ABOUT
CURRENT
WORK EDUCATION
& TRAINING TEACHING RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS PRESENTATIONS
August 2011 – July 2012. Senior Research Associate
Compilation of a corpus of spoken learner English,
recorded under exam conditions, and analysis of selected lexicogrammatical and
pragmatic features.
Principal investigator: Dr Judit Kormos.
Department of Linguistics and English Language,
Lancaster University.
September 2009 – November 2010. Senior Research Associate
The representation of Islam and Muslims in the UK
press, 1998-2008. Project funded by the ESRC (RES-000-22-3536).
Principal investigator: Dr. Paul Baker;
Co-investigator: Prof. Tony McEnery.
Department of Linguistics and English Language,
Lancaster University.
April − May 2009. Researcher
Compilation of raw corpus from data (chatlogs) collected during the Schome Park Programme.
With Dr. Julia Gillen.
Department of Linguistics and English Language,
Lancaster University.
December 2008 − March 2009. Researcher
Pilot corpus-based analysis of the use of religious
terms related to Christianity in religious and non-religious texts according to
sociolinguistic variables, using the Longman Spoken American Corpus.
With Prof. Tony McEnery.
Department of Linguistics and English Language,
Lancaster University.
January − December 2008. Senior Research Associate
Analysis of spoken London English using corpus tools. Project funded by the British Academy.
Principal investigator: Dr. Eivind Torgersen.
Department of Linguistics and English Language,
Lancaster University.
March − June 2008. Researcher
Pilot corpus-based analysis of the use of religious
terms related to Christianity in religious and non-religious texts according to
sociolinguistic variables, using the spoken BNC.
With Prof. Tony McEnery.
Department of Linguistics and English Language,
Lancaster University.
October 2007. Senior
Research Associate (additional corpus annotation and analysis)
Contrasting English and
Chinese. Project funded by the ESRC (RES-000-22-0135).
Principal investigator: Prof. Tony McEnery.
Department of Linguistics and English Language,
Lancaster University.
October 2005 − March 2007. Research Associate
Discourses
of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK Press 1996-2006. Project funded by the ESRC (RES-000-22-1381).
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Baker.
Department of Linguistics and English Language,
Lancaster University.
November – December 2006. Research Associate
The representation of
Muslims in the UK and US press post 9/11.
Project funded by the Nuffield Foundation
(SGS-01198/G).
Grant holders: Dr. Paul Baker and Prof. Tony McEnery.
Department of Linguistics and English Language,
Lancaster University.
October 2004 − August 2005. Research Assistant
Compilation of specialised newspaper corpora.
With Prof. Tony McEnery.
Department of Linguistics and English Language,
Lancaster University.
October 2003 − June 2004. Research Assistant
Compilation of specialised newspaper corpora.
With Prof. Tony McEnery.
Department of Linguistics and English Language,
Lancaster University.
March 2003 − Sept. 2004. Researcher
Compilation of a corpus of MA dissertations and
examination of the use of Epistemic modality.
With Prof. Tony McEnery.
Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language,
Lancaster University.
June − August 2002. Research Assistant
Generic
speech act annotation for task-oriented dialogues.
Project funded by the ESRC (GR/R37142/01).
Principal investigator: Prof. Geoffrey Leech.
Department of Linguistics and English Language,
Lancaster University.