NEWS Jeanette Littlemore, professor of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Birmingham, is visiting the Department of Language Studies.
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– I am here to study how messages are communicated in videos regarding climate change. My main research interest is the use of metaphors to understand emotional experiences, says Jeanette.
During her one-week stay Jeanette is working in a research project with professor Marlene Johansson Falck and associate professor Anders Steinvall. In addition, she has also held a workshop for doctoral students, a presentation at the Linguistics higher seminar, and will be giving a talk for students in applied linguistics.
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University of Birmingham
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