Research Team

Olga Dontcheva-Navratilova took her Ph.D. in English Language at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, in 2004. She is Assistant Professor in Linguistics at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, where she teaches stylistics, lexicology, discourse analysis and communicative syntax. Her research interests include the style markers of different varieties of English (resolutions and public speeches), and coherence and cohesion in spoken and written English, in particular in political and academic discourse. She co-edits the journal Discourse and Interaction.

Co-investigator - Renata Povolná

Renata Povolná took her Ph.D. in English Language at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, in 1999. She is Associate Professor in Linguistics of Modern Languages at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, where she teaches pragmatics, discourse analysis, conversation analysis and syntax. Her research interests include discourse markers, pragmatic markers in spoken English, and coherence and cohesion in spoken and written English discourse, in particular in academic settings. She has published the monograph Spatial and Temporal Adverbials in English Authentic Face-to-Face Conversation and co-edits the journal Discourse and Interaction.

Research Participant - Irena Hůlková

Irena Hůlková took her M.A. in English and German Language at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, in 2002. She teaches English grammar and syntax at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University. She is working on her Ph.D. dissertation on cohesive devices in academic prose (markers of contrast and concession).

Research Participant - Renata Jančaříková

Renata Jančaříková took her M.A. in English Language at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, in 2001. She teaches English grammar and syntax at the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University. She is working on her Ph.D. dissertation on evaluative markers for expressing a coherent point of view in the language of the press.