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Term 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
19th October, 3pm<\/strong><\/td>\nBowland North SR7<\/strong> & MS Teams<\/a><\/td>\nChris Hart<\/strong> (Lancaster University)<\/p>\n

Metaphor, multimodality and generative AI: Synthetic images prompted by figurative expressions in immigration discourse<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2nd November, 3pm<\/strong><\/td>\nBowland North SR7<\/strong> & MS Teams<\/a><\/td>\nTasneem Solie<\/strong>\u00a0(Lancaster University)<\/p>\n

Metaphors of mental health and recovery: Towards alternative framings through metaphor-led discourse analysis<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

16th November, 3pm<\/strong><\/td>\nBowland North SR7<\/strong> & MS Teams<\/a><\/td>\nVictoria Blaabjerg Hogstad <\/strong>(K\u00f8benhavns Universitet)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe war in Russia-Ukraine would have never happened if I were President”: An association rule analysis of Donald Trump’s counterfactuals<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

30th November, 3pm<\/strong><\/td>\nMS Teams<\/a> only<\/td>\nCharles Forceville <\/b>(University of Amsterdam)<\/p>\n

Metaphors in short animations about depression and cancer<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Term 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
25th January, 3pm<\/strong><\/td>\nRoom tbc<\/strong> & MS Teams<\/a><\/td>\nDanyang Li<\/strong> (Lancaster University)<\/p>\n

COVID-19 WAR and JOURNEY metaphors in China and the UK: Frequencies, functions and framing effects<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

8th February, 3pm<\/strong><\/td>\nRoom tbc <\/strong>& MS Teams<\/a><\/td>\nEmma Putland<\/strong> (Lancaster University)<\/p>\n

\u201cSmashing through barriers\u201d? A multimodal critical discourse analysis of media representations of hearing loss and D\/deafness\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

22nd February, 3pm<\/strong><\/td>\nRoom tbc<\/strong> & MS Teams<\/a><\/td>\nElena Semino\u00a0<\/strong>(Lancaster University)<\/p>\n

Resistance against pro-vaccination metaphors<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

8th March, 3pm<\/strong><\/td>\nMS Teams<\/a> only<\/td>\nSilva Ladewig <\/b>(Georg-August-Universit\u00e4t G\u00f6ttingen)<\/p>\n

Bodies in debate: Gestural practices in German political talk shows<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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