dr hab Agata Kochańska

Department of the English Language

associate professor

Room number: 3.223

Phone: +48 (22) 5531416

email: a.kochanska@uw.edu.pl

Office hours: spring term 2025/2026:
Wednesday 8:00 - 9:30

Please contact me via email the day before at the latest

Degrees

M.A., University of Warsaw, 1993

Ph.D., University of Warsaw, 2002

Postdoctoral degree (habilitacja) 2023

Research interests and projects

cognitive linguistics
cognitive grammar
cognitive approach to speech acts
cognitive theory of polysemy
usage-based model of language
cognitive research into first language acquisition
blending theory
the semantics of Polish verbal aspect and other grammatical constructions
the interplay between the grammatical make-up of directive utterances in Polish and their interactive and interpersonal effects
languages: Polish, English

Selected publications

Articles

Kochańska, A. (2018). The hurting and healing power of words (and grammatical constructions). A cognitive grammar study of the interactive and interpersonal effects of a directive construction in Polish. JOURNAL OF PRAGMATICS, 134, (pp. 1-14).

Kochańska, A. (2015). Cognitive grammar, speech acts, and interpersonal dynamics: A study of two directive constructions in Polish. COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS, 26, (pp. 61-94).

Older publications can be found on the complete list in PBN