
Overview
Background
Michael Haugh is Professor of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
His research interests lie primarily in the field of pragmatics, the study of the use of language in context, with a particular focus on studying the role of language in social interaction. He works with recordings and transcriptions of naturally occuring spoken interactions, as well as data from digitally-mediated forms of communication across a number of languages, as he is ultimately interested in the ways in which pragmatic phenomena have their distinct local flavours, both across and within languages and cultures. An area of emerging importance in his view is the role that language corpora and technologies can play in pragmatics and linguistics more broadly. He is currently leading the establishment of the Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCA) (https://www.ldaca.edu.au/) and the Australian Text Analytics Platform (ATAP) (https://www.atap.edu.au/), as well as being co-director of the Language Technology and Data Analysis Laboratory (LADAL) (http://ladal.edu.au).
He has published more than 150 papers and books, including Sociopragmatics of Japanese (2023, Routledge, with Yasuko Obana), Im/Politeness Implicatures (2015, Mouton de Gruyter), Pragmatics and the English Language (2014, Palgrave Macmillan, with Jonathan Culpeper), and Understanding Politeness (2013, Cambridge University Press, with Dániel Z. Kádár). He has also co-edited a number of books and special issues of journals, including Morality in Discourse (forthcoming, Oxford University Press, with Rosina Márquez Reiter), the Sociopragmatics of Emotion (forthcoming, Cambridge University Press, with Laura Alba-Juez), Action Ascription in Interaction (2022, Cambridge University Press, with Arnulf Deppermann), the Cambridge Handbook of Sociopragmatics (2021, Cambridge University Press, with Marina Terkourafi and Dániel Z. Kádár), and the Handbook of Linguistic (Im)politeness (2017, Palgrave Macmillan with Jonathan Culpeper and Dániel Z. Kádár). He was co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Pragmatics (Elsevier, https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-pragmatics/) from 2015-2020, and is currently co-editor of Cambridge Elements in Pragmatics book series (Cambridge University Press, https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/elements/pragmatics).
Availability
- Professor Michael Haugh is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Auckland
- Bachelor of Science, The University of Auckland
- Masters (Coursework), The University of Auckland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Pragmatics
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Conversation analysis
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Humour studies
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Spoken corpora
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Intercultural communication
Works
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Featured
2022
Book
Action ascription in interaction
Arnulf Deppermann and Michael Haugh eds. (2022). Action ascription in interaction. Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108673419
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2021
Book
The Cambridge handbook of sociopragmatics
Michael Haugh, Dániel Z. Kádár and Marina Terkourafi eds. (2021). The Cambridge handbook of sociopragmatics. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108954105
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2015
Book
Im/Politeness implicatures
Haugh, Michael (2015). Im/Politeness implicatures. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton. doi: 10.1515/9783110240078
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2014
Book
Pragmatics and the English language
Culpeper, Jonathan and Haugh, Michael (2014). Pragmatics and the English language. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
2025
Conference Publication
Who’s at fault? Online public shaming and the contestation of moral culpability
Chang, Wei-Lin Melody, Haugh, Michael and Su, Hsi-Yao (2025). Who’s at fault? Online public shaming and the contestation of moral culpability. The 19th International Pragmatics Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 22-27 June 2025.
2025
Conference Publication
Mutual (mis)understanding in intercultural first conversations
Haugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2025). Mutual (mis)understanding in intercultural first conversations. The 19th International Pragmatics Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 22-27 June 2025.
2025
Journal Article
Reproducibility and transparency in interpretive corpus pragmatics
Schweinberger, Martin and Haugh, Michael (2025). Reproducibility and transparency in interpretive corpus pragmatics. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics. doi: 10.1075/ijcl.23033.sch
2025
Journal Article
Reproducibility, replicability, and robustness in corpus linguistics: an introduction
Schweinberger, Martin and Haugh, Michael (2025). Reproducibility, replicability, and robustness in corpus linguistics: an introduction. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 1-11. doi: 10.1075/ijcl.25081.sch
2025
Journal Article
“How is that unparliamentary?”: The metapragmatics of ‘unparliamentary’ language in the Australian Federal Parliament
Hames, Sam, Haugh, Michael and Musgrave, Simon (2025). “How is that unparliamentary?”: The metapragmatics of ‘unparliamentary’ language in the Australian Federal Parliament. Lingua, 320 103932, 103932. doi: 10.1016/j.lingua.2025.103932
2025
Conference Publication
The paradoxical role of jocular wordplay in intercultural L1-L2 initial interactions
Haugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2025). The paradoxical role of jocular wordplay in intercultural L1-L2 initial interactions. Wordplay and Exclusion, Würzburg, Germany/online, 30–31 May 2025.
2025
Journal Article
Mobilizing assistance through troubles-complaints in L2 settings
Alshammari, Bandar and Haugh, Michael (2025). Mobilizing assistance through troubles-complaints in L2 settings. Applied Linguistics. doi: 10.1093/applin/amaf019
2025
Conference Publication
Conversational humour and rapport in Australian-Chinese intercultural initial interactions
Haugh, Michael and Chang, Wei-Lin Melody (2025). Conversational humour and rapport in Australian-Chinese intercultural initial interactions. 31st Australasian Humour Studies Network, Adelaide, SA Australia, 19-21 February 2025.
2025
Journal Article
Book review: Rong Chen, Towards a motivation model of pragmatics (Mouton Series in Pragmatics 27). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2022. Pp. xvii + 333. ISBN 9783110787580
HAUGH, MICHAEL (2025). Book review: Rong Chen, Towards a motivation model of pragmatics (Mouton Series in Pragmatics 27). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2022. Pp. xvii + 333. ISBN 9783110787580. English Language and Linguistics. doi: 10.1017/s1360674324000340
2025
Book Chapter
Morality and discourse
Haugh, Michael and Reiter, Rosina Márquez (2025). Morality and discourse. Morality in discourse. (pp. 1-20) edited by Michael Haugh and Rosina Márquez Reiter. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780197618066.003.0001
2025
Book
Morality in discourse
Michael Haugh and Rosina Márquez Reiter eds. (2025). Morality in discourse. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780197618066.001.0001
2025
Book Chapter
Negotiating moral responsibility for remedying troubles
Alshammari, Bandar and Haugh, Michael (2025). Negotiating moral responsibility for remedying troubles. Morality in discourse. (pp. 66-94) edited by Michael Haugh and Rosina Márquez-Reiter. New York, NY, United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780197618066.003.0004
2024
Journal Article
The role of inference and inferencing in pragmatic models of communication
Elder, Chi-Hé and Haugh, Michael (2024). The role of inference and inferencing in pragmatic models of communication. Journal of Pragmatics, 229, 71-76. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2024.06.002
2024
Book Chapter
Conversational humour
Haugh, Michael and Priego-Valverde, Béatrice (2024). Conversational humour. De Gruyter handbook of humor studies. (pp. 307-326) edited by Thomas E. Ford, Władysław Chłopicki and Giselinde Kuipers. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110755770-018
2024
Journal Article
Troubles-complaints and the overall structural organization of troubles-remedy sequences
Alshammari, Bandar and Haugh, Michael (2024). Troubles-complaints and the overall structural organization of troubles-remedy sequences. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 57 (2), 215-234. doi: 10.1080/08351813.2024.2340405
2024
Book Chapter
Ostensible offers, politeness and sincere hypocrisy
Haugh, Michael (2024). Ostensible offers, politeness and sincere hypocrisy. The pragmatics of hypocrisy. (pp. 162-186) Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi: 10.1075/pbns.343.07hau
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Conversational humour in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) workplaces
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Valeria Sinkeviciute
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Doctor Philosophy
The establishment and management of interpersonal relationships in early encounters between Australian and Japanese language exchange partners
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Valeria Sinkeviciute
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Doctor Philosophy
Towards a (micro)theory of conversational humour: The interactional accomplishment of incongruity
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Valeria Sinkeviciute
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Doctor Philosophy
Table talk: Floor and focus in sustained multiparty interaction
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ilana Mushin
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Doctor Philosophy
Emerging intercultural communication styles among Japanese and Australian entrepreneurs
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Melody Chang
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Doctor Philosophy
Supervisor-initiated advice-giving activities in PhD supervision meetings
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ilana Mushin
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Doctor Philosophy
Negotiation of identity construction and action ascription during collaborative activities: A study of casual and institutional cooking interactions
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Valeria Sinkeviciute
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Humour and Laughter at Work: Sustained Humour Episodes in Australian Blue-Collar Workplaces
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ilana Mushin
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Conversational humour in intercultural initial interactions in English
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Melody Chang, Dr Valeria Sinkeviciute
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Intercultural (Im)Politeness, Offence and Troubles-Remedy Sequences
Principal Advisor
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