Dr Jamie Mckeown Research Assistant Professor

Location FG329
Phone +852 2766 7509
mail jamie.mckeown@polyu.edu.hk

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Research Overview My research focuses on legal discourse and media discourse (especially the interplay of the two), disinformation, and certain socio-interactional aspects of professional communication.




Teaching Areas Service Learning
Research Design and Methods
Professional Communication




Research Output

Journal Articles
McKeown, J. (Accepted). A Corpus-Based Examination of Reflexive Metadiscourse in Majority and Dissent Opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court. Journal of Pragmatics.
McKeown, J. Li, L. 2021. Opening salutation and closing valediction as a product of socio-pragmatic factors in the workplace email of a group of Chinese professionals. Studies in Business English 6 (3), 3-27.
McKeown J., Ye, M. 2020. Quilting Muslims: A Diachronic Study of Representations Around the Master Signifiers for Muslim in the TIME Magazine Corpus (1923-1992). Language & Communication 74, 141-153.
McKeown J., Ladegaard, H.J. 2020. Exploring dominance-linked metadiscourse in moderated group discussions. Journal of Pragmatics 166, 15-27.
McKeown J., Ladegaard, H.J. 2020. Exploring the metadiscursive realisation of incivility in TV news discourse. Discourse, Context & Communication 33, 1-9.
McKeown, J., 2018. Book review: Dorien Van De Mieroop & Stephanie Schnurr (eds.), Identity Struggles: Evidence from workplaces around the world. Pragmatics & Society 9 (1), 155-161.
McKeown J., Ladegaard, H.J. 2017. Evidentiality and identity positioning in online disputes about language use in Hong Kong. Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice 14 (1), 53-74.
McKeown, J., 2017. A corpus based investigation of techno-optimism and propositional certainty in the National Intelligence Council’s Future Global Trends Reports (2010-2035). Discourse & Communication 11 (7), 1-19.
McKeown, J., Zhang, K., 2015. Socio-Pragmatic Influence on Opening Salutation and Closing Valediction of British Workplace Email. Journal of Pragmatics 85, 92-107.









Others



Research Projects (funded projects – both internal and external)
Hong Kong Common Law: A Corpus-Based Investigation of Judicial Discourse in Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal








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Awards and honours
Editor’s Choice 2020: Discourse, Context and Media.
Stephen Evans best PhD thesis award 2018