Giuliana Diani is Associate Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy). She holds an MA in Language Studies from the University of Lancaster (UK) and a PhD in English Linguistics from the University of Pisa (Italy). She has worked on various aspects of discourse analysis and EAP, with special reference to language variation across academic genres, disciplines and cultures through the analysis of small specialized corpora. Her recent work centres on the analysis of language use in knowledge dissemination in tourism and legal discourse. Her recent publications include: “ The appeal of travel blogs: the image of Italy through American eyes”, in Salvi R. / Turnbull J. (eds.), The Discursive Construal of Trust in the Dynamics of Knowledge Diffusion (2017); “Exploring knowledge dissemination strategies in English and Italian newspaper articles for children: a focus on legal issues”, Textus (2015); English for Academic Purposes: Approaches and Implications (Cambridge Scholars, 2015), co-edited with Paul Thompson; Reviewing Academic Research in the Disciplines: Insights into the Book Review Article in English (Officina Edizioni, 2012); Academic Evaluation: Review Genres in University Settings (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009), co-edited with Ken Hyland.
A full list of her publications is available here.
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