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Sophia Waters has an interdisciplinary background spanning linguistics, French and writing. She is the co-editor of the book Cultural keywords in discourse (2017). She teaches academic writing at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and has taught a range of linguistics units in intercultural communication, semantics and second language acquisition.
Sophia’s research focuses on discourse studies, semantics and pragmatics using the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach. Her languages of specialisation are Australian English and French.
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The Meaning of “Table Manners” in Australian English: A Lexical Semantic Study of Mealtime Behaviour
Waters, S., 31 Dec 2025, Explorations in Applied Ethnolinguistics: Words, Cultures, and Global Perspectives. Sadow, L., Mullan, K. & Goddard, C. (eds.). 1 ed. Switzerland, p. 417-432Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research
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How do children learn good manners?
Waters, S., 31 Oct 2024, The Conversation, p. 1-7.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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The meaning of "manners" in Australian English
Waters, S., 14 Dec 2022, In: Skandinaviske Sprogstudier. 13, 1, p. 88-117Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The lexical semantics of blaguer: French ways of bringing people together through persuasion, deception and laughter
Waters, S., 9 Dec 2020, In: European Journal of Humour Research. 8, 4, p. 31-47Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How's it going, Mal? Why Australians can get away with familiarity but French schoolboys can't
Waters, S., 2018, The Conversation, Arts + Culture.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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