Anna Stwora
University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
ORCID iD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1134-1092
e-mail: anna.stwora@us.edu.pl
anna_stwora@interia.eu
Research interests:
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linguistic pragmatics
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discourse of advertising
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humour studies
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sociolinguistics
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specialised registers
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cognitivism
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communication studies
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contrastive linguistics
Courses:
- MA seminar
- BA seminar
- academic writing
- composition
- conversation
(previously: academic writing, written translation, literary translation, practical grammar, conversation, reading comprehension, composition)
Education:
2018 – 2022 PhD degree in linguistics at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
/under the inter-institutional bilateral agreement on the implementation
of a joint doctoral program leading to a double PhD diploma between
the Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Silesia/
supervised by Professor Adam Wojtaszek (University of Silesia)
co-supervised by Professor Irene Ranzato (Sapienza University of Rome)
2016 – 2020 PhD degree in linguistics at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
doctoral thesis: Synergistic application of metaphorical and humorous elements
in Polish and English advertising discourse
supervised by Professor Adam Wojtaszek (University of Silesia)
co-supervised by Professor Irene Ranzato (Sapienza University of Rome)
2014 – 2016 MA degree in English Philology, culture - media - translation programme,
Faculty of Philology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
2011 – 2014 BA degree in English Philology, business language programme with French,
Faculty of Philology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
Anna Stwora obtained a double PhD from the Institute of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities of the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland,
and the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Her research interests revolve around multimodal discourse
of advertising, especially in its metaphorical and humorous dimensions, as well as around broadly conceived humour studies. She is also interested in specialised registers, cognitivism, communication studies, and contrastive linguistics.
In 2020, she took up a post as editorial assistant at The European Journal of Humour Research, an open-access, academic journal published by Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies and endorsed by The International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS). --> https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/index.php/ejhr
She is a member of the board of the Cracow Tertium Society
for the Promotion of Language Studies. --> https://www.tertium.edu.pl/
Furthermore, she acts as the supervisor (and founder) of NEOlinguists – the PhD candidate association, operating under the patronage
of the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Silesia, Poland.
As vice-chairwoman (2017) and chairwoman (2018-2019) of NEOlinguists, she was the head of the organising committees of:
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2017 : Humor Research Project seminar (HRP)
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2019 : Humor Research Project conference (HRP)
She has been involved in several projects, including seminars, workshops, and conferences devoted to humour and contrastive studies, as well as to business language and culture.
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2021 : member of the organising committee
of the 2nd conference Dimensions of Business Language and Culture (DOBLAC 2021)
more: https://doblacwebpageeng.wixsite.com/doblac2020
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2019 : member of the organising committee
of the 5th international conference
Various Dimensions of Contrastive Studies: Language Contact
more: https://vdocsconference.wixsite.com/vdocs
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2018 : member of the organising committee of the 1st
conference Dimensions of Business Language and Culture (DOBLAC)
more: https://doblacwebpageeng.wixsite.com/doblac18