Soloshenko

Find me on: ORCID, Researchgate, University Paris 8 

My work focuses on examining the interconnections between language, cognition and emotion in the context of urbanisation in megacities and smart cities. I specialise in cognitive semantics, corpus-based analysis and multimodal discourse analysis and am interested in human-nature relationships and the aesthetics of everyday urban places. 

My research is often interdisciplinary and encompasses approaches from human geography, affective science, and digital humanities. I am particularly interested in the following topics:

• Sustainable urban infrastructure
• Well-being in megacities
• Everyday aesthetics and the living environment 
• Social challenges and environmental crises

My current research projects draw on a blend of applied linguistics and human geography to explore how language and culture shape the human-nature interactions in urban green-blue infrastructure in megacities, as well as disclose the behavioural intentions of its citizens. Through these projects, I advocate for the significance of language-focused research to respond better to a myriad of ecological and social issues in megacities.

Research areas

Language and cognition: Cognitive Linguistics, Cognitive Semantics; semantic fields, conceptual metaphor, the usage-based models of language, multimodal critical discourse analysis
Emotional Intelligence: Psychology, Affective Science; language and emotion, emotional experiences of space and time, affective perception of green and blues spaces in megacities, emotional function in decision-making
Human Geography: Social Geography, Cultural Geography, urban planning, urban mobility in megacities, behavioral intentions and urban developments, place experience
Digital Humanities: Cognitive-affective maps of public urban spaces, smart cities and sustainable living
Corpus Linguistics: The diachrony of written language, multilingual corpus
Sociolinguistics: Language, identity and urban space, social perception of public urban spaces; digital identity
Contrastive Linguistics: Socio-cultural data across English, French and German

2016: Doctoral degree in English Linguistics, Strasbourg University, France

The Doctoral School of the Humanities (ED520) Faculty of Modern Languages and Cultures
Research team 1339 LiLPA Linguistics, Language and Speech
Thesis: The Conceptualisation of emotions in legal literature: Conceptual metaphors and cross-domain mapping with ATLAS.ti
Qualification Maître de Conférences MCF (French equivalent of Associate Professor)

2008 – 2010: Doctoral studies at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

The Department of English and American Studies
Research project: Cultural and Intercultural Aspects of Lexis and Phraseology: Usage and Lexicographic Description

2008: Doctoral degree in Philology

Kuban State University, Russia
Faculty of Romance-Germanic Philology; Department of Theory and Practice of Translation
Specialty: Comparative-historical, topological and comparative linguistics
Thesis: The Concepts of Risk and Travel in English and Russian Linguistic Cultures (Problems of Translation)

2004: Master in Teaching of foreign languages (English, German), linguistics, translation

Armavir Linguistic University, Russia, summa cum laude   
Department of Linguistics and Intercultural Communication

University of Würzburg (2022-)

Seminar:

Language, Cognition and Emotion
Language and Digital Communication

University of Paris-Est Créteil (Sorbonne XII), France (2017 - 2020)

Course:

Business English
Legal English
English for Finances
Methodology of Law and Economics in English
English as a Foreign Language
English Grammar and Lexis
Intercultural Communication

Kuban State Agrarian University, Russia (2009)

Course:

Business English
English for Agribusiness and Agriculture
English Grammar and Lexis
Intercultural Communication

Sochi University of Tourism and Recreation, Russia (2006 - 2007)   

Course:

Business English
English for Tourism and Recreation
English for Hospitality and Tourism
Intercultural Communication
English Grammar and Lexis

Articles (selected)

Soloshenko, A. 2023. Construing the oceans in environmental cognition: A corpus-based linguistic study (Submission in progress)

Soloshenko, A. 2018. A Contrastive Study Between English and German: Fear/Angst and Guilt/Schuld in Decision-Making, In: Nita Raluca, Valetopoulos Frederikos (Eds.). Expression of emotions: Analysis in Applied Linguistics (p. 265-275). University of Rennes, France

Soloshenko, A. 2015. Language, cognition, and culture in eco-narratives. In: Lucas Koenig, Uwe Eisenberg, & Minik Olsen (Eds.). European Science Review (p. 148-150). Vienna: “East-West” Association for Advanced Studies and Higher Education

Soloshenko, A. 2015. Cognitive Approach to Emotion Management. In: Petra Busch, Jennifer Mathieson et al. (Eds.). the IV International Congress on Social Sciences and Humanities (p. 174-179), 02 April, Vienna: “East-West” Association

Soloshenko, A. 2009.Language and Worldview in Modern Cultural Studies, Priorities in Development of Krasnodar Region: Young Researchers’ Perspective, 4, 73-79.

Soloshenko, A. 2007. The Concept of Fear in the Context of Risk, Bulletin of Pomor State University M.V. Lomonosov, Humanistic and Social Studies, 5, 159-164.

Soloshenko, A. 2007. On the Notion of Concept in Modern Linguistic Studies, Journal of Social and Humanistic Studies, 14, Moscow State Open University, 3-21.

Soloshenko, A. 2007. The Concept as the Basic Term of Lingua-cultural Activity, Aspirant and Applicant, 1(38), Moscow, 31-36.

Soloshenko, A. 2007. Frame-Structure of the Concept of Risk: the Concept of Hope, Modern Research in Humanities, 3(16), Moscow, 129-135.

Soloshenko, A. 2007. The Concept of Success in the Context of Risk, The Questions of Humanities, 2(29), Moscow, 201-205.

Soloshenko, A. 2005. The Concept of Risk, Adygei International Academy of Sciences, 4, 62-67.

Books 

Soloshenko, A. 2025.  Language, Cognition, and Emotion in Environmental Discourse. Bloomsbury Publishing book series (Editing in progress)

M. Dick-Kreuzer, Soloshenko A., et al. 2010. “Erinnerung an Franken. Franconian Memories” in collaboration with the International Relation Office of the University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

For a complete list of publications, visit ORCID 

The dynamics of emotions in legal discourse. Talk given at the Department of English Linguistics, University of Würzburg. 17.05.2022

Cognitive Approach to Emotion Management. Paper presented at the 4th International Congress of Human Sciences. Vienna, Austria. 02.04.2015

The emotions of fear and guilt in the context of decision-making: A contrastive study between English and German. Paper presented at the International Conference “Emotion in Corpus”, University of Poitiers. 25-27.10.2014

Cognitive Representation of Conceptual Metaphors in Legal Discourse. Talk given at Seminar in Linguistics, Language and Speech, Research center EA 1339, University of Strasbourg, France. 14.03.2013

The Urban Design Group (UDG)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kognitive Linguistik (DGKL)
International Cognitive Linguistics Association (ICLA)
Association Française de Linguistique Cognitive (AFLiCo)
International Ecolinguistics Association (IEA)
Société des Anglicistes de l'Enseignement Supérieur (SAES)
The European Society for Aesthetics (ESA)