Dr Gabrina Pounds
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Lecturer |
G dot Pounds at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 3363 |
Arts 0.03 |
Biography
BA Hons (German Language and Linguistics), University of East Anglia (UK), 1989; PhD (Discourse Analysis), UEA, 2003; Associate Tutor (Italian), UEA, 1991-2001; Director of Language Resources/ Lecturer A, UEA, 2001-2005; Lecturer B, UEA, 2005 (Applied Linguistics)
Key Research Interests
Application of Systemic Functional Linguistics (particularly Appraisal Theory and related approaches) to the analysis of attitudinal expression and subjectivity in a variety of discourse contexts: news discourse, children’s literature and translation, advertising, clinical discourse. Particular focus on patterns of cross-cultural variation (Britain/ Italy). Work in progress focuses on the expression of clinical empathy in doctor-patient interaction and the expression of subjectivity and objectivity in the discourse of TV news reporting.
In Press: 'Empathy as "appraisal": A new language-based approach to the exploration of clinical empathy' in Journal of Applied Linguistics 7(2).
Teaching Interests
Discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, pragmatics.
Modules taught: Discourse and Power (level 1), Discourse and Society (level 2), Language in Action (level 2), Language and Society (level 2 and 3), The Power of Discourse: Ideology and Textual Interaction (MA).Article
Pounds, Gabrina (2013) The discursive construction of positive evaluation. Insights from the contrastive analysis of English and Italian online property advertising. Contrastive Discourse Analysis: Functional and Corpus Perspectives. Special Issue of Linguistics and the Human Sciences. ISSN 1742-2906 (In Press)
Pounds, Gabrina (2012) Enhancing empathic skills in clinical practice: A linguistic approach. 'Connections, emotions, empathy: How do we conceptualise and use affect and emotions in qualitative health research’. Special Issue of International Journal of Work Organization and Emotion, 5 (2). pp. 114-131. ISSN 1740-8938
Pounds, Gabrina (2012) Authorial and projected expression of affect in a British television news programme. Analysing the view from nowhere: discursive approaches to journalistic stance. Special Issue of Discourse, Context & Media , 1 (2-3). pp. 68-81. ISSN 22116958
Pounds, Gabrina (2011) "This property offers much character and charm": Evaluation in the discourse of online property advertising. Text and Talk, 31 (2). pp. 195-220.
Pounds, Gabrina (2011) Empathy as "appraisal ": developing a new language-based approach to the exploration of clinical empathy. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice, 7 (2). pp. 139-162.
Pounds, Gabrina (2010) 'Mind you stay on the path!' The Representation of the Parent-child Relationship in Stories for Children. Critical Discourse Studies, 7 (2). pp. 143-156. ISSN 17405904
Pounds, Gabrina (2010) Attitude and subjectivity in Italian and British hard news reporting: the construction of a culture-specific reporter voice. Discourse Studies, 12(1). pp. 106-37.
Pounds, Gabrina (2010) 'Foreignising' or 'Domesticating' the Ideology of Parental control in Translating Stories for Children: Insights from Contrastive Discourse Analysis. Applied Linguistics, 31 (5). pp. 1-23. ISSN 01426001
Pounds, Gabrina (2006) Democratic participation and Letters to the Editor in Britain and Italy. Discourse and Society, 17 (1). pp. 29-64.
Pounds, Gabrina (2005) Writer's Argumentative Attitude: a Contrastive Analysis of Letters to the Editor in English and Italian. Pragmatics, 15 (1). pp. 49-88.
Book Section
Pounds, Gabrina (2013) The discursive construction of positive evaluation. Insights from the contrastive analysis of English and Italian online property advertising. In: Contrastive Discourse Analysis: Functional and Corpus Perspectives. Equinox Publishing Ltd, Sheffield. ISBN 978-1908049759 (In Press)
Pounds, Gabrina (2008) Expressions of Emotion in Italian and English Stories for Children. In: Languages and Cultures in Contrast and Comparison (Pragmatics & Beyond). John Benjamins Publishing Co, pp. 193-219. ISBN 9027254192
