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Mihai Daniel Frumuselu
Born on 25 August 1967 in Bucharest, Romania
Doctor in English linguistics from Örebro University, Sweden
Linguist, computational linguist, programmer
Main Research Interests:
Computational linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Argumentation, Logic in linguistics, Pragmatics, Multimodality, Semantics, Rhetorics
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Conference Participation
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3-4 October 2019
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1st International Conference on Research of Integration, Migration and Digitalization in Europe, at Örebro University, Sweden. Plenary own presentation: Bitwise learning: Using computer programming in English language teaching at undergraduate level.
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| 15-17 May 2008 |
International Conference on Dialogue Analysis and Argumentation at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano. Own presentation: Pârvulescu vs. Ceausescu and all vs. Pârvulescu — argumentative schemas in a unique event in a communist dictatorship. |
| 9-13 July 2007 |
10th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA 2007), at Gothenburg University. Own presentation: Pseudo-parliamentary debate in a communist dictatorship: dissenter Pârvulescu vs. dictator Ceausescu. A pragmatic and multimodal approach.
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27-30 June 2006
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Sixth International Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA 2006), at the University of Amsterdam. Own presentation: Argumentative values of concession in English.
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25-27 May 2006
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Third International Conference on MultimodalityTiCoM, at the University of Pavia, Italy. Own presentation: A multimodal approach on concession in the British Parliament debates.
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2-3 December 2005
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NIC (Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication) 12:e Conference , at the University of Tampere, Finland. Own presentation: English words in the Romanian media today: from conscious to unconscious use.
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10-15 July 2005
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9th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA 2005) at Riva del Garda, Italy. Own presentation: Defining concession.
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20-22 November 2003
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NIC (Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication) 10th Conference, at Gothenburg (Göteborg) University. Own presentation: Dor and omenie: more than yearning and humaneness. Two Romanian key-words.
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6-7 November 2003
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ASLA (Association Suédoise de Linguistique Appliquée) Conference Språk, kultur, retorik at Örebro University. Own presentation: Concession in the Iraqi weapon debate in the British House of Commons: A pragmatic and rhetorical approach.
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29 Sept. - 3 Oct. 2002
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International Conference on Language and Manipulation in the Totalitarian Societies of the 20th Century, organised by the University of Lugano and the University of Geneva at Ascona (Switzerland). Own presentation: Argumentation and manipulation in communist Romania.
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24-28 June 2002
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The 5th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation (ISSA), organised by the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Doctoral Courses
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5-6 June 2008
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Know Your Place: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Discourses in Places, Spaces and On-the-Move - The third workshop of the PlaceMe network, in Oulu, Finland
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20-23 May 2008
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PhD seminar: The Challenge of Multimodality for Corpus Linguistics, at the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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12-13 November 2007
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Analysing Embodied and Object-Focused Interaction - The third workshop of the PlaceMe network, at the University of Tartu, Estonia
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February-April 2006
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English syntax and argumentation, at the University of Gothenburg (Prof. Gunnar Bergh, Mittuniversitet - Mid Sweden University)
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4-8 December 2005
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The Semiotics of Internet Communication: Approaches to text, genre, and multimodality in the IT age, at Agder University College, Kristiansand, Norway (Prof. Paul Thibault, Agder University College, Anthony Baldry, Università di Pavia, Italy, and Martin Engebretsen, Agder University College)
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17-21 May 2004
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Critical Discourse Analysis, at Lancaster University, England (Prof. Greg Myers, Lancaster University)
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22-26 March 2004
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Argumentation: Dialectical and Rhetorical Analysis and Evaluation of Argumentative Discourse (Prof. Frans H. van Eemeren, Dr. Peter Houtlosser, Dr. Maria Agnès van Rees, Universiteit van Amsterdam) organised by Örebro University, in Stockholm
