Reviewed Publication:
Culpeper, Jonathan & Haugh, Michael. 2014. Pragmatics and the English language. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 301 pp., ISBN 978-0230551732
About the authors
Huadong Li is a professor of English at College of Foreign languages, Hangzhou Dianzi University, P. R. China. He has done research on pragmatics, stylistics, language testing and material development. He is currently teaching English majors and postgraduate students majoring in the English language and literature. He is currently working on pragmatic study on style of drama. Meanwhile he is editing a series of textbooks for non-English majors in China.
Mengge Wang is a postgraduate student majoring in the English Language and Literature at College of Foreign languages, Hangzhou Dianzi University, P. R. China. She has done research on second language acquisition, informational pragmatics and English teaching. She is now doing her thesis on communication problems and learning adaptability.
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