Dr Tereza Spilioti

Darllenydd

Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth

: SpiliotiT1@caerdydd.ac.uk
: +44 29208 76041
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I am a Senior Lecturer in Language and Communication, with specialization in Language and Media, in the Centre for Language and Communication Research which is part of the School of English, Communication and Philosophy. My research interests and publications focus on the areas of language and new media, research ethics, and media sociolinguistics.

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2025

Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. 2025. Charting sociolinguistic inquiry in contemporary Greek contexts. Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 49(1)

2024

Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2024. “The EU gave us a new beginning”: Liquid racism and affect in a curated migrant story. In: Archakis, A. and Tsakona, V. eds. Exploring the Ambivalence of Liquid Racism: In between Antiracist and Racist Discourse. Amsterdam: John Benjamns, pp. 181-201., (10.1075/pbns.341.07gia)
Droz-dit-Busset, O. and Spilioti, T. 2024. “Getting personal with you”: Affect and authenticity in confessional videos of YouTube lifestyle and beauty influencers. In: Blitvitch Garces-Conejos, P. and Georgakopoulou, A. eds. Affect, Hate and Relationality in the Discourse of, with and about Influencers.. John Benjamins Publishing Company

2023

Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2023. «Η ΕΕ μας έδωσε ένα νέο ξεκίνημα»: Ρευστός ρατσισμός και συν-αίσθημα σε μια επιμελημένη αφήγηση μετανάστευσης ['The EU gave us a fresh start': Fluid racism and empathy in a curated migration narrative]. In: Archakis, A., Karachaliou, R. and Tsakona, V. eds. Ιχνηλατώντας τη Διείσδυση του Ρατσισμού στον Αντιρατσιστικό Λόγο: Μελέτες για τον Ρευστό Ρατσισμό [Tracing Racism in Antiracist Discourse: Studies of Liquid Racism]. Athens: Pedio, pp. 255-282.

2022

Spilioti, T. 2022. Key ethical challenges for digital discourse analysis. [Video]. SAGE Publications. Available at: https://methods.sagepub.com/video/key-ethical-challenges-for-digital-discourse-analysis
Spilioti, T. and Tagg, C. 2022. Research ethics. In: Vasquez, C. ed. Research Methods for Digital Discourse Analysis. Bloomsbury, pp. 91-113.

2021

Ylanne, V., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Spilioti, T. and Bartlett, T. 2021. Managing information, interaction and team building in nurse shift-change handovers: a case study. Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice 16(1), pp. 51-75.
O'Hagan, L. and Spilioti, T. 2021. The Edwardian selfies: a transhistorical approach to celebrity culture and pictorial bookplates. Discourse, Context and Media 43, article number: 100522. (10.1016/j.dcm.2021.100522)
Spilioti, T. and Giaxoglou, K. 2021. Translation and trans-scripting: Languaging practices in the city of Aθens. In: Lee, T. K. ed. The Routledge Handbook of Translation and the City. Routledge, pp. 278-293.
Lloyd, H., Bartlett, T., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Spilioti, T. and Ylanne, V. 2021. Opening up space for compassion in nurses' handover meetings. Communication and Medicine 16(3), pp. 224-237. (10.1558/cam.38920)

2020

Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2020. The shared story of #JeSuisAylan on Twitter. Pragmatics 30(2), pp. 277-302. (10.1075/prag.18057.gia)
Spilioti, T. 2020. The weirding of English, trans-scripting and humour in digital communication. World Englishes 39(1), pp. 106-118. (10.1111/weng.12450)
Bartlett, T., Ylanne, V., Spilioti, T. and Aldridge-Waddon, M. 2020. Nursing handovers as unbounded and scalar events. Applied Linguistics Review 12(3), pp. 401-418. (10.1515/applirev-2019-0135)

2019

Spilioti, T., Aldridge-Waddon, M., Bartlett, T. and Ylanne, V. 2019. Conceptualizing language awareness in healthcare communication: The case of nurse shift-change handover meetings. Language Awareness 28(3), pp. 207-226. (10.1080/09658416.2019.1636803)
Spilioti, T. 2019. From transliteration to trans-scripting: Creativity and multilingual writing on the internet. Discourse, Context and Media 29, article number: 100294. (10.1016/j.dcm.2019.03.001)
Spilioti, T. 2019. Smoothies, pizzas and sponge cakes: Food metaphors in Brexit news explainers. In: Burger, M. ed. Se mettre en scene en ligne: La communication digitale, vol. 2. Lausanne: Universite de Lausanne, UNIL, pp. 43-57.
Spilioti, T. and Giaxoglou, K. 2019. I’m an Aθenian too: trans-scripting practices in the urban linguistic landscape of Athens [in Greek]. Presented at: International Conference on Greek Linguistics, University of Patras, 5-8 September 2019Proceedings of the ICGL14. Patras: University of Patras pp. 1197-1207., (10.26220/icgl.v1i1.3753)

