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Iris Hübscher is a linguist and university lecturer affiliated with the Department of Applied Linguistics at the University of Zurich. Her research explores multimodal communication, focusing on how gesture, prosody, and facial expressions contribute to meaning-making in social interactions and language learning.
- PhD in General Linguistics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona)
- MA in General Linguistics from Lancaster University
- BA in English Linguistics, History, and Anthropology from University of Zurich
Her work spans multimodal pragmatics, intercultural communication, and child language development, with a recent co-edited volume on Multimodal im/politeness analyzing politeness across 8 languages. She collaborates internationally and presents at interdisciplinary conferences.
Scientific Contributions:
- Research associate at Zurich University of Applied Sciences (Interculturality & Language Diversity team)
- Postdoctoral researcher at the URPP Language and Space (University of Zurich)
She has taught phonetics, pragmatics, academic writing, and intercultural communication at universities in Switzerland and Spain, and holds a CELTA qualification.
