Born in Pavia (Italy), MA in Humanities [Lettere
moderne] at the University of Pavia in 1981, and PhD in
Linguistics in 1990.
Teaching Activities
1982-1998: University of Pavia – Faculty of Humanities
[Lettere e filosofia].
1984-2002: City Advanced School for Interpreters and Translators
in Milan [SSIT – Scuola Superiore per Interpreti e Traduttori
del Comune di Milano] – subsequently Advanced Institute for
Interpreters and Translators of the Foundation City Schools of
Milan [ISIT – Istituto Superiore per Interpreti e Traduttori
della SCM – Fondazione Scuole Civiche di Milano].
1997/98: University of Genoa – Faculty of Modern Foreign
Languages [Lingue e letterature straniere] – BA for
Translators and Interpreters at Acqui Terme.
1998/99: University of Bologna – Advanced School for
Interpreters and Translators [SSLMIT – Scuola Superiore di
Lingue Moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori] in Forlì.
1999-2011: University of Bologna – member of the Teachers' board
[Collegio Docenti] in the PhD of the Department of
Interdisciplinary Studies in Translation, Languages and Cultures
[SITLeC – Dipartimento di Studi Interdisciplinari su Traduzione,
Lingue e Culture] in Forlì.
2002/03-: University of Bologna – Senior Lecturer [Professore
Associato] in Italian Linguistics (L-FIL-LET/12) at the
Advanced School for Interpreters and Translators [SSLMIT –
Scuola Superiore di Lingue Moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori]
in Forlì.
2005-11: University of Bologna – Associate professor and Deputy Dean [Vice-direttore] of the former Advanced School for Interpreters and Translators [SSLMIT – Scuola Superiore di Lingue Moderne per Interpreti e Traduttori] in Forlì now School of Languages, Literatures, Translation and Intepretation and member of the Dept. of Interpreting and Translation.
January 2014 obtains ASN (National Scientific Abilitation) as Full Professor for the SC 10/F3 discipline Italian Linguistics and Philology (SSD L-FIL-LET/12 Italian Linguistics).
September 2017 approval of the Dept. of Interpreting and Translation Board for becoming member of staff as Full professor from October 2nd 2017.
Research Activities
1981-1999: Pedagogy – University of Pavia (NRC e COFIN) and
“Gemelli-Musatti” Research Institute on Communication of Milan.
1997-1999: General Linguistics – bilateral research project
between the University of Pavia and the Université Paris XIII
(NRC).
1997-2002: Italian Linguistics – University of Padua (COFIN
1997-2002).
2001-: Italian Linguistics and Applied Linguistics – University
of Bologna (RFO 2001-2006, PRIN 2007-2009 e 2019-2022 [PI fall 2022=>], FARB 2013-2015).
Membership of Learned Societies
1981-: Italian Society of Linguistics [SLI – Società di
Linguistica Italiana].
1989-: International Society of Italian Linguistics and
Philology [SILFI –Società Internazionale di Linguistica e
Filologia Italiana] – from 2002 to 2008 member of the Executive
Committee [Comitato direttivo].
2005-: Association for the History of the Italian Language
[ASLI – Associazione per la Storia della Lingua
Italiana].
Seminars and Guest Lectures in Italian universities and
abroad
1982-: Bergamo, Catania, Como, Genua, Padova, Pavia, Perugia, Rome, Turin and Trieste, and Basel, Beograd, Bern, Besançon, México D.F., Copenhagen, Craiova, Málaga, Saarbrücken, Salamanca and Siviglia.
