The editors, who are members of the Research Group “Intercultural Pragmatic Studies (English-Spanish): Pragmatic and Discourse Aspects” (P.A.I. HUM 640), have previously co-edited the volume Current Trends in Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics and organised two editions of the “International Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics” (E.P.I.C.S. I & II).
Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she teaches applied linguistics. She holds a Ph.D. in Anglo-Germanic Philology from the University of Valencia. Her research interests include discourse analysis, pragmatics, and intercultural communication. Her field of specialisation is politeness theory. She has published and lectured extensively on the topic. She is the founder of the EPICS Research Group.
Manuel Padilla Cruz is currently a Lecturer at the Department of English Language (University of Seville). He holds a Ph.D. in English Linguistics from the University of Seville. His research interests and publications deal with cognitive, social, historical, interlanguage and cross-cultural pragmatics.
Reyes Gómez Morón is a Lecturer at the Department of Philology and Translation (Pablo de Olavide University) and currently co-ordinates the EPICS Research Group. She holds a Ph.D. in English Linguistics from the University of Seville. Her research interests and publications address issues related to social, cognitive, interlanguage and cross-cultural pragmatics, and English and Spanish as L2.
Lucía Fernández Amaya is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Philology and Translation (Pablo de Olavide University, Seville). She holds a Ph.D. in English Linguistics from the University of Seville. Her research interests and publications focus on socio-pragmatics, pragmatics and translation, and interlanguage and cross-cultural pragmatics.
