Henri LE PRIEULT

Henri LE PRIEULT is a Professor at the University of Toulouse, affiliated with the Center for Anglophone Studies (CAS) and the Department of English-Speaking World Studies. His academic work spans English linguistics, enunciative linguistics, the history of ideas, and the didactics of English. He has held significant editorial and research leadership roles, including serving as the editorial director of the journal Anglophonia and leading interdisciplinary research seminars.

• Doctorate (1992), University of Toulouse 2-Le Mirail
• Habilitation to Supervise Research (2006), University of Bordeaux 3
• Lecturer (1994), University of Toulouse 2-Le Mirail
• Professor (2008), University of Toulouse 2-Le Mirail

His research interests include enunciative linguistics, the history of English grammar, modalization, discourse strategies, and the sociocultural dimensions of language. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of linguistic accommodation, argumentation, and the digital representation of grammar. His interdisciplinary approach bridges linguistics, history, and pedagogy.

The most recent publications reflect a sustained engagement with core themes: the evolution of grammatical thought, pragmatic and discourse-level phenomena, and the social practices of English. His work frequently appears in special issues of Anglophonia, often as editor or co-editor, covering topics such as voice quality, e-grammars, and interdisciplinary argumentation.

• Editorial director, Anglophonia journal
• Head of sub-axis (Axis 1), CAS
• Member of the CAS council
• Responsible for the “CAS Ling” cross-disciplinary seminar

LE PRIEULT has advised and collaborated with numerous scholars and has led multiple collective publications. His work is deeply embedded in the research culture of the Centre for Anglophone Studies, where he continues to shape research agendas and mentor junior researchers through editorial and seminar leadership.

He is associated with research groups such as IDEA (Interdisciplinarity in English Studies) and HLLI (Unit for Research on History, Languages, Literatures, and Interculturality), and his publications appear in the Anglophonia and Caliban series, published by Presses Universitaires du Mirail (PUM) and Presses universitaires du Midi.