Doaa Riziq earned her PhD degree in Linguistics from the University of Jordan. She has a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics and Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Mutah University, Jordan, and a BA degree in Applied English from Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. She is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Applied Science Private University (Amman, Jordan). Her current research interests are in the field of Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Semantics, Pragmatics, Contrastive Linguistics and Intercultural Communication.