Doctoral researchers in English Language and Linguistics Back to 'Research' We have over 80 PhD students in English Language and Linguistics. Here are some of them: Sarah Alzeer Doctoral researcher PhD title: A Framework for Word List Evaluation Supervisors: Dr Paul Thompson and Dr Amanda Patten PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics Oana Baetica Doctoral researcher PhD title: Metaphors in the English and French newspapers at critical junctures in the relationship between the UK and the European Union Supervisors: Dr Ruth Page and Dr Bodo Winter PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics Sophia Butt Doctoral researcher Phd title: Incitement to Islamophobia? An interdisciplinary study of counter-radicalisation discourse in the UK Supervisor: Professor Michael Toolan (ELAL); Dr Chris Allen and Dr Simon Pemberton (Social Policy) PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics David Callaghan Doctoral researcher PhD title: A corpus-based investigation into the lexical features of real-world ironic utterances within political discourse Supervisors: Dr Crayton Walker and Dr Paul Thompson PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics Matthew Collins Doctoral researcher Phd title: The hoole book: a literary-linguistic study of cohesion in Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur. Supervisor: Professor Michael Toolan and Dr Melanie Evans PhD Applied Linguistics Jennifer Furlong Doctoral researcher Phd title: Appraisal analysis of #blacklivesmatter on Facebook, Twitter, and TumblrSupervisor: Dr Ruth PagePhD English Language and Applied Linguistics Sharon Glaas Doctoral researcher PhD title: Evaluative Language in Political and Media Discourse on the European Union Supervisors: Professor Susan Hunston and Dr Ruth Page PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics Sharon G. Hill Doctoral researcher PhD title: Impact of African American Vernacular English on the work of American Sign Language interpreters Supervisors: Dr Adam Schembri PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics Masahiro Kodera Doctoral researcher PhD title: Count/Noncount distinction of Abstract Nouns in English Supervisors: Dr Florent Perek and Dr Paul Thompson PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics Tara McIlroy Doctoral researcher Phd title: Investigating L2 poetic proficiency Supervisor: Professor Jeannette Littlemore and Professor Michael Toolan PhD Applied Linguistics Maryam Nasseri Doctoral researcher PhD title: Building a model of lexical and syntactic complexity of academic writing: The case of linguistic proficiency of EFL, ESL and English L1 postgraduate students Supervisors: Dr Paul Thompson and Dr Bodo Winter PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics Richard Nickalls Doctoral researcher Phd title: How definite are we about the definite article? Supervisor: Professor Jeannette Littlemore and Dr Nick Groom PhD Applied Linguistics Helena Woodfield Doctoral researcher PhD title: A linguistic approach to analysing and identifying language features of fake news. Supervisors: Jack Grieve and Matteo Fuoli PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics Recently completed doctoral research The University of Birmingham etheses repository contains a wide selection of full text research theses from the Department of English.
Sarah Alzeer Doctoral researcher PhD title: A Framework for Word List Evaluation Supervisors: Dr Paul Thompson and Dr Amanda Patten PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics
Oana Baetica Doctoral researcher PhD title: Metaphors in the English and French newspapers at critical junctures in the relationship between the UK and the European Union Supervisors: Dr Ruth Page and Dr Bodo Winter PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics
Sophia Butt Doctoral researcher Phd title: Incitement to Islamophobia? An interdisciplinary study of counter-radicalisation discourse in the UK Supervisor: Professor Michael Toolan (ELAL); Dr Chris Allen and Dr Simon Pemberton (Social Policy) PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics
David Callaghan Doctoral researcher PhD title: A corpus-based investigation into the lexical features of real-world ironic utterances within political discourse Supervisors: Dr Crayton Walker and Dr Paul Thompson PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics
Matthew Collins Doctoral researcher Phd title: The hoole book: a literary-linguistic study of cohesion in Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur. Supervisor: Professor Michael Toolan and Dr Melanie Evans PhD Applied Linguistics
Jennifer Furlong Doctoral researcher Phd title: Appraisal analysis of #blacklivesmatter on Facebook, Twitter, and TumblrSupervisor: Dr Ruth PagePhD English Language and Applied Linguistics
Sharon Glaas Doctoral researcher PhD title: Evaluative Language in Political and Media Discourse on the European Union Supervisors: Professor Susan Hunston and Dr Ruth Page PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics
Sharon G. Hill Doctoral researcher PhD title: Impact of African American Vernacular English on the work of American Sign Language interpreters Supervisors: Dr Adam Schembri PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics
Masahiro Kodera Doctoral researcher PhD title: Count/Noncount distinction of Abstract Nouns in English Supervisors: Dr Florent Perek and Dr Paul Thompson PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics
Tara McIlroy Doctoral researcher Phd title: Investigating L2 poetic proficiency Supervisor: Professor Jeannette Littlemore and Professor Michael Toolan PhD Applied Linguistics
Maryam Nasseri Doctoral researcher PhD title: Building a model of lexical and syntactic complexity of academic writing: The case of linguistic proficiency of EFL, ESL and English L1 postgraduate students Supervisors: Dr Paul Thompson and Dr Bodo Winter PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics
Richard Nickalls Doctoral researcher Phd title: How definite are we about the definite article? Supervisor: Professor Jeannette Littlemore and Dr Nick Groom PhD Applied Linguistics
Helena Woodfield Doctoral researcher PhD title: A linguistic approach to analysing and identifying language features of fake news. Supervisors: Jack Grieve and Matteo Fuoli PhD English Language and Applied Linguistics