Professor María Elena Placencia
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Overview
Overview
Biography
María Elena Placencia is Professor of Linguistics and Spanish. She joined Birkbeck in 1995 and teaches in the areas of (Spanish) Pragmatics, (Digital) Discourse Analysis as well as Spanish as a foreign language. She has performed different administrative roles, including that of Head of Department/Assistant Dean, and is currently Programme Director of various undergraduate programmes within the Department of Languages, Cultures and Applied Linguistics.
Her current research is in the areas of variational pragmatics, with a focus on e-service encounters, and digital discourse analysis, with a focus on social media interaction. Her latest project examines the language of exclusion on Twitter in the context of interethnic interaction.
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. María Elena has published extensively on these topics.
Highlights
Placencia, M. E., & Eslami, Z. R. (Eds.). (2020). Complimenting Behavior and (Self-)Praise across Social Media: New Contexts and New Insights Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Reviews:
Félix-Brasdefer, J.C. and Placencia, M. E. (Eds.) Pragmatic Variation in Service Encounters across the Spanish-Speaking World. London: Routledge.
Placencia, M.E. & Padilla, X.A. (Eds) (2019) Guía práctica de pragmática del español. London: Routledge.
Review: "This is an excellent and most welcome addition to the range of teaching materials in Spanish linguistics. It is original in concept, being an overview of the principal areas of current interest in pragmatics using Spanish-language data, presented by twenty-two established specialists in succinct terms suitable for a student readership. It is very clearly written yet does not shy away from the use of technical terms, which are always clearly defined. Each chapter is accompanied by a selection of practical tasks which also encourage critical reflection on methodology; the last chapter, which gives training in how to set up a research project, is particularly valuable both for undergraduates and postgraduates. Quite apart from the sound instruction it affords as a coursebook for a dedicated course on Spanish pragmatics, it is approachable to anyone interested in its wealth of engaging examples of practical language use across the Spanish-speaking world."
Christopher J. Pountain, Emeritus Professor of Spanish Linguistics, Queen Mary University of London
Review by Carlos Alvarez, Universidad de Chile
Review by Raquel Hidalgo Downing, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Oralia 23(2) 2020, 399-406)
Review by José García Pérez, Universidad de Sevilla
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Lancaster
- MA, University of Lancaster
Web profiles
Administrative responsibilities
- Programme Director: BA Language and/with History
- Programme Director: BA Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies
- Programme Director: BA Language and/with History of Art
- Co-chair of the Education Committee, Department of Languages, Cultures of Applied Linguistics
- Spanish Language Coordinator
Visiting posts
- Visiting fellow , Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, 04-2012 to 07-2012
Professional activities
Occasional reviewer for:
Journal of Intercultural Studies, Hispania, Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana (RILI), Lenguaje, Cultura y Representación, Spanish in Context, International Journal of Bilingualism, Sociolinguistic Studies, Language Teaching, Research on Language and Social Interaction, Ikala: Revista de Lenguaje y Cultura, Intercultural Pragmatics, Pragmatics, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Multilingua, Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict, Sintagma Revista de Lingüística, International Multilingual Research Journal, Signo y Seña, Sage Open Journal, Journal of Politeness Research, Classroom Discourse, Text & Talk, Hispanic Research Journal, Normas, Lengua y migración, Journal of Multicultural Discourses
Peer review work relating to edited collections and book proposals for the following publishing houses:
John Benjamins, de Gruyter, Wiley-Blackwell, University of Hawaii Press, Cascadilla Press, University of Ohio Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Ediciones UVA, Cambridge Scholars.
Peer review work for grant applications:
UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, Conacyt Chile, The Research Council of Norway, the Ohio University Research Committee (OURC).
Professional memberships
Member of the editorial/advisory board of the following journals:
Journal of Pragmatics
Sociocultural Pragmatics, International Journal of Spanish Linguistics
Oralia, Análisis del Discurso Oral
Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics
Discurso & Sociedad
Tonos Digital Revista Electrónica de Estudios Filológicos
Estudios Lingüísticos de la Universidad de Alicante (E.L.U.A)
Revista de la Asociación Brasileña de Hispanistas
Journal of Spanish Language Teaching
Euroamerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages
Applied Pragmatics
Revista Estudios Discurso Digital
Verbum et Lingua
Español Actual
Associations:
International Pragmatics Association (IPRA)Asociación de Lingüística y Filología de América Latina (ALFAL)
International Association for the Study of Spanish in Society (SIS) (co-founder)
Networks:
Estudios del discurso de la cortesía en español (EDICE)
International Network of Address Research (INAR)
ORCID
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Research
Research
Research interests
- Social media discourse
- Regional pragmatic variation
- (E-) service encounters
- Discursive racism
- (Im)politeness phenomena
- Small talk and rapport management
- Address forms
- Speech act realisation in technology mediated interaction
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Supervision and teaching
Supervision and teaching
Supervision
I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students who are interested in undertaking research in any of my areas of research interest
Doctoral alumni
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AMANDA LOWER
Teaching
I teach in the areas of (digital) discourse analysis, sociocultural, cross-cultural and variational pragmatics.
