CURRICULUM VITAE Surname: HOREZEANU Name: MIHĂIŢĂ Date and place of birth: 18 th June 1959, Timișoara, Romania Office address King Khalid University: Faculty of Languages and Translation, Department of English, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, room A/3/148. E-mail: horezeanu@yahoo.com Tel. +40729291313 (Romania); +9660548431221 (KSA) Education: Constantin Diaconovici-Loga High School, Timișoara, 1974-1978; Faculty of Philology, University of Timișoara; English (major), French (minor), 1979-1983; Institute for Applied Language Studies, University of Edinburgh, Great Britain, 5th October 5th November 1992; Since June 2001: Doctor in Philology, magna cum laude, of the University of Timișoara. Title of thesis: O pragmatică contrastivă a intonaţiei în română şi engleză (A Contrastive Pragmatics of Intonation in Romanian and English); scientific advisor: Prof. Dr. Gheorghe. I. Tohăneanu. 1
Lectures taught abroad: The Pedagogic Academy of Graz, Austria, July 16-20, 1998; University of Munich, Germany, June 5-17, 2000 (Socrates program). Teaching experience: taught English language and literature to secondary-school students: Unirea Secondary-school, Turnu Măgurele, Teleorman, 01.09.1983-15.07.1988; university lecturer, English Department, Faculty of Letters, History and Philosophy, University of Timișoara, 01.10.1990-20.02.1995; Senior lecturer, English Department, Faculty of Letters, History and Philosophy, University of Timișoara, 1995 present; Associate Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Languages and Translation, King Khalid University, Abha, 2012 present. Lectures and seminars University of Timișoara, Romania: 1990 2012: English practical course for English majors and minors; seminars of English Phonetics for 1st-year students (BA level); 1991 2012: Lectures in English Phonetics and Phonology to 1st-year English students (BA level); 1995 2008: Lectures in Aspects of Contemporary Linguistics to 4th-year English students (BA level); 1996 2001: Lectures in Pragmatics and Conversation Analysis at MA level; 2001 2012: Lectures in The Pragmatics of Translation for MA students; 2009 2012: Lectures in Equivalence in Translation for MA students. King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: since 2012: o A course of Introduction to Linguistics (Course Coordinator) at BA level; o Lectures in Applied Linguistics at BA level; o A course of International Tests Preparation at BA level; o Listening and Speaking (Levels 1, 2 and 3) at BA level; 2
since 2013: Lectures in Linguistics at MA level for students of Translation Studies and Applied Linguistics; 2014 2015: Lectures in Language and Culture Awareness at MA level for students of Applied Linguistics. Translation work experience translator for The Institute of Welding and Materials Testing (ISIM) Timișoara, Standardization Department; translated and edited articles for the professional journal of the institute, 15.07.1988-01.09.1990; translated advertising leaflets for the European Union and the Romanian Ministry of the Interior; translated official documents for the website of the University of Timișoara; translated and elaborated the official audio guide to the city of Timișoara (in use by the Town Hall of Timișoara); translator and narrator of various TV documentaries of national interest (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onziahx11n8&feature=related) Professional associations: Romanian Society of English and American Studies (RSEAS); European Society for the Study of English (ESSE). Foreign languages: English (fluent), French (fluent), Italian (some) Awards and special mentions: 1 st Prize at the National Students Conference in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 1982, for the paper Aspects of Transitivity (published in 1983); Listed in International Youth in Achievement, in The Dictionary of International Biography, 4th edition, Cambridge, 1987. 3
Publications: Books: - Limba și literatura engleză. Sinteze şi exerciţii pentru examenele de bacalaureat şi admitere (Essentials of English Language and Literature and Exercises for the Baccalaureate and University Admission Exams), Editura Amarcord, Timişoara, 1996 (co-author); - University of the West, Timişoara, Ed. Mirton, 1998 (co-translated with C. Chevereşan); - O pragmatică contrastivă a intonaţiei în engleză şi română (A Contrastive Pragmatics of Intonation in English and Romanian), Editura Universităţii de Vest (University of the West Publishing House), Timişoara, 2004; - The Art and Craft of Translation, Editura Universităţii de Vest, Timişoara, 2009 (coauthor). Dictionary: Dicţionar englez-român de colocaţii verbale (English-Romanian Dictionary of Verbal Collocations), Editura Polirom, Iaşi, 2000 (co-author). Articles: - Aspects of Transitivity, in Lucrările Cercurilor Ştiinţifice Studenţeşti, Tipografia Universităţii din Timişoara, 1983, pp. 88-97; - The Recategorization of Transitive and Intransitive Verbs in English and Romanian, in Lucrările Cercurilor Ştiinţifice Studenţeşti, Seria Filologie, Tipografia Universităţii din Timişoara, 1984, pp. 52-58; - Intonaţie şi semnificaţie în limba engleză ( Intonation and Meaning in English ), in Studii de limbi şi literaturi străine, Tipografia Universităţii din Timişoara, 1988, pp. 15-22; - Free Indirect Speech: Problems of Delimitation (co-authored with C. Chevereşan), in Studii de limbi şi literaturi străine, Tipografia Universităţii din Timişoara, 1991, pp. 39-48; - The Style of Newspaper Headlines: An Outline, in Studii de limbi şi literaturi moderne, Tipografia Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara, 1992, pp. 115-124; - Intonation and Meaningful Contrasts: Some Minimal Pairs in Terms of Information Structure, in Studii de limbi şi literaturi moderne, Tipografia Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara, 1993, pp. 133-139; 4
