Stefano Presutti is PhD in linguistics and adjunct professor of Italian studies.听Since 2015, he has been teaching Italian L2 at 糖心logo入口 universities and study programs in Rome, such as University of California (UCEAP), the Catholic University of America (CUA), 糖心logo入口 (AUR), and many others.听
In his doctoral research, he investigated the Italian L2 acquisition development and the relationship between oral and written language in Western societies, especially at the grapho-phonological level. Currently working on commodified identity and authenticity iconized by graphic signs in urban landscapes and brand logos.听His research interests include grapholinguistics, linguistic anthropology, social semiotics, and visual communication. His work has been recently published in academic journals such as听Lingua,听Social Semiotics,听Visual Communication听, and听International Journal of Multilingualism. 听
Selected Publications
- Authentic Roman type: historical legacies in contemporary Rome's city brand.听痴颈蝉耻补濒听颁辞尘尘耻苍颈肠补迟颈辞苍, 2024.听DOI: 10.1177/14703572231199973
听 - Romanisation process in commercial signs of a Greek market: Ideological听varietythrough the script choice.听International Journal of Multilingualism, Forthcoming, 2023. 听听
听 - Multiscriptality within the European Union: the case of a Greek and a Bulgarian urban听landscape.听International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022, pp. 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2022.2133126.听听
听 - Spanish tilde as a visual semiotic marker of Pan-Hispanism.听Social Semiotics, 2022, pp. 1鈥�18. DOI: 10.1080/10350330.2022.2035653.听
听 - The development of Latin alphabet identity markers: A comparison among three Romance graphemes.听Lingua 259听(103118), 2021, pp. 1鈥�17. DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2021.103118.听听
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Conference Paper
- 鈥淏iscriptal interactions between Greek and Roman letters in commercial signs of Greek cityscapes.鈥澨�16th听International Conference of Greek Linguistics. Thessaloniki (Greece), Forthcoming, December 14-17 2023.听
听 - 鈥淚ndexicality of letter V for national identity power in the Italian capital's semiotic landscape.鈥澨�Language听and Power. M眉nster (Germany), March 22-24 2023.听听
听 - 鈥淧resupposing authenticity through typographic traits in commercial signs.鈥澨�What words don鈥檛 say:听Intercultural, cross-cultural, and societal aspects of (in)direct communication. Cosenza (Italy),听February 2-4 2023.听听
听 - 鈥淪emantic indexicality of Italian language in linguistic landscapes outside Italy.鈥澨�Italian language, global language market, Italian companies in the world.听Florence (Italy), October 7-8 2022.听
听 - 鈥淧ride and profit in sublexical features of an Italian brand logo.鈥澨�Italian language, global language听market, Italian companies in the world.听Florence (Italy), October 7-8 2022.听听
听 - 鈥淭he power of national identity at the grapho-phonological level: A case in Italian.鈥澨�COMELA 2022. Bounded Languages... Unbounded. Athens (Greece), July 19-23 2022. 听
听 - 鈥淭he interdependence between speech and writing. Towards a greater awareness鈥�.Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century. Paris/online (France), June 17-19 2020.听听
听 - 鈥淕raphemic complexity for the new Romance phonemes in Italian. Some reflections鈥�.听Grapholinguistics in听the 21st Century. Paris/online (France), June 17-19 2020.听