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Maria Vasilaki is a Lecturer in Sociolinguistics at King's College London. She obtained her PhD from King's College London in 2020, with her thesis funded by five British and Greek institutions, focusing on online political impoliteness and blame-attribution processes in the context of the 2015 Greek socioeconomic crisis. Maria has distinguished MA degrees in Discourse Studies from Lancaster University and Contemporary Media from the University of Wolverhampton, along with a BA Honours in Greek & Latin Language Literature (Major in Linguistics) from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. Before her current position, Maria held Visiting Adjunct Lectureships in Linguistics at the University of Cyprus and the University of Nicosia. Her work includes academic training for primary school teachers in language-related subjects. From 2016 to 2021, she was a member of the programme teams for KCL's BA English Language & Linguistics and MA Education, covering a range of modules related to Linguistics and Education Research Methods. Maria's research is multifaceted, exploring areas such as pragmatics, discourse studies, and the intersection of language and gender in new media. Her interests include Im/politeness studies, Online/Digital Pragmatics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Language Gender Studies, and Sociolinguistics. She is actively involved in PhD supervision, particularly in im/politeness strategies and critical discourse analysis.
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