prof. zw. dr hab. Piotr Cap

Prof. zw. dr hab. Piotr Cap

Chair of Pragmatics (Head)
Institute of English, Faculty of Philology (Vice-Dean for Research and International Cooperation)
University of Lodz, Al. Kosciuszki 65, 90-514 Lodz, Poland
tel./fax +48 42 6655220

E-mail address: strus_pl@yahoo.com
http://ia.uni.lodz.pl/pragmatics/faculty/pcap

Date of birth and birthplace: October 3, 1970, Lodz

DEGREES

“profesor” (Professor); 10/2007; University of Łódź; field: English linguistics; dissertation Legitimization in Political Discourse: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective on the Modern US War Rhetoric
“doktor habilitowany” (D.Litt.); 09/2003; University of Łódź; field: English linguistics; dissertation Analytic Determinism of the Study of Persuasive Discourse: Inductive and Deductive Processes
“doktor” (Ph.D.); 12/1996; University of Łódź; field: English linguistics; dissertation The Pragmatic Organization of the Inaugural Addresses of American Presidents 1933-93: Methodological and Critical Perspectives
“magister” (M.A.); 02/1994; University of Łódź; field: English philology; thesis Metaphor as a Pragmatic Instrument of Power

RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2012-2013 - Boston University, Kościuszko Foundation Fellowship
09/2005-01/2006 – Boston University, Fulbright Senior Research Grant
02/2003-01/2004 – University of Munich, Alexander-von-Humboldt Research Fellowship
07/2000-09/2000 – University of Birmingham, Stefan Batory Foundation Research Fellowship
08/1997-06/1998 – University of California at Berkeley, Fulbright Junior Research Grant
09/1994 – University of Utrecht, Tempus program grant
02/1993-06/1993 – University of Coimbra, Tempus program grant
03/1991-07/1991 – University of Wurzburg, Tempus program grant

ACADEMIC VISITS AND GUEST LECTURES

04/2012 – University of La Laguna (lectures)
09/2011 – University of Szczecin (keynote lecture)
05/2011 – Suzhou, China (invited lecture at the World Cultural Forum)
04/2011 – University of Malta (lectures)
03/2011 – University of Nitra (keynote lecture)
02/2011 – University of Warsaw (invited workshop lecture)
09/2010 – 19th IATEFL Conference hosted by the University of Economy in Bydgoszcz (keynote lecture)
06/2010 – Baikal National University of Economics and Law (keynote lecture)
04/2010 – Guest lecture at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Pecs branch)
01/2010 – University of Stuttgart (conference guest)
06/2009 – Lodz Academy of International Studies (keynote lecture)
05/2009 – University of Alba Iulia (keynote lecture)
05/2009 – Alytus College Lithuania (lectures)
04/2009 – University of Dalarna (lectures)
09/2008 – University of Brno (keynote lecture)
09/2008 – University of Warsaw (keynote lecture)
07/2008 – University of Hertfordshire (keynote lecture) - Video
05/2008 – University of Osijek (keynote lecture)
05/2008 – Higher School of Philology, Wrocław (lecture)
05/2008 – Kafkas University of Kars (lectures)
04/2008 – University of Nitra (lectures)
04/2008 – University of Vigo (lectures) - Video
06/2007 – Higher School of Foreign Languages, Poznań (lecture)
05/2007 – Afyon Kocatepe University (lectures)
04/2007 – University of Munich (lectures)
03/2007 – University of Nitra (keynote lecture)
12/2006 – University of Pune (keynote lecture)
09/2005 – University of Antwerp (keynote lecture)
12/2004 – University of Wrocław (lecture)
04/2003-06/2003 – University of Munich (lectures)
04/2002 – University of Limerick (lectures)
02/2002 – University of Leipzig (Socrates, administrative)
01/2002 – University of Santiago de Compostela (lectures)
05/2001 – University of Coimbra (Socrates, administrative)
12/2000 – University of Sunderland (Socrates, administrative)
11/1999 – University of Tampere (lectures)
02/1999 – University of Munich (lectures)

PARTICIPATION IN ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

1995-present - c. 80 papers at international conferences on pragmatics, discourse analysis, political linguistics and cognitive linguistics (Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, Belgium, France, Spain, Greece, Canada, USA, India, Sweden, Croatia, Czech Republic, Romania, Cuba, Australia, Russia, United Kingdom, China)

