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Mar\u00eda Elena Placencia<\/strong> is Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Spanish at Birkbeck, University of London. \u00a0Her current research is in the areas of digital pragmatics, with a focus on social media interaction, and variational pragmatics, with a focus on e-service encounters. Her latest project examines the language of exclusion on Twitter in the context of interethnic communication.<\/p>\n Past projects have looked at a range of topics including, among others, complimenting behaviour in social media, the discourse of bargaining in e-commerce, rapport management and small talk in service encounters, (im)politeness in familial contexts, addressing behaviour and discursive racism. Mar\u00eda Elena has published extensively on these topics.<\/p>\n Mar\u00eda Elena serves on the editorial\/advisory board of various international journals, including \u00a0Journal of Pragmatics<\/em>, Sociocultural Pragmatics, International Journal of Spanish Linguistics<\/em>, Oralia, An\u00e1lisis del Discurso Oral, Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, Discurso & Sociedad<\/em>, Tonos Digital Revista Electr\u00f3nica de Estudios Filol\u00f3gicos<\/em>, Estudios Ling\u00fc\u00edsticos de la Universidad de Alicante (E.L.U.A)<\/em>, Revista de la Asociaci\u00f3n Brasile\u00f1a de Hispanistas, Journal of Spanish Language Teaching<\/em>, Euroamerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages<\/em>, Revista Estudios Discurso Digital<\/em>, Verbum et Lingua, Espa\u00f1ol Actual.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”http:\/\/mariaelenaplacencia.com\/” url_new_window=”on” button_text=”More information” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”18px” button_text_color=”gcid-4b22e075-8ac7-415a-8d3c-98987389a043″ button_bg_color=”gcid-f32be7d6-8c4c-4f0b-9233-eeb3bda41429″ button_border_color=”gcid-4b22e075-8ac7-415a-8d3c-98987389a043″ hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-f32be7d6-8c4c-4f0b-9233-eeb3bda41429%22:%91%22button_bg_color%22%93,%22gcid-bdc95c63-65ae-4dfc-9503-2b47793c8bb3%22:%91%22button_bg_color__hover%22%93,%22gcid-4b22e075-8ac7-415a-8d3c-98987389a043%22:%91%22button_text_color%22,%22button_border_color%22%93}” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”on|hover” button_bg_color__hover=”#5dc1b9″ button_bg_enable_color__hover=”on” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_tabs active_tab_background_color=”gcid-bdc95c63-65ae-4dfc-9503-2b47793c8bb3″ inactive_tab_background_color=”gcid-f32be7d6-8c4c-4f0b-9233-eeb3bda41429″ active_tab_text_color=”gcid-4b22e075-8ac7-415a-8d3c-98987389a043″ _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” tab_text_color=”gcid-4b22e075-8ac7-415a-8d3c-98987389a043″ global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-4b22e075-8ac7-415a-8d3c-98987389a043%22:%91%22active_tab_text_color%22,%22tab_text_color%22%93,%22gcid-f32be7d6-8c4c-4f0b-9233-eeb3bda41429%22:%91%22inactive_tab_background_color%22%93,%22gcid-bdc95c63-65ae-4dfc-9503-2b47793c8bb3%22:%91%22active_tab_background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_tab title=”PERSONAL DETAILS” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Affiliation<\/strong>: Birkbeck, University of London<\/p>\n ORCID number<\/strong>: 0000-0002-5471-4661<\/a><\/p>\n Google Scholar<\/strong>: \u00a0https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=2ByUQ8gAAAAJ&hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n Academia profile<\/strong>: https:\/\/birkbeck.academia.edu\/Mar%C3%ADaElenaPlacencia<\/a><\/p>\n Researchgate profile<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Maria-Elena-Placencia-2<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Contact<\/strong>: m.placencia@bbk.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Research interests<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”RESEARCH ACTIVITY” _builder_version=”4.24.2″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Selected publications since 2010<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 1) Edited volumes and special issues<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2) Book chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 3) Papers in peer-reviewed journals<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4) <\/strong>Plenary talks and invited lectures:<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Conference papers<\/strong><\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. (2021) Ethnically motivated slurs and other insults against Ecuadorian indigenous leaders on Twitter. Paper presented at the 17th International Pragmatics Conference<\/em>, Winterthur,<\/strong>\u00a0Switzerland, 27 June-2 July, 2021<\/em>.<\/p>\n Powell, H. and Placencia, M.E. (2021) Customer complaints directed towards private taxi-cab companies on Twitter: a comparison of strategies used in Spain and Mexico. Paper presented at the 17th International Pragmatics Conference<\/em>, Winterthur,<\/strong>\u00a0Switzerland, 27 June-2 July, 2021<\/em>.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. and Powell, H. (2020) Responding to compliments among teenage girls on Instagram. Paper presented at the 9th<\/sup> Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics (EPICS), Seville, 4-6 November, 2020.