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Dr. Sreedevi Polpakkara is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Mahindra University, with a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Hyderabad. Her interests include cognitive and cultural linguistics, conceptual metaphors and grammaticalization, syntax–semantics interface, and spatial/temporal categorization in languages, and she has prior experience as a language data analyst at krita.ai, guest faculty at UoH, and soft‑skills trainer in industry.
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Sreedevi Polpakkara
Assistant Professor
Dr. Sreedevi Polpakkara is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Hyderabad.
Dr. Sreedevi’s interests include cognitive linguistics, cultural linguistics, Metaphors and conceptualizations, Syntax-semantics interface, Functional categories
- Ph.D. Applied Linguistics – University of Hyderabad, India
- B.A. Communicative English – M.G. University, India
- M.A. Linguistics – University of Hyderabad, India
- M.phil Linguistics – University of Hyderabad, India
- “Motion Event Typology” in mRNA. Volume 4, Issue 6&7, September-October 2015, pp. 36-41.ISSN 2319-2747
- “The Structure of Spatial Relators in Malayalam” in Language in India. Volume 17:4 April 2017. pp. 216-232. ISSN 1930-2940
- Language Data analyst| krita.ai
- Guest Faculty | University of Hyderabad
- Freelance soft-skill trainer| Verizon Data Services via C-School consultancy
- Language facilitator | Ananya learning center for autism and learning disabilities
- Program co-ordinator| Lohit Youth Library Movement, Arunachal Pradesh
Areas of interest:
- Conceptual Metaphors in grammaticalizations
- Cognitive semantics
- Spatial and temporal categorization in languages
- Cultural linguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- Semantics
