Chiara Degano (PhD) is tenured researcher in English language and translation at the University of Milan (Università degli Studi di Milano).
Her research interests are in Discourse Analysis, which she approaches by means of different theoretical and methodological perspectives, including text linguistics, critical discourse analysis, corpus linguistics, genre analysis and argumentation theory.
One strand of research focuses on media representation of international crisis – in particular the run up to the 2003 Gulf War, and the conflict between Lebanon and Israel in 2006 -, and more generally on political discourse, with special regard for US national Security strategy and public diplomacy, and UK TV prime ministerial debates.
A second strand, framed in the research of languages for specific purposes (LSP), addresses corporate communication and international arbitration. Central to this strand has been the analysis of ideological and evaluative aspects, also in relation to the construction of identity. Specific attention has been given to the sociological survey report, unveiling the ideological bias that, despite claims of objectivity, reflects the expectation of the researcher, and to corporate external communication, with a focus on corporate social responsibility discourse. In the field of legal discourse, she has worked on the discursive features of the international arbitration award.
Furthermore, she has explored institutional communication on the Web, thus contributing to the debate on the impact of multimodality on textuality.
See the other members of the University of Milan Research Unit.