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Helga Mannsåker is an Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies, University of Bergen. Her research focuses on metaphor theory, cognitive linguistics, and the sociolinguistic implications of terminology in mental health and disability contexts. She has conducted corpus-based studies on autism and schizophrenia terminology, examining how language shapes public perception and stigma. Her work also includes developing models for textual cohesion analysis and interdisciplinary projects linking linguistics with meteorology.
Key contributions include analyzing metaphor use in Norwegian regarding autism and schizophrenia, proposing frameworks for reference-based cohesion analysis, and exploring linguistic aspects of cloud terminology in collaboration with meteorologists. Her presentations and publications span academic conferences (e.g., SALC, MONS19) and popular science outlets. Collaborations include co-authoring a article on language and substance use with Mari Evjen Undseth, and a piece on cloud names with Anders Doksæter Sivle. No grants or advisory roles are explicitly listed in the provided texts.
