Satu Manninen

Satu Manninen is a Professor in English Linguistics and Manager of Research and Research Education at the Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University. She has coordinated the international MA programme in Languages and Linguistics and serves as an editor for the Lund Journal of English Studies and the Lund Studies in English book series.

• Education: Ph.D. in Theoretical Linguistics (University of Edinburgh, 1999), MA/BA in English Philology (University of Tampere) with second-subject studies in Nordic Philology, Journalism, Social Psychology, and Psychology.

Research Focus: Her work spans theoretical syntax (Finnish and Finnic languages), academic writing in non-native contexts, and ideophones/expressive vocabulary in Finnish, English, and Swedish. She examines dictionary definitions, translation strategies, and multimodal narratives (comics, cartoons) with Dr. Maria Wiktorsson.

Key Article Trends: Recent publications address ideophones in multimodal texts, pedagogical mentorship models for doctoral students, academic writing frameworks, and reduplicative compounds in English. Collaborative projects emphasize cross-linguistic translation and corpus-based analysis.

Scientific Awards:

• Qualified Teaching Practitioner, The Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology (2025).

Teaching & Administrative Roles: She has taught courses in generative syntax, lexical semantics, language and gender, and academic writing at all levels (BA, MA, PhD). Administrative duties include membership in the Academic Appointments Board and leadership of research education.

Labs & Collaborations: Collaborated with Malmö University (Dr. Maria Wiktorsson) on ideophones and translation studies, and with the German Unit at Lund on literary translation projects. Involved in pedagogical development work at University of Alicante (2024).