Department of English and American Studies
Faculty of Arts MU
A. Nováka 1
660 88 BRNO
Function, current position
Professor Emeritus
Education and academic qualifications
2011: Professor, Faculty of Arts, MU
1998: Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts, MU
1987: Associate Professor in Modern English, Faculty of Arts, Šafárik University Prešov (SK)
1984: CSc. (PhD.) in Germanic languages
1978: PhDr. in the English language
1966: graduation from the Faculty of Arts, J.Ev.Purkyně university Brno (Masaryk University)
Professional experience
1997-: Faculty of Arts, MU, Brno
1992-1997: Faculty of Education, MU
1965-1992: assistant, sen. lecturer, associate professor, Faculty of Arts
Šafárik University Prešov, Slovakia
Teaching activities
Language of Advertizing, English Conversation, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, History of Linguistics, Modern Linguistics
Research activities
research project GAČR 2002-2004: Comparative Study of Matter-of-fact Texts
Professional stays abroad
1997: study stay at Vienna University, Austria
1994: study stay at Lund University, Sweden
1992: study stay at University College, London
Other academic activities, research projects, grants
member of the editorial board Brno Studies in English
Non-university activities
editorial board :
Philologica Pragensia, Faculty of Arts, Charles university Prague;
Journal of English Studies, Faculty of Education, Charles university Prague
Most significant professional accomplishments
1999 medal from the Faculty of Arts, Prešov university, Slovak Republic;
encyclopaedic entry Ludmila Urbanová in: Kdo je kdo v dějinách české lingvistiky (Who is Who in the History of Czech Linguistics), Libri 2008;
encyclopaedic entry in: Who is Who in the World 2013, U.S.A;
tribute article in: Osobnosti Filozofické fakulty Prešovské univerzity (Personalities of the Faculty of Arts, Prešov university 2013), Slovak Republic
2015 Ján Bayer prize for lifelong work, Faculty of Arts, Prešov university Prešov, Slovak Republic
Major publications
URBANOVÁ, Ludmila. Information and Interpretation in Media Discourse. In Trušník, Roman; Nemčoková, Katarína; Bell, Gregory Jason. Theories and Practices : Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Anglophone Studies. 1st ed. Zlín: Tomas Bata University in Zlín, 2013. s. 129-134. ISBN 978-80-7454-191-9. info
URBANOVÁ, Ludmila. Josef Vachek´s View of the Functional Hierarchy of Spoken and Written Utterances. Spoken vs written: worlds apart or diverse in unity? In Malá, Markéta; Šaldová, Pavlína. A Centenary of English Studies at Charles University : From Mathesius to Present-Day Linguistics. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, 2013. s. 95-102. ISBN 978-80-7308-449-3. info
URBANOVÁ, Ludmila. Syntactic Structures and Their Sequencing as Defamiliarization Device. In New Chapters in Functional Syntax. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Universitas Ostraviensis, 2011. s. 101-107, 8 s. Spis Ostravské univerzity v Ostravě č. 236/2011. ISBN 978-80-7368-946-9. info
SVOBODA, Aleš, Jana CHAMONIKOLASOVÁ a Ludmila URBANOVÁ. Collected Works of Jan Firbas. Volume One (1951–1967). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010. 384 s. Masaryk University Hounours Series. ISBN 978-80-210-5128-7. URLinfo