School of English - AUTh

Angeliki Athanasiadou

Emerita professor - Department of Theoretical & Applied Linguistics

Angeliki Athanasiadou is Professor, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her teaching and research interests focus on the framework of Cognitive Linguistics, a usage-based model of language which recognizes the role of human experience in shaping language structure. Her main research interests are in the study of:

Grammar and Cognition

• On Conditionals Again, A. Athanasiadou, R. Dirven (eds.), CILT series 143, J. Benjamins/Amsterdam, 1997, pp. 414
• Subjectification: Various Paths to Subjectivity. A. Athanasiadou, C. Canakis, B. Cornillie (eds.) Mouton de Gruyter, CLR series 31. 2006)

Figurative language, such as metaphor, metonymy, irony

• Studies in Figurative Thought and Language, A. Athanasiadou (ed.) 2017, HCP 56, Benjamins, Amsterdam
• Irony in Language Use and Communication, A. Athanasiadou & H. L. Colston (Eds.) 2017. FTL 1
• The Diversity of Irony, A. Athanasiadou and H. L. Colston (Eds.). (2020). Mouton de Gruyter

The language of emotions

• Speaking of Emotions: Conceptualization and Expression, A. Athanasiadou, E. Tabakowska (Eds.), CLR series 10, Mouton de Gruyter, 1998, pp. xxii, 444
• A. Athanasiadou (2017). Pride: Metaphors and Metonymies for the expression of a “deadly sin”. In International Journal of Language and Culture. Special issue on “Emotions across Languages and Cultures” A. Athanasiadou & A. Foolen (Eds.). Benjamins. Amsterdam. (4:1, 6-23))

Cultural linguistics

• A. Athanasiadou (2014). Metaphors and metonymies for the (conceptualization and expression of the) state of no emotion in English and Greek. RESLA, vol.27, 1, 1-22
• A. Athanasiadou (2017). Cultural Conceptualizations of IRONY in Greek. In: Sharifian, F. (ed.) Advances in Cultural Linguistics. Springer. (111-124)

She has served as Chair and Deputy Chair, School of English (2004 – 2011), and currently serves as co-editor of a book series on figurative language (Figurative Thought and Language, J. Benjamins Book Series). She is also a partner in international research projects and a member of various editorial boards and board of referees.