Małgorzata Fabiszak

The prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University - for teaching and administration

University professor

Department of Cognitive Linguistics

Office: Collegium Novum, room 112A
Phone: (0-61) 829 3766
e-mail: fagosia@ifa.amu.edu.pl
web page: http://amu.academia.edu/MalgorzataFabiszak

 

http://pl.linkedin.com/pub/malgorzata-fabiszak/11/511/b55

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Degrees

  • M.A. in English Linguistics, Poznań, 1994
  • Ph.D. in English Linguistics, Poznań, 1998
  • Habilitation in Linguistics, Poznań, 2008

Research interests

  • Metaphor theory
  • Cognitive linguistics
  • Historical semantics
  • Lexical semantics
  • Corpus linguistics
  • The language of mass media
  • Discourse analysis
  • Categorization of abstract concepts: mental verbs in Polish and English: EMBER project
  • MEDIVA: Media for Diversity and Migrant Integration
  • Dynamic Multimodal Communication: DMC

Teaching experience

  • metaphor theory and cognitive linguistics
  • History of English
  • Varieties of English
  • Syntax
  • Introduction to linguistics
  • Polish-English Contrastive Grammar
  • EFL

Reviewing PhD dissertations

  • Maria Pilar Lema Quintana: “Cognition, language and translation theory: A theoretical cognitive revision of the concept of equivalence for a grammatical poetics of translation” a PhD dissertation  supervised by Juana Teresa Guerra de la Torre, submitted at Departamento de Filologia Modern AT Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 2009.
  • Agnieszka Mierzwińska-Hajnos: “What’s in a name? A cognitive approach to English and Polish plant names” a PhD dissertation supervised by Prof. dr hab. Henryk Kardela, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland, 2010.
  • Marianna Hintikka: "The well-being of the Body as Metaphor: A corpus-based comparison of Early Modern and Present-day English.“ University of Helsinki, 2011.
  • Agnieszka Sowińska: "A Critical Analysis of Political Discourse from the Perspective of Axiological Semantics on the Basis of the US President George W. Bush’s and President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Addresses (2001-2010)." A PhD supervised by Prof. Zdzisław Wąsik,“Motivation Mechanisms behind Semantic Developments in the English ‘joy’ Vocabulary: from Semantic Fields to Cognitive Domains” Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, 2011.
  • Wojciech Wachowski: “Understanding metonymy”. A PhD thesis supervised by Prof. Szwedek, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, 2011.
  • Angelina Rusinek:“Motivation Mechanisms behind Semantic Developments in the English ‘joy’ Vocabulary: from Semantic Fields to Cognitive Domains”. A PhD thesis supervised by Prof. Przemysław Łozowski, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland, 2011.

Other professional experience 

  • 2008/2009 Deputy Head for Research of the School of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
  • 2009 Co-ordinator (together with Prof. Marcin Krygier) of the School of English Strategy Development Team
  • 2010 till present Head of the interdisciplinary PhD Programme in English: Language, Society, Technology and Cognition (LST&C)
  • Acquisitions Editor for Versita -de Gruyter book series in linguistics www.versita.com
  • Member of the Advisory Board for "Token: A Journal of English Linguistics"
  • President of the Research Council of the Polish Cognitive Linguistics Association, since 2011
  • Member of Advisory Board, Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, since 2011
  • Head of the PhD Programme: Language, Technology, Society and Cognition 2010-2015 link to the university project page here
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the German Cognitive Linguistic Association Conference, Freiburg 2012
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the SLE Conference, Stockholm 2012

Professional organizations

  • European Society for the Study of English (ESSE)
  • Polish Association for the Study of English (PASE)
  • Polish Cognitive Linguistics Association
  • Researching and Applying Metaphor Association

Editorial

  • Assistant to the Editor, Papers and Studies in Contrastive Linguistics, 1997-2001
  • Member of the editorial team of "IFAtuation: A Life in IFA. A festshrift for Professor Jacek Fisiak on the Occassion of His 70th Birthday", editor: Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, 2006. Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM.

