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After obtaining a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Leeds, Holmes moved to the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
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Janet Holmes
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She published a textbook Introduction to Sociolinguistics which has run to four editions. She is now an Emeritus Professor of Linguistics. She currently leads the Wellington Language in the Workplace (LWP) project, an ongoing study of communication formats occurring in the workplace, which examines “small talk, humour, management strategies, directives, and leadership in a wide range of New Zealand workplaces”.
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