Erika Darics, PhD
         
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Current research interests

Broad areas:

Specific aspects within these:

  • non-verbal communication
  • politeness
  • pragmatics
  • gendered talk
  • social constructivism
  • identity e.g. leadership

PhD

2006 - 2012
University of Loughborough, UK

Darics, E., 2012. Instant messaging in work-based virtual teams: The analysis of non-verbal communication used for the contextualisation of transactional and relational communicative goals. Unpublished PhD, University of Loughborough.

Master of Arts - Linguistic and literary studies

1998 - 2004
Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences
Faculty of Humanities
Budapest, Hungary

MA Thesis: Az írott beszéd (The written speech - An analysis of the language of Internet Relay Chat)

Abstract.The subject of the study is the synchronous online communication (chat), a new communicative genre that has created new types of texts. My main aim was to explore to which extent this new way of communication influences the way people use language, and whether computer-mediated-communication (CMC) is merely an extension of existing communicative modes (i.e. written and oral) or it is a completely whole new discourse genre. The empirical examination of extracts from the one-to-one chat dialogues suggest that although these conversations are text-based, the transmitted messages create a continuous and dynamic interaction.

Bachelor of Arts with QTS - TEFL, English Linguistics & Literature

1997 - 2000
Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences
Teacher Training Faculty
Budapest, Hungary

MA Thesis: Az írott beszéd (The written speech - An analysis of the language of Internet Relay Chat)

Besides having a qualification in teaching English as a foreign language, I am a practising language tutor with 5 years experience in EFL and ESOL. I try to intergate my applied linguistics background into my present research and look out for ways to apply the findings of CMC research in language teaching.