2018

Spilioti, T. 2018. The language of social media. In: Seargeant, P., Hewings, A. and Pihlaja, S. eds. The Routledge Handbook of English Language Studies. Routledge Handbooks in English Language Studies London and New York: Routledge, pp. 310-323.
Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2018. Mediatizing death and suffering: rescripting visual stories of the refugee crisis as distant witnessing and mourning. In: Burger, M., Thornborrow, J. and Fitzgerald, R. eds. Discours des réseaux sociaux: enjeux publics, politiques et médiatiques. De Boeck, pp. 65-92.
Spilioti, T. 2018. “Imagine this kebab is the Greek national economy”: Metaphor scenarios in mediatized explanations of economic news. Language@Internet 16, article number: 2.

2017

Spilioti, T. 2017. Media convergence and publicness: towards a modular and iterative approach to online research ethics. Applied Linguistics Review 8(2-3), pp. 191-212. (10.1515/applirev-2016-1035)
Spilioti, T. and Tagg, C. 2017. The ethics of online research methods in applied linguistics: challenges, opportunities, and directions in ethical decision-making. Applied Linguistics Review 8(2-3), pp. 163-168. (10.1515/applirev-2016-1033)
Spilioti, T. 2017. Radio talk, pranks, and multilingualism: styling Greek identities at a time of crisis. In: Mortensen, J., Coupland, N. and Thogersen, J. eds. Style, Mediation, and Change: Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Talking Media. Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 51-76.

2016

Spilioti, T. and Giaxoglou, K. 2016. Scaling the field of intercultural communication: reflections on trajectories of culture. In: Singh, J. N., Kantara, A. and Cserzo, D. eds. Downscaling Culture: Revisiting Intercultural Communication. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars, pp. 366-373.

2015

Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. 2015. Introduction. In: Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication. London and New York: Routledge.: Routledge, pp. 1-16.
Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. eds. 2015. The Routledge handbook of language and digital communication. London and New York: Routledge: Routledge.
Spilioti, T. 2015. Digital discourses: A critical perspective. In: Georgakopoulou, A. and Spilioti, T. eds. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Digital Communication. London and New York: Routledge: Routledge, pp. 133-145.
Spilioti, T. 2015. Social media discourse. In: Tracy, K., Ilie, C. and Sandel, T. eds. The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction. Wiley Blackwell, pp. 1365-1374.

2014

Giaxoglou, K. and Spilioti, T. 2014. Book review: Christian R Hoffman (ed.), narrative revisited: telling a story in the age of new media. Discourse & Communication 8(3), pp. 318-320. (10.1177/1750481314538132)
Spilioti, T. 2014. On the mobile again! opening sequences in Greek text-messaging. In: Christodoulidou, M. ed. Analysing Greek Talk-in-Interaction. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 240-261.
Spilioti, T. 2014. Greek-alphabet English: vernacular transliterations of English in social media. Presented at: 46th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5-7 September 2013 Presented at O’Rourke, B., Bermingham, N. and Brennan, S. eds.Opening New Lines of Communication in Applied Linguistics. Proceedings of the 46th Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics,. London: Scitsiugnil Press pp. 435-446.

2011

Spilioti, T. 2011. Beyond genre: closings and relational work in text-messaging. In: Thurlow, C. and Mroczek, K. eds. Digital Discourse: Language in the New Media. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 67-85.

2009

Spilioti, T. 2009. Graphemic representation of text-messaging: alphabet-choice and code-switches in Greek SMS. Pragmatics 19(3), pp. 393-412.
Spilioti, T. 2009. Text messages (SMS): language attitudes and ideological representations in the Greek press. Zitimata Epikinonias (Communication Issues) 3(9), pp. 62-74.

My research interests lie at the intersection of language, society, and media, an area that is at the forefront of applied linguistics. More specifically, my work covers research related primarily to the fields of language and new media, research ethics, and media sociolinguistics. In the field of language and new media, I have explored digital genres, sociability and intimacy in texting practices; media ideologies and digital discourses related to the development of social media platforms; typography and script as resources for vernacular creativity in digital communication. My publications also cover issues of research ethics, with particular interest in revisiting current approaches for ethical decision-making in digital media contexts. More broadly in the field of media sociolinguistics, I have developed a growing interest in innovative perspectives on the study of sociolinguistic change, mediat(izat)ion and style.

