Abstract：Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergency language research has attracted considerable scholarly attention worldwide. In China, the development of emergency language research over the past 20 years can be divided into two stages. In the first stage, Chinese scholars gained some experiences in emergency language practices, initiated theoretical explorations, and brought up the relevant issues into the policy-making agenda. However, applied research was scarce, and emergency language studies were yet to emerge as an established research field. The second stage saw a remarkable increase in the number of emergency language studies. The denotation and connotation of the concept emergency language were clearly explained, diverse theoretical perspectives adopted and greater achievements made in applied research. There was an increasing number of studies on the emergency language practices in foreign countries, the clarification of emergency language related terminologies, the creation of emergency language products, the emergency language technological innovations, the establishment of emergency language service teams, the training of emergency language talents and the analysis of emergency discourses. In these studies, macro-level speculations and more specific case study were common research approaches. However, there were also some limitations in the theoretical perspectives, research methods and research scope. Therefore, it is proposed in the paper that efforts should be made to broaden the theoretical perspectives, inquire into the sub-areas of emergency language, and reinforce both macro-speculation and micro-empirical research.
肖俊敏，张 瑜. 中国应急语言研究二十年回顾与展望[J]. 语言战略研究, 2022, 7(2): 62-73.
Xiao Junmin and Zhang Yu. Two Decades of Emergency Language Research in China: Retrospect and Prospect. , 2022, 7(2): 62-73.
