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Professor Elena Semino

Distinguished Professor

  1. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    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

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  4. E-pub ahead of print

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Exploiting a Semantic Annotation Tool for Metaphor Analysis

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

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  6. Published

    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

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  13. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    “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).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  15. Published

    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).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  16. Published

    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).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  17. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  18. Published

    Researching Language and Health: A Student Guide

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

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  19. Published

    ‘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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    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).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  21. Published

    Figurative language, genre and register

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

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  22. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Translating Science for Young People through Metaphor

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

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    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).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  25. Published

    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).

    Research output: Other contribution

  26. Published
  27. Published

    How we talked about social care during the 2019 General Election

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

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputsBlogpeer-review

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    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  32. Published

    ‘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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  38. Forthcoming

    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).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

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