• PhD (Computational Linguistics), Moscow
• MSc (Mathematics), Urals

I have an MSc in Mathematics, PhD in linguistics and worked as a freelance translator in between. In the end, my research interests combine three domains: linguistics, computer science and communication studies.

Probably the most interesting bit in my recent research is automatic acquisition of representative corpora from the Web and their analysis in terms of the distribution of domains and genres. Another recent development is an umbrella of projects aimed at finding translation equivalents for terminology and general lexicon from such corpora.

My approach in linguistics rests on the assumption that language is the resource for exchanging meanings. My interests stretch from contrastive semantics (how to study words that are used to mean things in different ways in different languages) to corpus linguistics (how to study real uses of words in their contexts) to computational linguistics (how to design computational models for natural language understanding and generation).

• Corpus linguistics
• Natural Language Understanding
• Natural Language Generation
• Lexical semantics
• Systemic-Functional grammar

• Svitlana Kurella (due 2010) A methodology for computer-assisted acquisition of reading abilities in L3, (co-supervisor A Hartley)
• Salma Mansour (due 2010) Corpus Linguistics and Translation: A Syntactic Approach (co-supervisor H Abdul-Raouf)

• Automatic classification of webpages into domains and genres (A project funded by Google Inc).
• Using and developing corpora to improve customer communication or product design (consultancy for the Brand Union and Faraday Packaging).
• Using frequency lists to help language learners (a joint project with Keewords AB).

• MODL5001M Methods and approaches in Translation studies
• MODL5009M English for Translators
• LING3230 Computer-Aided Lexicography