PhD in XXXIX ciclo (2023-2026)

Students who thrive on analysing language in the media, such as

Carmen Russo

's corpus-based study of contemporary neostandard Italian, will build expertise in this field through a PhD in Linguistica e didattica delle lingue. Russo's research focuses on the transitional period between print and digital media, examining linguistic shifts in articles from the early 21st century. The project aims to identify key transformations in language, particularly in the use of collocations as indicators of these changes. Students may explore topics such as the history of the Italian language, lessicography, and cognitive semantics, all within the Department of Italian Language, Literature, and Arts in the World (LILAIM).