Kimberly Oger

Kimberly Oger is an Associate Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, affiliated with the UFR Letters and Human Sciences in Reims & Troyes. She specializes in corpus linguistics, verbal anaphora, and syntax-semantics interfaces. Her research focuses on British English 'do' constructions and their discourse properties.

Education:

• PhD in Linguistics (2019), Sorbonne University: Thesis on 'The grammar of do and its uses in verbal anaphora' (supervised by Wilfrid Rotgé)
• MA in English Linguistics (2012), University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
• BA in English Languages (1998), University of Paris X

Research Interests: Corpus linguistics, verbal syntax/semantics, anaphora resolution, and corpus-driven linguistic analysis. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics and empirical data from spoken corpora like the BNC.

Teaching: Teaches grammar analysis, corpus linguistics (corpus construction/text mining), and research methodology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Professional Roles:

• Member of the Finance Committee, UFR Letters and Human Sciences
• Researcher in the CIRLEP team (39 researchers, 35 PhD students)

Publications: Focused on 'do' anaphora and corpus-based studies, with contributions to Anglophonia and edited volumes on English/French linguistic parameters.