About the Author
Elisa Mattiello holds a Ph.D. in English Linguistics from the University of Pisa, where she now carries out her research and teaches courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Faculty of Modern Languages and of Political Science.
Her scientific interests are in the fields of morphology, pragmatics, text linguistics, sociolinguistics, translation and lexical semantics.
As an undergraduate student, she worked with the Coordinator of the Socrates-Erasmus Project, Prof. A.K. Isaacs, and focused on English linguistics. She graduated with a thesis on the linguistic forms and pragmatic functions of British understatement.
As a postgraduate student, she attended various international specialization courses (e.g. in Düsseldorf and London). In 2006 she collaborated in a Research Project at the Department of English Studies of the University of Pisa, and in 2008 in the online Master in Translation of Specialized Languages.
Her research has produced various articles published in national and international journals or collections. Recent publications include the papers “Difficulty of slang translation” and “A morphopragmatic analysis of English and Italian negative prefixes”.
She is author of the monograph An Introduction to English Slang: A Description of its Morphology, Semantics and Sociology (2008)
Publications
Books
(2008) An Introduction to English Slang: A Description of its Morphology, Semantics and Sociology. Monza: Polimetrica Publisher.
Articles in Volumes
(2003) “Slang compounds as one case of morphological complexity”. In: L. Merlini Barbaresi (ed.) Complexity in Language and Text. Pisa: Edizioni Plus Pisa University Press, pp. 343-377.
(2005) “A bomb and un casino: Intensifiers in English and Italian Slanguage”. In: M. Bertuccelli Papi (ed.) Studies in the Semantics of Lexical Combinatory Patterns. Pisa: Edizioni Plus Pisa University Press, pp. 279-326.
(2007) “Keeping Lexical Complexity in Slang Translation”. In: M. Bertuccelli Papi, G. Cappelli & S. Masi (eds) Lexical Complexity: Theoretical Assessment and Translational Perspectives. Pisa: Edizioni Plus Pisa University Press, pp. 121-140.
(2008a) “From sexgate to vallettopoli: Contrasting English and Italian combining forms”. In: C. Vergaro (ed.) Conversarii: Dynamics of Language Contact in the Twenty-first Century, vol. 2. Perugia: Guerra, pp. 177-190.
(2008b) with Conti, S. “Extra-grammatical morphology: English acronyms and initialisms”. In: M. Bertuccelli Papi, A. Bertacca & S. Bruti (eds) Threads in the Complex Fabric of Language: Linguistic and Literary Studies in Honour of Lavinia Merlini Barbaresi. Pisa: Felici, pp. 559-573.
Articles in Journals
(2005 online) “The pervasiveness of slang in standard and non-standard English”. In: E. Lonati (ed.) Mots Palabras Words: Studi Linguistici 6, pp. 7-41.
(2009) “A morphopragmatic analysis of English and Italian negative prefixes”. Studi e Saggi Linguistici XLVII. Pisa: ETS, pp. 125-156.
(forthcoming a) “Nominalization in English and Italian normative legal texts”. In: C. Williams & M. Gotti (eds) ESP Across Cultures VII. Bari: B.A. Graphis.
Conference Proceedings
(2007) “Combining forms and blends: The case of scape”. In: L. Jottini, G. Del Lungo & J. Douthwaite (eds) Cityscapes: Islands of the Self. Language Studies, vol. 2, Proceedings of the 22nd AIA Conference, Cagliari, 15-17 September 2005. Cagliari: CUEC, pp. 115-130.
(2008) “Lexical Innovation in the Language of Young English People”. In: M. Gotti & S. Kermas (eds) Socially-conditioned Language Change: Diachronic and Synchronic Insights, Proceedings of the 13th SLIN National Conference, 7-9 June 2007, Lecce. Lecce: Edizioni del Grifo, pp. 471-493.
(2009) “Difficulty of slang translation”. In: A. Chantler & C. Dente (eds) Translation Practices: Through Language to Culture, Proceedings of the 8th Leicester-Pisa Collaborative Research Colloquium, Leicester, 11-14 September 2003. Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 65-83.
(forthcoming b) “The lexicon of vision in English slang”. In: L. Pinnavaia & N. Brownlees (eds) Insights into English and Germanic Lexicology and Lexicography: Past and Present, Proceedings of the Conference Glossari, Dizionari, Corpora: Lessicologia e Lessicografia delle Lingue Europee, Gargnano del Garda, Brescia, 25-27 May 2006. Monza: Polimetrica Publisher.
(forthcoming c) “American slang in Friends: Morphological, semantic and sociological features”. In: A Belladelli & R. Cagliero (eds) American English(es): Linguistic and Socio-cultural Perspectives, Proceedings of the International Symposium, Verona, 26 May 2009.
(forthcoming d) “New perspective on echoic irony: The case of the US sitcom Friends”. Proceedings of the XXIV AIA Conference, Challenges for the 21st Century: Dilemmas, Ambiguities, Directions, Roma, 01-03 October 2009.
(2008) An Introduction to English Slang: A Description of its Morphology, Semantics and Sociology. Monza: Polimetrica Publisher.
Articles in Volumes
(2003) “Slang compounds as one case of morphological complexity”. In: L. Merlini Barbaresi (ed.) Complexity in Language and Text. Pisa: Edizioni Plus Pisa University Press, pp. 343-377.
