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Elena Semino

Academic

  • Linguistics and English Language
  • FASS Health Hub
  • Future of Human Reproduction
  • DisTex - Discourse and Text Research Group
  • Research Group in Cognitive Linguistics
  • Institute for Social Futures Fellow
  • ISF Fellows 2019/20
  • ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science
  • UCREL - University Centre for Computer Corpus Research on Language
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County South
LA1 4YL
Lancaster
Type of address: Postal address.
United Kingdom

Email: e.semino@lancaster.ac.uk

Phone: +44 1524 594176

SUMMARY of research interests (100 words)

My research interests are in health communication, medical humanities, stylistics, and metaphor theory and analysis. In my work I combine qualitative analysis with corpus linguistic methods.

Health communication/medical humanities: representations of autism and mental illness in fictional and non-fictional narratives; metaphor, cancer and the end of life; (figurative) language, creativity and chronic pain; metaphors for Covid-19; discourses around vaccinations. 

Stylistics: cognitive stylistics; corpus stylistics; mind style in fiction.

Metaphor theory and analysis: metaphor in literature, politics, science, health communication, end-of-life care; metaphor and embodied simulation; corpus approaches to the study of metaphor.

 

Research outputs

‘I am still unsure…’ – Spontaneous expressions of vaccine indecision on Mumsnet

Demjen, Z., Brezina, V., Coltman-Patel, T., Dance, W., Gleave, R., Hardaker, C. & Semino, E., 30/04/2025, In: Applied Corpus Linguistics. 5, 1, 100122.

‘It’s a shot, not a vaccine like MMR’: A new type of vaccine-specific scepticism on Twitter/X during the COVID-19 pandemic

Semino, E., Coltman-Patel, T., Dance, W., Demjen, Z., Gleave, R. & Mackey, A., 31/03/2025, In: Vaccine X. 23, 100620.

A linguistic analysis of female and male Opening posts on an online forum dedicated to pain

Collins, L. & Semino, E., 31/12/2024, In: Language and Health. 2, 2, p. 1-32 32 p., 100024.

Cancer experience in metaphors: patients, carers, professionals, students: A scoping review

Liu, Y., Semino, E., Rietjens, J. & Payne, S., 19/12/2024, In: BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. 14, e3, p. e2366-e2376 11 p.

Narratives, information and manifestations of resistance to persuasion in online discussions of HPV vaccination

Semino, E., Coltman-Patel, T., Dance, W., Deignan, A., Demjen, Z., Hardaker, C. & Mackey, A., 31/08/2024, In: Health Communication. 39, 10, p. 2123-2134 11 p.

Laughter in Hospital Emergency Departments

Macqueen, S., Collins, L., Brookes, G., Demjén, Z., Semino, E. & Slade, D., 30/06/2024, In: Discourse Studies. 26, 3, p. 358-380 23 p.

Cancer experiences in metaphors: A scoping review in 4D PICTURE Project

Liu, Y., Payne, S., Rayson, P., Lal, D., Korfage, I., Rietjens, J. & Semino, E., 9/05/2024, In: Palliative Medicine. 38, Suppl. 2024 EAPC WR Congress, A05.

The Victorian Anti-Vaccination Discourse Corpus (VicVaDis): construction and exploration

Hardaker, C., Deignan, A., Semino, E., Coltman-Patel, T., Dance, W., Demjen, Z., Sanderson, C. & Gatherer, D., 1/04/2024, In: Digital Scholarship in the Humanities. 39, 1, p. 162-174

Festival of Futures The Future is a Work in Progress exhibition: Complete Ectogenesis 2156 exhibition

Darby, A., Bolton, Z., Dunn, K., Fovargue, S., Krendel, A., O'Donovan, L., Semino, E., Tsekleves, E., Walton, G., Wilkinson, S., Williams, N. & Young, K., 8/03/2024

Improving shared decision-making about cancer treatment through design-based data-driven decision-support tools and redesigning care paths: an overview of the 4D PICTURE project

Rietjens, J. A. C., Griffioen, I., Sierra-Pérez, J., Sroczynski, G., Siebert, U., Buyx, A., Peric, B., Svane, I. M., Brands, J. B. P., Steffensen, K. D., Romero Piqueras, C., Hedayati, E., Karsten, M. M., Couespel, N., Akoglu, C., Pazo-Cid, R., Rayson, P., Lingsma, H. F., Schermer, M. H. N. & Steyerberg, E. W. & 48 others, Payne, S. A., Korfage, I. J., Stiggelbout, A. M., Oliveira, C. C., Semino, E., Roobol, M., López-Forniés, I., Kunneman, M., Verberne, S., Kuld, A., van Mulligen, E. M., Knudsen, B. M., Kors, J. A., Venderbos, L. D. F., Donia, M., Koppert, L. B., Nwosu, A. C., Verheul, E. M., Sañudo, Y., Kremer, M., Gracia, J., Antón, A., Schreijer, M., Bangma, C., Hartman, L., van Klaveren, D., Valles, M. A., Pitarch, L., Hallsson, L. R., Wouters, M., Kapiteijn, E., de Glas, N., van Buchem, M., Doornkamp, F., Borštnar, S., Wee, L., Pross, T., Silva, M., Venegoni, E., Lorenzo, N., Wallberg, S., Dankl, K., de Jesús, T. P., Romera, J. L., Pons, P. G., Signerez, P. M., Secomandi, F. & Snelders, D., 31/01/2024, In: Palliative Care and Social Practice. 18, 15 p., 1-15.

