About us
Head of the Department: Dr. Agnieszka Woch, Prof. of the University of Łódź
The department conducts research in the field of Romance and comparative linguistics. The main research directions are:
semantics, lexical semantics
metaphor studies
sociolinguistics (languages of socio-cultural communities)
non-standard varieties of language (colloquial language, jargon, argot, translation of non-standard varieties of language)
linguistic pragmatics (language of the media, Internet, politics, advertising)
persuasiveness, valorisation, appeal to emotions, expression of emotions
linguistic humor
rhetorical theory of argumentative texts
stylistics
cognitive linguistic theories
paremiology and phraseology (contrastive French-Polish studies)
argumentative discourse analysis, new media discourse (2.0), discursive polyphony
praxematic linguistics, discursive stereotypes
linguistic taboos, euphemisation, dysphemisation
specialised languages and terminologies, functional varieties of specialised languages
specialised translation
onimic semantics and pragmatics, proper names in discourse
commercial onomastics
syntax and grammatical morphology in literary translation
Research projects: www.romanistyka.uni.lodz.pl/strefa-pracownika/projekty
Publications: www.romanistyka.uni.lodz.pl/strefa-pracownika/publikacje
Conferences :https://www.romanistyka.uni.lodz.pl/strefa-pracownika/konferencje
Journals: www.romanistyka.uni.lodz.pl/strefa-pracownika/czasopisma
International collaborations: www.romanistyka.uni.lodz.pl/strefa-pracownika/wspolpraca-miedzynarodowa
Contact details
Department of Romance Linguistics
- Pomorska 171/173 90-236 Łódź