Research output per year
Research output per year
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
Russian historical sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, Russian language ideology history
I began my research career in Russian linguistic culture with postgraduate study of language attitudes in post-Soviet Russia, analysing metadiscourse in print media on perceived foreign language influences on Russian, especially from English.
After defending my thesis on metadiscourse in the Russian media at the University of Edinburgh, I joined the AHRC-funded project 'The History of the French Language in Russia' at the University of Bristol (PI: Derek Offord) as a postdoctoral research fellow. My role concerned the integration of historical sociolinguistic enquiry into the project. I specialised in the study of language attitudes expressed in published and unpublished historical sources.
In 2017, I joined the University of Edinburgh as the Centre Manager and research associate at the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre.
My research interests concern language culture and linguistic ideologies, predominantly in the Russian-speaking world, both in past and present times. I engage in historical sociolinguistics enquiry and use discourse analytical tools to conduct textual study of metadiscourse. I am particularly interested in how language discussion is instrumentalised in formal or informal creation and maintenance of groups (from community groups to societal strata and entire nations).
Russian Studies, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mediated metadiscourse: print media on anglicisms in post-Soviet Russian, University of Edinburgh
1 Oct 2007 → 28 Jun 2012
Award Date: 28 Jun 2012
Translation Studies, Master of Arts, The University of Manchester
1 Oct 2005 → 8 Dec 2006
Award Date: 8 Dec 2006
English Literature and Russian Studies, Bachelor of Arts, University of Edinburgh
1 Oct 2001 → 15 Jun 2005
Award Date: 15 Jun 2005
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Research output: Other contribution
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Gesine Argent (Assessor)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Gesine Argent (Peer reviewer)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Gesine Argent (Assessor)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Gesine Argent (Assessor)
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Offord, D. (Recipient), Rjéoutski, V. (Recipient) & Argent, Gesine (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)