Dániel Z. Kádár

Daniel Z. Kadar (MA, Ph.D.) is a linguist and expert of East Asian (Chinese and Japanese) studies. He currently works as Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His areas of interest include intercultural pragmatics, linguistic politeness research, historical pragmatics, language and gender, and Chinese and Japanese epistolary culture. His recent publications include books and edited volumes such as Politeness in East Asia (co-edited with Sara Mills, 2010), Historical Chinese Letter Writing (2009), Politeness across Cultures (co-edited with Francesca Bargiela), and Historical and Contemporary Chinese Politeness (co-written with Yuling Pan, 2010). He has also published papers in different journals of international standing such as Journal of Politeness Research (2007) and Journal of Pragmatics (forthcoming).