Staff profile

Dr Zaneta Mok

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Allied Health
Department of Human Communication Sciences

Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

Bachelor Speech Pathology (Hons), La Trobe University; PhD Applied Language and Speech Sciences, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Membership of professional associations

Speech Pathology Australia

Area of study

Speech Pathology

Brief profile

Zaneta is a post-doctoral research fellow with the NHMRC Centre for Clinical Excellence in Research in Aphasia Rehabilitation. Zaneta is a qualified speech-language pathologist and also has a background in applied linguistics. Her research focuses on the application of functional and pragmatic based approaches to linguistics, in particular to adult neurogenic communication disorders. She is also interested in the practice of speech-language pathology in complex multicultural and multilinguistic societies.

Recent publications

  1. Müller, N., Mok, Z. and Keegan, L. Systemic Functional Linguistics. (In press) In Ball, M. J., Müller, N. and Nelson, R. (Eds.)  The Handbook of Qualitative Research in Communication Disorders. New York Psychology Press.
  2. Müller, N. and Mok, Z. (2012) Nonword jargon produced by a French-English bilingual. In Gitterman, M., Goral, M. and Obler, L. (Eds.), Aspects of Multilingual Aphasia. Bristol: Multilingual Matters.
  3. Müller, N. and Mok, Z. (2012) A systemic functional linguistic investigation of the linguistic construction of interpersonal relationships in dementia. Seminars in Speech and Language, 33(01): 05-15

 

Research projects

  • Current speech-language pathology practice for individuals with non-English language preferences
  • The application of Systemic Functional Linguistics to outcome measurement in aphasia therapy