Angeliki Athanasiadou is Professor, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her teaching and research interests focus on the framework of Cognitive Linguistics, a usage-based model of language which recognizes the role of human experience in shaping language structure. Dr. Athanasiadou’s main research interests are in the study of grammar and cognition, figurative language, such as metaphor, metonymy, irony, the language of emotions, cultural linguistics. She has served as Chair and Deputy Chair, School of English (2004 – 2011), and currently serves as co-editor of a book series on figurative language (Figurative Thought and Language, J. Benjamins Book Series). She is also a partner in international research projects and a member of various editorial boards and board of referees.
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