Carmen Maíz-Arévalo – Pragmatics – Best Researcher Award
Prof Dr. Carmen Maiz Arevalo distinguished academic and researcher in the field Pragmatics. Several noteworthy academic projects and theses were conducted at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Marta Álvarez Collado’s Master’s Thesis on “Politeness and facework strategies in the ‘rights of reply’ within the United Nations” received an outstanding grade following her defense on 28/09/2021. Nadiya Grytsak’s comparative study of the development of intercultural competence among postgraduate learners from Spanish and Ukrainian universities was approved. Paloma Martín Rodríguez also achieved an outstanding grade for her Master’s Thesis, which employed a neo-Gricean approach to analyze humor creation in Intercultural Communication within the TV show The Good Place. Clara Cantos Delgado’s research on “Gender, culture and digital communication” earned her honors during her defense on 28/09/2020. Lastly, María Martínez Jiménez conducted a notable analysis of presidential speech acts and the representation of force in her Master’s Thesis.