 | Dr. Sci. (Philology), Professor Department of English Philology, Institute of Philology, Foreign Languages and Mediacommunication, Irkutsk State University
RSCI: AuthorID=616614 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8929-699X
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The key research area focuses on cognitive approach to the study of linguistic phenomena; interrelationship between thought, meaning and linguistic structure.
More specifically, my research explores how speakers convey meaning in discourse by recruiting grammatical, lexical properties of the language and general cognitive principles, how speakers structure, shape, conceptualize the world they interact with
Current projects:
The dynamics of adjective meaning with a particular interest in compositional semantics of non- reality adjectives like fake, false, counterfeit, phony, fictitious.
Metalanguage of non-verbal communication, verbalization of non-verbal means of communication, language manifestation of emotions and nonverbal embodiment of emotions.
Evidentiality in language and cognition. Types of evidentiality and their lexical realizations in English. Lexico-grammatical patterns of evidential types in English.
Current Courses:
- Academic writing and reading. The goal of the course is to develop the proficiency of master students in key areas of 'academic' grammar and vocabulary.
- Modern theoretical and applied linguistics. The course aims to provide bachelor students with necessary background in linguistic theory and problems addressed in cutting-edge research in theoretical and applied linguistics and related areas.
- Research methods and skills course. The course aims to provide in-depth knowledge of research design and methodology and to train the bachelor students in writing a study plan and critically reviewing scientific literature.
Supervision of postgraduate students
Under my guidance 6 postgraduate students successfully defended their candidate dissertations and received the academic degree "Candidate of Sciences". This academic degree may be matched by a Western PhD degree.
