CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Stavroula Varella
Address: 71 The Roundhouse, Gunwharf Quays,
Portsmouth PO1 3SG
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Email:
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Linguistics (2004) School of Humanities, University of Sussex.
Erasmus Scholarship (2001) Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, Ca’ Foscari
University, Venice.
BA in Linguistics (1999) School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences,
University of Sussex.
EMPLOYMENT
Research Assistant: University of Portsmouth.
Visiting Lecturer: University of Hertfordshire.
Visiting Research Fellow/Associate Tutor: University of Sussex.
Academic Assistant: The Open University.
Academic Advisor: Friends Abroad Ltd.
EFL and Greek Tutor: Berlitz Language Centre; Freelance.
Technical Translator/Software Localiser: Freelance.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Text Linguistics (University of Portsmouth)
Stylistics (University of Portsmouth)
Linguistic Research (University of Portsmouth)
Semantics and Pragmatics (University of Hertfordshire)
Discourse and Conversation Analysis (University of Hertfordshire)
Psycholinguistics (University of Hertfordshire)
Sociolinguistics (University of Sussex)
Language Policy and Language Planning (University of Sussex)
MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
Sociolinguistics, esp. of English and Greek. Sociology of language.
Multilingual communities. Societal and individual bilingualism.
Educational language policies and practices.
Language contact and contact-induced language change.
Lexical borrowing. Semantic and pragmatic aspects of lexical integration.
CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
E-learning practices in Foreign Language departments in HE institutions.
Implementation of web 2.0 applications for materials design and delivery.
Issues of ownership and copyright in collaborative learning environments.
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Language contact and the lexicon in the history of Cypriot Greek
Contemporary Studies in Descriptive Linguistics. Vol. 7. Peter Lang AG.
Oxford/Bern/Frankfurt/New York 2006.
Journal articles:
Lexical relations in a cross-linguistic context
Babel: International Journal of Translation. Vol. 52. 2006.
From colonisation to globalisation: The impact of English on Greek, with particular reference
to the dialect of Cyprus
Odisea: Journal of English Studies. Vol. 6. 2006.
Towards multilingualism or ‘triglossia’? A case study.
World Englishes. Forthcoming.
Metaphor and the semantic integration of loanwords
Languages in Contrast. Forthcoming.
E-learning: Attitudes and practices within the language-teaching community
Language Teaching Research. Forthcoming.
Copyright in online teaching environments: a community’s concerns and practices
Studies in Higher Education. Forthcoming.
Other papers:
Perceptions of otherness in the Greek culture: a diachronic overview
Proceedings of the II International Conference on Languages and Cultures of
the World: Language and Socio-Cultural Integration. Granada 2006.
‘Key terms in Linguistics’ by Howard Jackson (Continuum Books 2007); book review
BAAL News. Forthcoming.