Corpus stylistics: bridging the gap between linguistic and literary studies

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Michaela Mahlberg, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU)/Federal University of Uberlândia

Supply teacher of English at the Federal University of Uberlândia. PhD student in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the Federal University of Uberlândia. MA in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the same institution. Graduate in English Language and Literatures in English at the same university.

Raphael Marco Oliveira Carneiro, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Doutorando em linguística e linguística aplicada pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brasil. Professor substituto assistente (2016-2018) de Inglês na Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Mestre em linguística e linguística aplica pela mesma instituição. Graduado do Curso de Licenciatura Plena em Letras: Habilitação em Inglês e Literaturas de Língua Inglesa pela mesma universidade.

Ariel Novodvorski, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Doutor em Estudos Linguísticos pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Professor Adjunto no Curso de Graduação em Letras e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Linguísticos (PPGEL) do Instituto de Letras e Linguística (ILEEL) da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU).

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