Constance de Silva

Researcher (Language, communication and culture)

Melbourne AUSTRALIA

Connie de Silva completed her PhD (Linguistics) in 2020 at Monash University. Her primary research field is the development of press advertising language (1850s-1950s) in the Australian context - with focus on patent medicines and nutritional supplements. Her other research interests are film studies and English Language Teaching (ELT). Previous to her current research engagement, she worked as an editor and writer in the publishing and communications industry; and as an ELT professional. Connie holds an MA Applied Linguistics (Monash University) and GradCertJourn (Griffith University). Her undergraduate majors are English Literature and English Linguistics (Monash University).

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https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/article/view/246 "Where Truth Lies in Advertising: Collatoral Bundling of Hidden Meanings" DOI: https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v5i2.246
http://www.peepholejournal.tv/issue/10/04-desilva/ “The psychological Western: gaze, gender, melodrama in Johnny Guitar” May 2018 Monash University Peephole Journal
http://www.peepholejournal.tv/issue/07/03-de-silva/ “Leigh’s Sleeping Beauty: money to burn”, March 2017 Monash University Peephole Journal
https://www.google.com.au/books/edition/The_Routledge_Companion_to_Gender_and_Se/0ITxDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover ‘The Comic-Strip in Advertising: Persuasion, Gender, Sexuality’, Interrogating Restrictive Frames, chapter 4, The Routledge Companion to Gender and Sexuality in Comic Book Studies. ISBN: 9780367209414 e-ISBN: 9780429264276

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