Jeannette Littlemore

Jeannette Littlemore is a British scholar of English and applied linguistics whose work focuses on the interpretation of figurative language, including metaphor and metonymy, as it relates to second language learning and teaching.Littlemore earned her PhD in English Language Teaching at Thames Valley University in 1998.[1] Littlemore has worked at the University of Birmingham since 1999, having taught and lectured earlier in Brussels, Belgium; Saitama Ken, Japan; and Santander, Spain.[2] She served as the Head of Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Birmingham, where she is currently a Professor.The project examines responses to video advertisements on participants who are speakers of English, Spanish, and Chinese.
applied linguisticsfigurative languagemetaphormetonymyThames Valley UniversityUniversity of BirminghamSantander, SpainOpen University of Hong KongMarie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship