Giuliana Diani

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 and published 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, specialised corpora. Her recent work has centred on the analysis of the popularisation strategies adopted in print and in digital texts targeting young people and in law blogs.