I am also a member of the CLCR research group who undertakes collaborative research with the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (NHS Wales). Our project on ‘Managing roles and goals in nursing handover meetings’ is funded by the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (£3K) and I have also led a successful CUROP project (£1K), exploring issues related to organizational discourse in healthcare settings.

My work draws on and combines methods and concepts from discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, linguistic ethnography and new literacy studies.

Research interests

Multilingualism, translanguaging and trans-scripting
Language and media ideologies
Media, style and stylization
Research ethics
Publicness and privacy in digital communication
Narrative discourse
Genre, interaction rituals, openings and closings in mediated communication
Politeness and relationality
Approaches to culture and intercultural communication

Postgraduate students

I am interested in supervising PhD students in areas related to language and media, particularly research on genres, interaction rituals, relationality, multilingualism, language and media ideologies. Research drawing on discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, ethnography and new literacy studies would be of particular interest.

I am currently supervising the following students:

Argyro Kantara on hybridity and the epistemology of televised election campaign interviews

Zayneb Al-Bundawi on sacred texts and identity construction in the Cardiff Muslim community

Stephanie Tilliridou on code-switching, identities, and language attitudes on Facebook

My undergraduate and postgraduate level teaching experience includes such courses as:

Research methods and skills (BA and MA level)
Discourse and social interaction (MA level)
Digital literacies and language (BA and MA level)
Media discourse; Media texts; Discourse of broadcasting (BA level)
Reading and writing in the digital age (BA level)
Introduction to media communication (BA level)
Introduction to language and communication (BA level)
Sociolinguistics (BA level)
Language and literacy (BA level)
Discourse and social media; Computer-mediated communication (BA level)

I have also been invited to give lectures and seminars to UG and PG students at overseas universities, including the University of Hamburg, University of Lausanne, and University of Patras.

I joined the Centre for Language and Communication Research as a Lecturer in September 2012, having previously been employed as Lecturer (and Senior Lecturer) in English Language and Communication at Kingston University from 2008 to 2012.

After completing my undergraduate studies at the University of Athens (Greece), I moved to the UK where I completed an MSt in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology at the University of Oxford. In 2007, I was awarded a PhD in Linguistics at King’s College London where I taught modules in applied and socio-linguistics, as well as Modern Greek Language.

Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau

2017 Lecturer of the Year, Teaching Award.

2016 ‘Managing Multiple Roles and Goals in Nursing Handovers’ ESRC Impact Acceleration Account fund, Cardiff University, UK. Research fund to develop research impact project, (PI) T. Bartlett, (Co-Is) T. Spilioti, V. Ylanne, M. Aldridge, M. Handford, F. Rock, £3,029.

2016 ‘Organisational Discourse and Healthcare Communication’ Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP) funding, Cardiff University, UK. Research placement fund, (Primary Supervisor) Spilioti, (Secondary Supervisor) Bartlett, £1,000.

2015 ‘Digital Literacies and Language’, Cardiff University ENCAP Staff Investment bid, fund for equipment/material to enhance teaching and learning, (main applicant) Spilioti, £550.

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

I am a member of the BAAL Language and New Media SIG (secretary of the committee since September 2016), the British Association for Applied Linguistics, the International Pragmatics Associations and the Association of Internet Researchers.

Pwyllgorau ac adolygu

Adolygydd grant ar gyfer Sefydliad Gwyddoniaeth Cenedlaethol y Swistir (2015-presennol); Sefydliad Ymchwil Fflandrys.

adolygydd cymheiriaid ar gyfer mwy nag 20 o gyfnodolion academaidd, gan gynnwys Altre Modernita; Ieithyddiaeth gymhwysol; Ymchwiliad beirniadol ar gyfer astudiaethau iaith; Sgwrs, Cyd-destun a'r Cyfryngau; Journal of Ieithyddiaeth Gymhwysol ac Ymarfer Proffesiynol; Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media; Journal of English Linguistics; Journal of Greek Media and Culture; Journal of Pragmatics; Newyddiaduriaeth; Iaith a Chyfathrebu; Iaith yn y Gymdeithas; Polisi iaith; Gwyddorau iaith; Ieithyddiaeth: Cyfnodolyn Rhyngddisgyblaethol o Wyddorau Iaith; Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication; Ymchwiliad Naratif; Moeseg Ymchwil; Dulliau ymchwil mewn ieithyddiaeth gymhwysol;Testun a Sgwrs; cyfieithydd.

