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Biography
I teach the following modules at Leeds Trinity University: Level 4 Stylistics; Level 5 Language, Society, and Media; Level 6 Applied Linguistics. I also supervise Level 6 Language Dissertation students.
In terms of research, my main research interests are the following: language and identity, particularly in relation the representation of dialect in literature and song; the linguistic and cultural representation of disability in the media and literature (disability stylistics); and the linguistic and cultural representation of communication disorders in literature.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Linguistic Identity in Nineteenth-Century Tyneside Dialect Songs, University of Leeds
1 Oct 2003 → 24 Mar 2009
Award Date: 23 Dec 2009
Master of Arts, English Literature, University of Leeds
25 Sept 2002 → 1 Jul 2003
Award Date: 1 Jul 2003
Bachelor of Arts, English
3 Oct 1990 → 2 Jul 1993
Award Date: 2 Jul 1993
External positions
Teaching Assistant, Newcastle University
31 Jan 2019 → 22 Jun 2019
English Language Tutor, University of Leeds
18 Jul 2018 → 14 Sept 2018
Teaching Assistant, Newcastle University
29 Jan 2018 → 22 Jun 2018
Lecturer in English Language, The University of Manchester
15 Sept 2017 → 31 Jan 2018
Various Teaching
6 Jun 2016 → 8 Sept 2017
Lecturer in English Language, Sheffield Hallam University
6 Jan 2014 → 6 Jun 2016
Keywords
- P Language and Literature
- identity
- dialect
- disability
- stylistics
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Disability stylistics: an illustration based on Pew in Stevenson’s Treasure Island
Hermeston, R., 18 Oct 2022, In: Language and Literature. 32, 2, p. 173–194Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The space between words: on the description of Parkinson’s disease in Jonathan Franzen’s 'The Corrections'
Rutter, B. & Hermeston, R., 22 Feb 2021, In: Medical Humanities. 47, 1, p. 56-60Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Metaphor and indexicality in 'The Pitman's Pay': the ambivalence of dialect
Hermeston, R., 1 Sept 2020, Dialect writing and the north of England. Honeybone, P. & Maguire, W. (eds.). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Review of Disability and Discourse Analysis, J. Grue 2015
Hermeston, R., 25 May 2018, In: Journal of language and discrimination. 2, 1, p. 113-117 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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Language, differentiation and convergence: the shifting ideologies of Tyneside dialect song in the nineteenth century
Hermeston, R., 17 Feb 2017, Dialect and literature in the long nineteenth century. Hodson, J. (ed.). Taylor & Francis, 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review