Machteld Claire MEULLEMAN

Machteld Claire MEULLEMAN is a Lecturer in Language Sciences at the Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Languages and Thought (CIRLEP). Her research focuses on general and comparative linguistics, existential and meteorological verbs, thetic/impersonal constructions, grammaticalization, multilingualism, and intercomprehension strategies between Germanic and Romance languages. She has published extensively on topics such as weather verbs, gendered noun usage in sports discourse, and language choice in media contexts.

• Education: Specializes in French linguistics, typology, multilingualism, and FLE (French as a Foreign Language) pedagogy.

Her recent publications include studies on existential constructions across languages, lexical pragmatics in sports terminology, and the sociolinguistic implications of language policy in multilingual contexts. She has co-edited volumes on football discourse and intercomprehension strategies, reflecting her interdisciplinary approach to language and culture.

Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with applied research, particularly in areas like gastronomic discourse analysis and the role of intercomprehension in mobility scenarios. She actively participates in international conferences and has collaborated with institutions such as the University of Ghent and the Free University of Brussels.