Publications


English Papers in International Journals



[J1] Sun, K. Mutual information and semantic similarity predicting sentence processing: The case

of dangling construction in Chinese.Journal of Cognitive Psychology (accepted)(the preprint

available at: 10.31234/osf.io/hsv94).


[J2] Sun, K. (2022). Colloquialization as a key factor in historical changes of rational and

emotional words. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

(PNAS), 119 (26) e2205563119.


[J3] Sun, K. & Lu, X. (2021). Predicting Chinese readers’ perception of sentence boundaries in

written Chinese, Reading and Writing, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-022-10272-8.


[J4] Sun, K. & Wang, R. (2021). The evolutionary pattern of language in English fiction over the

last two centuries: Insights from linguistic concreteness and imageability, Sage Open,

https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440211069386.


[J5] Sun, K. & Wang, R. (2021). Using the relative entropy of linguistic complexity to assess L2

language proficiency development, Entropy, 23(8), 1080. https://doi.org/10.3390/e23081080.


[J6] Sun, K. & Lu, X. (2021). Assessing lexical psychological properties in second language

production: A dynamic semantic similarity approach, Frontiers in Psychology

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.672243.


[J7] Sun, K., Xiong, W., Wang, R. (2021). Investigating genre distinctions through discourse

distance and discourse network, Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory, 7(3):599-624.


[J8] Sun, K., Liu, H. & Xiong, W. (2021). The evolutionary pattern of language in scientific

writings: A case study of Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society (1665-1869), Scientometrics,

(1):1695–1724.


[J9] Sun, K. & Baayen, H. (2020). Hyphenation as an efficient compounding strategy in English,

Language Sciences, 83(1):101326.


[J10] Sun, K. & Xiong, W. (2019). A computational model for measuring discourse complexity,

Discourse Studies, 21(6):690-712.


[J11] Sun, K. (2019). Teaching English-Chinese textual translation strategies: A topic-chain

approach, Babel: International Journal of Translation, 65(2):286–315.


[J12] Sun, K. (2019). The integration functions of topic chains in Chinese discourse, Acta

Linguistica Asiatica, 9(1):29-57.


[J13] Sun, K. & Wang, R. (2019). Frequency distributions of punctuation marks in English:

Evidence from large-scale corpora, English Today, 35(4):23-35.


[J14] Sun, K. (2018). Approaching the double-nominal construction in Mandarin Chinese

through the semantic-cognitive interaction, Studia Linguistica, 72(3):687–724.


[J15] Sun, K. & Zhang, L. (2018). Quantitative aspects of PDTB-style discourse relations across

languages, Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 25(4):342-371.


Selected Peer-reviewed Journal Papers(Chinese)

  • Sun, K. 2015. How the punctuation system worked in ancient Chinese texts: in comparison with European punctuation traditions [in Chinese], Studies in Chinese Languages [zhōngguó yǔwén](CSSCI), (6): 563-575. This paper was reprinted by Chinese Social Science Digest, Linguistics and Philology (the Information Center for Social Science of Renmin University of China), 2016(2):72-80. (download)

  • Sun, K. 2015. The categories, functions and characteristics of the topic chain in Chinese [in Chinese], Language Teaching and Linguistic Studies [yǔyán jiāoxué yǔ yánjiū ](CSSCI), (5):72-82. The paper was reprinted in Linguistics and Philology (the Information Center for Social Science of Renmin University of China) 2016(1):62-72. (download)

  • Sun, K. 2014. The nature and characteristics of topic chains in Chinese written discourse: in comparison with anaphora [in Chinese], Chinese Language Learning [hànyǔ xuéxí] (CSSCI), (6):52-64.

  • Sun, K. 2013. A topic-chain approach to the strategies of translating English into Chinese [in Chinese], Foreign Languages and Their Teaching [wàiyǔ yǔ wàiyǔ jiāoxué], 1:70-75.

  • Sun, K. 2013. A contrastive study of textual patterns between Chinese and English[in Chinese], Journal of PLA University of Foreign Languages[jiěfàngjun wàiguóyǔ xuéyuàn xuébào] (CSSCI), (2):12-19.

