Dr. Saumya Sharma

About

Dr. Saumya Sharma is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at The
English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Regional Campus, Lucknow, India.
She has been a guest faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur for a year
where she taught a course on communication skills and composition. Her doctoral
research was on discourse analysis of drama using concepts from psychoanalysis. Her
research interests include examining the discourse-gender interface, with a focus on
psychology. She has published articles in the areas of stylistics, discourse analysis and
English language teaching in various journals and has authored the following books:
Discourse and Psychology: An Introduction (Routledge 2020), Language, Gender and
Ideology: Constructions of Femininity for Marriage (Routledge 2018) and Common
Errors in Everyday English (Oxford University Press 2017).

Employment

• English and Foreign Languages University - Lucknow Campus Assistant Professor
  2010 - Present

Education

• The English and Foreign Languages University - Lucknow Campus PhD English
  2009 - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (5)

• Discourse Analysis of the Argala Stotram in the Durga Saptashati
  SAMPRATYAYA 2026 DOI: 10.21276/smprt.202606.31.a1
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• Politics and Violence in Representation of Acid Attack Victims in the Media: A Feminist Discursive Perspective
  Journal of Asia-Pacific Pop Culture 2024 DOI: 10.5325/jasiapacipopcult.9.1.0092
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• Discourse and Psychology: An Introduction
  Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group) 2020
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• Language Gender and ideology: Constructions of Femininity for Marriage
  Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group) 2018
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• Common Errors in Everyday English
  Oxford University Press 2017
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