Research
Main Research Areas
- Applied English Linguistics (with particular reference to English for Specific Purposes (ESP), English for Academic Purposes (EAP) and Second Language Writing)
- Corpus Linguistics (with particular reference to specialised corpora, L2 writing corpus research and Teaching Applications of Corpora)
- Discourse Analysis (with particular reference to meaning-making in written discourses; Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA))
- Cognitive Linguistics (with particular reference to Semantics, Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Frame Theory)
- English as an International Language (with particular reference to World Englishes, (Business) English as a Lingua Franca (B)ELF)
Ongoing projects
Current project (post-doctoral thesis):
“Un/packing knowledge in ESP writing: An integrated corpus and qualitative data analysis of technicality in L2 student writing.”