Department of English Linguistics

dr Wojciech Wachowski, Assistant Professor

Identifying data

Affiliation: Department of English Linguistics, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz
Mailing Address: ul. J. K. Chodkiewicza 30, 85-064 Bydgoszcz, Poland
Office: ul. J. K. Chodkiewicza 30, Room 6
Email: wachacz@ukw.edu.pl


Research Interests

core areas: cognitive linguistics, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, including:
conceptual metaphor and metonymy, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Conceptual Integration Theory, cultural taboos, humour analysis, language variation: regional and social varieties of English; English Language Teaching
research languages: Polish, English, Spanish

 

Academic Education

Ph.D. in Linguistics, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2011
M.A. in English linguistics and TEFL, University of Gdańsk, 2002
B.A. in English and TEFL, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2000 

 

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Institute of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, 2011-
Research-and-Teaching Assistant, Institute of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, 2003-2011
Assistant Professor, English Department, University of Humanities in Chojnice (PWSH Pomerania), 2015-
Lecturer, University of Economy in Bydgoszcz (WSG), 2011-2012
Instructor, University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz (UTP), 2004-2007
Lecturer, Teacher Training College in Bydgoszcz (NKJO), 2002-2015 

 

Visiting Fellowships

Erasmus Scholarship, University Mugla, Turkey, 2012
Erasmus Scholarship, European University Cyprus in Nicosia, Cyprus, 2013
Erasmus Scholarship, The University of Münster, Germany, 2015
Erasmus Scholarship, Instituto de Ensenanza Secundaria Jose Zerpa, Spain, 2018

Visiting Researcher, University of Queensland, School of Languages and Cultures, Australia, 2018 (Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellowship) 

 

Esteem Measures: Honors, Grants, Awards

The Australia Awards–Endeavour Fellowship (Australian Government’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Queensland), Australia, 2018

Teacher Training College in Bydgoszcz, Headmaster’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Exceptional Organizational Skills, 2007
Teacher Training College in Bydgoszcz, Headmaster’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Exceptional Organizational Skills, 2013
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Exceptional Organizational Skills, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, 2015 

Medal Komisji Edukacji Narodowej, 2020

 

Research Projects

The Role and Importance of Conceptual Metonymy, 2004 –2019

Metonymy and Cultural Taboos, 2009-

Metaphors and Metonymies for Death in Languages and Cultures around the World 2018-

The Role of Metaphor and Metonymy in Dehumanization of Ethnic and Social Groups 2021-

 

Research Trips and Stays

University of Manchester, Great Britain, 2008
Manchester Metropolitan University, Great Britain, 2008
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, 2009
University of Queensland, Australia, 2018 

 

Book Publications

Wachowski, W., Sullivan, K. 2021. Metonymies and Metaphors for Death Around the World. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group.

Wachowski, W. 2019. Towards a Better Understanding of Metonymy. Oxford: Peter Lang.

Borodo, M., House, J., Wachowski, W., eds. 2017. Moving Texts, Migrating People and Minority Languages. Singapore: Springer.

Wachowski, W., Kövecses, Z. i Borodo, M., eds. 2017. Zooming in: Micro-scale perspectives on cognition, translation and cross-cultural communication. Oxford: Peter Lang.

 

Book Chapters

Wachowski, W. 2004. „Metonimia w myśli i w mowie – opis zjawisk językowych związanych z szeroko rozumianą metonimią konceptualną, [w:] Mariusz Falkowski (red.), Europa Multilingua, Bydgoszcz, pp. 77-82

Jackowska-Szmaus, A. i Wachowski, W. 2014. „The specificity of emotions experienced by elderly people and the anxiety experienced by them”, [in:] Liberska, H. (ed.), Current psychosocial problems in traditional and novel approaches: the multiplicity of roles and difficulties experienced by human in life as determinants of well-being. 3, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Kazimierza Wielkiego, pp. 105-121.

Wachowski, W. 2015. „Are metonymic part for whole relations a mere illusion?” [in:] Bondaruk, A., Prażmowska, A., eds.  Within Language, Beyond Theories (Volume I) Studies in Theoretical Linguistics, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Chapter 24, pp. 397-407.