Pwyllgor Gwyddonol y Gynhadledd, Aelod: Sosioieithyddiaeth Symposiwm 23, Prifysgol Hong Kong (2020)

Pwyllgor Trefnu'r Gynhadledd, Aelod: 8fed cynhadledd ALAP Rhyngwladol a Rhyngddisgyblaethol, Prifysgol Caerdydd (2018)

Pwyllgor Trefnu'r Gynhadledd, Cadeirydd: 2il Iaith BAAL a Gweithdy SIG Cyfryngau Newydd ar 'Moeseg Dulliau Ymchwil Ar-lein', Ysgol Saesneg, Cyfathrebu ac Athroniaeth Caerdydd (2015).

pwyllgorau PhD, Arholwr allanol: Prifysgol Aristotle Thessaloniki (Gwlad Groeg, 2019 a 2017); Queen Mary, Prifysgol Llundain (DU 2023); Prifysgol Tilburg (Yr Iseldiroedd 2016); Prifysgol Bern (Y Swistir, 2023); Prifysgol Reading (DU, 2023); Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant (DU 2024).

Byrddau Arholi, Arholwr allanol: Prifysgol Caeredin (2023-2024); Birkbeck, Prifysgol Llundain (DU, 2019-2022); Ysgol Ieithoedd ac Ieithyddiaeth Gymhwysol, Y Brifysgol Agored (2018-2021).

Panelau Adolygu'r Cwricwlwm, Aelod Panel Allanol: Prifysgol Caerwrangon (DU, 2021); Prifysgol Brighton (DU, 2018)

Bwrdd Astudiaethau Iaith Saesneg, Cadeirydd (2019-2021), Tiwtor Blwyddyn 1 (2017-2019), Dirprwy Gadeirydd / Tiwtor Blwyddyn 2 a 3 (2015), ENCAP, Prifysgol Caerdydd (DU, 2019-2021)

Pwyllgor Amgylchiadau Esgusodol, Cadeirydd (2016-2017) a'r Aelod (2015), ENCAP, Prifysgol Caerdydd, UK

Cydlynydd Cyfres Seminarau Ymchwil, Canolfan Ymchwil Iaith a Chyfathrebu (2016-2017; 2014-2015).

Mae gen i ddiddordeb mewn goruchwylio myfyrwyr PhD mewn meysydd sy'n ymwneud ag iaith a'r cyfryngau, yn enwedig ymchwil ar:

genres digidol, disgwrs a chyfathrebu
defodau rhyngweithio a pherthynas mewn rhyngweithio rhyngbersonol a phroffesiynol
hunaniaeth ac amlieithrwydd ar y rhyngrwyd
Ideolegau iaith a chyfryngau

Byddai ymchwil sy'n tynnu ar ddadansoddi disgyrs, sosioieithyddiaeth, ethnograffeg ac astudiaethau llythrennedd newydd o ddiddordeb arbennig.

Yn ogystal â'r myfyrwyr a restrir o dan 'Oruchwyliaeth Gyfredol', goruchwyliais hefyd y myfyrwyr PhD canlynol i'w cwblhau:

Argyro Kantara (gyda Frances Rock, ENCAP), Hybridedd fel her mewn cyfweliadau ymgyrch etholiadol ar y teledu (2018)
Zayneb Al-Bundawi (gyda Tom Bartlett, ENCAP), Testunau sanctaidd ac adeiladu hunaniaeth yng nghymuned Fwslimaidd Caerdydd: Naratifau Sojourners am 'majales' (2018)
Aurora Goodwin (ENCAP), Keepin' it Real: Perfformio dilysrwydd ar gyfrifon dadffurfiad Twitter (2023)
Stephanie Tilliridou (ENCAP), Gwneud gwaith hunaniaeth ar Facebook: Astudiaeth ddisgwrs analytic o swyddi a rennir ymhlith defnyddwyr hŷn Groeg-Cyprus (2024)

Rwyf hefyd wedi mentora'r cymrodyr ôl-ddoethurol canlynol ESRC:

Judith Reynolds (gyda Chris Heffer, 2018-2019), Cyfathrebu cyfreithiol sy'n rhoi cyngor mewn cyd-destunau rhyngddiwylliannol ac amlieithog: Heriau, cymhlethdodau a strategaethau ar gyfer llwyddiant
Lauren O'Hagan (2019-2020), Darllen, Ysgrifennu a ... Gwrthryfel: Deall llythrennedd a gwrthdaro dosbarth trwy'r arysgrif llyfr Edwardaidd
Kate Barber (2023-2024), Hate: Archwiliwyd a lliniaru niwed posibl trafodaethau trais rhywiol ar-lein ar groesffordd goruchafiaeth gwyn a gwrywaidd

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