Seatbelts and raincoats, or banks and castles: Investigating the impact of vaccine metaphors

Flusberg, S., Mackey, A. & Semino, E., 3/01/2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 1, e0294739.

Health and Wellbeing Festival: Complete Ectogenesis 2156 exhibition

Darby, A., Bolton, Z., Dunn, K., Fovargue, S., Krendel, A., O'Donovan, L., Semino, E., Tsekleves, E., Walton, G., Wilkinson, S., Williams, N. & Young, K., 1/11/2023

Pro-vaccination personal narratives in response to online hesitancy about the HPV vaccine: The challenge of tellability

Semino, E., Coltman-Patel, T., Dance, W., Demjen, Z. & Hardaker, C., 1/11/2023, In: Discourse and Society. 34, 6, p. 752-771 20 p.

Improving Peer Online Forums (iPOF): protocol for a realist evaluation of peer online mental health forums to inform practice and policy

Lobban, F., Coole, M., Donaldson, E., Glossop, Z., Haines, J., Johnston, R., Jones, S., Lodge, C., Machin, K., Marshall, P., Meacock, R., Penhaligon, K., Rakić, T., Rawsthorne, M., Rayson, P., Robinson, H., Rycroft-Malone, J., Semino, E., Shryane, N. & Wise, S., 30/07/2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 7, p. e075142 075142.

Researching Language and Health: A Student Guide

Demjen, Z., Atkins, S. & Semino, E., 10/07/2023, London: Routledge. 236 p.

Corpus Linguistics and Clinical Psychology: Investigating 'personification' in first-person accounts of voice-hearing

Collins, L., Brezina, V., Demjén, Z., Semino, E. & Woods, A., 31/01/2023, In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 28, 1, p. 28-59 31 p.

Communicating research on metaphor and illness

Semino, E., 19/01/2023, Communicating Linguistics: Language, Community and Public Engagement. Price, H. & McIntyre, D. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 143-155 13 p.

Health Communication

Semino, E., 30/12/2022, Introducing Linguistics. Culpeper, J., Malory, B., Nance, C., van Olmen, D., Atanasova, D., Kirkham, S. & Casaponsa, A. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 276-290 14 p.

Use of an Online Forum for Relatives of People With Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder: Mixed Methods Study: Mixed Methods Study

Jones, S., Atanasova, D., Dodd, S., Flowers, S., Rosala-Hallas, A., Robinson, H., Semino, E. & Lobban, F., 20/10/2022, In: JMIR Mental Health. 9, 10, 13 p., e35837.

Metaphors and meaning-making in young people’s talk about climate change

Deignan, A. & Semino, E., 9/09/2022, Dynamism in Metaphor and Beyond. Colston, H. L., Matlock, T. & Steen, G. J. (eds.). John Benjamins, p. 191-204 14 p. (Metaphor in Language, Cognition Communication; vol. 9).

Silences in First-Person Accounts of Voice-Hearing: A Linguistic Approach

Semino, E., Collins, L. & Demjén, Z., 8/09/2022, Voices in Psychosis: Interdisciplinary perspectives. Woods, A., Alderson-Day, B. & Fernyhough, C. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press

‘Am I being unreasonable to vaccinate my kids against my ex’s wishes?’: A Corpus Linguistic Exploration of Conflict in Vaccination Discussions on Mumsnet Talk’s AIBU Forum

Coltman-Patel, T., Dance, W., Demjén, Z., Hardaker, C., Gatherer, D. & Semino, E., 31/08/2022, In: Discourse, Context and Media. 48, 9 p., 100624.

Language Matters: representations of 'heart failure' in English discourse-a large-scale linguistic study

Demmen, J., Sankaranarayanan, R., Hartshorne-Evans, N. & Semino, E., 28/06/2022, In: BMJ Open Heart . 9, 1, e001988.

Acting like a hedgehog in times of pandemic: Metaphorical creativity in the #reframecovid collection

Pérez-Sobrino, P., Semino, E., Ibarretxe-Antuñano, I., Koller, V. & Olza, I., 30/04/2022, In: Metaphor and Symbol. 37, 2, p. 127-139 13 p.

Patient support groups

Abbott, G., Patterson, C. & Semino, E., 28/04/2022, (Accepted/In press) Trigeminal Neuralgia and Other Cranial Neuralgias: A Practical Personalised Holistic Approach. Zakrzewska, J. & Nurmikko, T. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, (Oxford Pain Management Library).

Person-ness of voices in lived experience accounts of psychosis: Combining literary linguistics and clinical psychology

Semino, E., Demjen, Z. & Collins, L., 30/09/2021, In: Medical Humanities. 47, 3, p. 354-364 11 p.

