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Wei-lun Lu serves as Associate Professor at the Seminar of Chinese Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. His office is located in building B1/B1.209 at Arna Nováka 1, 602 00 Brno, with contact details including email wllu@phil.muni.cz and phone 549 49 6824.
His academic credentials include:
- Docent in General and Diachronic Linguistics (2023)
- Ph.D. in Linguistics from National Taiwan University (2011)
- BA in Foreign Languages and Literatures from National Taiwan University (2000)
Dr. Lu's research integrates linguistic theory with cultural analysis, focusing on how cognitive processes shape language use in Chinese contexts. His work bridges anthropology, cognitive science, and linguistics to examine cultural conceptualizations in communication, particularly through frameworks like cultural linguistics and cognitive semantics. Current investigations explore digital media's role in cultural transmission and cross-cultural cognitive patterns.
He has received the Young Scholars Award 2015 from the European Association for Taiwan Studies and maintains editorial roles including Review Editor for Review of Cognitive Linguistics and board memberships for Cognitive Linguistic Studies, International Journal of Language and Culture, and Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education.
Dr. Lu leads significant research initiatives such as Virtual Theatre as a New Medium of Understanding Culture (Technology Agency of the Czech Republic) and The Language of Death in Contemporary Taiwan (Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation). His international collaborations span Fulbright scholarship at Rice University, postdoctoral fellowships at Leiden University, and projects supporting Chinese language education through virtual reality. He actively mentors student research through Masaryk University's Specific Research program.