DiPVaC4 is pleased to welcome as plenary speakers Professor Yael Maschler, Professor Terttu Nevalainen, Dr. Heike Pichler, and Professor Jan-Ola Östman. Prof. Yael Maschler Professor Yael Maschler is ...

Discourse and pragmatics encompass the study of language as it is used in real contexts, probing not only its formal structure but also the rich, context‐dependent processes by which meaning is ...

The study of pragmatics and variation in English language use encompasses an examination of how context, speaker intention, and cultural nuances interact to shape communication. It addresses the ...

Discourse-Pragmatic Variation & Change (DiPVaC) is a biennial international conference series intended to further the quantitative analysis of variation and change at the level of discourse-pragmatics ...