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Professor Elena Semino

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  1. 2025
  2. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  3. Published

    ‘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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  4. 2024
  5. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  6. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Review article › peer-review

  7. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  8. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  9. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Meeting abstract › peer-review

  10. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  11. Published

    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

    Research output: Other contribution

  12. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  13. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  14. 2023
  15. Published

    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

    Research output: Other contribution

  16. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  17. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › 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/Proceedings › Book

  19. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  20. Published

    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.

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

  21. 2022
  22. Published

    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.

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

  23. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-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/ISSN › Chapter

  25. Published

    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

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

  26. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  27. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  28. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  29. 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/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  30. 2021
  31. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  32. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  33. 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/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  34. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  35. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter

  36. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  37. Published

    '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

    Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Blog › peer-review

  38. Published

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

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

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  39. 2020
  40. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  41. 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/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  42. 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/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  43. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  44. 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 outputs › Blog › peer-review

  45. 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/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  46. Published

    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).

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

  47. 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/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

  48. 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

  49. 2019
  50. Published

    Cancer as a metaphor

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

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  51. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter

  52. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  53. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  54. 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/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  55. Published

    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).

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

  56. 2018
  57. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

  58. Published

    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.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

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