ORGANIZATION OF ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

05/2002, University of Łódź: International Conference New Developments in Linguistic Pragmatics: 1^st Lodz Symposium
05/2004, University of Łódź: International Conference New Developments in Linguistic Pragmatics: 2^nd Lodz Symposium
05/2006, University of Łódź: International Conference New Developments in Linguistic Pragmatics: 3^rd Lodz Symposium
09/2007, Warsaw University: Political Linguistics Conference - PL Conference Series
05/2008, University of Łódź: International Conference New Developments in Linguistic Pragmatics: 4^th Lodz Symposium
10/2008, PWSZ College in Włocławek: The 1^st International Conference on Discourse Approaches to Functional Linguistics, Translation and Foreign Language Teaching
05/2009, University of Łódź: International Conference Race, Religion, Representation
09/2009, University of Łódź: Political Linguistics Conference II
05/2010, University of Łódź: International Conference New Developments in Linguistic Pragmatics: 5^th Lodz Symposium
09/2010, University of Łódź: International Conference Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines (CADAAD) III (co-organized with the University of Hertfordshire, UK) - CADAAD Conference Series
03/2011, University of Łódź: International Young Scholars Conference Discourse, Ideology and Society (scientific supervision)
05/2011, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: International Workshop on Perspectives on Proximization: Recognizing Boundaries, Building Bridges (organized as part of Poznań Linguistic Meeting 2011)

10/2011, University of Łódź: International Conference Cognition, Conduct & Communication (CCC2011)

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Excellent – English, German, Czech
Fair – Russian, Spanish, Portuguese

HONORS AND AWARDS

2012 - Kościuszko Foundation Fellowship
2012 - Honorary supervision of the Doctor Honoris Causa procedure of John R. Searle (University of California, Berkeley; h.c. conferred by the University of Łódź) Link to Nomination

2011 - University of Łódź Rector's Prize for Research Achievements
2008 – Polish Academy of Sciences Research Award
2005 – Fulbright Senior Research Grant
2003 – Alexander-von-Humboldt Research Fellowship Award
2002 – The Academy of Humanities and Economics in Łódź Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research Achievement
1999 – University of Łódź Rector’s Award for participation in activities of Socrates/Erasmus Commission
1999 – USIA Certificate of Participation in the Fulbright Program
1997 – University of Łódź Rector’s Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis
1993 – University of Coimbra Rector’s Award for Outstanding Achievement
1992 - University of Łódź Rector’s Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

since 2011 – Committee for Philological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław Branch (Wrocław, Poland)
since 2009 – Central European Consortium in the Humanities (CinH) (President)
since 2009 – Societas Scientarium Lodziensis (Lodz, Poland)
since 2008 – Polish Pragmatics Association (President) (Lodz, Poland)
since 1999 – Societas Linguistica Europaea (Vienna, Austria)
since 1995 – International Pragmatics Association (Antwerp, Belgium)

PROJECTS

2011-2013 - Participation in the LLP project DysTEFL (Co-ordinator: University of Lodz, Chair of Pragmatics) - Project Info
2009- – Member of COST IS0703 project (European Research Network on Learning to Write Effectively) - Project Site
2009- – Co-founder and member of the Working Group on Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies at the University of Lodz
2007-2009 – Partnership in Socrates/Minerva QuADEM project (Quality Assessment of Digital Educational Materials; Co-ordinator: Antwerp University), co-author of the project publication (QuADEM Manual) - Project Site

