ABOUT CURRENT
WORK EDUCATION
& TRAINING TEACHING RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS PRESENTATIONS
I am currently senior research
associate
at the Department of Linguistics and English Language (LAEL), Lancaster University.
My general research focus is on the development of corpus approaches to issues in descriptive, theoretical
and applied linguistics, and expanding the role of corpus methodology in
theoretically-oriented research. From a theoretical standpoint, I am interested
in exploring the compatibility between construction grammar and lexical
grammar. In particular, I am interested in modality and
conditionals,
as well as critical
discourse studies and sociolinguistics,
and the use of corpora in language education
– mainly, pedagogical lexicogrammar and the analysis of learner language. I have
also worked extensively in language teacher education and English language teaching.
I have published on the nature,
techniques and applications of corpus linguistics, language teacher education
and language teaching methodology – particularly on the role of language
awareness. My h-index is 2 when measured by ISI Web of Knowledge, 3 when measured by Scopus, and 9 when measured by Google Scholar
Citations and Publish or Perish.
Website updated: 8 February 2012