Scholarships

  • Nene College of Education, Northampton,1995
  • University of Vienna, 1996
  • University of Bamberg, 1997

Guest lectures

  • University of Bamberg, 1997
  • University of Passau, 1997
  • University of Wolverhampton, 2007
  • Multicultural Europe III: Challenges, Opportunities, Threats; workshop organised by British Council and Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, 2007
  • University of Las Palmas of Gran Canaria, 2008, 2009
  • University Compultense, Madrid, 2010

Papers read at international conferences and congresses

  • 30th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, Poznań, 1997
  • 2nd International Conference on Middle English, Helsinki, 1997
  • 10th International Conference on English Historical Linguistics, Manchester, 1998
  • 8th Annual Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English, Wrocław, 1999
  • 9th Annual Conference of the Polish Association for the Study of English, Gdańsk, 2000
  • Globalization: English and Language Change in Europe, September 2002, Warsaw, Poland
  • Seminarium Kognitywistyczne, Lublin, May 2003
  • 35th Poznan Linguistic Meeting, May 2003, Poznań
  • 8th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, July 2003, Logrono, Spain
  • 36th Poznań Linguistic Meeting, May 2004, Poznań
  • New Insights into Semantics and Lexicography, Sept. 2005, Lublin, Poland
  • New Directions in Cognitive Linguistics, Oct. 2005, Brighton, UK
  • Poznań Linguistic Meeting (PLM), April 2006, Poznań, Poland
  • Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM), April 2006, Leeds, UK
  • New developments in linguistic pragmatics, May 2006, Łódź, Poland
  • New Europeans under scrutiny. Workshop on state-of-the-art research on Polish migration to the UK, Feb. 2007, Wolverhampton, Wielka Brytania
  • 10th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, July 2007, Kraków, Poland
  • Researching and Applying Metaphor Conference (RaAM), May 2008, University of Extramadura, Caceres, Spain
  • International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL), August 2008, Munich, Germany
  • Categorisation of the World Through Language, FNP Workshop, February 2009, Serock, Poland
  • Race, Religion, Representation, University of Łódź, Poland, April 2009, Łódź, Poland
  • Poznań Linguistic Meeting, September 2009, Poznań, Poland (with A. Hebda, I. Kokorniak)
  • Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature Conference (SELIM), September 2009, Madrit, Spain (with A. Hebda)
  • Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Conference, October 2009, Prague, The Czech Republic (with I. Kokorniak and A. Hebda)
  • International Conference on Figurative Language Learning and Figurative Language Use: Theory and Applications (CRAL) October, 2009 (with R. Szczepaniak)
  • Cognitive Processes in Language 2010, Łódź, Poland (with I. Kokorniak)
  • UK-Cognitive Linguistics Conference 2010, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK (with A. Hebda)
  • First International Young Scholars Symposium "Discourse Ideology, Society", Łódź, March 18-20th, 2011 (plenary lecture)
  • Wspólnoty komunikacyjne: Konferencja naukowa dedykowana Profesorowi Ludwikowi Zabrockiemu, Poznan, April 11-12, 2011 (with A. Hebda)
  • Poznań Linguistic Meeting, May 1st-3rd, 2011
  • Jewishness in Contemporary Culture, Warszawa, May 17-18, 2011
  • The 3rd International Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC III). Copenhagen, June 14-16th 2011 (with K. Krawczak)
  • Cognition, Emotion, Communication, Nicosia, June 23-26 2011 (with A. Hebda)
  • Societas Linguistica Europea (SLE), Logrono, September 8-11, 2011 (with A. Hebda)

Organizer of conference sessions/workshops:

  • Approaches to Language and Meaning at PLM 2005
  • National stereotypes, national identities in language and text at PLM 2006 (together with Prof. Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky)
  • Discourses of identity at PLM 2008 (together with Prof. Peter Bodor)
  • Mind, discourse, society at PLM 2011

Honours

  • The prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University - for research achievement (2008)
  • The prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University - for teaching and administration (2009)
  •  The prize of the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University - for teaching and administration (2011)

Publications