Prof. Diana Yankova`s research interests and contributions are in the field of discourse analysis, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and culture studies with a special emphasis on multilingualism and interculturality, legal language, culture- and genre-specific characteristics of Common law and Continental legislation, convergence of legal studies and linguistics, terminological and structural considerations in translating supranational law, approximation of legislation, EU legal terminology, teaching EALP, Canadian studies and cultural awareness. Author of a number of monographs, among which “Canadian Kaleidoscope” (2006), “The Text and Context of European Directives. Translation Issues in Approximating Legislation” (2008), Legal Englishes: The Discourse of Statutory Texts (2013), “Bulgarian immigrants to Canada: sociocultural and linguistic identity” (2024).