Vittorio Tantucci

Vittorio Tantucci is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and Chinese Linguistics at the School of Social Sciences, Lancaster University. His research bridges theoretical and applied linguistics, focusing on pragmatics, cognitive linguistics, and cross-cultural communication.

• Research Interests: Intersubjectivity, theory of mind, facework, resonance in dialogue, grammaticalization, and pragmatic markers across typologically diverse languages.
• Methodology: Corpus-driven analysis, machine learning (R-based), typological comparisons, and questionnaire-based studies.

His recent work explores linguistic imitation as engagement, empathy, and creativity indicators, particularly in Mandarin Chinese and other Sinitic languages. Articles focus on computational pragmatics, second language testing, online impoliteness reciprocity, and aspectual constructions in Chinese dialogue.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Prize for research on Interpersonal Evidentiality

PhD Supervision: Minyue Wang. He is affiliated with research groups including DisTex, Cognitive Linguistics Research Group, and UCREL.