The #ReframeCovid initiative: From Twitter to society via metaphor

Olza, I., Koller, V., Ibarretxe-Antuñano, I., Pérez-Sobrino, P. & Semino, E., 8/09/2021, In: Metaphor and the Social World. 11, 1, p. 99-121 23 p.

Stylistics: Mind style in an autobiographical account of schizophrenia

Demjen, Z. & Semino, E., 20/05/2021, Analysing Health Communication: Discourse Approaches. Brookes, G. & Hunt, D. (eds.). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 333-356 24 p.

Shameless normalisation of impoliteness: Berlusconi’s and Trump’s press conferences

Wodak, R., Culpeper, J. & Semino, E., 1/05/2021, In: Discourse and Society. 32, 3, p. 369-393 25 p.

Language and images in pain consultations

Semino, E., 15/02/2021, Encountering Pain: Hearing, Seeing, Speaking. Padfield, D. & Zakrzewska, J. M. (eds.). London: UCL Press, p. 269-285 17 p.

COVID-19: A forest fire rather than a wave?

Semino, E., 31/01/2021, In: Metode. 2021, 11, p. 5 1 p.

'Face masks’ and ‘face coverings’ in the UK press during the Covid-19 pandemic: Scottish vs. national newspapers

Dayrell, C., Clarke, I. & Semino, E., 5/01/2021

“Not soldiers but fire-fighters” – Metaphors and Covid-19

Semino, E., 2/01/2021, In: Health Communication. 36, 1, p. 50-58 9 p.

A linguistic approach to the psychosis continuum: (dis)similarities and (dis)continuities in how clinical and non-clinical voice-hearers talk about their voices

Collins, L., Semino, E., Demjén, Z., Hardie, A., Moseley, P., Woods, A. & Alderson-Day, B., 16/11/2020, In: Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. 25, 6, p. 447-465 19 p.

Metaphor, Metonymy and Framing in Discourse

Demjen, Z. & Semino, E., 1/09/2020, The Cambridge Handbook of Discourse Studies. De Fina, A. & Georgakopoulou, A. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 213-234 22 p. (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics).

Communicating nuanced results in language consultancy: The case of cancer and the Violence metaphor

Demjen, Z. & Semino, E., 1/07/2020, Professional Communication: Consultancy, advocacy, activism . Mullany, L. (ed.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 191-210 20 p. (Communicating in Professions and Organizations).

Translating Science for Young People through Metaphor

Deignan, A. & Semino, E., 1/07/2020, In: The Translator. 25, 4, p. 369-384 16 p.

How we talked about social care during the 2019 General Election

Dayrell, C., Semino, E. & Crowther, N., 28/04/2020

“One gives bad compliments about me, and the other one is telling me to do things” – (Im)Politeness and power in reported interactions between voice-hearers and their voices

Demjen, Z., Marszalek, A., Semino, E. & Varese, F., 16/04/2020, Applying Linguistics in Illness and Healthcare Contexts. Demjen, Z. (ed.). London: Bloomsbury, p. 17-43 27 p. (Contemporary Studies in Linguistics).

Applying Corpus Linguistics to a diagnostic tool for pain

Semino, E., Hardie, A. & Zakrzewska, J., 2020, Applying Linguistics in Illness and Healthcare Contexts. Demjen, Z. (ed.). London: Bloomsbury, p. 99-127 29 p. (Contemporary Studies in Linguistics).

Metaphor

Anderson, W. & Semino, E., 2020, The Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital Humanities. Adolphs, S. & Knight, D. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 125-142 18 p.

Social care in UK public discourse

Dayrell, C., Semino, E., Kinloch, K. & Baker, P., 2020, Lancaster : ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science (CASS).

Cancer as a metaphor

Potts, A. & Semino, E., 1/06/2019, In: Metaphor and Symbol. 34, 2, p. 81-95 15 p.

Metaphorical descriptions of pain on a Trigeminal Neuralgia Forum: Pushing the Boundaries of Cognitive Linguistics

Semino, E., 1/06/2019, Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to text and Discourse: From Poetics to Politics. Hart, C. (ed.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 73-92 20 p.

Metaphors of Climate Science in Three Genres: Research Articles, Educational Texts, and Secondary School Student Talk

Deignan, A., Semino, E. & Paul, S.-A., 1/04/2019, In: Applied Linguistics. 40, 2, p. 379-403 25 p.

Emotional Implications of Metaphor: Consequences of Metaphor Framing for Mindset about Cancer

Hendricks, R. K., Demjén, Z., Semino, E. & Boroditsky, L., 11/02/2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Metaphor and Symbol. 33, 4, p. 267-279 13 p.

Metaphor framing and distress in lived-experience accounts of voice-hearing

Demjen, Z., Marszalek, A., Semino, E. & Varese, F., 31/01/2019, In: Psychosis. 11, 1, p. 16-27 12 p.

Afterword: Some reflections on MIPVU across languages

Semino, E., 2019, Metaphor Identification in Multiple Languages: MIPVU around the World. Nacey, S., Dorst, A. G., Krennmayr, T. & Reijnierse, W. G. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. 313-321 9 p. (Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research; vol. 22).

