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Beatrice  Szczepek Reed

Professor Beatrice Szczepek Reed

Professor of Linguistics

Research interests

  • Languages
  • Communication

Biography

Beatrice Szczepek Reed is Professor of Linguistics in the School of Education, Communication and Society. She is the Co-Director of the Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication, as well as the Director of King's International Education Research Network (KIERN).

Beatrice joined King's in 2017 from the University of York. Previously she worked at the University of Nottingham and the University of Konstanz (Germany).

She has a Magister (BA+MA) in English and German from the University of Konstanz (1998); a PhD in Linguistics (Phonology) from the University of Potsdam (2002); and an MA in Music (Vocal Studies) from the University of York (2003).

Research

Beatrice studies spoken language, particularly the prosody of natural conversation; cross-linguistic comparisons of conversational practices; and institutional interaction. Her work aligns with the analytical approaches of conversation analysis and interactional linguistics.

In the past, Beatrice has worked on prosodic mirroring as a resource for sequence organisation in interaction; the role of glottalisation and word linking for turn continuation in typologically different languages; speech rhythm and turn taking in different varieties of English; and instructional interactions in music teaching. She has also studied language and citizenship issues for Arabic speakers in the UK.

Her latest funded projects are on responses to news in Arabic and English talk-in-interaction; and on instructional interactions in horse-riding lessons.

PhD supervision

Beatrice is happy to consider PhD proposals in the following areas:

  • language and social interaction
  • phonetics and phonology in naturally occurring talk
  • institutional interaction
  • English pronunciation learning and teaching
  • human-nonhuman interaction

Further information

For further details please see her Research Staff Profile.

    Research

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    Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)

    The Centre for Public Policy Research is an interdisciplinary research centre research developing critical analyses of social change and social in/justice in education and other policy arenas, sectors and contexts to inform national and international policy debate, social activism, and personal, professional and organisational learning.

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    Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication (LDC)

    The Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication is a major centre for descriptive linguistics, applied linguistics and language in education.

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    King’s International Education Research Network

    The King’s International Education Research Network explores key areas of international education.

    CGTR
    Centre for German Transnational Relations

    The centre examines Germany's changing transnational role in the economic, political and cultural spheres. We study how the recent rise of Germany to a position as a 'reluctant hegemon' shapes European economies as well as the world economy.

    News

    English textbooks present the EU critically compared to German counterparts

    New research by our Head of School, Beatrice Szczepek Reed, asks whether German and English schools are promoting established political views

    Library bookshelves

      Research

      women at wokr
      Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)

      The Centre for Public Policy Research is an interdisciplinary research centre research developing critical analyses of social change and social in/justice in education and other policy arenas, sectors and contexts to inform national and international policy debate, social activism, and personal, professional and organisational learning.

      books-1204029_1920
      Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication (LDC)

      The Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication is a major centre for descriptive linguistics, applied linguistics and language in education.

      International hero 1903x558
      King’s International Education Research Network

      The King’s International Education Research Network explores key areas of international education.

      CGTR
      Centre for German Transnational Relations

      The centre examines Germany's changing transnational role in the economic, political and cultural spheres. We study how the recent rise of Germany to a position as a 'reluctant hegemon' shapes European economies as well as the world economy.

      News

      English textbooks present the EU critically compared to German counterparts

      New research by our Head of School, Beatrice Szczepek Reed, asks whether German and English schools are promoting established political views

      Library bookshelves