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Mir Sabir Hasan

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PhD Student

Mir Sabbir Hasan is a first-year Ph.D. student specializing in World Englishes and Corpus Linguistics. His research investigates how English is used and adapted in diverse global contexts, with a focus on linguistic variation, identity construction, and communication practices across spoken, written, and digital media.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in Linguistics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and his master’s degree in English-Speaking Cultures from the University of Bremen, Germany. He has gained industry experience as a language consultant with Google Translate and What3words, contributing to multilingual data, language technology, and localization projects.

In addition, he has worked as a Research Assistant and Tutor at the University of Bremen, supporting undergraduate teaching, assisting with research projects, and mentoring students in academic writing.

Mir’s academic interests lie at the intersection of global English varieties, digital communication, and the social meanings of language use. His long-term goal is to produce scholarship that bridges linguistic theory and real-world language practices in multicultural and multilingual settings.

Education:

BA in Linguistics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

MA in Linguistics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. 

MA in English Speaking Culture, University of Bremen, Germany. 

Selected Publications:

Hasan, Mir Sabbir. “Do South Asian Politicians Use More Metaphors Than Western Politicians? A Corpus-Based Comparative Study of Metaphor in Bangladesh, British, and American Political Discourse.” Advances in Social Sciences and Management, vol. 2, no. 7, July 2024, pp. 96–108. Advances in Social Sciences and Management, https://doi.org/10.63002/assm.27.518.

Hasan, Mir Sabbir. “Word Formation in Bangladeshi English.” European Journal of Linguistics, vol. 3, no. 4, 9 Nov. 2024, pp. 53–63. European Journal of Linguistics, https://doi.org/10.47941/ejl.2344

Hasan, Mir Sabbir. “Review of Variation in Political Metaphor.” Linguist List: https://linguistlist.org/issues/32/973/ 

 

Awards and Special Recognitions:
  • Faculty Scholarship, University of Dhaka
  • Erasmus Mundus Scholarship

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