Caroline Lipovsky
My research spans discourse media analysis, as well as feminist linguistics and urban/rural linguistic landscapes.
With a focus on persuasive discourse, I have researched the ways in which candidates present themselves in job interviews to construct their professional identity and negotiate solidarity with their interviewers. My research on curriculum vitae has continued this work and aimed to identify the key linguistic features that succeed (or fail) to make a good impression on recruiters, leading to shortlisting (or not) for a job interview.
I then turned my interest to fundraising letters by not-for-profit organizations, and examined the ways in which both text and images may contribute to convince potential donors to give monies.
Continuing my research on persuasive discourse and using a stint as a juror at a criminal trial, I then analysed the ways in which prosecutors construct their narrative of the crime in order to persuade the jurors of their views. I have also explored whether jurors could be influenced by their reading of the media.
With the push for gender-neutral language, I also sought to explore gender specification in occupational nouns in job advertisements in the French media as well as in French women’s CVs.
Another interest of mine concerns the linguistic landscape. I have conducted projects in Catalonia and Paris involving the place and status of regional and immigrant languages in the public space.
I have also investigated the ways in which students of English appraise their native vs. non-native English-speaking teachers.
With a focus on persuasive discourse, I have researched the ways in which candidates present themselves in job interviews to construct their professional identity and negotiate solidarity with their interviewers. My research on curriculum vitae has continued this work and aimed to identify the key linguistic features that succeed (or fail) to make a good impression on recruiters, leading to shortlisting (or not) for a job interview.
I then turned my interest to fundraising letters by not-for-profit organizations, and examined the ways in which both text and images may contribute to convince potential donors to give monies.
Continuing my research on persuasive discourse and using a stint as a juror at a criminal trial, I then analysed the ways in which prosecutors construct their narrative of the crime in order to persuade the jurors of their views. I have also explored whether jurors could be influenced by their reading of the media.
With the push for gender-neutral language, I also sought to explore gender specification in occupational nouns in job advertisements in the French media as well as in French women’s CVs.
Another interest of mine concerns the linguistic landscape. I have conducted projects in Catalonia and Paris involving the place and status of regional and immigrant languages in the public space.
I have also investigated the ways in which students of English appraise their native vs. non-native English-speaking teachers.
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frenzy accompanying a high-profile court case, and that may
be at odds with a defendant’s right to a fair trial by an impartial
jury, has been widely researched. The aim of this project is
consequently to investigate whether jurors could be influenced
by their readings of the media in trials receiving less
media attention. Using the systemic functional linguistics framework,
this study uses a murder trial held in Sydney,
Australia, and contrasts the crime story, as described in the
court’s Decision, with an article published in the Daily
Telegraph at the time of the offender’s arrest. The aim is to
explore whether the jurors who were appointed to this trial
could have been affected by their reading of the article. The
findings highlight the ways in which the news report is made
persuasive through a range of features, such as its ideational
structure, rhetorical organisation, use of circumstantial details,
transitivity and agency patterns, as well as the ways in which
the journalists seek to involve their readership through their
use of attitudinal meanings and engagement, as well as their
differentiated use of the crime participants’ names.
http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/buUCvHGQFyen84r73Sst/full
donors of the worthiness of the cause that they seek to support, and influence
readers to contribute a donation. Their persuasive appeal derives from a complex
interplay of verbal text, images (when a photograph is included), as well as a range
of typographic features, combined in a visual design by means of layout. Drawing on
an analysis of the fundraising letter that Oxfam Australia emailed their supporters in
the wake of the Pakistani floods, this study seeks to highlight the ways in which both
the verbal and visual modes, while utilizing the distinctive meaning-making features
of their respective semiotic systems, work in intersemiotic complementarity to elicit
solidarity from the targeted audience and entice donations.
frenzy accompanying a high-profile court case, and that may
be at odds with a defendant’s right to a fair trial by an impartial
jury, has been widely researched. The aim of this project is
consequently to investigate whether jurors could be influenced
by their readings of the media in trials receiving less
media attention. Using the systemic functional linguistics framework,
this study uses a murder trial held in Sydney,
Australia, and contrasts the crime story, as described in the
court’s Decision, with an article published in the Daily
Telegraph at the time of the offender’s arrest. The aim is to
explore whether the jurors who were appointed to this trial
could have been affected by their reading of the article. The
findings highlight the ways in which the news report is made
persuasive through a range of features, such as its ideational
structure, rhetorical organisation, use of circumstantial details,
transitivity and agency patterns, as well as the ways in which
the journalists seek to involve their readership through their
use of attitudinal meanings and engagement, as well as their
differentiated use of the crime participants’ names.
http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/buUCvHGQFyen84r73Sst/full
donors of the worthiness of the cause that they seek to support, and influence
readers to contribute a donation. Their persuasive appeal derives from a complex
interplay of verbal text, images (when a photograph is included), as well as a range
of typographic features, combined in a visual design by means of layout. Drawing on
an analysis of the fundraising letter that Oxfam Australia emailed their supporters in
the wake of the Pakistani floods, this study seeks to highlight the ways in which both
the verbal and visual modes, while utilizing the distinctive meaning-making features
of their respective semiotic systems, work in intersemiotic complementarity to elicit
solidarity from the targeted audience and entice donations.