Dr Pablo Ruano PhD Department of English Language and LinguisticsVisiting Researcher Contact details Emailpauruano@unex.es AddressUniversity of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK I am a teaching assistant at the University of Extremadura (Spain). I hold to master’s degrees and a PhD on corpus stylistics. Currently, I am a visitor to the Centre for Corpus Research. Biography I became a research fellow at the University of Extremadura (Spain) in 2011 and since 2012 I am a teaching assistant at the same university. Teaching I teach courses on the History of Literary English and corpus linguistics. Research My research interests are in corpus linguistics, corpus stylistics and corpus translation studies. Other activities I am a member of the editorial board of Anuario de Estudios Filológicos (University of Extremadura). Publications Ruano San Segundo, Pablo. Forthcoming. “A corpus-stylistic approach to Dickens’ use of speech verbs: Beyond mere reporting.” Language and Literature 25 (2): 1-15. Ruano San Segundo, Pablo. Under evaluation. “Corpus methodologies in literary translation studies: An analysis of speech verbs in four Spanish translations of Hard Times.”