An integrated approach to metaphor and framing in cognition, discourse and practice, with an application to metaphors for cancer

Semino, E., Demjen, Z. & Demmen, J. E., 1/10/2018, In: Applied Linguistics. 39, 5, p. 625-645 21 p.

Images as catalysts for meaning-making in medical pain encounters: a multidisciplinary analysis

Padfield, D., Omand, H., Semino, E., Williams, A. & Zakrzewska, J. M., 12/06/2018, In: Medical Humanities. 44, 2, 8 p., 74.

Metaphor, Cancer and the End of Life: A Corpus-based Study

Semino, E., Demjen, Z., Hardie, A., Payne, S. A. & Rayson, P. E., 2018, London: Routledge. 308 p.

Healthcare professionals’ online use of violence metaphors for care at the end of life in the US: a corpus-based comparison with the UK

Potts, A. & Semino, E., 04/2017, In: Corpora. 12, 1, p. 55-84 30 p.

Images and the dynamics of pain consultations

Semino, E., Zakrzewska, J. M. & Williams, A., 25/03/2017, In: The Lancet. 389, 10075, p. 1186-1187 2 p.

The online use of Violence and Journey metaphors by patients with cancer, as compared with health professionals: a mixed methods study

Semino, E., Demjen, Z., Demmen, J., Koller, V., Payne, S., Hardie, A. & Rayson, P., 1/03/2017, In: BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care. 7, 1, p. 60-66 7 p.

Corpus linguistics and metaphor

Semino, E., 2017, The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics. Dancygier, B. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Introduction: metaphor and language

Demjen, Z. & Semino, E., 2017, The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language. Semino, E. & Demjen, Z. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 1-10 10 p.

The cancer card: Metaphor, intimacy and humor in online interactions about the experience of cancer

Semino, E. & Demjen, Z., 2017, Metaphor: Embodied Cognition and Discourse. Hampe, B. (ed.). Cambridge University Press, p. 181-199 19 p.

The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language

Semino, E. (Editor) & Demjen, Z. (Editor), 2017, London: Routledge. 544 p.

Using metaphor in healthcare: physical health

Semino, E. & Demjen, Z., 2017, The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language. Semino, E. & Demjen, Z. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 385-399 15 p.

Metaphors for 'good' and 'bad' deaths: a health professional view

Demjen, Z., Semino, E. & Koller, V., 05/2016, In: Metaphor and the Social World. 6, 1, p. 1-19 19 p.

A corpus-based study of ‘mixed metaphor’ as a metalinguistic comment

Semino, E., 16/03/2016, Mixing metaphor. R. W. Jr, G. (ed.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. 203-220 18 p. (Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication; vol. 6).

Face attack in Italian politics: Beppe Grillo’s insulting epithets for other politicians

Bortoluzzi, M. & Semino, E., 2016, In: Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict. 4, 2, p. 178-201 24 p.

A computer-assisted study of the use of violence metaphors for cancer and end of life by patients, family carers and health professionals

Demmen, J. E., Semino, E., Demjen, Z., Koller, V., Hardie, A., Rayson, P. & Payne, S., 17/08/2015, In: International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. 20, 2, p. 205-231 27 p.

Henry's voices: the representation of auditory verbal hallucinations in an autobiographical narrative

Demjen, Z. & Semino, E., 8/06/2015, In: Medical Humanities. 41, 1, p. 57-62 6 p.

Pragmatic failure, mind style and characterisation in fiction about autism

Semino, E., 8/05/2014, In: Language and Literature. 23, 2, p. 141-158 18 p.

Language, mind and autism in Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Semino, E., 15/03/2014, Linguistics and literary studies: interfaces, encounters, transfers. Fludernik, M. & Jacob, D. (eds.). Berlin: de Gruyter, p. 279-303 25 p.

‘Good’ and ‘bad’ deaths: narratives and professional identities in interviews with hospice managers

Semino, E., Demjen, Z. & Koller, V., 2014, In: Discourse Studies. 16, 5, p. 667-685 19 p.

Metaphor, genre and recontextualization

Semino, E., Deignan, A. & Littlemore, J., 15/01/2013, In: Metaphor and Symbol. 28, 1, p. 41-59 19 p.

Figurative language, genre and register

Deignan, A., Littlemore, J. & Semino, E., 2013, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 330 p. (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)

Deixis and fictional minds

Semino, E., 2011, In: Style. 45, 3, p. 418-440 23 p.

La teoria del blending applicata alla letteratura: un'analisi di un racconto di Virginia Woolf

Semino, E., 2011, In: Italianistica: Rivista di Letteratura Italiana. 40, 3, p. 61-80 20 p.

Metaphor, creativity, and the experience of pain across genres

Semino, E., 2011, Creativity, Language, Literature: The State of the Art. Swann, J., Carter, R. & Pope, R. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 83-102 20 p.

Rethinking 'inferred' thought presentation

Semino, E., 2011, In: Style. 45, 2, p. 296-300 5 p.

Stylistics

Semino, E., 2011, Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics. Simpson, J. (ed.). London: Routledge

The adaptation of metaphors across genres

Semino, E., 2011, In: Review of Cognitive Linguistics. 9, 1, p. 130-152 23 p.

