Per Linell

Per Linell took his degree in linguistics and is currently professor of language and culture, with a specialisation on communication and spoken interaction, at the University of Link�ping, Sweden. He has been instrumental in building up an internationally renowned interdisciplinary graduate school in communication studies in Link�ping. He has worked for many years on developing a dialogical alternative to mainstream theories in linguistics, psychology and social sciences. His production...See more

Per Linell took his degree in linguistics and is currently professor of language and culture, with a specialisation on communication and spoken interaction, at the University of Link�ping, Sweden. He has been instrumental in building up an internationally renowned interdisciplinary graduate school in communication studies in Link�ping. He has worked for many years on developing a dialogical alternative to mainstream theories in linguistics, psychology and social sciences. His production comprises more than 100 articles on dialogue, talk-in-interaction and institutional discourse. His more recent books include Approaching Dialogue (1998), The Written Language Bias in Linguistics (2005) and Dialogue in Focus Groups (2007, with I. Markov�, M. Grossen and A. Salazar Orvig). See less