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Charles Denroche is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at the University of Westminster, based in the School of Humanities within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. His interdisciplinary career combines bioscience (Magdalen College, Oxford) with advanced linguistics (PhD UCL-IOE, PGDip Westminster, PGCE TESOL IOE), and extensive professional experience as translator, lexicographer and language educator.
Education & Training
- MA in Bioscience – Magdalen College, University of Oxford
- PhD in Education (Linguistics) – UCL Institute of Education, University of London
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Linguistics – University of Westminster
- PGCE TESOL – UCL Institute of Education
- Certificate in English Phonology – International Phonetic Association
- Studies in Italian Language & Literature – University of Florence
- Studies in Germanistik & Anglistik – Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf
Research Interests
Denroche’s work centres on how meaning is made through language. His research integrates cognitive linguistics, semiotics and translation studies to explore the roles of metaphor and metonymy in discourse, multimodal communication and pedagogy. He is particularly interested in the cognitive processes that underlie figurative language, the interface between grammar and semantics, and how these insights can inform translator training and language education.
Current projects extend his theory of metonymic processing to literary translation collaboration and the analysis of visual and multimodal texts, aiming to bridge theoretical linguistics with practical applications in education and professional practice.
Recent Publications & Trends
Over the past decade Denroche has produced a coherent body of work that moves from foundational theory-building—most notably the 2015 monograph Metonymy and Language—to innovative methodological applications such as using drawing as a research tool for metaphor-led discourse analysis. Across 15 key outputs (2011-2024), the research trajectory shows a consistent focus on metaphtonymy (the interplay of metaphor and metonymy) at text level and on developing practical frameworks for translators, educators and discourse analysts.
Honours & Awards
- Award of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (2008) – Westminster Exchange, University of Westminster
Doctoral Supervision & Grants
Denroche currently supervises one active doctoral researcher (MPhil/PhD) investigating metaphor in Arabic urban literature. He welcomes applications from prospective postgraduate students in the areas of figurative language, semiotics/multimodality, discourse analysis and translation/interpreting studies.
Professional Memberships & Service
- International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS)
- Researching and Applying Metaphor (RaAM)
- External examiner for Birkbeck, University of Hertfordshire, UCL Institute of Education
- Reviewer for American Journal of Semiotics, Journal of Pragmatics, Language and Cognition, Cognitive Linguistics Studies, Metaphor and the Social World
