Alexandra Nagornaya

Education, Degrees and Academic Titles

• 2015

  Doctor of Sciences* in German Languages, Linguistic Theory
  Thesis Title: Verbal representation of interoceptive sensations in contemporary English

• 2002
  Associate Professor
• 1998

  Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Linguistic Theory

• 1993

  Degree in English Language and German Language
  Ulyanov Ulyanovsk State Teacher Training Institute

Awards and Accomplishments

Courses (2023/2024)

• Adviser's Seminar// "Current Paradigms of Linguistic Studies" (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
• Adviser's Seminar// "Current Paradigms of Linguistic Studies" (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus

• English for the Current Sociocultural Agenda (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика", field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика", field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика", field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng

• Linguistic Creativity (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Eng
• Mass Communications and Media Discourse (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
• Research Seminar "Introduction to Metaphor Studies" (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
• Научно- исследо (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• Past Courses

Courses (2022/2023)

• Adviser's Seminar// "Current Paradigms of Linguistic Studies" (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus

• English for the Current Sociocultural Agenda (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика", field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика", field of study "45.04.02. Лингвистика"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng

• Introduction to Metaphor Studies (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
• Mass Communications and Media Discourse (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
• Modern Schools and Trends in Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2021/2022)

• English for the Current Social Agenda (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
• Introduction to Metaphor Studies (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
• Mass Communications and Media Discourse (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
• Modern Schools and Trends in Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2020/2021)

• Mass Communications and Media Discourse (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
• Modern Schools and Trends in Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
• Practice in Speech Culture of the First Foreign Language (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
• Qualification (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
• Research Seminar "Issues in Contemporary Linguistics" (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
• Speech Culture of the First Foreign Language (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng

Courses (2019/2020)

• English Communication Perspectives (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng
• Mass Communications and Media Discourse (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
• Practice in Speech Culture of the First Foreign Language (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
• Qualification (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
• Research Schools Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 4 year, 1-3 module)Rus
• Research Seminar "Issues in Contemporary Linguistics" (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng

Courses (2018/2019)

• Mass Communications and Media Discourse (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 4 year, 1-3 module)Eng
• Practice in Speech Culture of the First Foreign Language (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
• Speech Culture of the First Foreign Language (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 2 year, 1-3 module)Eng

Courses (2017/2018)

• Language and Linguistics (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 2 year, 1-4 module)Eng
• Practice in Speech Culture of the First Foreign Language (Master’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
• Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; School of Foreign Languages; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus

Conferences

• 2023
  ДИСКУРС И ЯЗЫК В ЭПОХУ “БОЛЬШИХ ДАННЫХ”: ЛИНГВОКРЕАТИВНЫЕ ПРЕДЕЛЫ И ВОЗМОЖНОСТИ (Москва). Presentation: «Здравицина» и «здравологизмы»: хелсистский дискурс как территория языковых экспериментов
• 2022
  Gender and Power (Лондон). Presentation: ‘The Libido Accepts All Currencies’: Post-Gender Desire Narrative in André Aciman’s Prose
• Gender and Power (Лондон). Presentation: ‘The Libido Accepts All Currencies’: Post-Gender Desire Narrative in André Aciman’s Prose
• 2021
  "Люди речисты" (научно-практическая молодежная блог-конференция) (Ульяновск). Presentation: COVID-19 и эпонимическая контроверза в современной медицинской терминологии
• "Люди речисты" (научно-практическая молодежная блог-конференция) (Ульяновск). Presentation: COVID-19 и эпонимическая контроверза в современной медицинской терминологии
• Пространство научных интересов: иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация – современные векторы развития и перспективы (Москва). Presentation: Лингвистика в современном гуманитарном контексте: возможности междисциплинарного взаимодействия
• Пространство научных интересов: иностранные языки и межкультурная коммуникация – современные векторы развития и перспективы (Москва). Presentation: Лингвистика в современном гуманитарном контексте: возможности междисциплинарного взаимодействия
• RaAM14 (Researching and applying metaphor) (Вильнюс). Presentation: ‘Languishing in Hangoverland’ and ‘Hibernating on Smirnoff Island’: Metaphorical Spaces and Places in Discourses of Alcohol Addiction
• Круглый стол «Редактируя человека: этико-философские перспективы биоидентичности» (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: «Культурная аутопсия»: внутреннее тело в визуальном и вербальном пространстве современного западного человека
• 2020
  XVII Международные Березинские чтения: "Языковое бытие человека и этноса" (Москва). Presentation: Метафоры, которыми мы стареем: метафорический ландшафт старения и старости современной Америки.
• 2018
  Молодежь и наука: Слово, текст, личность (Ульяновск). Presentation: Грани и границы метафорической креативности: Языковые эксперименты Стивена Кинга
• 2017

  43 Osterreichische Linguistiktagung 2017 (Клагенфурт). Presentation: Creative madness metaphors in S. King’s prose

• 2016

  Metaphor Festival 2016 (Амстердам). Presentation: Metaphors We Feel By: Interoceptive sensations as natural phenomena

• Metaphor Festival 2016 (Амстердам). Presentation: 'Platypus', 'Macaca', 'Goldilocks' and Other 'Perhaps-inevitable' Moments

• 2015
  Человек ощущающий: Перцепция в современном гуманитарном знании (Москва). Presentation: Перцептивные процессы как объект исследования в современных гуманитарных науках
• Язык лингвокультурологии: теория vs эмпирия (Москва). Presentation: ”Письмо от тела” как феномен современной англоязычной лингвокультуры
• 2014

  5th International Conference on Cognitive Linguistics (Ланкастер). Presentation: Hungry Spears, Awakened Bandsaws and Gripping Waves: Mixed Metaphors in Interoceptive Discourse

• Nordic Intercultural Communication Conference (Рейкьявик). Presentation: Communicating bodily experiences across languages and cultures

• 2013
  International Journal of Arts and Sciences (Вена). Presentation: Mythopoesis of the Inner Body in Contemporary Western Culture

• Metaphor Festival (Стокгольм). Presentation: Metaphor and the Inner Body: The Story of a Glorious Conquest

• ATINER (Афины). Presentation: Stephen King's Body Worlds: Language Convnetions and Creativity in Depicting the Inner Body

• International Journal of Arts and Sciences (Фрайбург). Presentation: Discourse of the Inexplicable: Verbal representation of interoceptive sensations

• 2012

  International Journal of Arts and Sciences (Готтенгейм). Presentation: Discourse of the Inexplicable: Verbal representation of interoceptive sensations

Editorial board membership

• 2017: Member of the Editorial Board (http://human-inion.org/index.php), Человек: образ и сущность. Гуманитарные аспекты.

• 2014: Member of the Editorial Board, Социальные и гуманитарные науки. Отечественная и зарубежная литература. Серия 6: Языкознание. Реферативный журнал.