Corpus techniques for metaphor analysis.

Deignan, A. & Semino, E., 2010, Metaphor Analysis: Research Practice in Applied Linguistics, Social Sciences and the Humanities. Cameron, L. & Maslen, R. (eds.). London: Equinox, p. 161-179 (Studies in Applied Linguistics).

Descriptions of pain, metaphor and embodied simulation.

Semino, E., 2010, In: Metaphor and Symbol. 25, 4, p. 205-226 22 p.

Unrealistic scenarios, metaphorical blends and rhetorical strategies across genres.

Semino, E., 2010, In: English Text Construction. 3, 2, p. 250-274 25 p.

Metaphor, politics and gender: A case study from Germany

Koller, V. & Semino, E., 9/10/2009, Politics, Gender and Conceptual Metaphors. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 9-35 27 p.

Metaphor and situational motivation

Semino, E., 2009, In: Quaderns de filología. Estudis lingüístics. 14, p. 221-233 13 p.

Metaphor, politics and gender: a case study from Germany.

Koller, V. & Semino, E., 2009, Politics, Gender and Conceptual Metaphors. Ahrens, K. (ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 9-35 27 p.

Metaphor, politics and gender: a case study from Italy

Semino, E. & Koller, V., 2009, Politics, Gender and Conceptual Metaphors. Ahrens, K. (ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 36-61 26 p.

Stylistics.

Semino, E., 2009, The Pragmatics Encyclopaedia. Cummings, L. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 459-460 2 p.

Text worlds.

Semino, E., 2009, Cognitive Poetics: Goals, Gains and Gaps. Brone, G. & Vandaele, J. (eds.). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 33-71 39 p. (Applications of Cognitive Linguistics).

The language of newspapers.

Semino, E., 2009, English Language: Description, Variation and Context. Culpeper, J., Katamba, F., Kerswill, P., Wodak, R. & McEnery, T. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 439-453

A corpus-based study of metaphors for speech activity in British English

Semino, E., 22/08/2008, Corpus-Based Approaches to Metaphor and Metonymy. De Gruyter Mouton, p. 36-62 27 p.

Metaphor in Discourse

Semino, E., 2008, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 247 p.

Metaphor in literature

Semino, E. & Steen, G., 2008, Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought. Gibbs, R. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 232-246 15 p.

Stylistics and Literary Evaluation

Short, M. H. & Semino, E., 2008, The quality of literature: Linguistic Studies in Literary evaluation. van Peer, W. (ed.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. 117-37 243 p. (Linguistic Approaches to Literature).

Using a semantic annotation tool for the analysis of metaphor in discourse.

Koller, V., Hardie, A., Rayson, P. & Semino, E., 2008, In: metaphorik.de. 15, p. 141-160 20 p.

Mind style twenty-five years on

Semino, E., 1/06/2007, In: Style. 41, 2, p. 153-172 20 p.

Exploiting a Semantic Annotation Tool for Metaphor Analysis

Hardie, A., Koller, V., Rayson, P. & Semino, E., 2007.

Metaphors for speaking and writing in the British press.

Heywood, J. & Semino, E., 2007, Language in the Media: Representations, Identities, Ideologies. Johnson, S. & Ensslin, A. (eds.). London: Continuum, p. 25-47

Mind style 25 years on

Semino, E., 2007, In: Style. 41, 2, p. 153-173 21 p.

MIP: a method for identifying metaphorically used words in discourse.

Pragglejaz, G. & Semino, E., 2007, In: Metaphor and Symbol. 22, 1, p. 1-39 39 p.

A corpus-based study of metaphors for speech activity in British English.

Semino, E., 2006, Corpora in Cognitive Linguistics: Conceptual Metaphors. Gries, S. T. & Stefanowitsch, A. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. 35-60 26 p.

Blending and characters' mental functioning in Virginia Woolf's Lappin and Lapinova.

Semino, E., 2006, In: Language and Literature. 15, 1, p. 55-72 18 p.

Cognitive poetics

Semino, E., 2006, The art of English. Goodman, S. & O'Halloran, K. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 37-44 8 p.

Metaphor and fictional minds.

Semino, E., 2006, The metaphors of sixty. Benczses, R. & Csabi, S. (eds.). Budapest: Eötvös Loránd University Press

Narrative skill in Bilgewater's prologue

Short, M. H., Semino, E. & Culpeper, J., 2006, The Art of English: Literary Creativity. Goodman, S. & O'Halloran, K. (eds.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 407-413 7 p.

A computer-assisted approach to the analysis of metaphor variation across genres.

Semino, E., Hardie, A., Koller, V. & Rayson, P., 2005, Corpus-based Approaches to Figurative Language. . Barnden, J., Lee, M., Littlemore, J., Moon, R., Philip, G. & Wallington, A. (eds.). Birmingham: University of Birmingham School of Computer Science, p. 145-153 9 p.

Mind style.

Semino, E., 2005, Elsevier Encyclopaedia of Language and Linguistics. Brown, K. (ed.). Elsevier, p. 142-148 7 p.

