Department of English Philology
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PROFESSORS | ||
Prof. Dr Almantas Samalavičius | Architectural History and Theory Baroque Architecture Aesthetics of Architecture, Urbanism Postcolonialism Lithuanian Literature Cultural Theory and Cultural Studies |
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Prof. Dr Habil. Aurelija Usonienė | Contrastive analysis Epistemic Modality, Evidentiality Corpus Linguistics Syntax-semantics Interaction Grammaticalization, Pragmaticalization |
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS | ||
Assoc. Prof. Dr Giedrė Balčytytė-Kurtinienė | Phonetics and phonology of English, tonal models of languages Influence of music to studying foreign language Synergy of language and music |
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Assoc. Prof. Dr Linara Bartkuvienė | English literature (UK, Ireland, USA) | |
Assoc. Prof. Dr Anna Ruskan | Evidentiality Epistemic modality Academic discourse Media discourse Contrastive linguistics Corpus linguistics |
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Assoc. Prof. Dr Jolanta Šinkūnienė (chair of the department) | Written academic discourse (cross-linguistic and cross-disciplinary comparison of academic texts) Pragmatics, Semantics Discourse analysis Computational linguistics Contrastive linguistics Corpus linguistics Modality, Evidentiality |
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Assoc. Prof. Dr Rūta Šlapkauskaitė | English literature of Canada, Australia, UK, Ireland, and USA Modern rewritings of Victorian novel Matterial culture and art |
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Assoc. Prof. Dr Deimantas Valančiūnas (Visiting Associate Professor) | Cinema studies Postcolonialism Popular culture Cultural studies |
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ASSISTANTS | ||
Dr Davide Castiglione | The notion of difficulty in poetry Stylistics and empirical approaches to literature The language of 20th century poetry Comparative poetics and literary translation (Italian-American-British) |
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Dr Audronė Šolienė | Contrastive linguistics Corpus linguistics Epistemic modality Evidentiality Translation |
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Dr Justina Urbonaitė | Cognitive linguistics Contemporary metaphor research Discourse analysis Applied linguistics English for specific (legal) purposes Translation |
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JUNIOR ASSISTANTS | ||
PhD student Grant Rosson | 19th-century American literature Literatures of space, place, and travel The history of geographic discourse Historical poetry and poetics Emily Dickinson |
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PhD student Eimantė Liubertaitė | British and American literature Philosophy Literary theory |
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PhD student Deividas Zibalas | Discourse analysis | |
LECTURERS | ||
Jurga Kasteckienė | Academic Writing Academic discourse analysis ESP (business English) |
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PhD student Greta Maslauskienė |
Semantics Doctoral thesis: Lithuanian Spoken Academic Discourse: from Macro- to Micro- Analysis, supervisor Assoc. Prof. dr Jolanta Šinkūnienė |
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PhD STUDENTS | ||
Andrius Ledas | ||
Justina Liauksminienė (on academic leave) |
Department of Italian Linguistics and Literature
Department of Classical Philology
Department of French Philology
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PROFESSORS | ||
Prof dr Vytautas Bikulčius (chair of the department) | Theory of novel Philosophical novels Narratology French literature |
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Prof dr Genovaitė Dručkutė | Comparative studies of French literature Cultural studies Gender studies Literary translation theory and practice |
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ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS | ||
Assoc Prof dr Eglė Kačkutė-Hagan | Motherhood Studies Contemporary women's writing French and francophone literature Gender Studies Migration and mobility |
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ASSISTANTS | ||
Dr Vita Valiukienė | Linguodidactics Corpus linguistics |
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JUNIOR ASSISTANTS | ||
Povilas Birbilas | Studies of Charles Baudelaire XIX century French literature Poetry and theological aesthetics Dandyism in literature |
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LECTURERS | ||
Dr Jūratė Navakauskienė | Comparative typology of Lithuanian and French odern French literature Translation theory |
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Lina Perkauskytė | Linguistics of text Sociolinguistics |
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Daiva Repeikaitė-Jarmalavičienė | Linguodidactics | |
Inga Šerniuvienė | French language teaching | |
Estera Zingerytė | Phonetics of French language |