PREFACE

The 2020 Northeast Asia International Symposium on Linguistics,Literature and Teaching(NALLTS),despite the on-going COVID 19 Pandemic,was held on-line on November 25th,2020.Over four hundred people—mostly teachers from colleges and universities of China—attended the conference.Five keynote speakers presented inspiring talks on frontier issues:the interface between grammar and pragmaticsby Prof.Shaojie Zhang from Northeast Normal University and Chairman of NALLTS;the consideration of reading public in the compilation of a companion to American Literatureby Prof.Jianhua Yu from Shanghai International Studies University;an interpretation of art images in John Donne's poetryby Prof.Zhengshuan Li from Hebei Normal University;a clause relational approach to discourse analysisby Prof.Yuchen Yang from Northeast Normal University,and EdTech in language teaching by Mr.Stephen E.Ronto from the United States of America.Forty,out of about 140 scholars who have submitted papers to the conference,offered presentations in the penalty sessions,illuminating the conference themes on linguistics and applied linguistics,literary studies,intercultural communication and translation/teaching and synergistic research of foreign language in colleges in northeast Asia countries.

NALLTS,based on Northeast Asia,is an international academic platform for promoting academic exchanges and cooperation between scholars in Northeast Asia and other parts of the world,and also for foreign language education institutions in Jilin Province to set up international relations with colleges and universities in the region and the rest of the world.NALLTS started in 2010,as an annual event.Numerous universities have been involved in the organization of the conference,e.g.Liaoning Normal University,Northeast Normal University,Heilongjiang University,Yanbian University,Ningxia University,Lvliang University,HulunBuir College,Southwest University,etc.And this year it was hosted by the Academy of Literature of Shanghai International Studies University and Guangdong Frontier Education Academy of Science.The activity has received extensive attention and support from the academic circles both at home and abroad.

Refereed through a peer-review process by the Symposium Academic Committee,more than 130 high-quality papers submitted to NALLTS have been selected into the 2020NALLTS proceedings.Hence is coming forth this volume.It is believed that the publication of the current work will definitely help further the academic research on related areas,and promote understandings between scholars from all countries.It is also hoped that continuous support will be given to NALLTS so that more contributions can be made for the benefits of all peoples in the region and around the world.

Dr.Yang Yuchen

Prof.of Linguistics,Northeast Normal University

Vice Chair of NALLTS Academic Committee