Possible worlds: stylistics applications.

Semino, E., 2005, Elsevier Encycloapedia of Language and Linguistics. Brown, K. (ed.). Elsevier, p. 777-782 6 p.

Source “scenes” and source “domains” : insights from a corpus-based study of metaphors for communication.

Semino, E. & Heywood, J., 2005, Proceeding of the Third Interdisciplinary Workshop on Corpus-Based Approaches to Figurative Language. Birmingham: University of Birmingham

The metaphorical construction of complex domains: the case of speech activity in English.

Semino, E., 2005, In: Metaphor and Symbol. 20, 1, p. 35-70 36 p.

Corpus stylistics: speech, writing and thought presentation in a corpus of English writing.

Semino, E. & Short, M. H., 2004, London: Routledge. 256 p.

Investigating the presentation of speech, writing and thought in British English : a corpus-based approach.

McIntyre, D., Bellard-Thomson, C., Heywood, J., McEnery, A. M., Semino, E. & Short, M. H., 2004, In: ICAME Journal. 28, p. 49-76 28 p.

Lancaster speech, writing and thought presentation spoken corpus.

Short, M. H., Semino, E. & McEnery, A. M., 2004

Methodological problems in the analysis of a corpus of conversations about cancer.

Semino, E., Heywood, J. & Short, M. H., 2004, In: Journal of Pragmatics. 36, 7, p. 1271-1294 24 p.

Representing characters' speech and thought in narrative fiction: A Study of England, England by Julian Barnes.

Semino, E., 2004, In: Style. 38, 4, p. 428-451 24 p.

Possible worlds and mental spaces in Hemingway's 'A very short story'

Semino, E., 20/02/2003, Cognitive Poetics in Practice. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 83-98 16 p.

Discourse worlds and mental spaces.

Semino, E., 2003, Cognitive poetics in practice. Gavins, J. & Steen, G. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 83-98 16 p.

The construction of a corpus to investigate the presentation of speech, thought and writing in written and spoken British English.

McIntyre, D., Bellard-Thomson, C., Heywood, J., McEnery, A. M., Semino, E. & Short, M., 2003, Proceedings of the corpus linguistics 2003 conference. Archer, D., Rayson, P., McEnery, A. M. & Wilson, A. (eds.). Lancaster: Centre for Computer Corpus Research on Language Technical Papers, Lancaster University, Vol. 16 (sp. p. 513-522 10 p.

A cognitive stylistic approach to mind style in narrative fiction.

Semino, E., 2002, Cognitive stylistics: language and cognition in text analysis. Semino, E. & Culpeper, J. (eds.). 1 ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. 95-122 28 p. (Linguistic approaches to literature).

A sturdy baby or a derailing train? Metaphorical representations of the euro in British and Italian newspapers.

Semino, E., 2002, In: Text. 22, 1, p. 107-139 33 p.

Cognitive stylistics: language and cognition in text analysis.

Semino, E. (Editor) & Culpeper, J. (Editor), 2002, Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 333 p. (Linguistic approaches to literature)

Linguistic metaphor identification in two extracts from novels.

Heywood, J., Semino, E. & Short, M. H., 2002, In: Language and Literature. 11, 1, p. 35-54 20 p.

Revisiting the notion of faithfulness in discourse presentation using a corpus approach.

Short, M. H., Semino, E. & Wynne, M., 2002, In: Language and Literature. 11, 4, p. 325-355 31 p.

Stylistics and linguistic variation in poetry.

Semino, E., 2002, In: Journal of English Linguistics. 30, 1, p. 28-50 23 p.

A method for annotating metaphors in corpora.

Semino, E. & Steen, G., 2001.

On readings, literariness and schema theory: a reply to Jeffries.

Semino, E., 2001, In: Language and Literature. 10, 4, p. 345-355 11 p.

Revisiting the notion of faithfulness in discourse: report/(re)presentation using a corpus approach.

Short, M., Semino, E. & Wynne, M., 2001, Poetics, linguistics and history : discourses of war and conflict. Biermann, I. & Combrink, A. (eds.). Potchefstroom, South Africa: Potchefstroom University, p. 484-509 26 p.

Schema and script theory.

Semino, E., 2001, Routledge encyclopaedia of language teaching and learning. Byram, M. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 525-527 3 p.

Constructing witches and spells: speech acts and activity types in early modern England.

Culpeper, J. & Semino, E., 2000, In: Journal of Historical Pragmatics. 1, 1, p. 97-116 20 p.

Language and context(s): Jane Gardam’s ‘Bilgewater’.

Short, M. H., Semino, E. & Culpeper, J., 2000, Contextualised stylistics: in honour of Peter Verdonk. Bex, T., Burke, M. & Stockwell, P. (eds.). Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 131-151 21 p.

Hypothetical words and thoughts in contemporary British narratives.

Semino, E., Short, M. H. & Wynne, M., 1999, In: Narrative. 7, 3, p. 307-334 28 p.

Reading reports: discourse presentation in a corpus of narratives with special reference to news reports.

