Chara Vlachaki

Chara's main research interests fall under the broad umbrella of pragmatics, that is the study of meaning in context. She is interested in the connection between linguistics, philosophy and emotions and how we express and infer the ineffable in various artistic media and more specifically, in the Parthenon Marbles.

Her MA dissertation was a comparative study on how neurotypicals and high functioning autistic individuals interpret the ineffable in literature in terms of affect and mental imagery. This provided the stimulus to investigate further "beyond meaning" effects and the ineffable in different types of art.