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PhD Postgraduate Research in Language and Communication Studies
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Qualification
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
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Location
University of East Anglia UEA
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-JUN-25
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Duration
3 years
Course summary
We welcome applications for PhD, MPhil and Masters' by Research degrees. We are particularly interested in projects related to translation, cross-cultural and intercultural communication, theoretical and applied pragmatics, (critical) discourse analysis, and cognitive linguistics.RESEARCH INTERESTS - If you study for your PhD with us, you will join a research community that shares an interest in the crossover of language, translation and discourse in multilingual and multicultural settings. Our international collaborators include the universities of California Davis, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Eötvös Loránd (Budapest), Koblenz-Landau, Queensland, Strasbourg and Zaragoza. We also welcome interdisciplinary projects involving joint supervision with researchers from other areas in the arts and humanities or other disciplines such as psychology, education or medicine. If you are interested in research degrees, please feel free to contact our academic staff directly.STUDENT RESEARCH - Student research topics have included: Identity in Crisis: Professional Translation between Theory, Best Practice and Market Reality Translation of Metadiscourse and Persuasion in English and Saudi Arabian Editorials Consumerist Ideology and Metaphorical Conceptualisation Politeness and Cross-Linguistic Influence: Influence of Religion on the Speech Act Performance of Saudi Speakers of Arabic and Linguistic and Cultural Conceptualisations of Time in Indigenous Languages of Brazil. PhD students have at least two supervisors. RESEARCH EVENTS AND RESEARCH SKILLS TRAINING - You will take part in departmental research seminars and PhD training sessions. You will also have a chance to participate in international and local conferences, and to organize your own workshops and conferences at UEA. You will also benefit from a comprehensive research and professional skills development programme delivered by staff from across the Faculty. You may be offered teaching opportunities commensurate with your developing expertise and according to the needs of the School.
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