She is a linguist by training, with a Ph.D. awarded by the University of Edinburgh in 1996 (thesis title: The Semantics of Fuzzy Quantifiers). She has published extensively, including books and journal articles particularly on pragmatics and intercultural communication. Her areas of interest/ expertise in the field are: vague language, pragmatics and intercultural communication. Grace Zhang's current research project is on vague language based on naturally occurring spoken data (Chinese and English).