Research interests:   In linguistics: syntactic constraints on the English and Polish idioms; proper names in fixed phrases, psychological predicates; unaccusative-unergative dichotomy of verbs. In literature: British Poetry of the 16th/17th century - English metaphysical poets, e.g., George Herbert; British Literature of the Romantic era (social novel of manners: Jane Austen); American popular culture in art and literature of the second half of the twentieth century: Postmodernism: an overview of the historical and social development; The influence of American popular culture on Polish culture (film and music).   Zainteresowania badawcze/naukowe:   Z zakresu językoznawstwa: ograniczenia syntaktyczne na angielskich i polskich idiomach, nazwy własne w związkach frazeologicznych, czasowniki wyrażające stany emocjonalne i psychologiczne.   Z zakresu literatury: Poezja brytyjska XVI-XVII wieku – angielscy poeci metafizyczni: George Herbert; Brytyjska literatura epoki romantyzmu (powieść społeczno-obyczajowa Jane Austen); Amerykańska kultura popularna w sztuce i literaturze drugiej połowy XX wieku: Postmodernizm: zarys historyczno-społeczny; Wpływ amerykańskiej kultury popularnej na kulturę polską (film i muzyka).

 

 
Publications/ publikacje:

 

• Dąbrowska, Anna. 2015.  Syntactic patterns of English andPolish fixed phrases with proper names. In Roczniki Humanistyczne, Vol LXIII (6): Językoznawstwo, 53-88. Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL.
• Dąbrowska, Anna. 2015. English and Polish Fixed Phrases with Proper Names. In Bloch-Rozmej, Anna, Anna Bondaruk, Anna Prażmowska (eds.).Spotlight on Melody and Structure in Syntax and Phonology. Studies in Linguistics and Methodology, vol. 7, 109-126. Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL.
• Dąbrowska, Anna (in press). Unaccusative or unergative. The case of the English verb TO DIE. In Roczniki Humanistyczne Anglica. Lublin: Wydawnictwo KUL.

 

Conferences/konferencje:

 

2016:

• ACED 18 (2016): 18th Annual Conference of the English Department Bucharest, Romania. 02-04.06.2016. Unaccusative Mismatch. The study of the English verb TO DIE.
• SUM 2016: 4th International Conference on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Structure, Use, and Me. Brasov, Romania. 21-24.09.2016. Phraseological units as psych-predicates within the framework of Landau’s (2010) theory.
• Linguistics Beyond And Within 2016. Lublin, 20-21.10.2016. The Locative Syntax of Experiencers. The case study of phraseological units as psych-predicates.

 

2015:

• Workshop session at Language and Society: Workshop Department of Discourse Studies, Institute of Applied Linguistics University of Warsaw - Language and Society: Workshop in Communication and Discourse Studies Warszawa, 13.05.2015.
• Young Linguists Seminar. Lublin, 28.05.2015. Is the English verb ‘to die’ unaccusative in English?
• CECIL’S 5: 5th Central European Conference in Linguistics for Postgraduate Students. Olomouc (Czech Republic), 4-5.09.2015. Unaccusative or unergative? The case of the English verb ‘to die’.
• Linguistics Beyond And Within 2015. Lublin, 22-23.10.2015. The status of the English verb ‘to die’ in fixed phrases and idiomatic expressions.

 

2014:

• Young Linguists Seminar. Lublin, 09.06.2014. Personal and place names in English and Polish fixed phrases.
• CECIL’S 4: 4th Central European Conference in Linguistics for Postgraduate Students. Lublin, 21-22.08.2014. Personal and place names in English and Polish fixed phrases.
• Parley 2014. University of York. A conference in Linguistics for Postgraduate Students. York, UK, 12.09.2014. Personal and place names in English and Polish fixed phrases.
• Linguistics Beyond And Within 2014. Lublin, 06-07.11.2014. English and Polish fixed phrases with proper names.

 
email: anna.dabrowska2@kul.lublin.pl

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