EDITORIAL WORK

since 2004 – Founding Editor and (until 2009) Managing Editor of international journal Lodz Papers in Pragmatics (University of Lodz, Poland; from 2012 Berlin, Germany: de Gruyter) - 2007-2011 Issues in Open Access / Current Site
since 2007 – Editorial board member of international journal Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines (CADAAD) (University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom) - CADAAD Project Site
since 2007 – Editorial board member of international journal Discourse and Interaction (University of Brno, Czech Republic)
since 2008 – Editorial board member of Journal of Linguistic and Intercultural Education (University of Alba Iulia, Romania)
since 2008 – Editorial board member of international journal Topics in Linguistics (University of Nitra, Slovakia)
since 2008 – Reviewer for Language and Linguistics Compass (Oxford, United Kingdom: Blackwell)
since 2008 – Reviewer for Journal of Pragmatics (Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier)
since 2008 – Reviewer for Language in Society (Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press)
since 2009 – Managing Editor of International Review of Pragmatics (Leiden, the Netherlands & Boston, USA: Brill) - Journal Site
since 2009 – Editorial board member of Pragmatics. Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (Antwerp, Belgium) - Journal Site
since 2009 – Editorial board member of the book series Advances in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis (Newcastle, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing)
since 2010 – Scientific board member of Research Papers in Philology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław Branch (Wrocław, Poland)
since 2010 – Reviewer for Journal of Business Communication (London, United Kingdom: SAGE)
since 2011 – Editorial board member of Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching (Adam Mickiewicz University at Kalisz, Poland)
since 2011 – Advisory board member of Israeli Journal of Humor Research (Israeli Association for Humor Research, Israel) - Journal Site
since 2011 – Reviewer for Journal of Language and Politics (Amsterdam, the Netherlands: John Benjamins)
since 2011 – Advisory board member of the book series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture (DAPSAC) (Amsterdam, the Netherlands: John Benjamins) - Book Series Site

since 2011 - Editorial board member of LITU (Language Institute of Thammasat University) Journal (Bangkok,Thailand)
since 2011 - Reviewer for Critical Discourse Studies (London, United Kingdom: Routledge)

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Monographs:

(in preparation) Cap, P. Proximization. The Pragmatics of Symbolic Distance Crossing. (Book proposal accepted by Pragmatics & Beyond New Series; Amsterdam: John Benjamins)
Cap, P. (2010) Legitimisation in Political Discourse: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective on the Modern US War Rhetoric, 2^nd Revised Edition. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. - Book Info - Review (2012) in Journal of Language and Politics (Amsterdam: John Benjamins)
Cap, P. (2006). Legitimisation in Political Discourse: A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective on the Modern US War Rhetoric. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press. - Book Info
Cap, P. (2003). Analytic Determinism of the Study of Persuasive Discourse: Inductive and Deductive Processes. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego. - Book Info (in Polish)
Cap, P. (2002). Explorations in Political Discourse. Methodological and Critical Perspectives. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. - Book Info

Edited volumes:

(under review) Cap, P. & U. Okulska (eds) Analyzing Genres in Political Communication: Theory and Practice. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Okulska, U. & P. Cap (eds) (2010) Perspectives in Politics and Discourse. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. - Book Info
Ramallo, F., A. M. Lorenzo-Suarez, X. P. Rodriguez-Yanez & P. Cap (eds) (2009) New Approaches to Discourse and Business Communication. Basingstoke: Palgrave. - Book Info
Cap, P. & Joanna Nijakowska (eds) (2007) Current Trends in Pragmatics. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. - Book Info
Cap, P. (ed.) (2005). Pragmatics Today. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. - Book Info
Dylewski, R. & P. Cap (eds) (2004). History and Present-day Pragmatics of the English Language. Łódź: The Academy of Humanities and Economics Press. - Book Info (in Polish)
Cap, P. & P. Stalmaszczyk (eds) (2004). Research in Language II (2004). Developments in Pragmatics. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego - Book Info (in Polish)
Cap, P. & M. Kozanecka (eds) (2002). Studies in Language and Linguistics. Selected Readings for Students of English Philology. Łódź: The Academy of Humanities and Economics Press.
Cap, P. et al. (2002). Poland in the Press. Part I: TIME Magazine. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Piątek Trzynastego.

ARTICLES

Cap, P. (2012) “On Genre Problems in (Political) Discourse”. In Topics in Linguistics 8. Nitra: UKF Nitra Press.

Cap, P. (2011) “Micropragmatics and Macropragmatics”. In W. Bublitz & N. Norrick eds. Handbooks of Pragmatics Vol. I: Foundations of Pragmatics: 51-75. Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
Cap, P. (2011) “Axiological Proximization”. In C. Hart ed. Critical Discourse Studies in Context and Cognition: 81-96. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Cap, P. (2011) “Od mitu do relatywizmu czyli mikro- i makroanaliza w metodologii badań pragmatycznych”. In P. Stalmaszczyk ed. Metodologie językoznawstwa. Od genu języka do dyskursu: 123-35. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.

Cap, P. (2011) “Research Procedures in the Analysis of Legal Discourse”. In Lingua Terra Cognita II (A Festschrift for Professor Roman Kalisz): 51-71. Gdańsk: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego.
Cap, P. (2010) “Pragmatics, Micropragmatics, Macropragmatics”. In Lodz Papers in Pragmatics 6.2: 195-228. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
Cap, P. (2010) “Text, Discourse, Function: Further Ways into Pragmatics”. In B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk ed. New Ways to Language: 187-218. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.
Cap, P. (2010) “O wartości poznawczej pojęcia makro-aktu mowy”. In P. Chruszczewski & S. Prędota eds. Prace Komisji Nauk Filologicznych Oddziału PAN we Wrocławiu vol. II: 195-208. Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław Branch.
Okulska, U. & P. Cap (2010) “Analysis of Political Discourse. Landmarks, Challenges and Prospects”. In U. Okulska & P. Cap eds. Perspectives in Politics and Discourse: 3-20. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Okulska, U. & P. Cap (2010) “Exploring 'Political Communication(s)'. Contexts, Procedures and Outlook”. In U. Okulska & P. Cap eds. Perspectives in Politics and Discourse: 399-405. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Cap, P. (2010) “Proximizing Objects, Proximizing Values: Towards an Axiological Contribution to the Discourse of Legitimization”. In U. Okulska & P. Cap eds. Perspectives in Politics and Discourse: 119-42. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Cap, P. (2010) “Axiological Proximization”. In I. Witczak-Plisiecka ed. Pragmatic Perspectives on Language and Linguistics. Vol II: Pragmatics of Semantically-Restricted Domains: 3-19. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Cap, P. (2010) “How to Do Things with Values: Axiological Rhetoric in the Service of Legitimization”. In A. Duszak, J. House & Ł. Kumięga eds. Globalization, Discourse, Media: In a Critical Perspective: 295-315. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.
Cap, P. (2010) “Axiological Aspects of Proximization”. In Journal of Pragmatics 42: 392-407. Oxford: Elsevier.
Cap, P. (2010) “Mit aktu mowy jako kategorii organizacji analizy pragmatycznej”. In J. Nijakowska ed. Interdyscyplinarne studia nad świadomością i przetwarzaniem językowym: 225-35. Kraków: Tertium.
Cap, P. (2009) “Implicatures in Discourse Space or Grice’s Rationality Reconsidered”. In Topics in Linguistics 4 (Interface between Pragmatics and Other Linguistic Disciplines): 8-11. Nitra: UKF Nitra Press.
Cap, P. (2009) “On Axiological Proximization”. In O. Dontcheva-Navratilova & R. Povolna eds. Coherence and Cohesion in Spoken and Written Discourse: 82-96. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Cap, P. (2009) “Axiological Proximization in the Iraq War Rhetoric”. In M. Brdar, M. Omazić, B. Belaj & B. Kuna eds. Lingvistika Javne Komunikacije: 3-14. Osijek: J.J. Strossmayer University Press.

Cap, P. (2009) “Discourse and Business Communication: An Introduction”. In F. Ramallo, A. M. Lorenzo-Suarez, X. P. Rodriguez-Yanez & P. Cap eds. New Approaches to Discourse and Business Communication: 1-11. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Cap, P. (2009) “A Discourse-Analytic Construal of the Function of Message in Language of the Law”. In F. Ramallo, A. M. Lorenzo-Suarez, X. P. Rodriguez-Yanez & P. Cap eds. New Approaches to Discourse and Business Communication: 134-52. Basingstoke: Palgrave.

Cap, P. (2009) “Where Lexicon Meets Cognition: Can Crisis Construction and Legitimization of Policies Be Studied through Lemma Patterns?”. In M. Dynel ed. Advances in Discourse Approaches: 4-32. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Cap, P. (2009) “Legitimization of the War-on-Terror within the Proximization Model”. In W. Oleksy & P. Stalmaszczyk eds. Cognitive Approaches to Language and Linguistic Data. Studies in Honor of Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk: 183-92. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag.

Cap, P. (2009) “In Defense of the Cooperative Principle”. In M. Silva, C. Moreno & L. Miyares eds. Actas de XI Simposio Internacional de Comunicacion Social: 167-71. Santiago de Cuba: Centro de Linguistica Aplicada.