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Publications
Publications
Article
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Lower, A. and Powell, H. (2016) Complimenting behaviour on Facebook: responding to compliments in American English. Pragmatics and Society 7 (3), pp. 339-365. ISSN 1878-9714.
- Fuentes Rodríguez, C. and Placencia, Maria Elena and Palma-Fahey, M. (2016) Regional pragmatic variation in the use of the discourse marker pues in informal talk among university students in Quito (Ecuador), Santiago (Chile) and Seville (Spain). Journal of Pragmatics 97, pp. 74-92. ISSN 0378-2166.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Fuentes Rodríguez, C. and Palma-Fahey, M. (2015) Nominal address and rapport management in informal interactions among university students in Quito (Ecuador), Santiago (Chile) and Seville (Spain). Multilingua - Journal of Cross-cultural and Interlanguage Communication 34 (4), pp. 547-575. ISSN 1613-3684.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Fuentes Rodríguez, C. (2013) Cumplidos de mujeres universitarias en Quito y Sevilla: un estudio de variación pragmática regional. Sociocultural Pragmatics: International Journal of Spanish Linguistics 1 (1), ISSN 2194-8313.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Fuentes Rodríguez, C. (2012) In between spectacle and political correctness: vamos con todo – an ambivalent news/talk show. Pragmatics: Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association ISSN 1018-2101.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Lower, A. (2012) "Your kids are stinking cute": complimenting behaviour on Facebook.
- Mancera Rueda, A. and Placencia, Maria Elena (2011) Los marcadores del discurso en la construcción de habla de contacto en un contexto de servicio en el español peninsular. Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana (RILI) 9 (18), pp. 145-171. ISSN 1579-9425.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2010) Yahoo!Respuestas como columna de consejos: algunos rasgos de un género híbrido. Tonos Digital - Revista Electrónica de Estudios Filológicos (20), ISSN 1577-6921.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2007) Entre lo institucional y lo sociable: conversación de contacto, identidades y metas múltiples en interacciones en la peluquería. Revista Internacional de Lingüística Iberoamericana (RILI) 1 (9), pp. 139-161. ISSN 1579-9425.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2005) Conversaciones telefónicas en el español ecuatoriano: algunos rasgos de variación situacional y cultural en la sección de apertura. Lingüística Española Actual 84 (2), pp. 165-194. ISSN 0210-6345.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2005) Pragmatic variation in corner store interactions in Quito and Madrid. Hispania 88 (3), pp. 583-598. ISSN 0018-2133.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2004) Rapport-building activities in corner shop interactions. Journal of Sociolinguistics 8 (2), pp. 215-245. ISSN 1360-6441.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Hernández, M. (2004) Modos de conducir las relaciones interpersonales en interacciones de atención al público: el caso de farmacias en Sevilla y Londres. Estudios de Lingüística de la Universidad de Alicante 18, pp. 129-150. ISSN 0212-7636.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2001) Inequality in address behavior at public institutions in La Paz, Bolivia. Anthropological Linguistics 43 (2), pp. 198-217. ISSN 0003-5483.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2001) Inequality in address behavior at public institutions in la Paz, Bolivia. Anthropological Linguistics 43 (2), pp. 198-217. ISSN 0003-5483.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2001) Percepciones y manifestaciones de la (des)cortesía en la atención al público: el caso de una institución pública ecuatoriana. Oralia: Análisis del discurso oral 4, pp. 177-212. ISSN 1575-1430.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2001) Percepciones y manifestaciones de la (des)cortesía en la atención al público: el caso de una institución pública ecuatoriana. Oralia: Análisis del discurso oral 4, pp. 177-212. ISSN 1575-1430.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (1998) Pragmatic variation: peninsular vs. Ecuadorian Spanish. Spanish Applied Linguistics 2, pp. 71-106.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (1997) Opening up closings - the Ecuadorian way. TEXT: An interdisciplinary journal for the study of discourse 17 (1), pp. 53-81. ISSN 1613-4117.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (1997) Opening up closings—The Ecuadorian way. Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse 17 (1), pp. 53-82. ISSN 0165-4888.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (1997) Terms of address in Ecuadorian Spanish. Hispanic Linguistics 9, pp. 2-37.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (1996) Politeness in Ecuadorian Spanish. Multilingua - Journal of Cross-cultural and Interlanguage Communication 15 (1), pp. 13-34. ISSN 1613-3684.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (1995) Explicitness and ellipsis as features of conversational style in British English and Ecuadorian Spanish. IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching 33 (2), pp. 129-141. ISSN 1613-4141.
