Name: Hasan Hadi Mahdi Abd Al-Ka'abi Date of Birth/Place: 1/4/1982 - Najaf Title: Lecturer Affiliation:University of Kufa/ College of Arts/ Department of English. Degrees: • BA in English language and literature obtained in 25/7/ 2005 with the first rank among 72 students. • MA in English language and linguistics obtained in 14/5/2013with an excellent grade and the first rank among 7 students. The thesis is entitled The Pragmatics of Gossip in Some of Jane Austen's Novels • Joined the Ph.D. study in 2014-2015, was first among seven students in the courses. • A Ph. D. in English language and linguistics obtained in 1/2/2018 with an excellent grade and the first rank among 7 students. The thesis is entitled The Pragmatics of Negotiation in American and British and Corporations' Merging and Takingover. Published Papers : Have published the following papers during and after the studying period: • A Model for the Pragmatic Analysis of Gossip. • A Pragma-stylistic Study of Imam Ali's (A.S.) Letter to Malik Al-Ashtar. • A Pragma-Stylistic Study of Symbolism in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. • Coherence and Cohesion in English and Arabic: A Cross-Theoretic Study. • The Pragmatic Nature of Bargaining. • "Code Switching and Code Mixing: A Sociolinguistic Study Of Senegalese International Students in Iraqi Colleges". • Translational Problems in Transferring the Intended Meaning of Clarification Tropes in Shiite Discourse. • A Pragmatic Study of Argument in Fatimatulzahra's (P.B.U.H.) Fadak Speech. • Some Informal Contractions in American English. • Negotiation: A Pragmatic Perspective. Published Books: Have authored and coauthored the following books during the studying period: • The Pragmatics of Gossip in Some of Jane Austen's Novels. • English and Arabic Linguistic Theories in Contrast. • Linguistic Analysis of Literary Data. • Pragmatic Scrutiny of News and Reports. • Phonology: Different Dimensions. Conferences: Participated in Al-Ameed Second International Conference in 2015. Participated in the Conference of English Language which was held in the College of Education (Ibn Rushed)/ University of Baghdad in 2016. Participated in Al-Ameed Third International Conference in 2016. Participated in Al-Ameed Fourth International Conference in 2017.