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Biography
My background is in Spanish and Applied Linguistics, and I lived and taught English in Spain for over two decades. That included seven years teaching English for Law at undergraduate level in Madrid. I gained my PhD in Applied Linguistics in 2015 focusing my thesis on a corpus-based study of the comparative use of hedging in two written legal discourse genres. Currently, I combine research with course directorship of BA English and BA English Language, and teach on a range of discourse analysis and TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) modules.
Research Interests
Legal English, Forensic Linguistics, Corpus Linguistics
Education/Academic qualification
Applied Linguistics, Doctorate, A Comparative Analysis of Hedging in Two Written Legal Discourse Gentes, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Award Date: 4 Nov 2015
Applied Linguistics, MA, George Mason University
Award Date: 16 Jan 1986
Spanish, BA, University of Virginia
Award Date: 20 May 1984
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Lexical verb hedging in legal discourse: The case of law journal articles and Supreme Court majority and dissenting opinions
Vass, H., 2017, In: English for Specific Purposes. 48, p. 17-31 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Role of Hedging in Balancing Power and Persuasion in the Judicial Context: The case of majority and dissenting opinions
Vass, H., 2017, Power, Persuasion and Manipulation in Specialised Genres: Providing Keys to the Rhetoric of Professional Communities. Orts Llopis, M. A., Breeze, R. & Gotti, M. (eds.). Peter Lang, (Linguistic Insights).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Analysing hedging in legal discourse using small-scale and large-scale corpora.
Vass, H., 2015, In: Research in Corpus Linguistics. 3, p. 27-35 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Socio-cognitive aspects of hedging in two legal discourse genres
Vass, H., 2004, In: Iberica. 7, p. 125-141 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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