Book
- Placencia, María Elena and Eslami, Z., eds. (2020) Complimenting behavior and (self-)praise across social media: new contexts and new insights. Pragmatics & Beyond. (313), Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins. ISBN 9789027207579.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Eslami, Z., eds. (2020) Complimenting behaviour and (self-)praise across social media: new contexts and new insights. Pragmatics and Beyond New Series. 313, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins. ISBN 9789027207579.
- Félix-Brasdefer, J.C. and Placencia, Maria Elena, eds. (2019) Pragmatic variation in service encounter interactions across the Spanish-speaking world. Routledge Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781351065382.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Márquez Reiter, R., eds. (2005) Spanish pragmatics. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230505018.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Márquez Reiter, R., eds. (2004) Current trends in the pragmatics of Spanish. Pragmatics and Beyond New Series. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 9789027253651.
- Kettle, L. and Placencia, Maria Elena and Gonzalez, M. (2004) Sueños world Spanish. London, UK: BBC Education. ISBN 9780563472469.
Book Section
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Félix-Brasdefer, J.C. (2021) Introduction. In: Félix-Brasdefer, J.C. and Placencia, Maria Elena (eds.) Pragmatic Variation in Service Encounter Interactions across the Spanish-speaking World. London, UK: Routledge. pp. 1-11. ISBN 9780367727109. (In Press)
- Placencia, María Elena and Eslami, Z.R. (2020) Introduction. In: Placencia, María Elena and Eslami, Z.R. (eds.) Complimenting behavior and (self-)praise across social media: New contexts and new insights. Pragmatics & Beyond New Series. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins. pp. 1-18. ISBN 9789027207579.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Powell, H. (2020) Speech act research in Spanish. In: Koike, D.A. and Félix-Brasdefer, J.C. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Pragmatics: Foundations and Interfaces. London, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138316461.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Powell, Hebe (2020) Speech act research in Spanish. In: Koike, D.A. and Félix-Brasdefer, J.C. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Spanish Pragmatics. Foundations and Interfaces. Routledge Spanish Language Handbooks. New York, U.S.: Routledge. pp. 37-53. ISBN 9781138316461.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Powell, H. (2020) “Tu masssss ❤ te amo”: responding to compliments on Instagram among Ecuadorian teenage girls. In: Placencia, Maria Elena and Eslami, Z.R. (eds.) Complimenting Behavior and (Self-)Praise across Social Media: New contexts and new insights. Pragmatics & Beyond New Series. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins. pp. 99-120. ISBN 9789027207579.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2019) Los pedidos. In: Placencia, Maria Elena and Padilla, X.A. (eds.) Guía práctica de pragmática del español. London, UK: Routledge. pp. 7-17. ISBN 9780815357728.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and García, C. (2019) ‘No gracias amigo’: Refusals of bargaining offers in e-service encounters in Mercado Libre Ecuador and Mercado Libre Venezuela. In: Félix-Brasdefer, J.C. and Placencia, Maria Elena (eds.) Pragmatic variation in service encounter interactions across the Spanish-speaking world. Routledge Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138479593. (In Press)
- Powell, H. and Placencia, Maria Elena (2019) Interpersonal work in service encounters on Mercado Libre Argentina: a comparison between buyer and vendor patterns across two market domains. In: Félix-Brasdefer, C. and Placencia, Maria Elena (eds.) Pragmatic Variation in Service Encounter Interactions across the Spanish-Speaking World. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781138479593. (In Press)
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2019) Qué perfección: complimenting behaviour among Ecuadorian teenage girls on Instagram. In: Ogiermann, E. and Garcés-Conejos Blitvich, P. (eds.) From Speech Acts to Lay Concepts of Politeness. Multilingual and Multicultural Perspectives. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107198050.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2019) Responding to bargaining moves in a digital era: refusals of offers on Mercado Libre Ecuador. In: Garcés-Conejos Blitvich, P. and Fernández Amaya, L. and de la O Hernández López, M. (eds.) Technology Mediated Service Encounters. Pragmatics & Beyond New Series. John Benjamins. pp. 173-198. ISBN 9789027202123.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Lower, A. (2017) Compliments and compliment responses in social media. In: Hoffmann, C. and Bublitz, W. (eds.) Pragmatics of Social Media. Handbooks of Pragmatics. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 633-660. ISBN 9783110431070.
