Dr Sylvia Jaworska
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Professor of Language and Professional Communication
- Research Division Lead, Modern Languages and Linguistics
Areas of interest
Sylvia's main research interest is in the area of discourse analysis and corpus linguistics. Her research is interdisciplinary, cross-linguistic and cross-cultural. She combines corpus and computational tools with discourse-analytical techniques to study language use and linguistic practices in professional contexts including (new) media, business and health communication.
Current funded projects:
Co-Investigator on a large European and interdisciplinary project investigating the communication of scientific health claims on food funded by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology/Horizon 2020, click on the project website for more information
Co-Investigator: Quarantined between cultures, British Academy, Special Research Grants: Covid-19
Postgraduate supervision
Sylvia supervises/co-supervises seven PhD students.Teaching
Sylvia teaches the following modules:
Undergraduate:
- LS3/MCBL: Corpus-Based Approaches to Language Description
- LS3LPC: Language in Professional Communication
Postgraduate:
- LSMADA: Approaches to Discourse.
Background
Outside of the University, Sylvia is also:
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of English and Linguistics, Rhodes University, South Africa
- Visiting Associate Professor, Department of English, City University of Hong Kong
- Review Editor, Journal of Corpora and Discourse Studies (JCaDS)