An interview with Jonathan Culpeper

Authors

  • Cristina Becker Lopes-Perna Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.
  • Cristiane Ruzicki Corsetti Cultura Inglesa S.A.
  • Claudia Strey Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2015.1.21140

Keywords:

linguistic politeness, social dynamics of interaction

Abstract

Jonathan Culpeper is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Lancaster University, UK. He holds a Ph.D in Linguistics and a B.A. Hons. in English Language and Literature, at Lancaster University.  Most of his current work belongs to the field of Pragmatics. He has a particular research interest in linguistic politeness, focusing on the social dynamics of interaction. He was co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pragmatics from 2009 to 2014.

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Published

2015-07-15

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Lopes-Perna, C. B., Corsetti, C. R., & Strey, C. (2015). An interview with Jonathan Culpeper. Letrônica, 8(1), 243–247. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-4301.2015.1.21140

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2015): Pragmática e interfaces & Gênero epistolar

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Interviews

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