活动时间：6月9日上午10:00-11:30
活动地点：SC403
主讲嘉宾：Anna
主讲内容：语言学，语料库，话语分析，幽默话语研究等。
主讲人背景：
Schools:
2012-: PhD candidate in linguistics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Topic: A corpus-based textual analysis of irony and sarcasm in scripted discourse
2006-2011: English literature and linguistics, Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest
Topic: Humor in Tibor Fischer’s fiction: A linguistic analysis
2006-2011: American studies, Loránd Eötvös University, Budapest
Topic: The role of opposition in humor: A cognitive approach to irony
2004-2005: Tourist guide course in German, Szent László High School, Budapest
2004: School-leaving examination
2000-2004: Ferenc Kölcsey High School, Budapest
1992-2000: Elementary School at Áldás Utca, Budapest
Courses:
2008-2010: Chinese language course
2007: Showgirl training
2004: Preparatory course at Loránd Eötvös University
2003-2004: ECDL course
2002: Bartender training
2001: Hostess training
1998-2000: History of music course
1993-2000: Piano lessons
Professional Societies:
2012-2014: Hong Kong Polytechnic University Toastmasters Club advisor
2010-2012: Budapest Toastmasters, certified Competent Bronze Communicator, certified Competent Leader
2005-: Network 21, Adult educational program for developing communication- and leadership skills, recognized leader
Languages:
Fluent in Hungarian and English, intermediate level in German, basic level in Spanish and Chinese
Competitions:
2011: Stand-up comedy performance, audience prize
2009: Poster presentation in Applied Cognitive Linguistics, (Using Popular Song Lyrics to Teach Figurative Language), audience prize
2004: National Schools Competition: Knowledge of media- and motion picture, special prize
2003: German contest at high school, first prize
1999: Folk-song contest at elementary school, first prize
1999: Regional folk-song contest, third prize
Leisure activities:
Movies, reading, teaching Callanetics, aerobic, skiing, playing tennis, tour guiding, learningChinese and Spanish, improving communication and leadership skills, reading self-development books, performing stand-up comedy
Research interests:
Language and Humor, Corpus Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Irony and Sarcasm
Conferences:
Laszlo, A. (2015, February). What Grammar Can Tell Us about Sarcasm: A Corpus-Based Analysis of American Soap Operas. Paper presented at the 21st Annual AHSN Conference, Adelaide, Australia.
Laszlo, A. (2014, November). A Corpus-based Analysis of Sarcasm. Paper presented at the 2014 International Humour Symposium, Komarno, Slovakia.
Laszlo, A. (2014, July). A corpus-based analysis of sarcasm-related emotions. Paper presented at the 26th International Society of Humor Studies Conference, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Laszlo, A. (2014, April). Corpus-based study of irony and sarcasm. Paper presented at the Faculty of Humanities Postgraduate Research Symposium, Hong Kong, China.
Laszlo, A. (2014, March). Sarcasm dynamics in a TV talk show corpus. Paper presented at the Second Asia Pacific Corpus Linguistic Conference, Hong Kong, China.
Laszlo, A. (2013, September). Can Irony be Explained via Conceptual Metonymy: Cognitive Linguistic Analysis. Paper presented at the Free Linguistic Colloquium, Hong Kong, China.
Laszlo, A. (2013, March). Humorous fiction under scrutiny. Paper presented at LAFAL 3 Linguistic Approaches to Funniness, Amusement and Laughter:
Entertainment Discourse beyond Humour Studies, Lodz, Poland.
Publications:
Xu, H., Santus, E., Laszlo, A., & Huang, C. (2015). LLT-PolyU: Identifying Sentiment Intensity in Ironic Tweets. In Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval 2015) collocated with NAACL 2015. (pp. 673–678). Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Laszlo, A. (2014). Humour in Tibor Fischer's Works. In M. Csoti & M. Mikecz (Eds.), Good to Be 56. Writing in Honour of Tibor Fischer's Birthdays (pp. 164-175). Budapest: L'Harmattan.
