-based study of gustatory vocabulary in Mandarin Chinese

Journal of Chinese Linguistics, v. 50 , (1), January 2022, p. 196-230
Zhong Yin; Huang Chu-Ren; Dong Sicong

Evaluating the Influence of Metaphor in News on Foreign-Policy Support

International Journal of Communication, v. 16, 2022, p. 4140-4163
Ahrens, Kathleen; Burgers, Christian; Zhong, Yin

Sensorimotor norms for Chinese nouns and their relationship with orthographic and semantic variables

Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, v. 37, (8), September 2022, p. 1000-1022
Zhong Yin; Wan Mingyu; Kathleen Ahrens; Huang Chu-Ren

Conference paper 7

Building solidarity or dumping emotional garbage: What linguistic and psychological predictors tell us about online peer-to-peer support among infertile patients

Zhong, Yin; Lei, Siyu; Kathleen Ahrens

Effects of metaphors and gain/loss framing on pandemic vaccination responses

Zeng, W.; Zhong, Yin; Ahrens, K.; Huang, C.R.

From Genitive to Conjunctive: Coordinator li⁵⁵ in Chongqing Mandarin

Lecture Notes in Computer Science, v. 13496, April 2023, p. 193-205
Zhong, Yin; Dong, Sicong

On 的(li55) as a coordinator in Chongqing Mandarin

Dong, Sicong; Zhong, Yin

Sensation and emotion: Linguistic manifestations of affective differentiation in sensory modalities

Zhong, Yin; Kathleen Ahrens

Talking about infertility and its treatment: (dis)empowerment of metaphors in online communication

Zhong, Yin; Deng, Y.; Ahrens, K.

淺白易懂融會貫通的華語學生語法 — 簡介劍橋學生中文語法

Huang, C.R.; 鍾隱; Zhu, Y.

Article 1

Use of Machine Learning Algorithms to Predict the Understandability of Health Education Materials: Development and Evaluation Study

JMIR Medical Informatics, v. 9, (5), May 2021, article number e28413
Meng Ji; Liu Yanmeng; Zhao Mengdan; Lyu Ziqing; Zhang Boren; Luo Xin; Li Yanlin; Zhong Yin

Conference paper 4

“Prickly Voice” or “Smelly Voice”? Comprehending novel synaesthetic metaphors

Zhong, Yin; Kathleen Ahrens

A journey to win the lottery: Infertility metaphors in online discussions

Zhong, Yin; Deng, Serena Yi

Embodied Grounding of Concreteness/Abstractness: A Sensory-Perceptual Account of Concrete and Abstract Concepts in Mandarin Chinese

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, v. 13250 LNAI, 2022, p. 72-83
Zhong Yin; Huang Chu-Ren; Kathleen Ahrens

Sensorimotor information and mapping principles of novel synaesthetic metaphors

Zhong, Yin; Kathleen Ahrens

Article 1

Sweetness or Mouthfeel: A corpus-based study of the conceptualization of taste

Linguistic Research, v. 37, (3), 2020, p. 359-387
Zhong Yin; Huang Chu-Ren

Book chapter 1

Eventivity and Auditory Modality: An Onto-Cognitive Account of Hearing Nouns in Mandarin Chinese

From Minimal Contrast to Meaning Construct: Corpus-based, Near Synonym Driven Approaches to Chinese Lexical Semantics / Edited by Qi Su, Weidong Zhan. Peking : Peking University Press, 2020, p. 179-191, Book series: Frontiers in Chinese Linguistics, v. 9
Zhong Yin; Huang Chu-Ren

Conference paper 5

A Semantic Analysis of Sense Organs in Chinese Compound Words: Based on Embodied Cognition and Generative Lexicon Theory

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), v. 11173 LNAI, 2018, p. 23-33
Zhong Yin; Huang Chu-Ren

How do non-tastes taste? A corpus-based study on Chinese people’s perception of spicy and numbing food

Proceedings of the 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation: 25th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing / Association for Computational Linguistics. Stroudsburg, USA : Association for Computational Linguistics, 2018, p. 858-866
Dong, Sicong; Zhong, Yin; Huang, Chu-Ren

Lexical categories and time-variant of Mandarin Chinese sensory lexicon

Zhong, Yin; Dong, S.; Huang, C.R.

Lexical differentiation in Mandarin Chinese sensory lexicon

Zhong, Yin; Dong, Sicong; Huang Chu-Ren

Pleasing to the Mouth or Pleasant Personality: A corpus-based study of conceptualization of desserts in online Chinese food reviews

Proceedings of the 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation: 25th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing / Association for Computational Linguistics. Stroudsburg, USA : Association for Computational Linguistics, 2018, p. 893-901
Zhong, Yin; Huang, Chu-Ren

2018 5

A Semantic Analysis of Sense Organs in Chinese Compound Words: Based on Embodied Cognition and Generative Lexicon Theory

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), v. 11173 LNAI, 2018, p. 23-33
Zhong Yin; Huang Chu-Ren
Conference paper

How do non-tastes taste? A corpus-based study on Chinese people’s perception of spicy and numbing food

Proceedings of the 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation: 25th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing / Association for Computational Linguistics. Stroudsburg, USA : Association for Computational Linguistics, 2018, p. 858-866
Dong, Sicong; Zhong, Yin; Huang, Chu-Ren
Conference paper

Lexical categories and time-variant of Mandarin Chinese sensory lexicon

Zhong, Yin; Dong, S.; Huang, C.R.
Conference paper

Lexical differentiation in Mandarin Chinese sensory lexicon

Zhong, Yin; Dong, Sicong; Huang Chu-Ren
Conference paper

Pleasing to the Mouth or Pleasant Personality: A corpus-based study of conceptualization of desserts in online Chinese food reviews

Proceedings of the 32nd Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation: 25th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing / Association for Computational Linguistics. Stroudsburg, USA : Association for Computational Linguistics, 2018, p. 893-901
Zhong, Yin; Huang, Chu-Ren
Conference paper

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Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Fall 2 2023-24 Summer 0 2023-24 Spring 2 2023-24 Winter 0 2023-24 Fall 2 2022-23 Summer 0

LANG1422	Chinese for Workplace Applications
MILE5004	Understanding Research in Language Education

LANG1422	Chinese for Workplace Applications
MILE5304	Chinese Lexicology

LANG1421	Chinese Communication in the Digital Era
LANG1422	Chinese for Workplace Applications

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Publications

2024 1

2023 7

2022 11

2021 5

2020 2

2018 5

Article 1

Article 3

Conference paper 4

Article 4

Conference paper 7

Article 1

Conference paper 4

Article 1

Book chapter 1

Conference paper 5

2018 5

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From January 2022 to December 2024

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