Short, M. H., Wynne, M. & Semino, E., 1999, English via various media. Diller, H. J. & Stratman, E. O. G. (eds.). Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C, p. 39-66 28 p.

A corpus-based investigation of speech, thought and writing presentation in English narrative texts.

Wynne, M., Short, M. & Semino, E., 1998, Explorations in Corpus Linguistics. Renouf, A. (ed.). 23 ed. Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 233-247 15 p. (Language and computers).

Language and world creation in poems and other texts.

Semino, E., 1997, London: Longman. 288 p. (Textual Explorations)

Using a corpus to test a model of speech and thought presentation.

Semino, E., Short, M. & Culpeper, J., 1997, In: Poetics. 25, 1, p. 17-43 27 p.

Possible worlds in poetry

Semino, E., 1/01/1996, In: Journal of Literary Semantics. 25, 3, p. 189–224 36 p.

Metaphor and mind style in Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.

Semino, E. & Swindlehurst, K., 1996, In: Style. 30, 1, p. 143-166 24 p.

Politics is football: metaphor in the discourse of Silvio Berlusconi in Italy.

Semino, E. & Masci, M., 1996, In: Discourse and Society. 7, 2, p. 243-269 27 p.

Using a corpus for stylistics research : speech presentation.

Short, M., Semino, E. & Culpeper, J., 1996, Using Corpora in Language Research. Thomas, J. & Short, M. (eds.). Harlow: Longman, p. 110-131 22 p.

Deixis and the dynamics of poetic voice.

Semino, E., 1995, New Essays in Deixis. Green, K. (ed.). 103 ed. Amsterdam: Rodopi, p. 145-160 16 p. (Costerus, new series).

Schema theory and the analysis of text worlds in poetry.

Semino, E., 1995, In: Language and Literature. 4, 2, p. 79-108 30 p.

Stylistics.

Culpeper, J. & Semino, E., 1995, Handbook of Pragmatics. Verschueren, J., Ostman, J. O. & Blommaert, J. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins, p. 513-520 8 p.

Building on Keith Green’s “Deixis and the Poetic Persona”: further reflections on deixis in poetry.

Semino, E., 1992, In: Language and Literature. 1, 2, p. 135-140 6 p.

Press/Media

A Better Name for Booster Shots - Atlantic magazine

Semino, E.

5/10/21

1 Media production

Article on Linguistics and Translation at MA Level in 'I' newspaper

Semino, E.

24/10/13

1 item of Media coverage

Article on the study of Modern Languages in the UK in the Guardian

Semino, E.

11/12/13

1 item of Media coverage

Calling Omicron ‘Mild’ Is Wishful Thinking - Atlantic magazine

Semino, E.

13/01/22

1 Media production

Contribution to BBC World Service programme 'Health Check'

Semino, E.

7/05/14

1 item of Media coverage

Contribution to 'Broadcasting House' on BBC Radio 4

Semino, E.

20/05/12

1 Media production

Elena Semino gives plenary lecture at Lyon University

Semino, E.

23/11/10

1 item of Media coverage

Language and pain - New York Times

Semino, E.

10/11/21

1 Media production

Our department rated 10th in the world!

Semino, E.

8/05/13

1 item of Media coverage

Research on language and cancer reported in New Scientist

Semino, E.

15/10/16

1 item of Media coverage

Research on metaphor for cancer in Huffington Post UK

Semino, E.

25/04/16

1 item of Media coverage

Research on metaphors for cancer in Swedish newspaper

Semino, E.

9/05/16

1 item of Media coverage

Research on metaphors for cancer in The Conversation

Semino, E.

25/03/15

1 item of Media coverage

The 'Metaphor in End of Life Care' project is featured in a New York Times blog

Semino, E.

22/04/14

1 item of Media coverage

The 'Metaphor in end of life care' project is featured in The Independent

Semino, E.

4/11/14

1 item of Media coverage

When did everything become a 'journey'?

Semino, E.

13/05/24

1 Media production

Projects

A discourse analysis on public attitudes to rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO)

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator)

Equally Ours

1/09/2231/12/24

A European Proactive Adaptive Clinical Trials Network - EU-PROACT - Horizon Europe

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator)

European Commission

1/01/2531/12/25

Big data media analysis and the representation of urban violence in Brazil

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator) & Dayrell Gomes Da Costa, C. (Researcher)

RCUK

1/01/1531/12/15

CASS ESRC Transition Funding

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator), Baker, P. (Co-Investigator), Brezina, V. (Co-Investigator), Gablasova, D. (Co-Investigator), Atanasova, D. (Co-Investigator), Cain, K. (Co-Investigator), Germond, B. (Co-Investigator), Hardaker, C. (Co-Investigator), Williams, G. (Co-Investigator) & Young, S. (Co-Investigator)

ESRC

1/04/1831/01/24

CASS Legacy funding

Baker, P. (Co-Investigator), Hardie, A. (Co-Investigator), Brezina, V. (Co-Investigator), Gablasova, D. (Co-Investigator), Semino, E. (Principal Investigator) & Brunfaut, T. (Co-Investigator)

