Gabriela ANDRIOAI

ACADEMIC AND MANAGERIAL POSITIONS
  • Assistant Lecturer

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
  • BA in Philology (1997-2001), University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters and Sciences, Romanian language and literature - English language and literature 
  • MA in Language and Communication Sciences (2002-2004), University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters
  • PhD in Philology, Linguistics (2000-2007), “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iasi, Romania; doctoral advisor: Professor Horia Hulban

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Teaching positions
  • 2004 to the present - assistant lecturer, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Romania
  • 2001-2004 – teaching assistant, University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters, Romania

TEACHING ACTIVITY
Academic disciplines currently taught
  • Bachelor’s degree courses: Official correspondence (seminar), ESP courses (Technical English, Scientific English, Buiness English, English for Physical Education students)
Didactic materials
  • English for Engineering Students, Colectia Stiinte Ingineresti, Coord. Doina Cmeciu; authors: Gabriela Andrioai et al., ISBN: 978-973-1833-53-8, Editura Alma Mater- Bacau, 2009 

RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Research interests/fields of research
  • Cognitive Linguistics
  • Applied Linguistics
  • Translation studies 
  • English Language Studies
  • Technical English

Publications
Books
  • Andrioai Telibașa, Gabriela, Metaphoric and Metonymic Changes of Meaning in English Food Terminology, Smart Academic, Bacău, 2015, ISBN: 978-606-93855-7-9.  
Selected articles/papers
  • Gabriela Telibașa, "The Pervasiveness of Metaphor in the Language of Economics", Studies and Scientific Researches. Economics, Volum 21, No. 21/2015, pp. 136-143, ISSN* ISSN: 2066-561X (print)/ ISSN: 2344-1321 (online)  
  • Gabriela Telibașa, "Image and Representation. The Language of Food Advertisements", Interstudia. Image, Imaginary, Representation, Volume 18, No. 18/2015, pp. 127-135, ISSN: 2065 – 3204
  • Morăraşu Nadia Nicoleta and Gabriela AndrioaiA Cognitive-linguistic approach to plant metaphors and similes”, Scientific Studies and Researches. Biology. Vegetal series, No. 20/1 2011, Editura Alma Mater, Bacău, pp.132-137, ISSN 1224-919 X 
  • Morăraşu Nadia Nicoleta and Gabriela Andrioai, “Conceptual models for animal similes and metaphors”, Scientific Studies and Researches. Biology. Animal series, No. 20/2 2011, Editura Alma Mater, Bacău, pp.170-176, ISSN 1224-919 X   
  • Gabriela Andrioai, “Metaphorical Concepts beyond Everyday Language”, Interstudia, vol. Cultural Spaces. Identity Within/Beyond Borders no. 11(2) /2012, pp. 132-141, indexed in Fabula, C.E.E.O.L. and Index Copernicus, Ed. „Alma Mater”, Bacău, ISSN 2065-3204
  • Gabriela Andrioai, "Food metaphors as means of communication" in ETHOS – The New View, No. 2, March 2012, pp. 50-55, ISSN: 2246 9427; ISSN: 2246 9427
  • Gabriela Andrioai, Classifying Food Metaphors According to Transfers of Meaning, Interstudia, vol. Cultural diversity  through language and communication no. 9/2011, pp. 87-98, indexed in Fabula, C.E.E.O.L. and Index Copernicus, Alma Mater, Bacău, ISSN 2065-3204
  • Gabriela Andrioai, “Food Idioms in Relation to Metaphor”, Interstudia. Revista Centrului interdisciplinar de studiu al formelor discursive contemporane, vol. Cultural Spaces and Identities in (Inter)action Ed. „Alma Mater”, Nr. 6/2009, Bacău, ISSN  2065-3204, pp. 183-191
  • Gabriela Andrioai, “Metaphors and Metonymies Are Not Mere Words. A Food-Based Analysis on Conceptual Metaphors and Metonymies” in Style In Language, Discourses and Literature V, Horia Hulban (Editor), Lumen, Iaşi, 2009, pp. 91-103, ISBN Gen.: 973-702-321-8); ISBN VOL V: 978-973-166-193-3
  • Gabriela Andrioai “A Cognitive Approach to Metonymies Based on Food˝, in Interstudia. Semestrial Review of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Studies of Contemporary Discursive Forms. Volum Language, Discourse, Society , Ed. „Alma Mater”, Nr. 3/2009, Bacău, pp. 109-118, indexed in C.E.E.O.L, ISSN  2065-3204
  • Gabriela Andrioai, “Conceptual Metaphors Based on Food Idioms”, in Transmodernity. Managing Global Communication - Proceedings of the 2nd Roass Conference, 2009, pp. 505 – 517, ISBN: 1842-6409
  • Gabriela Andrioai, “An Interdisciplinary Approach to Metaphor and Metonymy (in the Food Domain)”, Proceedings of the International Conference: ˝Individual and Specific Signs. Paradigms of Identity In Managing Social Representations˝,  Alma Mater, Bacau, 2007, pp. 670-675, ISBN 978-973-1833-62-0
  • Gabriela Andrioai, An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Political Discourse”, Studii şi Cercetări Ştiinţifice”, No. 11/ 2007, Bacău, pp.192-199, ISSN 1224-9866
  • Gabriela Andrioai, “Expressive vs. Scientific Discourse in Charles Dickens’s  Dombey and Son”, in Cultural Perspectives. Journal for British and American Literary Studies, no.7, noiembrie 2002, pp. 19-25, ISSN 1224-239X
  • Gabriela Andrioai, “A Semiotic Approach to Texts Belonging to  Scientific Discourse”, in Proceedings of the 1st ROASS Conference, Semiotics beyond Limits, Ed. Alma Mater, Bacău, 2006, pp. 352-357, ISBN 1842-6409

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
Edited journals
  • Co-editor  of issues of RoBrit Student Journal. English Semestrial Review of the Romanian Students from The Faculty of Letters, “Alma Mater”, Bacău

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Research centres and groups
  • Member of Interstud Research Centre
  • Member of "Cultural Spaces" Research Group

CONTACT
E-mail: andrioai.gabriela@ub.ro