Louann Haarman

Louann (Trudy) Haarman is Professor of English Language and Linguistics in the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Bologna, Italy. Her research interests are in the fields of research methodology in applied linguistics, and in media discourse. In the latter area she has done work on sitcoms, talk shows, and British morning shows, and she is currently working on television news from a comparative perspective (BBC/RAI).

Relevant publications:

'The Construction of Stance in BBC Television Coverage of the Iraqi War' (2006). In Flowerdew, John / Gotti, Maurizio (eds). Studies in Specialized Discourse. Bern: Peter Lang, 181-205.

“John, what’s going on?” Some features of live exchanges on television news, 2004. In A. Partington, J. Morley, L. Haarman (eds.), Corpus and discourse. Bern: Peter Lang.
 
" Cultural stories in the news: aspects of narrative structure and strategies in ITN coverage of the Soviet coup, 1991", 1996. In Le trasformazioni del narrare. Fasano: Schena, 647-661.
 
" Argument style and performance in the audience discussion show", 1997. In G. Bussi, M. Bondi, M. Gatta (eds.), Understanding Argument: la logica informale del discorso. Bologna: Clueb, 71-90.
 
" Il parlato in televisione: la costruzione di sfere pubbliche e private nei morning shows inglesi", 1998. In P. Bayley & F. San Vicente (eds.), In una Europa plurilingue. Culture in transizione. Bologna: Clueb, 9-34.
 
Talk about shows: la parola e lo spettacolo (ed.), 1999. Bologna: Clueb.
 
" Television talk", 1999. In L. Lombardo, L. Haarman, J. Morley, C. Taylor. Massed medias: Linguistic tools for interpreting media discourse. Torino: LED, 157-245.
 
" Performing talk" (2001). In A. Tolson (ed.), The talk show phenomenon. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.