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10-14 November 2003
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Functional Discourse Grammar (Prof. Lachlan Mackenzie, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), organised by Örebro University, in Stockholm
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Sept. 2003 - Jan. 2004
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Rhetoric: Theory and Practice (Prof. Cornelia Ilie and Prof. Scott Cawelti, University of Northern Iowa), organised by Örebro University, in Stockholm
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22-30 May 2003
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Pragmatics: Ethnopragmatics, Pragma-rhetoric and Current Issues in Pragmatics (Prof. Cornelia Ilie, Prof. Emeritus Jacob Mey, University of Southern Denmark, Odense and Austin University, Texas and Prof. Cliff Goddard, University of New England, Australia), organised by Örebro University
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February - June 2003
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Semantics (Prof. Cornelia Ilie), organised by Örebro University
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Sept. 2002 - Jan. 2003
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Philosophy for Scientists (Dr. Ulrik Kihlbom, Mattias Högström), organised by Örebro University
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Sept. 2002 - Jan. 2003
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Academic Writing (Prof. Cornelia Ilie), organised by Örebro University
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August 2002
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Pre-doctoral course in Corpus Linguistics at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden (Prof. Jens Allwood)
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Further academic merits
Research Work
Public conferences
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9 February 2019
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“It would be nice to have it, but it is not on the menu”. Elegans och ironi i det brittiska parlamentet - Conference given at Örebro University, Sweden
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27 October 2004
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Romania and the Romanians - Conference given at Botkyrka Folkhögsskola (Stockholm)
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PUBLISHED BOOKS
Ghid de conversație român-suedez
Romanian-Swedish Phrasebook
(Polirom Publishing House, Iași, Romania, 2001, ISBN 973-683-776-9); republished in 2002 (ISBN 973-681-191-3) and 2007 (ISBN 978-973-46-0621-4)
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Välkommen! Manual de conversație în limba suedeză
The first Swedish coursebook for Romanian speakers
(Polirom Publishing House, Iași, Romania, 2002, ISBN 973-681-141-7)
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PUBLISHED ARTICLES
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2024
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Killing dingoes is unethical, irresponsible and un-Australian, therefore stop it. The use of enthymeme in the petitions on endangered species sent to the Parliament of Australia. Argumentum. Journal of the Seminar of Discursive Logic, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric 22 (2): 79-108, 2024.
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2024
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A Classical Rhetorical Approach to the Petitions to the British Parliament. Argumentum. Journal of the Seminar of Discursive Logic, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric 22 (1): 7-32, 2024.
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2023
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Petitions to the British Parliament: Linguistic Features Related to Toulmin’s Argument Model. Argumentum. Journal of the Seminar of Discursive Logic, Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric 21 (2): 51-86, 2023.
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2010
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Linguistic and argumentative typologies of concession. An integrative approach. In: Argumentation - An International Journal on Reasoning. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. |
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English words in the Romanian language today: from conscious to unconscious use. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov. Vol. 1 (50) - 2008 Series IV, 61-70. Brasov: Editura Universitatii din Brasov.
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2009
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A Romanian key-word: dor. In: Chruszczewski, Piotr. Jezyk a Komunikacja. Wroclaw: University of Wroclaw.
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2009
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Pârvulescu vs. Ceauşescu and all vs. Pârvulescu - argument and pseudo-argument in a unique event in a communist dictatorship. In: Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the International Association for Dialogue Analysis. Milano: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
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2009
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A quasi-parliamentary debate in a communist dictatorship: dissenter Pârvulescu vs. dictator Ceausescu. A pragmatic and multimodal approach.
Journal of Pragmatics 42(4): 924-942.
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| 2009 (forthcoming)
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A multimodal approach to concession in the British Parliament debates. In: Baldry, Anthony Montagna, Elena (eds.). Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Multimodality: Theory and practice. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Multimodality. Campobasso: Palladino.