- Schneider, K.P. and Placencia, Maria Elena (2017) (Im)politeness and regional variation. In: Culpeper, J. and Haugh, M. and Kádár, D.Z. (eds.) Palgrave Handbook of Linguistic (Im)politeness. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137375070.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Lower, A. (2017) Compliments and compliment responses. In: Hoffmann, C. and Bublitz, W. (eds.) Pragmatics of Social Media. Handbooks of Pragmatics (HOPS). Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter. pp. 633-660. ISBN 9783110431070.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2016) Las ofertas en el regateo en mercadolibre-Ecuador. In: Bañón Hernández, A.M. and Espejo Muriel, M.del Mar and Herrero Muñoz-Cobo, B. and López Cruces, J.L. (eds.) Oralidad y análisis del discurso. Homenaje a Luis Cortés Rodríguez. Fuera de colección. Almería, Spain: Edual (Editorial Universidad de Almería). pp. 521-544. ISBN 9788416642199.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2016) Variación pragmática. In: Gutiérrez-Rexach, J. (ed.) Enciclopedia de Lingüística Hispánica. London, UK & New ork, U.S.: Routledge. pp. 797-808. ISBN 9780415840866.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2015) Address forms and relational work in e-commerce: the case of service encounter interactions in Mercado Libre Ecuador. In: Hernández López, M. de la O and Fernández Amaya, L. (eds.) A Multidisciplinary Approach to Service Encounters. Studies in Pragmatics. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. pp. 37-64. ISBN 9789004260153.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2013) Language in interaction. In: Li, Wei (ed.) Applied Linguistics. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 91-111. ISBN 9781405193597.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Fuentes Rodríguez, C. (2013) Polémica y/o descortesía en programas televisivos de crónica social en Ecuador y España: El caso de Vamos Con todo y Sálvame Diario. In: Fuentes Rodríguez, C., None (ed.) (Des)cortesía para el espectáculo: estudios de pragmática variacionista. Arco/Libros, Madrid. pp. 127-165. ISBN 9788476358566.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2012) Online peer-to-peer advice in Spanish Yahoo!Respuestas. In: Limberg, H. and Locher, M. (eds.) Advice in Discourse. Pragmatics & Beyond. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. pp. 281-306. ISBN 9789027256263.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Garcia, C. (2012) Speech acts research. In: Chapelle, C.A. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. Indianapolis, U.S.: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781405194730.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Mancera Rueda, A. (2011) "Vaya, ¡qué chungo!" Rapport-building talk in service encounters: the case of bars in Seville at breakfast time. In: Lorenzo-Dus, N. (ed.) Spanish At Work: Analysing Institutional Discourse Across the Spanish-Speaking World. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 192-207. ISBN 9780230579101.
- Garcia, C. and Placencia, Maria Elena (2011) Estudios de variación pragmática (sub) regional en español: visión panorámica. In: Garcia, C. and Placencia, Maria Elena (eds.) Estudios de variación pragmática en español. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Dunken. ISBN 9789870253716.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2011) "¡Estás full linda!" El impacto del nivel socioeconómico en la realización de cumplidos entre mujeres en Quito. In: Alcoba, S. and Poch, D. (eds.) Cortesía y publicidad. Ariel Letras. Barcelona, Spain: Planeta. pp. 115-136. ISBN 9788434413450.
