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Osijek (Croatia). She teaches courses in Phonetics, English Language Practice, and
introductory Public Speaking. Her research interests lie in the field of of applied lin-
guistics and phonetics, especially conference interpreting with special interest in si-
multaneous interpreting, various aspects of public speaking, rhetorics, media and
political discourse.
Gordana VAROŠANEC-ŠKARIĆ is a full time professor at the Department of
Phoneticis, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. She
teaches Rhetoric, Stage Speaking, Orthophony, Speech and voice exercises, Croa-
tian language orthoepy, and Forensic phonetics. During her career she has been a
lecturer at other Faculties at the University (Theatre, Film and Television Academy,
Faculty of Political Studies, Music Academy....). She has published two books and
numerous scientific papers.
Sheldon WEIN is Professor of Philosophy and of International Development Stud-
ies at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada. He has published widely in sev-
eral areas of analytic philosophy. His current research explores the various devices
and institutions (such as moralities, religions, legal systems, traditions, and manners)
which groups use to organize their behaviour and overcome collective action prob-
lems.
Igor Ž. ŽAGAR studied philosophy, sociology, and linguistics in Ljubljana, Par-
is, and Antwerp. He received his doctoral degree in Sociology of Culture from the
University of Ljubljana. He is Professor of Rhetoric and Argumentation (Universi-
ty of Primorska), and a Senior Research Fellow (Head of the Centre for Discourse
Studies) at the Educational Research Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has lectured
in Belgium, United States, Italy, China, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Spain,
Russia, Romania, Poland, and France. Žagar’s interests lie in pragmatics (speech act
theory, (critical) discourse analysis), philosophy of language, argumentation, and
rhetoric. He is (co)author and (co)editor of twelve books, and more than a hundred
articles.
Address: Educational Research Institute, Gerbičeva 62, 1000 Ljubljana,
Slovenia. E-mail: igor.zzagar@gmail.com,
WWW: www.igorzagar.net.
Osijek (Croatia). She teaches courses in Phonetics, English Language Practice, and
introductory Public Speaking. Her research interests lie in the field of of applied lin-
guistics and phonetics, especially conference interpreting with special interest in si-
multaneous interpreting, various aspects of public speaking, rhetorics, media and
political discourse.
Gordana VAROŠANEC-ŠKARIĆ is a full time professor at the Department of
Phoneticis, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. She
teaches Rhetoric, Stage Speaking, Orthophony, Speech and voice exercises, Croa-
tian language orthoepy, and Forensic phonetics. During her career she has been a
lecturer at other Faculties at the University (Theatre, Film and Television Academy,
Faculty of Political Studies, Music Academy....). She has published two books and
numerous scientific papers.
Sheldon WEIN is Professor of Philosophy and of International Development Stud-
ies at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Canada. He has published widely in sev-
eral areas of analytic philosophy. His current research explores the various devices
and institutions (such as moralities, religions, legal systems, traditions, and manners)
which groups use to organize their behaviour and overcome collective action prob-
lems.
Igor Ž. ŽAGAR studied philosophy, sociology, and linguistics in Ljubljana, Par-
is, and Antwerp. He received his doctoral degree in Sociology of Culture from the
University of Ljubljana. He is Professor of Rhetoric and Argumentation (Universi-
ty of Primorska), and a Senior Research Fellow (Head of the Centre for Discourse
Studies) at the Educational Research Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has lectured
in Belgium, United States, Italy, China, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Spain,
Russia, Romania, Poland, and France. Žagar’s interests lie in pragmatics (speech act
theory, (critical) discourse analysis), philosophy of language, argumentation, and
rhetoric. He is (co)author and (co)editor of twelve books, and more than a hundred
articles.
Address: Educational Research Institute, Gerbičeva 62, 1000 Ljubljana,
Slovenia. E-mail: igor.zzagar@gmail.com,
WWW: www.igorzagar.net.