- Minimal Pairs Revisited: A Cross-Linguistic Approach, in Studii de limbi şi literaturi moderne, Tipografia Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara, 1994, pp. 219-225; - Funcţia gramaticală a intonaţiei în engleză şi română ( The Grammatical Function of Intonation in English and Romanian ), in G.I. Tohăneanu 70, Timişoara: Editura Amphora, 1995, pp. 233-246; - Test Analysis: A Reading Comprehension Test, in Analele Universităţii din Timişoara (AUT), Tipografia Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara, 1995, pp. 148-154; - Rules about Language or Language about Rules?, in British and American Studies, Timişoara: Hestia, 1997, pp. 182-187; - Pragmatic Constraints on Intonation, in Studii de limbi şi literaturi moderne, Timişoara: Editura Mirton, 1998, pp. 15-22; - Pragmatic Uses of the Fall and the Fall-Rise in English and Romanian, in British and American Studies, Timişoara: Hestia, 1999, pp. 161-165; - Intonation and Attitude, in Studii de limbi şi literaturi moderne, Timişoara: Editura Mirton, 1999, pp. 29-34; - Raportul dintre intonaţie şi alţi factori prozodici şi paralingvistici ( The Relation between Intonation and Other Prosodic and Paralinguistic Features ), in AUT, Seria Filologie, XXXVIII, Timişoara: Editura Mirton, 2000, pp. 69-74; - How NARrow can narrow focus be?, in British and American Studies, Timişoara: Editura Universităţii de Vest, 2002, pp. 289-295; - Pentru o teorie a emoţiei şi atitudinii în evaluarea funcţiei atitudinale a intonaţiei ( Prolegomena to a Theory of Emotion and Attitude in the Assessment of the Attitudinal Function of Intonation ), in Caiet de semiotică nr. 13, Timişoara: Tipografia Universităţii de Vest, 2002, pp. 24-30; - The illocutionary role of intonation in English and Romanian, in Caiet de semiotică, nr. 14, Timişoara: Tipografia Universităţii de Vest, 2003, pp. 41-48; - Why Sometimes Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, in British and American Studies, vol. XX, Timişoara: Editura Diacritic, 2014, pp. 119-127, ISSN 1224-3086 (https://litere.uvt.ro/publicatii/bas/pdf/no/bas_2015.pdf ); - On Reflexive Language and its Manifestations in Discourse, in Present and Future of English in Saudi Arabia: Research Concerns, Abha, 2014, pp. 76-89; - You Want to Hear the Magic Word? Inshallah, in British and American Studies, vol. XXI, Timişoara: Editura Diacritic, 2015, pp. 193-204, ISSN 1224-3086 (https://litere.uvt.ro/publicatii/bas/pdf/no/bas_2015.pdf ); 5
- The Discourse of Advertising: Linguistic Features And Classroom Activities, in King Khalid University Journal of Humanities, vol. 24, no. 3, Abha, 2015, pp. 203-215, ISSN 1658-6727. Unpublished papers or papers due for publication: - I'd Never Buy That on Amazon and So Shall You: The Language of Online Customer Reviews, presented at British and American Studies (BAS), the 17th International Conference, Timişoara, May 17-19, 2007; - A Mid-Summit s Daydream, presented at British and American Studies (BAS), the 18th International Conference, Timişoara, May 15-17, 2008; - Legendary Elaine Re: Re: Revisited, presented at British and American Studies (BAS), the 19th International Conference, Timişoara, May 21-23, 2009; - Speech Acts Across Cultures, presented in the seminars organized by the Language Research Centre of the Faculty of Languages and Translation, King Khalid University, Abha, April 9, 2013. Edited volumes: Analele Universităţii din Timişoara (University Annals), 1992-1997; Lucrările sesiunii de comunicări ştiinţifice studenţeşti (Students Scientific papers at the Annual Students Symposium), 1997-2000. Other professional activities: a member in the organizing committee of the Summer School of Romanian Language and Civilization, 1991-1998; Deputy Director of the Summer School, 1994; a member in the organizing committee of the English Department s Annual International Conference: British and American Studies (BAS), 1991 2012; Scientific Advisor for students final dissertations (BA and MA level) Scientific Advisor for teachers dissertations needed for obtaining the highest degree in secondary (pre-university) education; 6
President of National Committees awarding teachers the highest degree in secondary (pre-university) education; a member of the Language Research Centre of the Faculty of Languages and Translation, King Khalid University; a member of the Advisory Board for the Journal of Language Studies of the English Department at the Faculty of Languages and Translation, King Khalid University. 7