- Márquez Reiter, R. and Placencia, Maria Elena (2011) Displaying closeness and respectful distance in Montevidean and Quiteño service encounters. In: Zhu, Hua (ed.) The Language and Intercultural Communication Reader. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 367-385. ISBN 9780415549134.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2011) Regional pragmatic variation. In: Andersen, G. and Aijmer, K. (eds.) Pragmatics of Society. Handbooks of Pragmatics. Berlin, Germany: de Gruyter. pp. 79-114.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Mancera Rueda, A. (2011) "Dame un cortado de máquina, cuando puedas": estrategias de cortesía en la realización de la transacción central en bares de Sevilla. In: Fuentes Rodríguez, C. and Alcaide Lara, E. and Brenes Peña, E. (eds.) Aproximaciones a la (des)cortesía verbal en español. Fondo Hispánico de Linguística y Filología. Berne: Peter Lang. pp. 491-508. ISBN 9783034305228.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2010) (Des)cortesía, migración y comunicación intercultural. In: Orletti, F. and Mariottini, L. (eds.) (Des)cortesía en español. Espacios teóricos y metodológicos para su estudio. Rome, Italy: Universidad Roma Tre - EDICE. pp. 399-430. ISBN 9789197452151.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2010) El estudio de formas de tratamiento en Colombia y Ecuador. In: Hummel, M. and Kluge, B. and Vázquez Lasop, M.E. (eds.) Formas y fórmulas de tratamiento en el mundo hispanohablante. Mexico: El Colegio de México. ISBN 9786074620641.
- Placencia, Maria Elena and Mancera Rueda, A. (2010) Vaya, iqué chungo! rapport-building talk in service encounters: the case of bars at breakfast time. In: Lorenzo-Dus, N. (ed.) Spanish at Work: Analysing Institutional Discourse across the Spanish-speaking World. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 192-207. ISBN 9780230299214.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2008) Pragmatic variation in corner shop transactions in Ecuadorian Andean and coastal Spanish. In: Schneider, K.P. and Barron, A. (eds.) Variational Pragmatics: A Focus on Regional Varieties in Pluricentric Languages. Pragmatics & Beyond. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins. pp. 307-332. ISBN 9789027254221.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2008) Requests in corner shop transactions in Ecuadorian Andean and Coastal Spanish. In: Schneider, K.P. and Barron, A. (eds.) Variational Pragmatics: A Focus On Regional Varieties In Pluricentric Languages. Pragmatics & Beyond New Series. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins. pp. 307-332. ISBN 9789027254221.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2007) Estudios de cortesía en español: presente y futuro. In: Cortés Rodríguez, L. and Bañón Hernández, A. and Espejo Muriel, M. and Muñío Valverde, J.L. (eds.) Discurso y oralidad: Homenaje al Prof. José Jesús de Bustos Tovar. Oralia. Madrid, Spain: Arco/Libros. pp. 113-136. ISBN 9788476357132.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2007) Salient trends and directions for future research in the study of politeness in the Spanish-speaking world. In: Placencia, Maria Elena and García, C. (eds.) Research on Politeness in the Spanish-Speaking World. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 369-383. ISBN 9781138842038.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2007) Studies on politeness in Colombian, Ecuadorian and Peruvian Spanish. In: Placencia, Maria Elena and Garcia, C. (eds.) Research on Politeness in the Spanish-Speaking World. Mahwah, New Jersey, USA: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. pp. 59-89. ISBN 9780805852271.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2004) Displaying closeness and respectful distance in Montevidean and Quiteño service encounters. In: Márquez Reiter, R. and Placencia, Maria Elena (eds.) Current Trends in the Pragmatics of Spanish. Pragmatics & Beyond New Series. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 121-155. ISBN 9789027253651.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2004) The pragmatics of Spanish beyond Spain. In: Márquez Reiter, R. and Placencia, Maria Elena (eds.) Current Trends in the Pragmatics of Spanish. Pragmatics and Beyond New Series. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 15-30. ISBN 9789027253651.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2002) Desigualdad en el trato en directivas en la atención al público en La Paz. In: Placencia, Maria Elena and Bravo, D. (eds.) Actos de habla y cortesía en español. LINCOM Studies in Pragmatics. Munich, Germany: Lincom. pp. 193-208. ISBN 9783895863370.
- Placencia, Maria Elena (2002) Panorámica sobre el estudio de los actos de habla y la cortesía lingüística. In: Placencia, Maria Elena and Bravo, D. (eds.) Actos de habla y cortesía en español. LINCOM Studies in Pragmatics. Munich, Germany: Lincom. pp. 1-19. ISBN 9783895863370.
Editorial
- Boxer, D. and Placencia, Maria Elena (2018) Introduction: Closeness and conflict. Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict 6 (2), pp. 167-176. John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISSN 2213-1280.