CHEN Lian

CHEN Lian is a linguistics researcher currently serving as an ATER (Temporary Teaching and Research Attaché) at the University of Artois. She holds associate researcher positions at the LLL-CNRS laboratory (University of Orléans) and CRLAO-CNRS-INALCO. Dr. Chen obtained her PhD in Language Sciences from Cergy Paris University, specializing in contrastive analysis of French-Chinese idiomatic expressions. Her academic affiliations include ongoing participation in the DiCoP project (Digital Dictionary and Corpus of Phraseology) and membership in the Société de Linguistique de Paris.

Her research spans:

• Contrastive lexicology and phraseology
• Digital lexicography and NLP applications
• Phraseodidactics and language-culture pedagogy
• Corpus linguistics and metalexicography

She has pioneered digital pedagogical frameworks through projects like HYPA (Hyper Pinyin Alphabet) and HELD (Hybrid Language Teaching), implementing Moodle-based flipped classrooms.

Publication analysis reveals three dominant themes across her 15 most recent works (2020-2025):

1. Computational phraseology and ontology modeling
2. Cross-cultural analysis of idiomatic expressions
3. Innovations in digital language pedagogy

Her research consistently bridges theoretical linguistics with practical applications in NLP and education technology.

Awards and recognitions:

• First Excellence Award for Young Researchers (15th International Conference on Bilingual Dictionaries, 2023)
• Finalist in "My Thesis in 3 Minutes" competition (Beijing, 2023)

She leads several funded projects:

• Chinese and European Digital Lexicography (2023-2025, G2023157010L)
• HYPA digital dictionary (Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, 2020-2022)
• HELD-IDEX digital pedagogy (Université Grenoble Alpes, 2019-2020)

Dr. Chen directs the DiCoP laboratory (phraseologia.com) focusing on electronic phraseological resources and collaborates with international teams on computational lexicography projects. She maintains active involvement in the HYPAquky association as Vice-President for Academic Science.