Irena Georgieva Vasileva
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- Pragmatics, sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, discourse analysis
- Language learning and processing (first and second languages)
- Philosophy of mind, philosophy of language
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Summary
IRENA VASSILEVA, Dr. habil., is Professor of English and German linguistics. In 2006 she obtained the academic degree of Dr. phil Habil. from the Philological Faculty of the University of Leipzig, Germany. Irena Vassileva is author of Confrontation in Academic Communication, (2023), Springer, Author-Audience Interaction. A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Sankt Augustin: Asgard Verlag. (2006), Academic Discourse Rhetoric and the Bulgarian - English Interlanguage. Sofia: Tip-top Verlag. (2002), Who is the author? (A contrastive analysis of authorial presence in English, German, French, Russian and Bulgarian academic discourse). Sankt Augustin: Asgard Verlag. (2000), as well as of a number of articles in international peer-reviewed journals. She is co-editor of The Digital Scholar: Academic Communication in Multimedia Environment (Forum für Fachsprachen-Forschung, vol. 153). Berlin: Frank & Timme Verlag. (2020). Irena Vassileva’s international experience includes: two Research Group Linkage Programme group projects financed by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (“Text Plagiarism in the Social Sciences vis-à-vis Ethical Aspects and Common Practices” – 2017 – 2018, and “Academic Communication in Multimedia Environments” – 2013 – 2016), several research fellowships from the same foundation (2016, 2012, 2001 – 2003, 1998 – 2000), as well as research fellowships from the Open Society Fund (2000 – 2003, 1996 – 1998), from the Canadian Government (2009), DAAD (1997), EEA (2010, 2012). She also worked as a Senior research fellow, Research Project “Digital Dictionary of German Collocations”, at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, Berlin, Germany (2003 – 2004). Vassileva has taught on various programmes at two Bulgarian universities, at the University of Bonn, Germany, as well as at six UK universities. She has delivered lectures and seminars in both English and German.