  • Sun, K. 2012. A study of “linguistic turn” in social science studies: The predicament, crisis and solution for social science and humanities [in Chinese]. Journal of South China University of Technology, 5, 1-10. The paper was reprinted in Social Science (General) (the Information Center for Social Science of Renmin University of China), 2013(1):21-28.

  • Sun, K. 2011. An investigation of English translations of terms for weapons in classic Chinese literature: A case study of two English translations of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Translation Quarterly, 59: 51-83. (download)

  • Sun, K. 2010. A study on how to establish the platform of “One-stop" English multimedia network teaching based on Google [in Chinese], Modem Educational Technology[xiàndài jiāoyù jìshù] (CSSCI), (3):60-65.

  • Sun, K. 2010. An overview of the punctuation studies overseas [in Chinese], Contemporary Linguistics[dāngdài yǔyánxué](CSSCI), (2):148-162.

  • Sun, K. & Wang, R. 2008. Chinese Buddhist translation workshops and ancient foreign language schools [in Chinese], Journal of Macao Polytechnic Institute, (3):99-107

  • Sun, K. 2007. A study of the contribution of Mr. Laoshe to translation theories [in Chinese], The Journal of Shanghai Translators[shànghǎi fānyì](CSSCI), (2):67-75.

Other Papers (book chapters, book reviews, conference papers)

  • Sun, K. 2021. An investigation of the cognitive and linguistic factors influencing Chinese readers’ perception of sentence boundaries in Mandarin. In Anthology Comparative Punctuation, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin. (download)

  • Wang, R., & Sun, K. 2020. Review of sensory linguistics: Language, perception and metaphor. Folia Linguistica, 54(1): 269–275.

  • Sun, K. 2019. A regression model for simulating and predicting the use of periods by Chinese natives (invited keynote talk). In Conference of Punctuation Seen Internationally. System – Norm –Practice, Regensburg, Germany, May, 2019.

  • Sun, K. 2019. Has scientific discourse become more abstract than other genres in evolution? In 3rd International Conference on Corpus Analysis in Academic Discourse, Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, Spain, Nov, 2019.

  • Sun, K. 2018. Diachronic and quantitative analysis of English hyphenated compounds in last two hundred years. In Conference of Mental Lexicon, Edmonton, Canda. Sep, 2018.

  • Sun, K. 2015. The complexity of zero anaphora in Chinese discourse. In the 19th International Conference on Asian Language Processing, Suzhou, China. Oct, 2015.

  • Sun, K. 2009, The Review of Contrastive Linguistics: History and Philosophy, Languages in Contrast, (2):291-295.

Manuscripts Submitted to International Journals


○ Sun, K., Liu, H.& Saito, M. Using event knowledge to analyze syntax: the case of dangling construction in Chinese and Japanese (in revision);

○Sun, K., & Nixon, J. Error-driven expectations interact with surprisal to predict eye movements in reading (resubmitted after revision);

○Sun, K. The role of mutual information and semantic similarity in sentence processing: The case of dangling construction in Chinese (in revision) (10.31234/osf.io/hsv94);

○ Sun, K., Shan, Y., Wang, R. & Baayen, H. Semantic vectors based on discriminative learning as predictive of lexical psychological properties (under review);

○ Sun, K. Diachronic changes of frequencies in discourse connectives in English: Evidence from COHA. (under review)(10.31234/osf.io/4saqz);

○ Sun, K. The sentimental properties of onomatopoeia: a cross-language study (under review);

○ Sun, K. & Wang, R. The sentimental dimensions of main characters in Victorian adventure fiction (under review);

○ Sun, K. The design and construction of a Chinese “run-on” textual corpus (under review);

○ Sun, K. The computational model predicting the semantic leaps in Chinese “run-on” textual sentence (under review);

○ Sun, K. The Complexity of zero anaphora in Chinese discourse: An event-related perspective (under review)(https://psyarxiv.com/4hdmz/)



Preprints are available at https://osf.io/4ujnx/


The published journal papers are available at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kun-Sun-5