Dr Emma Putland

Lecturer in Discourse Studies

Research Overview

My main research interest is the role of language in our social lives. This includes exploring the multimodal nature of communication in a range of areas, such as health and the environment.

I convene the and am on the current organising committee for the . IC4CH aims to conduct evidence-based research to improve understandings of the role of communication in a wide range of healthcare contexts.

I have a longstanding interest in how lived experience might intersect with public representations of dementia. As such, I've published an open-access book, entitled . I'm also part of the project team for the ¡®’, led by Dr Gavin Brookes. This project examines linguistic and visual representations of dementia across a range of contexts, combining corpus and multimodal approaches to discourse.