Elena Semino is Professor of Linguistics and Verbal Art in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, and Visiting Professor at the University of Fuzhou (China).
Zsófia Demjén is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the UCL Centre for Applied Linguistics.
Andrew Hardie is a Reader in Linguistics at Lancaster University.
Sheila Payne is Emeritus Chair in Palliative Care at the International Observatory on End of Life Care at Lancaster University, and Visiting Professor at Ulster University and Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
Paul Rayson is Director of the UCREL research centre and Reader in Natural Language Processing at Lancaster University.