(2005) “A bomb and un casino: Intensifiers in English and Italian Slanguage”. In: M. Bertuccelli Papi (ed.) Studies in the Semantics of Lexical Combinatory Patterns. Pisa: Edizioni Plus Pisa University Press, pp. 279-326.
(2007) “Keeping Lexical Complexity in Slang Translation”. In: M. Bertuccelli Papi, G. Cappelli & S. Masi (eds) Lexical Complexity: Theoretical Assessment and Translational Perspectives. Pisa: Edizioni Plus Pisa University Press, pp. 121-140.
(2008a) “From sexgate to vallettopoli: Contrasting English and Italian combining forms”. In: C. Vergaro (ed.) Conversarii: Dynamics of Language Contact in the Twenty-first Century, vol. 2. Perugia: Guerra, pp. 177-190.
(2008b) with Conti, S. “Extra-grammatical morphology: English acronyms and initialisms”. In: M. Bertuccelli Papi, A. Bertacca & S. Bruti (eds) Threads in the Complex Fabric of Language: Linguistic and Literary Studies in Honour of Lavinia Merlini Barbaresi. Pisa: Felici, pp. 559-573.
Articles in Journals
(2005 online) “The pervasiveness of slang in standard and non-standard English”. In: E. Lonati (ed.) Mots Palabras Words: Studi Linguistici 6, pp. 7-41.
(2009) “A morphopragmatic analysis of English and Italian negative prefixes”. Studi e Saggi Linguistici XLVII. Pisa: ETS, pp. 125-156.
(forthcoming a) “Nominalization in English and Italian normative legal texts”. In: C. Williams & M. Gotti (eds) ESP Across Cultures VII. Bari: B.A. Graphis.
Conference Proceedings
(2007) “Combining forms and blends: The case of scape”. In: L. Jottini, G. Del Lungo & J. Douthwaite (eds) Cityscapes: Islands of the Self. Language Studies, vol. 2, Proceedings of the 22nd AIA Conference, Cagliari, 15-17 September 2005. Cagliari: CUEC, pp. 115-130.
(2008) “Lexical Innovation in the Language of Young English People”. In: M. Gotti & S. Kermas (eds) Socially-conditioned Language Change: Diachronic and Synchronic Insights, Proceedings of the 13th SLIN National Conference, 7-9 June 2007, Lecce. Lecce: Edizioni del Grifo, pp. 471-493.
(2009) “Difficulty of slang translation”. In: A. Chantler & C. Dente (eds) Translation Practices: Through Language to Culture, Proceedings of the 8th Leicester-Pisa Collaborative Research Colloquium, Leicester, 11-14 September 2003. Amsterdam: Rodopi, pp. 65-83.
(forthcoming b) “The lexicon of vision in English slang”. In: L. Pinnavaia & N. Brownlees (eds) Insights into English and Germanic Lexicology and Lexicography: Past and Present, Proceedings of the Conference Glossari, Dizionari, Corpora: Lessicologia e Lessicografia delle Lingue Europee, Gargnano del Garda, Brescia, 25-27 May 2006. Monza: Polimetrica Publisher.
(forthcoming c) “American slang in Friends: Morphological, semantic and sociological features”. In: A Belladelli & R. Cagliero (eds) American English(es): Linguistic and Socio-cultural Perspectives, Proceedings of the International Symposium, Verona, 26 May 2009.
(forthcoming d) “New perspective on echoic irony: The case of the US sitcom Friends”. Proceedings of the XXIV AIA Conference, Challenges for the 21st Century: Dilemmas, Ambiguities, Directions, Roma, 01-03 October 2009.
Conferences
2003
“Difficulty of slang translation”, VIII Leicester-Pisa Research Colloquium on Translation, Leicester (UK), September 11-14, 2003.
2005
“Combining forms and blends: The case of scape”, XXII A.I.A. Conference Cityscapes: Islands of the Self, Cagliari, September 15-17, 2005.
2006
“Keeping lexical complexity in slang translation”, Lexical Complexity in Translation, Pisa, March 20-21, 2006.
“The lexicon of vision in English slang”, Glossari, Dizionari, Corpora: Lessicologia e Lessicografia delle Lingue Europee, Gargnano del Garda (BS), May 25-27, 2006.
2007
“Lexical innovation in the language of young English people”, 13th National Conference on English Historical Linguistics Socially-conditioned Language Change in a Diachronic Perspective, Lecce, June 7-9, 2007.
2009
“American slang in Friends: Morphological, semantic and sociological features”, International Symposium American English(es): Linguistic and Socio-cultural Perspectives, Verona, May 26, 2009.
“New perspectives on echoic irony: The case of the US sitcom Friends”, XXIV A.I.A Conference Challenges for the 21st Century: Dilemmas, Ambiguities, Directions, Roma, October 01-03, 2009.
Photo Gallery
Dr. S. Masi, Prof. M. Aronoff and Dr. E. Mattiello, Düsseldorf, 2002
Dr. J. Hongliu, Dr. G. Diani, Prof. J. Wells and Dr. E. Mattiello, UCL, London, 2005
Dr. E. Mattiello and Prof. L. Bauer, Bologna, 2008
Prof. W.U. Dressler, Prof. L. Merlini Barbaresi and Dr. E. Mattiello, Bologna, 2008
Dr. E. Mattiello, Prof. G. Booij and Prof. M. Aronoff, Bologna, 2008
Prof. A.M. Thornton, Dr. S. Biscetti and Dr. E. Mattiello, Bologna, 2008