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2007
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Linguistic and argumentative typologies of concession. An integrating approach. In: Proceedings of the ISSA 2006 International Conference on Argumentation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
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March-May 2011
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C# Programming language course at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan), Stockholm (7.5 points)
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September-October 2010
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C Programming language course at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan), Stockholm (7.5 points)
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September-October 2010
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Java Programming language course II (advanced level) at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan), Stockholm (7.5 points)
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since September 2008
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Studying Latin at Stockholm University, Sweden, the Department of Classical Languages
Courses:
Latin grammar and rhetoric
Rhetorica ad Herennium
Cicero: Oratio prima in Catilinam
Caesar: De bello Gallico
Ovidius: Metamorphosae, Ars amandi
Catullus: Carmina docta, Nugae
Cicero: Pro Caelio
Vergilius: Aeneis
Horatius: Carmina
Sallustius: Bellum Catilinae
Tacitus: Annales
Mediaeval Latin
The Classical World
Cicero: Pro Licinio Murena
Caesar: De bello civili
Augustinus: Confessiones
Augustinus: De Civitate Dei
Carmina burana
Personal readings:
Flavius Eutropius: Breviarius historiae Romanae
Anonymi Belae Regis Notarii: Gesta Hungarorum
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since September 2002
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Doctoral student in English linguistics at the University of Örebro, Sweden
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August 2002
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Pre-doctoral course in Corpus Linguistics at the University of Gothenburg (Göteborg), Sweden (5 points)
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Sept. - Dec. 2001
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Specialising courses in Computational Linguistics at the Uppsala University, Institute of Linguistics (Basics of Computing, Grammar for Computational Linguists, Introduction to Language Engineering, Formal Syntax: 20 points) and Institute of Scandinavian Languages (Text and Speech: 5 points)
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Sept. - Dec. 1998
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Specializing courses in Swedish and Danish (30 points) at the University of Uppsala, Sweden, Nordic Language Department (Scholarship granted by the Swedish Institute, Stockholm)
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July 1997
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Summer courses in Danish at Nørgaards High School, Bjerringbro, Denmark (Scholarship granted by the Danish Cultural Institute, Copenhagen)
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1995-1998
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Swedish as an optional language at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, two hours a week, course held by lecturers from the Swedish Institute, Stockholm
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1995-1996
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University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, one specialization year of study, ended in June 1996 with the M.A. in Literature of English Expression. M.A. dissertation: Shakespeare's Sonnets. A Semiotic Study of the Symbols in the English and Chinese Versions
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1991-1995
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University of Bucharest, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, graduated in June 1995 with the B.A. in English and Chinese studies. B.A. dissertation: Shakespeare's Sonnets. A Comparative Study of the Symbols in the English and Chinese Versions
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1988-1990
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Two years of study at the Technical University of Bucharest, Department of Automation and Computers (interrupted)
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Primary and secondary school in Bucharest, Romania
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WORK EXPERIENCE
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2010
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Testing Microsoft datalinguistic programmes in a project driven by Lionbridge at the request of Microsoft
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2009-2010
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Computational linguist at XnX Data AB, Stockholm
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1996-2002
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Assistant lecturer in English at the University of Bucharest and the Agronomical University of Bucharest
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1992-1996
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Part-time work for Radio Romania International, the English and German Departments (translator, speaker, interviewer)
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LANGUAGE ABILITY
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Romanian (native tongue), English, Swedish (very advanced), French, German, Danish (advanced), Italian, Latin, Dutch (medium), Norwegian, Japanese, Chinese, Finnish (basic)
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PROGRAMMING ABILITY
Programming languages:
C/C++, Java, C#, Pascal, CSS, JavaScript, including DOM and jQuery, PHP, Perl, Linux Shellscript, Prolog
I have written four programmes in C and JavaScript to annotate the language corpus that I used in my doctoral dissertation.
During the autumn term of 2010 I studied Java Programming II (advanced level) at the Royal Technical Institute of Stockholm (KTH), and graduated the course with the best mark (A). (See certificate.) During the spring term of 2011 I studied Programming in C#, at KTH, and in 2009 I tested Microsoft datalinguistic programmes in a project driven by the companies Lionbridge and Microsoft.
Also at the Royal Technical Institute of Stockholm (KTH) I studied Programming in C (autumn term 2011).
I have used my knowledge of HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP and SQL to build a database and an interactive learning platform for my students at the Management Department of the Agronomical University of Bucharest: www.mihai.se/usamv
Markup and query languages:
HTML, XML, CSS, XSLT, XPath, SQL
Operating systems:
MS-DOS, Windows 3x/95/98/2000/XP/Vista, Mac OS X, Linux/UNIX
Applications:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Eclipse, FileMaker, MySQL, Microsoft Office, iWork, iMovie, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Premiere, WordSmith Tools, Camtasia Studio, iShowU, EpiServer |
MEMBERSHIPS
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Member of ISSA (International Society for the Study of Argumentation)
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Member of IPrA (International Pragmatics Association)
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Member of ASLA (Association Suédoise de linguistique apliquée)
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Member of NIC (Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication)
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Member of Nordtalk (Nordic Research Program in Language Technology)
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Member of PlaceMe (The Nordic research network on Place, Mediated discourse and Embodied interaction)
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PERSONAL INTERESTS
HOBBIES
| Travelling, photography, sports (swimming, bowling, badminton), music
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