Jackowska-Szmaus, A. i Wachowski, W. 2015. „Radzenie sobie z wielością ról. Pomoc młodym ludziom w podejmowaniu decyzji o wyborze kariery zawodowej” [in:] Liberska, H., Malina, A. i Suwalska-Barancewicz, D., eds. Dylematy współczesnych ludzi, radzenie sobie z wielością ról i zadań, Engram Difin, część V, rozdział 4.

Wachowski, W. 2016. „A Few Remarks on the Distinction between Metaphor, Metonymy, and Synecdoche” [in:] Fabiszak, M., Krawczak, K. Rokoszewska, K., red. Categorization in Discourse and Grammar, Peter Lang Frankfurt am Main, pp. 43-64.

Wachowski, W. 2017. „Metonymic hiding and cross-cultural communication”  [in:] Wachowski, W., Kövecses, Z. i Borodo, M., eds. Zooming in: Micro-scale perspectives on cognition, translation and cross-cultural communication. Oxford: Peter Lang. pp. 33-53.

Wachowski, W., Szefliński, W. 2019. „How Fundamental and Ubiquitous Really Is Metonymy?”  [in:] Mianowski, J., Borodo, M. i Schreiber, P. Memory, Identity and Cognition: Explorations in Culture and Communication,  Cham: Springer, pp. 155-173.

Wachowski, W. 2019. „Metaphor and Metonymy in a Culture of Food and Feasting: A Study Based on Selected Ancient Greek Comedies” [in:] Mianowski, J., Borodo, M. i Schreiber, P. Memory, Identity and Cognition: Explorations in Culture and Communication,  Cham: Springer, pp. 219-235.

Wachowski, W. i Sullivan, K. 2020. „Why Would We Rather Peg Out Than Simply Die? – How Do game Metaphors Help Us Deal with Death Across Languages and Cultures?” [in:] Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B. Cultural Conceptualizations in Language and Communication, Springer, pp. 25-41.

Select Papers

Wachowski, W. 2006. „Metonymy – a Figure of Speech or a Figure of the Mind”, Linguistica Bidgostiana III, pp. 194-212.

Wachowski, W. 2008. „On Contiguity Relationships and the Nature of Metonymic Shift”, Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copenici English Studies XV, Toruń, s. 123-135.

Wachowski, W. 2008. „Geordie – a language without an army”, Linguistics Applied, UKW Bydgoszcz 2008, pp. 84-105.

Wachowski, W. 2012. „Understanding Metonymy – streszczenie rozprawy doktorskiej”, Linguistica Bidgostiana vol. IX, pp. 180-185.

Wachowski, W. 2015. „Metonimia pojęciowa jako sposób na ukrycie treści objętych tabu”, Linguistica Bidgostiana Series Nova Vol. I, Wydawnictwo BEL Studio, Warszawa, pp. 35-47.

Wachowski, W., Lesińska, A. 2015. „Out in the hall Alex met Grace... – ellipsis as a semantic phenomenon in text analysis”, Linguistica Bidgostiana Series Nova Vol. I, Wydawnictwo BEL Studio, Warszawa, pp. 47-59.

Wachowski, W. i Sullivan, K. 2020. „Everyone “leaves” the world eventually. Culture-based homogeneity and variation in death is departure”Review of Cognitive Linguistics, Vol. 18, iss. 1, pp. 75-93.

