Naoko Osuka is Professor at Meiji University, in Japan. She obtained her PhD in Linguistics from Lancaster University. Her research interests include interlanguage pragmatics, speech... Read More

1979   International Christian University B.A. 1983  Tsukuba University  M.A., International Studies 2010  Meikai University  PhD., Applied Linguistics    

Giordano Stocchi is a PhD student at the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’ with a BA in Communication from the University for Foreigners of Perugia and... Read More

Etsuko Oishi is a professor of linguistics at Tokyo University of Science. She has been working on Austinian speech act theory, and published papers on... Read More

Chilmeg Elden is a PhD student at the University of Queensland. Her research interests include conversational humour, initial interactions, and intercultural communication.

Francesco Nacchia is a Research Fellow at the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’. He holds a PhD in (Euro)languages and Specialized Terminology from the University of... Read More

Chantima Wangsomchok is currently a PhD student at The University of Queensland, Australia. Her research interest involves conversational humour and English as a medium language.

Nicholas Hugman is a PhD student at the University of Queensland in Australia. He is interested primarily in conversational humour and its different functions in... Read More

Andrew Williams has been professor of English at the SDI since 2012, where he teaches intercultural communication. He has published on German and English literature.... Read More

Giuliana Salvato is an Associate Professor of Second Language Education at the Department of Languages of the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, where she teaches... Read More