1/06/2431/05/29

Corpus Analysis of Sellafield Employee Forum and Interviews

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator), Newton, R. (Co-Investigator) & Dayrell Gomes Da Costa, C. (Co-Investigator)

Sellafield Ltd

18/01/2131/03/21

DDPO DISCOURSE ANALYSIS PROJECT

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator)

Equally Ours

1/07/2231/12/24

DSI: Horizon Europe: 4D PICTURE: Design-based Data-Driven Decision-support Tools: Producing Improved Cancer Outcomes Through User- Centred Research

Greenwood, A. (Co-Investigator), Rayson, P. (Principal Investigator), Semino, E. (Co-Investigator), Nwosu, A. (Co-Investigator) & Payne, S. (Co-Investigator)

UKRI

1/10/2230/09/27

DSI: Realist evaluation of online mental health communities to improve policy and practice

Lobban, F. (Principal Investigator), Semino, E. (Co-Investigator), Rayson, P. (Co-Investigator) & Rakic, T. (Co-Investigator)

National Institute for Health Research

1/03/2230/06/25

ESRC centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science - CASS

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator), Cain, K. (Co-Investigator), Culpeper, J. (Co-Investigator), Culpeper, J. (Co-Investigator), Culpeper, J. (Co-Investigator), Diggle, P. (Co-Investigator), Gregory, I. (Co-Investigator), Hardie, A. (Co-Investigator), Iganski, P. (Co-Investigator), Iganski, P. (Co-Investigator), Ram-Prasad, C. (Co-Investigator), Rayson, P. (Co-Investigator), Urry, J. (Co-Investigator), Germond, B. (Researcher), Baker, P. (Principal Investigator), Young, S. (Co-Investigator), Dunn, N. (Co-Investigator), Berridge, D. (Co-Investigator), McEnery, T. (Co-Investigator), McEnery, T. (Co-Investigator) & Baker, P. (Co-Investigator)

ESRC

31/03/1330/03/18

Interventions for better life-time mental health outcomes for young Australians (15-24 years) with disability

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator) & Emerson, E. (Co-Investigator)

Australian Research Council

1/04/2231/03/27

LAEL-China Network

Bottini, R. (Principal Investigator), Culpeper, J. (Co-Investigator), Tantucci, V. (Co-Investigator) & Semino, E. (Co-Investigator)

Lancaster University Business Plan – ESRC Business Boost Fund

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator)

ESRC

1/02/1831/03/19

Linguistic challenges of the transition from primary to secondary school

Brezina, V. (Co-Investigator) & Semino, E. (Principal Investigator)

ESRC

1/09/1830/04/21

Metaphor in End of Life Care

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator), Hardie, A. (Co-Investigator), Koller, V. (Co-Investigator), Koller, V. (Co-Investigator), Payne, S. (Co-Investigator), Payne, S. (Co-Investigator), Rayson, P. (Co-Investigator) & Demjen, Z. (Research Associate)

ESRC

1/09/1228/06/14

Questioning Vaccination Discourse (Quo VaDis): A corpus-based study

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator), Geyer, R. (Co-Investigator), Gatherer, D. (Co-Investigator), Brezina, V. (Co-Investigator) & Hardaker, C. (Co-Investigator)

ESRC

1/03/2130/06/24

Representations of ‘heart failure’ in English discourse

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator)

Pumping Marvellous

15/11/2120/12/21

Representations of 'race', racism and race equality in the UK press

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator) & Dayrell Gomes Da Costa, C. (Researcher)

Runnymede Trust

10/02/2015/04/20

Representations of Social Care in the Politicians’ and General Public’s Discourse

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator) & Dayrell Gomes Da Costa, C. (Researcher)

In Control Partnerships

15/11/1931/01/20

Representations of Social Care in the UK press: A Computer-aided Linguistic Study

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator)

In Control Partnerships

1/05/1931/08/19

Representations of social care in the UK press: A pilot study

Baker, P. (Co-Investigator) & Semino, E. (Principal Investigator)

Camphill Village Trust

1/04/1831/05/18

Social media discourse analysis – attitudes to young people’s mental health

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator)

Equally Ours

1/02/2130/04/21

The Future of Human Reproduction: new agendas and methods for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Tsekleves, E. (Co-Investigator), Dunn, K. (Co-Investigator), Wilkinson, S. (Principal Investigator), Tsekleves, E. (Co-Investigator), Ruston, S. (Co-Investigator) & Semino, E. (Co-Investigator)

The Wellcome Trust

22/04/2221/07/26

The psychological validity of non-adjacent collocations: Evidence from event-related brain potentials

Semino, E. (Co-Investigator) & Hughes, J. (Principal Investigator)

ESRC

1/04/1931/03/20

Translating science for young people

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator)

AHRC

14/11/1414/07/16

Using a semantic annotation tool for research on metaphor in discourse

Semino, E. (Co-Investigator), Hardie, A. (Co-Investigator), Koller, V. (Co-Investigator) & Rayson, P. (Co-Investigator)

1/12/05 → …

Young people, criticality and figurative language

Semino, E. (Principal Investigator)

AHRC

1/10/2431/03/27