Research activities School of Applied Linguistics
The latest publications and projects from the School of Applied Linguistics.
Publications
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2019.
A puzzle for a new paradigm? : conceptual metaphor and translation process research.
In:
The 6th International Conference on Cognitive Research on Translation and Interpreting: Cognitive Translation Studies: A New Paradigm of Translation Studies?, Chongqing, China, 8-10 November 2019.
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2019.
Up periscope! : from interdisciplinarity to transdisciplinarity in translation research.
In:
Telescope or Periscope: An Interdisciplinary Look into the Future: The Third Conference on Interdisciplinarity in Translation and Interpreting. Shanghai International Studies University, (SISU), Shanghai, October 25 - 26, 2019.
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2019.
Comunicare tra lingue e culture.
Laboratorio Weaver.
Available from: http://www.fondazionemilano.eu/blogpress/weaver/2019/10/18/comunicazione-transculturale/
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Koch, Carmen; Saner, Mirco; Schäfer, Mike; Herrmann-Giovanelli, Iris; Metag, Julia,
2019.
Public Understanding of Science.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662519881938
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2019.
Digital public discourses on antibiotic resistance in Switzerland [poster].
In:
1. Digital Health Lab Day, ZHAW Winterthur, 3.10.2019.
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18407
Projects
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A corpus linguistic approach to childhood public health
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Digital Health for parents facing language and cultural access barriers to the Swiss health system
The goal of this project is the systematic and evidence based development of digital health care services for expecting parents and parents of infants, who are disadvantaged in the health care context of maternity care, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and pediatric care, because of language or cultural barriers. As a reference point ...
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How to Reach Swiss Digital Natives with News. A Qualitative Study
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Accessible communication between hearing-impaired people and healthcare professionals
The number of people, especially older adults, with disabling hearing loss is steadily increasing. To date, existing knowledge about this health condition and its impact on patients’ everyday life has not been transferred into developing a standardised communication model for inclusive practice in healthcare. Research, in fact, has mainly focused ...
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CEFR CV for Sign Languages
This is a project funded by the Counsil of Europe to make the results of an Swiss National Foundation project available internationally to learners and instructors of sign language by providing translations in English and videos in International Sign. The original project empirically developed and statistically calibrated descriptors of sign ...