I am a Cognitive Linguist who specialises in Semantics and Pragmatics, espcially Metaphors and Metonyms. To this end, I employ Psycholinguistic, Discourse Analytical and Corpus Linguistic approaches, as well as conventional Social Science methods, such as surveys, focus groups and interviews.
For copies of publications, please go to my ResearchGate page; or you can find me on Google Scholar.
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| Language and Cognitive Develoment in Typical/Atypical Populations | |
| Cognitive approaches to Discourse/Text Analysis, especially Health Communication | Language, Cognition and Behaviour |
| Bilingualism and Access/Storage | |
| Current and recent PhD students: | |
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Sarah Tashkandy (graduated): Word Order Effects in Arabic-English Bilinguals living in Britain and Saudi (funded by a four year Saudi Cultural Bureau studentship) |
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Jo Van Herwegen (graduated): Development of Metaphor and Metonymy Comprehension in Typically Developing Children and Children with Williams Syndrome (funded by a three year OPEN ESRC studentship, maintenance funds from KCL and a grant from the University of London Central Research Fund) |
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Agnieszka Tytus (graduated): The representation and processing of the bilingual Chinese-English mental lexicon (funded by a grant from The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust) |
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Olivia Knapton (graduated): Investigating the Experiences of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): A Social Cognitive Linguistic Analysis (funded by a three year ESRC QUOTA studentship) |
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Joanna John (graduated): Patterns of Activation in Punjabi-English and French-English bilinguals in Britain (funded by a grant from the University of London Central Research Fund) |
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Alaa Almohammadi (graduated): Pragmatic Development in Arabic-speaking Children, with special emphasis on Metaphors (funded by a four year Saudi Cultural Bureau studentship) |
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Chris Tang (graduated): Extreme weather events, health literacy and community: the current and potential role of youths in communicating risk and safety measures during heatwaves and cold spells (funded by a three year ESRC DTC studentship) |
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Anne-Mette Hermans (graduated): Project Perfect: An analysis of commodifying trends in advertisements for cosmetic surgery in lifestyle magazines (funded by a three year ESRC DTC studentship) |
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Mark Cabling: Narratives of men with breast cancer |
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Marianna Falcone: Metaphor production in individuals with brain damage (funded by a three year ESRC DTC studentship) |
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Vasilios Ploiogkas: Metaphor comprehension in Greek children with and without Autism |