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Further information
Additional Information
Teaching Areas:
Undergraduate: Introduction to the study of meaning; coherence in discourse; applied linguistics: argumentative strategies.
Postgraduate level: Argumentation Theory, literary translation (practice). Speech Act Theory - Context construction.
Biography
Professional biography:
* 1988: Doctorat d'Etat in Linguistics and Philosophy. University of Paris IV
* 1985-87: Full-time researcher (CR2) in Pragmatics (CNRS, Paris)
* 1997-8: Research Fellow. Pembroke College, Oxford.
* 1998-9: Lecturer.University of Swansea.
* 1999- : Lecturer. University of Manchester.
* 2006: Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester
Research fellowships:
I have held research fellowships from the Fulbright Program, Pembroke College, Oxford and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Research interests
Current areas of research interest:
Discourse markers (DMs) and context construction from an adaptive perspective.
Current research projects:
Article: context triggers and intentional action.
Article: Anchoring argumentative utterances
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The structure of utterance meaning: How did it come about?
Nyan, T., Feb 2017, Pragmatics at its interfaces. Assimakopoulos, S. (ed.). Berlin: de Gruyter, Walter GmbH & Co, p. 113-127 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Context construction as mediated by discourse markers: An adaptive approach
Nyan, T., 2016, Leiden: Brill . 198 p. (Studies in Pragmatics; vol. 15, no. 198 pages)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Re-contextualising argumentative meanings
Nyan, T., Jul 2016, In: Argumentation. 30, 3, p. 1-33 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The expression of certainty and its perlocutionary effect
Nyan, T., Nov 2015, In: Intercultural Pragmatics. 12, 4, p. 547-567 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Internalised context: how did it come about?
Nyan, T., 2014.Research output: Contribution to conference › Other