Cap, P. (2009) “Cognitive-Pragmatic Aspects of Legitimization of the War-on-Terror”. In J. Fisiak & P. Chruszczewski eds. Studies in American Language, Culture and Literature: 24-34. Kraków: Tertium.

Cap, P. (2008) “Justifying the War-on-Terror: A Discourse Theoretical Approach”. In Zeszyty Naukowe PWSZ 1/2008: 73-81. Konin: Wydawnictwo PWSZ.

Cap, P. (2008) „Legitymizacja w dyskursie politycznym: retoryka wojny w Iraku w kontekście pojęcia „proksymizacji””. In A. Duszak & N. Fairclough eds. Krytyczna Analiza Dyskursu: 245-65. Kraków: Universitas.

Cap, P. (2008) “Towards the Proximization Model of the Analysis of Legitimization in Political Discourse”. In Journal of Pragmatics 40: 17-41. Oxford: Elsevier.

Cap, P. (2008) “Zamachy z 11 września a język wojny w Iraku”. In Wiadomości Uczelniane PWSZ 13-14: 18-19. Włocławek: Wydawnictwo PWSZ.

Cap, P. (2007) “Proximization: A Methodological Account of Legitimization Strategies in the Post-9/11 US Political Discourse”. In Topics in Linguistics 1 (Politeness and Interaction): 21-9. Nitra: UKF Nitra Press.

Cap, P. (2007) “On the Implementation of Pragmatic Awareness in Teaching English as a Foreign Language”. In M. Pawlak ed. Exploring Focus on Form in Language Teaching (Special Issue of Studies in Pedagogy and Fine Arts): 265-71. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza.

Cap, P. (2007) “Approaching Cross-Cultural Research in Natural Discourse: Some Observations on the Mechanisms of Political Discourse Analysis”. In A. Medina-Rivera & Diana Orendi eds. Crossing Over: Redefining the Scope of Border Studies: 192-204. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Cap, P. (2006) “Legitimization in Political Discourse: A Pragmatic-Cognitive Perspective on the Iraq War Rhetoric”. In A. Thorat ed. Pragmatics: 38-59. Pune: IASE Press.

Cap, P. (2006) “Prolegomena to Discourse Determination Theory”. In Lodz Papers in Pragmatics 2. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.

Cap, P. (2006) “A Few Remarks on the Relevance of Linguistic Pragmatics to the ELT Process”. In Pedagogika 5: 33-8. Płock: Wydawnictwo PWSZ.

Cap, P. (2006). “Extending the Boundaries of (Persuasive) Discourse Analysis: A Cognitive Grammar Contribution”. In A. Duszak & U. Okulska eds. Bridges and Barriers in Metalinguistic Discourse: 323-39. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag.

Cap, P. (2005). “Discourse Analysis and Determination in the Light of Subjectification Theory”. In Jezikoslovlje 5: 23-60. Osijek: J.J. Strossmayer University Press.

Cap, P. (2005). “Language and Legitimization: Developments in the Proximization Model of Political Discourse Analysis”. In Lodz Papers in Pragmatics 1: 7-36. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.

Cap, P. (2005) “Discourse Determinism and Subjectification: Language of Advertising”. In K. Turewicz ed. Cognitive Linguistics -- a User Friendly Approach: 83-102. Szczecin: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego.

Cap, P. (2005). “Towards the Theory of (Persuasive) Discourse Determination”. In P. Cap ed. Pragmatics Today: 107-37. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag.

Cap, P. (2005). “The Cooperative Principle Revisited: Evidence from the CL Approach”. In Relevance Studies in Poland II: 37-43. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.

Cap, P. (2004). “Remarks on the Analysis of Language of the Law”. In R. Dylewski & P. Cap eds. History and Present-day Pragmatics of the English Language: 111-30. Łódź: The Academy of Humanities and Economics Press.

Cap, P. (2004). “Functional and Psycholinguistic Constituents of the Discourse of Persuasion. With Some Implications for Translation”. In Filologicni Studii 1(25): 236-48. Lutsk: Volyn Institute for Economics and Management.

Cap, P. (2004). “The Pragmatic Construal of Scientific Discourse: The Case of Medical Persuasion”. In P. Cap & P. Stalmaszczyk eds. Research in Language II (2004). Developments in Pragmatics: 65-80. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.

Cap, P. (2003). “Hypothesis and Deduction in the Studies of the Discourse of Advertising”. In Jezikoslovlje 1: 41-57. Osijek: J.J. Strossmayer University Press.

Cap, P. (2002). “Cognitive Psychology and Linguistic Politeness: An Interactional Model of Political Rhetoric Analysis”. In B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk & K. Turewicz eds. Cognitive Linguistics Today: 329-51. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag.

Cap, P. (2002). “Analysis of a Complex Sentence”. In P. Cap & M. Kozanecka eds. Studies in Language and Linguistics. Selected Readings for Students of English Philology: 27-38. Łódź: The Academy of Humanities and Economics Press.

Cap, P. (2002). “The Pragmatics of Interpersonal Communication”. In P. Cap & M. Kozanecka eds. Studies in Language and Linguistics. Selected Readings for Students of English Philology: 39-56. Łódź: The Academy of Humanities and Economics Press.

Cap, P. (2002). “Pragmatic Aspects of Persuasion”. In K. Michalewski ed. Tekst w Mediach: 14-24. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.

Cap, P. (2002). “A Psychological-Pragmatic Consensus in Political Language Studies: Role of Politeness Category”. In Zeszyty Naukowe WSHE 4/2002: 29-47. Łódź: The Academy of Humanities and Economics Press.

Cap, P. (2002). “Persuasion Strategies in the NATO Discourse”. In Zeszyty Naukowe WSHE 4/2002: 7-27. Łódź: The Academy of Humanities and Economics Press.

Cap, P. (2002). “Analysis of Political Discourse: Methodological Constraints”. In Kalbu Studijos 2/Studies About Languages 2: 46-51. Kaunas: Kaunas University of Technology Press.

Cap, P. (1999). “Language and Responsibility: Perceptions of NATO Expansion”. In B. Bergen, M. Plauche & A. Bailey eds. Berkeley Linguistic Society 24: 32-43. Ann Arbor, MI: Braun-Brumfield, Inc.

Cap, P. (1999). “Enactment of Power and Responsibility in the NATO Discourse”. In M. Brody, M. Liebscher & H. Ogren eds. Texas Linguistic Forum 42: 25-33. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press.

Cap, P. (1998). “Presidential Persuasion: Sociopsychological Awareness”. In P. Stalmaszczyk ed. Folia Linguistica Anglica 1: 143-57. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.

Cap, P. (1997). “On the Pragmatic Organization of JFK’s Inaugural Speech”. In B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk ed. Folia Linguistica 36: 225-48. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.

Cap, P. (1997). “Metaphor and Manipulation”. In B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk ed. Folia Linguistica 36: 217-24. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego.

TRANSLATIONS

Cap, P. et al. (1995). English-Polish translation Understanding Business (Zrozumieć biznes) by William G. Nickels. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Bellona.

REVIEW ARTICLES

Explorations in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface. Ed. Maj-Britt Mosegaard H a n s e n and Ken T u r n e r. Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzels Forlag, 2006, 268 pp., pb. (Acta Linguistica Hafniensia 38). A book review by P. Cap (2008) for Journal of Pragmatics 40/2: 377-80. Oxford: Elsevier.
Specialized Discourse: Linguistic Features and Changing Conventions, by Maurizio G o t t i. Bern: Peter Lang, 2003, 354 pp., pb. (Linguistic Insights/Studies in Language and Communication Series 8). A book review by P. Cap (2006) for Journal of Pragmatics 38/1: 114-17. Oxford: Elsevier.
Metaphor and Political Discourse: Analogical Reasoning in Debates about Europe, by Andreas M u s o l f f. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, viii + 211 pp., hb. A book review by P. Cap (2006) for Journal of Pragmatics 38/3: 460-63. Oxford: Elsevier.
Linguistics: A Very Short Introduction, by P.H. M a t t h e w s. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, xiii + 134 pp., pb. (Very Short Introductions Series). A book review by P. Cap (2004) for Anglia 122/1: 160-1. Tuebingen: Niemeyer.
Language Matters. A Guide to Everyday Questions about Language, by Donna Jo N a p o l i. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, vii + 198 pp, pb. A book review by P. Cap (2004) for Anglia 122/1: 161-2. Tuebingen: Niemeyer.
Diminutives in English, by Klaus P. S c h n e i d e r. Tuebingen: Niemeyer, 2003, xii + 254 pp., euro 72.00 pb. (Linguistische Arbeiten Series 479). A book review by P. Cap (2004) for Anglia 122/3: 484-6. Tuebingen: Niemeyer.
Analysing Political Discourse. Theory and Practice, by P a u l C h i l t o n. London and New York: Routledge, 2004, xiv + 226 pp. A book review by P. Cap (2004) for Journal of Sociolinguistics 8: 604-6. Oxford: Blackwell.
Conflict and Negotiation in Specialized Texts. Selected Papers of the 2^nd CERLIS Conference. Ed. Maurizio G o t t i, Dorothee H e l l e r and Marina D o s s e n a. Bern: Peter Lang, 2002, 470 pp., euro 67.60 pb. (Linguistic Insights/Studies in Language and Communication Series 3). A book review by P. Cap (2004) for Anglia 122/4: 674-6. Tuebingen: Niemeyer.

