Raffaele ZAGO
Raffaele Zago (PhD in English Linguistics; National Scientific Habilitation) is researcher at the University of Catania, Department of Humanities, where he teaches English Language in two BA courses (European, Euro-American and Oriental Languages and Cultures; Sciences and Languages for Communication). His research interests are in the field of English applied linguistics and include spoken English, register variation, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, telecinematic dialogue and informal contact with English. In these areas, he has published two monographs (From Originals to Remakes. Colloquiality in English Film Dialogue over Time, 2016; Cross-Linguistic Affinities in Film Dialogue, 2018) and various articles/chapters. He is co-editor of the volume Language, Expressivity and Cognition (Bloomsbury, 2023) and local coordinator of the national project The Informalisation of English Language Learning through the Media: Language Input, Learning Outcomes and Sociolinguistic Attitudes from an Italian Perspective. He also serves as departmental advisor for Erasmus and Internationalisation.
Academic Year 2021/2022
- DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Bachelor's Degree in European Euroamerican and Oriental Languages and Culture - 2nd Year
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION 2 A - L - DIDACTIC UNIT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
Bachelor's Degree in Linguistic and intercultural mediation - 2nd Year
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION 2
Academic Year 2020/2021
- DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Bachelor's Degree in European Euroamerican and Oriental Languages and Culture - 2nd Year
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Bachelor's Degree in Sciences and languages for communication - 3rd Year
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION 3 - DIDACTIC UNIT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
Bachelor's Degree in Linguistic and intercultural mediation - 2nd Year
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION 2
Academic Year 2019/2020
- DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Bachelor's Degree in European Euroamerican and Oriental Languages and Culture - 2nd Year
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Bachelor's Degree in Sciences and languages for communication - 3rd Year
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION 3 - DIDACTIC UNIT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
Bachelor's Degree in Linguistic and intercultural mediation - 2nd Year
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION 2
Academic Year 2018/2019
- DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Bachelor's Degree in European Euroamerican and Oriental Languages and Culture - 2nd Year
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES
Bachelor's Degree in Sciences and languages for communication - 3rd Year
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION 3
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Spoken English, register variation, telecinematic dialogue, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis.
Bednarek, Monika and Zago, Raffaele. 2023. Bibliography of linguistic research on fictional (narrative, scripted) television series and films/movies, version 6 (June 2023). Available here.