Birgitta Meex is an assistant professor of German and Organizational Communication at the Arts Faculty of the University of Leuven (Campus Antwerp). She is a certified trainer in technical communication (tekom), a founding member of tekom Belgium and the Secretary of tekom Europe. She has published research articles in the fields of cognitive semantics, corporate communication as well as technical and medical communication. 
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