 

Teaching: Courses Taught Regularly

Seminar in Linguistics, B.A. seminar,
Introduction to Linguistics B.A. (lecture and class)

British Phonetics, B.A. (class)
Descriptive Grammar - English Phonology, B.A. (lecture and class)
Practical Grammar, B.A. (class)

Contrastive Grammar, Post Graduate (class)

Translation of Promotional and Advertising Texts, Post Graduate (class)

Varieties of English, B.A. (lecture)
Academic Writing, B.A. (class)

Listening Comprehension, B.A. (class)

Reading Comprehension, B.A. (class)

 

Degree-Work Supervision

Supervisor of 81 B.A. theses at UKW and over 100 B.A. theses at NKJO Bydgoszcz and PWSH Pomerania in Chojnice (2011-2022)

Degree-Work Reviewing

Reviewer of 69 B.A. theses at UKW and over 100 B.A. theses at NKJO Bydgoszcz and PWSH Pomerania in Chojnice (2011-2022)

Reviewer of 14 M.A. theses at UKW (2011-2022)

 

 Invited Lectures

Języki w językach – wybrane regiolekty i socjolekty języka polskiego i języka angielskiego Konferencja WDN (Jastarnia, 13-15.06.2014 r.)

Język polski i język angielski znany i mniej znany wygłoszony I Konferencja Naukowea „Rozwiń Skrzydła Wiedzy” in VI LO in Bydgoszcz (03.12.2014)

Metonymy, taboos and humour II Konferencja Naukowa „Rozwiń Skrzydła Wiedzy” in VI LO in Bydgoszcz (02.12.2015)

Krańcowanie bajery, czyli parę słów na temat wybranych regio- i socjolektów języka angielskiego i polskiego, Tydzień Humanisty II LO in Bydgoszcz (04.12.2015)

Why is spoken English so difficult to understand?, Tydzień Humanisty II LO in Bydgoszcz (16.11.2016)

Sex, defecation and death - how metonymy helps us speak about the unspeakable, University of Queensland, Australia, May 2018

 

Conferences and Guest Lectures

Metonimia w myśli i w mowie II Konferencja wewnątrzszkolnego doskonalenia nauczycieli Europa Multilingua (Bydgoszcz, 7-8 May 2004)

Zabawa w chowanego – metonimia pojęciowa a tabu językowe Konferencja WDN (Słupsk, 10-11 May 2013)

Metonimiczne ukrywanie znaczenia – jeden mechanizm różne realizacje wygłoszony na konferencji naukowej ZBLIŻENIA: językoznawstwo - translatoryka – literaturoznawstwo PWSZ in Konin (13-14 November 2013)

Are metonymic part for whole relations a mere illusion? Linguistics Beyond and Within, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski (14-16 November 2013)

Metaphor, metonymy or synecdoche – can we really tell the difference?, COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS IN THE YEAR 2014, Częstochowa, 15-16 września 2014

Do women and men hide differently? – How sex and gender influence the selection of the metonymic vehicle, Uniwersytet Śląski, II Sosnowieckie Spotkania Międzywydziałowe, Faces of masculinity (17-18 December 2014))

A few remarks on metonymic hiding and script switching, Uniwersytet Łódzki, Theme and Variation Conference (12-13 June 2015)

Taboos and Humour - Two Sides of the Same (Metonymic) Coin, Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego, TransLingua (24-25 September 2015)

Metonymy, taboos and humour, Translation and Language Sciences Department, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona (20-21 September 2016)

How does metonymy help us deal with the dirty, repulsive and unwanted, II Międzynarodowa Konferencja, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza in Poznań Badania porównawcze nad językiem i kulturą – brudne, odrażające, niechciane (18-19 September 2017)

The death is sleep metaphor – putting a spoke the wheel of the euphemism treadmill, Contacts and Contrasts Cultural Conceptualizations in Language, Literature and Translation, Konin (1-3 April 2019)

‘Umrzeć – usnąć – I nic poza tym –’ Sen jako metafora śmierci w kulturze i języku, 28. Konferencja Polskiego Towarzystwa Lingwistyki Stosowanej, Kielce (5-6 April 2019)

To die, to sleep –’  Why death is metaphorically sleep in languages around the Word, Researching Metaphor: Cognitive and Other, (RaAM) University of Genoa (13-15 May 2019)

Cultural influences on ENTERTAINMENT metaphors for DEATH, Metaphorical creativity in a multilingual world, (RaAM) Hamar University in Norway, 18-21 June 2020

The Organizer of the First International TransLingua Conference in Bydgoszcz (Kazimierz Wielki University), Poland, 2015