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS

At the Crossroads of Linguistic Sciences, by Piotr P. Chruszczewski, Michał Garcarz and Tomasz P. Górski (eds). A book manuscript submitted (2006) to Język a komunikacja series, Tertium.
Translation Workshops IV, by Konrad Klimkowski (ed). A book manuscript submitted (2006) to KUL Press.
Constructing a Gendered Consumer Identity in a Pragmalinguistic Model of Advertising Discourse, by Annelie Chapman. A book manuscript submitted (2005) to Pragmatics and Beyond New Series, Benjamins.
Philology Vol. I (Prace Komisji Nauk Filologicznych Oddziału PAN we Wrocławiu), by Piotr P. Chruszczewski and Stanisław Prędota (eds). A book manuscript (2009).
PASE Papers 2008. Vol. I (Studies in Language and Methodology of Teaching Foreign Languages), by Marek Kuźniak and Bożena Rozwadowska (eds). A book manuscript (2009).
Language, Thought and Education. Vol. II, by Marek Kuczyński (ed). A book manuscript (2009).
Metodologie Językoznawstwa: Filozoficzne i empiryczne problemy w analizie języka, by Piotr Stalmaszczyk (ed). A book manuscript (2009).
Construing the Future through Political Discourse: The Case of the Bush Doctrine, by Patricia L. Dunmire. A book manuscript submitted (2010) to DAPSAC, Benjamins.

Speaking of and within the European Union, by Kjersti Flottum (ed). A book manuscript submitted (2011) to DAPSAC, Benjamins

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS

“Jak to się robi w USA – Retoryka antyterrorystyczna” [Anti-terrorist rhetoric ‘made in USA’]. In Gazeta Wyborcza, May 27, 2011.

POSTGRADUATE ACADEMIC SUPERVISION, EVALUATION AND REFEREEING SERVICES

6 Ph.Ds. reviewed (Agnieszka Kaleta, Monika Kopytowska, Adam Bednarek – University of Łódź, 2004-2008; Katarzyna Kosińska – University of Warsaw, 2008; Jacek Kołata – The Academy of Humanities and Economics in Łódź, 2010; Grzegorz Kowalski – University of Warsaw, 2010)
3 Ph.Ds. supervised-completed (Marta Dynel; University of Łódź, 2004-2006; Aleksandra R. Knapik; Higher School of Philology in Wrocław, 2008-2011; Anna Ewa Wieczorek; University of Łódź, 2007-2011), 4 Ph.Ds. currently supervised (Sylwia Wrześniewska, Anna Pałczyńska, Jakub Wosik, Maciej Kaczorowski; University of Łódź, 2007-)
5 professorship applications reviewed (Gabriela Missikova, University of Nitra, 2008; Dennis Kurzon, University of Haifa, 2009; James Moir, University of Abertay Dundee, 2011; Piotr P. Chruszczewski, University of Wrocław, 2011 (Associate Professorship); Piotr P. Chruszczewski, University of Wrocław, 2012 (Full Professorship))
1 review of the State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN) grant application (2009)
Referee in habilitation procedures (dr Marta Dynel, University of Łódź; dr Adam Wojtaszek, University of Silesia)
Member of the Committee for Doctoral Procedures, University of Nitra, Slovakia (since 2010)

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