ACADEMIC CAREER
Current position: Full Professor in Italian Linguistics at EDU (Department of Education Studies) of Bologna University
2019-2022: Associate Professor n Italian Linguistics at EDU Department of Education Studies) of Bologna University
2007-2019: Research fellow and lecturer at DIT (Department
of Interpreting and Translation) of the University of Bologna
(Forlì Campus - University of Bologna) and EDU. Discipline
L-FIL-LET/12 (ITALIAN LINGUISTICS).
2007-2017: Tutor at Collegio Superiore
(the School of Excellence of the University of Bologna).
2005-2007: Postdoctoral fellowship at SITLeC
Department (Forlì - University of Bologna)
2003-2005: Postdoctoral fellowships at the Maison des
Sciences de l'Homme (MSH - Paris nord)
and LLI (Laboratoire de Linguistique Informatique -
University of Paris 13 and CNRS)
2003: PhD in Italian Linguistics and Stylistics
at the University of Bologna, SITLeC Department. Dissertation
Title: L'espressione della finalita' in italiano: i
nomi predicativi (Supervisor: prof. Michele
Prandi).
2000-2004: Temporary research fellow at the University
of Bologna, CILTA (Centre for Theorical and Applied Linguistics)
and Italian Studies Department.
1997: Graduated (with distinction) in Modern
Literature at the University of Bologna. Dissertation Title: Sulla lingua di Giuseppe Pontiggia: le varianti della
"Grande Sera" (Supervisor: prof. M. L. Altieri Biagi).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My current research interests concern authoritative language
and
Italian grammar. Additionally my studies focused on
language of politics, literary language, Italian language teaching methodologies, discourse analysis, metaphors, corpus
linguistics.
Member of the research centres: CSGE (Centro di Studi
su Genere ed Educazione: https://centri.unibo.it/csge/it) and CRESPI
(Centro di Ricerca Educativa sulla
Professionalità dell'Insegnante: http://crespi.edu.unibo.it/).
For an overview of my works see my Academia personal webpage:
https://unibo.academia.edu/CristianaDeSantis
and my blog on Italian grammar:
http://valenziale.blogspot.com