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Prof. Dr. Geert Jacobs
Prof. Dr. Geert Jacobs
geert.jacobs@ugent.be
Department
Department of Linguistics
Research group(s)
MULTIPLES - Research Centre for Multilingual Practices and Language Learning in Society
NT&T — NewsTalk&Text
Research Focus
Communication
Linguistics
Media
Research Language
Dutch
English
French
Research Methodology
Field research
Language and text analysis
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Projects
Projects as supervisor
Speaking of citizen science. A linguistic ethnographic study of the interaction between science, politics and education
(
2020
-
2026
)
A linguistic ethnographic analysis of the interaction between science, media and politics
(
2018
-
2024
)
(De)constructing health news. A transdisciplinary investigation of elderly-related health news
(
2014
-
2018
)
A linguistic-ethnographic investigation into the role of sub-editing at a broadsheet newspaper
(
2011
-
2017
)
Projects as co-supervisor
On the (not so) persuasive potential of metaphorical language in news media communication. Framing the Latin-American migration debate through metaphor
(
2021
-
2025
)
Projects as researcher
On being a Les Mills instructor in corona times
(
2020
-
2020
)
Publications
Most recent publications
Jacobs, Geert, et al. “Political Discourse as Institutional Communication.”
Handbook of Political Discourse
, edited by Piotr Cap, Edward Elgar, 2023, pp. 317–27, doi:10.4337/9781800373570.00030.
Clifton, Jonathan, et al. “Governmentality-in-Action : The Pursuit of Happiness and Identity-Work in Graduate Career Coaching Interaction.”
LANGUAGE AND DIALOGUE
, vol. 12, no. 3, 2022, pp. 335–59, doi:10.1075/ld.00117.cli.
Vogl, Ulrike, et al. “Choosing to Stay Fit? Glocalized Ideologies of Health and Fitness during a Pandemic.”
Pandemic and Crisis Discourse : Communicating COVID-19 and Public Health Strategy
, edited by Andreas Musolff et al., Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, pp. 453–69.
Catenaccio, Paola, et al. “Storytelling in Corporate Discourse : A Critical Introduction.”
I-LAND JOURNAL
, edited by Paola Catenaccio et al., no. 1, 2021, pp. 3–9, doi:10.26379/IL2021001_001.
Catenaccio, Paola, et al., editors. “Narrating and Communicating Business ’stories’ : Multifaceted Approaches to Corporate Communication.”
I-LAND JOURNAL
, no. 1, 2021.
Full bibliography
Teaching
Practical Business Communication
Master's Dissertation
Business Communication in English
English Language Acquisition
Academic English
Advanced Academic English
English for Criminologists
Scientific Communication in English
Economic English III
Economic Dutch for Non Native Speakers II
Economic English I
Economic English II
Economic Dutch for Non-Native Speakers I
Academic English for Communication Science Students