Dr. Marianna Gracheva

Since 09/2024

Research assistant (postdoc)
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS)

Since 09/2023

Associate Editor
Register Studies

08/2023 until 05/2024

Postdoctoral researcher; Adjunct faculty
Northern Arizona University, English Department

08/2019–05/2023

PhD Researcher in Applied Linguistics
Northern Arizona University, English Department
Doctoral dissertation: Linguistic Variation across Texts: The Role of Register, Intra-register Communicative Distinctions, Social Group, and Individual Differences.

Peer-reviewed journals

Gracheva, M. (in press). Does grammatical aspect convey pragmatic meaning? The case of ‘believe’ in the progressive aspect. Applied Pragmatics.

Egbert, J., Biber, D., Keller, D., Gracheva, M. (2024). Register and the dual nature of functional correspondence: Accounting for text-linguistic variation between registers, within registers, and without registers. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory. Special Issue: Papers in Honor of the 20-year Anniversary of the Journal. DOI: 10.1515/cllt-2024-0011

Gracheva, M. (2024). The role of situation in individual style: A powerful confounding variable or a new dimension? The case of American presidential discourse. Register Studies, 5(2). https://doi.org/10.1075/rs.23005.gra

Egbert, J., Gracheva, M. (2023). Linguistic variation within registers. Granularity in textual units and situational parameters. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory. Special Issue: Papers in Honor of Doug Biber, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1515/cllt-2022-0034

Taguchi, N., Gracheva, M. (2023). Stative verbs and perceptions of intensity: The case of ‘believe’ in simple and progressive aspect. Applied Corpus Linguistics, 3(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acorp.2023.100072

Gracheva, M. (2022). Style of creative nonfiction: A multidimensional analysis of literary essays. Scientific Study of Literature, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1075/ssol.22002.gra

Edited volumes

Gracheva, M., Egbert, J. (2022). Within-author style variation in literary nonfiction: The situational perspective. In R. Moratto and D. Li (Eds.), Advances in corpus applications in literary and translation studies. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Advances-in-Corpus-Applications-in-Literary-and-Translation-Studies/Moratto Li/p/book/9781032287386

March 2024	Title: Linguistic granularity within registers. The language of US presidential speech types. American Association for Applied Linguistics Conference 2024 (AAAL), Houston, TX, USA. (with Jesse Egbert)
July 2023	Title: Communicative Variation within Registers – Communicative Freedom Meets Situational Constraints. International Corpus Linguistics Conference 2023, Lancaster, UK.
July 2023	Title: Gender on Dimensions of Linguistic Variation. Making Sense of Non-significance. International Corpus Linguistics Conference 2023, Lancaster, UK.
July 2023	Title: Linguistic and Situational Granularity within Registers: A Cross-register Perspective. International Corpus Linguistics Conference 2023, Lancaster, UK. (with Jesse Egbert)
September 2022	Title: Linguistic Style in Register Space: The Case of American Presidential Discourse. American Association for Corpus Linguistics Conference (AACL) 2022, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
September 2022	Title: Expanding register analysis beyond convenient and culturally recognized: Granularity in textual units and situational parameters. American Association for Corpus Linguistics Conference 2022, Flagstaff, AZ, USA. (with Jesse Egbert)
September 2022	Title: Speaker Agency of ‘Believe’: Does grammatical aspect convey pragmatic meaning? Pragmatics and Language Learning Conference. The National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and the Center for Applied Second Language Studies at the University of Oregon.
July 2021	Title: Style Variation in Creative Nonfiction Essays. International Corpus Linguistics Conference, Limerick, Ireland.