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. (2019) \u201cHola amigo quiero la H\u00e9rcules \u2026\u201d The use of address forms in e-service encounters from a variational pragmatics perspective. Paper presented at the 5th<\/sup> International Network of Address Research (INAR) Conference: Contrasting address, Sheffield, UK, 5-7 June, 2019.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. and Powell, H. (2018) Interpersonal work in service encounters on Mercado Libre Argentina: A comparison between buyer and vendor patterns across two market domains, 11th<\/sup> International Conference on Im\/Politeness, Valencia, 4-6 July, 2018.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. (2017) \u2018<\/strong>No gracias amigo\u2019 Refusals of bargaining offers in service encounters in two subsidiaries of a virtual marketplace in Ecuador and Venezuela\u2019. Paper presented at the 15th<\/sup> International Pragmatics Conference (IPRA), Belfast, 16-21 July, 2017.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. (2017) Refusals of bargaining offers in a virtual marketplace. Paper presented at the Third International Conference of the American Pragmatics Association (AMPRA), Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 4-6 November, 2017.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. (2016) La atenuaci\u00f3n en el regateo en un mercado virtual. Paper presented at Primer Congreso Internacional de Atenuaci\u00f3n Ling\u00fc\u00edstica: Perspectivas sem\u00e1nticas y pragm\u00e1ticas, Valencia, 15-18 June, 2016.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. (2015) Offers as bargaining moves on an Ecuadorian virtual marketplace. Paper presented at the first ADDA (Approaches to Digital Discourse Analysis) Conference, Universidad de Valencia, 19-20 November, 2015.<\/p>\n Lower, A. and Placencia, M.E. (2015) Addressing among young Ecuadorian and Spanish women on Facebook. Paper presented at the 3rd<\/sup> International Network on Address (INAR) Conference, Texas A&M University, Texas, 9-10 October, 2015.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. (2015) Peer evaluation among Ecuadorian teenage girls on Instagram. Paper presented at the 14th<\/sup> International Pragmatics Conference, Antwerp, 26-31 July, 2015.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E., Fuentes Rodr\u00edguez, C. y Palma-Fahey, M. (2015) Regional pragmatic variation in the use of the discourse marker pues<\/em> in informal talk among university students in Quito (Ecuador), Santiago (Chile) and Seville (Spain). Paper presented at the 14th<\/sup> International Pragmatics Conference, Antwerp, 26-31 July, 2015.<\/p>\n Powell, H. and Placencia, M.E. (2015) Rapport management in service encounters in MercadoLibre- Argentina, Paper presented at the 14th<\/sup> International Pragmatics Conference, Antwerp, 26-31 July, 2015.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. (2014) Relational work in social networking sites: Responding to compliments on Facebook.\u00a0 Paper presented at the 2nd<\/sup> American Pragmatics Association conference, UCLA, Los Angeles, 17-19 October, 2014.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. and Lower, A. (2013) Complimenting behaviour on Facebook among family and friends. Paper presented at the Linguistic Politeness Research Group Teaching and Learning (Im)Politeness<\/em> Conference, SOAS, London, 8-10 July, 2013.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. (2013) (Pro)nominal address in commercial service encounter interactions<\/em><\/a> in an Ecuadorian online market place<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>\u00a0Paper presented at Address(ing) (Pro)Nouns. Sociolinguistics and Grammar of Terms of Address<\/em> International Conference<\/em>, Freie Universi\u00e4tt Berlin, Berlin, 30 May-1 June, 2013.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. and Lower, A. (2011) Doing sociability on Facebook.\u00a0 Paper presented at the European Communication Research & Education Association Conference (Interpersonal Communication & Social Interaction Section), Belfast, 7-9 September, 2011.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. (2011) Vamos con todo<\/em>: A pseudo-confrontational talk show. Paper presented at the 12th IPRA conference, Manchester, UK, 3-8 July, 2011.<\/p>\n Placencia, M.E. (2010) Yahoo! Respuestas<\/em> \u00bfuna columna de consejos?\u00a0 Algunos rasgos de un g\u00e9nero h\u00edbrido.\u00a0 Paper presented at the III Spanish in Society International Conference, Limerick, Ireland, 13-15 July, 2010.<\/p>\n Mancera Rueda, A. and Placencia, M.E. (2010) Los marcadores interactivos en la construcci\u00f3n de relaciones familiares en contextos de servicio: el caso de los bares a la hora del desayuno en Sevilla. Paper presented at the 4th Symposium on Intercultural, Cognitive and Social Pragmatics, Epics IV, Seville, March, 2010.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][\/et_pb_tabs][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mar\u00eda Elena Placencia is Professor Emerita of Linguistics and Spanish at Birkbeck, University of London. \u00a0Her current research is in the areas of digital pragmatics, with a focus on social media interaction, and variational pragmatics, with a focus on e-service encounters. 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