Editor-in-Chief
Jun Wang, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Xiangchun Meng, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Ping Zhang, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Assistant Editor-in-Chief
Ningyang Chen, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Assistant Editors
Alexander Brandt, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Junwen Cao, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Ningyang Chen, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Mingqiang Gao, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Qianwei He, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Zhi Huang, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Ian Hunter, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Xiangchun Meng, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Xiaofei Shi, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Juming Shen, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China

Managing Editor
Qiushi Wang, Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Editorial Board
Cosimo Caputo, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
Xinren Chen, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Dario Dellino, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Ersu Ding, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China
Tony Jappy, University of Perpignan Via Domitia, Perpignan, France
James Liszka, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, USA
Charls Pearson†, American Semiotics Research Institute, Austell, USA
Susan Petrilli, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Augusto Ponzio, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Jun Wang, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Mingyu Wang, Tianjin Foreign Studies University, Tianjin, China
Bin Xin, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
Caimei Yang, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Lianglin Zhang, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu, China
Yiheng Zhao, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Advisors
Per Aage Brandt†, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
Paul Cobley, Middlesex University, London, UK
Marcel Danesi, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Zhuanglin Hu, Peking University, Beijing, China (Chief Advisor)
Kalevi Kull, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Richard Lanigan, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA
Todd Oakley, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA
Inna Semetsky, University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand
Paul Thibault, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway