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General Info
Born in 1986, in Italy. Now living in Vercelli and Bozen (Italy).
Address: Dipartimento di Linguistica Teorica e Applicata, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Corso Strada Nuova 65, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Centro di Competenza Lingue, c/o Università degli Studi di Bolzano, piazza Università 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.
E-mail: chiara.meluzzi@yahoo.it
Education
November 2010 - present
Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Pavia and Free University of Bozen, Italy. Thesis in preparation on the Italian variety spoken in the town of Bozen with a Sociolinguistic approach. Supervising Committee: Alessandro Vietti (Free University of Bozen), Silvia Dal Negro (Free University of Bozen), Gabriele Iannàccaro (University of Milano Bicocca), Ada Valentini (University of Bergamo), Anna Giacalone Ramat (University of Pavia).
September 2010
MA in Linguistics at University of Eastern Piedmont (Vercelli), Liberal-Arts College curriculum “Linguistics and Philology”. Dissertation in Linguistics and Ancient Greek, “Lisistrata, Prassagora e le altre. Pragmatica della lingua delle donne in Aristofane”; score 110/110 cum laude and right of publication. Supervisor: Marina Castagneto (University of Eastern Piedmont). Other supervisor: Luigi Battezzato (University of Eastern Piedmont).
September 2008
BA in Liberal Arts at University of Oriental Piedmont (Vercelli), Liberal-Arts College. Dissertation in Linguistics and Ancient Greek, “La Lisistrata di Aristofane: un’analisi sociolinguistica e pragmatic”; score 110/110 cum laude and right of publication. Supervisor: Marina Castagneto (University of Eastern Piedmont). Other supervisor: Luigi Battezzato (University of Eastern Piedmont).
Grants and Awards
2010 - present
Currently awarded a three-year scholarship for a Doctorate in Linguistics at the University of Pavia-Free University of Bozen, Italy.
Partecipation at Projects
Teaching Experience
2008/2010
Teaching Assistant in General Linguistics (coordinator: professor Marina Castagneto) at the University of Eastern Piedmont – Vercelli (Italy).
Research Interests
Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, Italian Linguistics, Phonetics, Ancient Greek.
Publications:
Articles
1) Meluzzi, C. (2012a) “You” and “Me” in Ancient Greek: the case of three “female” comedies, in W. Sowa&Schaffner S. (eds), “Greek and Latin from an Indo-European Perspective 3 (GLIEP 3). Proceedings of the Conference held at the Comenius University Bratislava, Kuly 8th-10th 2010”, Supplement of IJDL, pp. 81-100.
2) Meluzzi, C. (2012b) La lingua italiana a Bolzano: una varietà ancora poco indagata, «Il Cristallo» n. LIV (1), online: http://www.altoadigecultura.org/rivista.html.
Reviews
1) Meluzzi, C. (2011) Book review of P. Kaburise (2011) “Speech Act Theory and Communication. A Univen Study”, Linguistlist, vol. 22-5035, (http://linguistlist.org/pubs/reviews/get-review.cfm?subid=4537730)
2) Meluzzi, C. (2012a) Book review of Cagnan (2012) “Lo Slang di Bolzano”, «Rivista Italiana di Dialettologia», to appear.
3) Meluzzi, C. (2012b) Article review of Freddi (2006) “Dieci anni per il bilinguistmo in Alto Adige”, «Rivista Italiana di Dialettologia», to appear.
4) Meluzzi, C. (2012c) Article review of Vietti (2009) “Selezione di codice in contesto bilingue: un’indagine quantitativa in Alto Adige/Südtirol”, «Rivista Italiana di Dialettologia», to appear.
5) Meluzzi, C. (2012d) Book review of Clivio et al. (2011) “An Introduction to Italian Dialectology”, Linguistlist vol. 23-717 (http://linguistlist.org/pubs/reviews/get-review.cfm?subid=4540745)
6) Meluzzi, C. (2012e) Book review of van der Harst (2011) “The Vowel Space Paradox. A Sociophonetic Study on Dutch”, Linguistlist vol. 23.2780 (http://linguistlist.org/pubs/reviews/get-review.cfm?subid=4548523)
7) Meluzzi, C. (2013) Recensione di Hernández-Campoy&Conde Silvestre (2011) “The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics”, Linguistlist (http://linguistlist.org/pubs/reviews/get-review.cfm?SubID=7439196).
Abstracts
1) Meluzzi, C. (2011), Fighting and chatting... with Pronouns. A Proposal on Ancient Greek Comedy, paper presented at 12th IPrA Congress, Manchester, 3rd – 8th July 2011, Abstracts, p. 251.
2) Meluzzi, C. (2012a), Historical Multilingualism in Bozen: the case of “Magistrato Mercantile” (Trade Chancellery), paper presented at the 2nd LINEE Conference and published in the book of Abstracts, pp. 67-68.
3) Meluzzi, C. (2012b), Language and Identity in a Multilingual City: the Case of the Italian in Bozen (South Tyrol), paper presented at the 19th Sociolinguistic Symposium (SS19) and published in the book of Abstracts, p. 221.
Talks:
1) August 2012: 19th Sociolinguistic Symposium (SS19) “Language and the city”, Berlin (Germany) 21st-24th August 2012, with the paper “Language and Identity in a Multilingual City: the Case of the Italian in Bozen (South Tyrol)”;
2) May 2012: 2nd International LINEE Conference, Dubrovnik (Croatia) 4-6 May 2012, with the paper “Historical Multilingualism in Bozen: the case of “Magistrato Mercantile” (Trade Chancellery)”;
3) April 2012: International Interdisciplinary Workshop “Marginalization Processes”, Örebro (Sweden) 26-28 April 2012, with the paper “Two worlds, two groups: Italian and German in Bozen (South Tyrol)”;
4) July 2011: IPRA Conference at Manchester in panel “Non-prototypical use of personal pronouns” with the paper “Fighting and Chatting… with Pronouns (A proposal on Ancient Greek Comedy)”.
5) July 2010: conference GLIEP 3 (Greek and Latin from an Indo-European Perspective 3) at Comenius University of Bratislava (Slovakia) with the paper "You and me in Ancient Greek: the case of the three "female" comedies", forthcoming proceedings.
6) June 2010: conference “Between You and Me: local pronouns across modalities” at Radboud University in Nijmegen (Holland) with the paper “You and Me in Ancient Greek: the case of the three “female” comedies”.
Other talks
a. “Fonetica acustica e Sociofonetica”, lesson for the seminar “Linguistica&Linguistiche”, University of Eastern Piedmont, organized by Marina Castagneto & Chiara Meluzzi, Vercelli, 29th January 2013, 11 am – 1 pm, 2 – 4 pm.
b. “A Sociophonetic Analysis of the Italian of Bozen. The dental affricates”, talk at Newcastle University, 29th November 2012.
c. “Alla ricerca dell’italiano di Bolzano: stato dell’arte e proposta d’indagine”, talk at Language Study Unit, 13th March 2012;
d. “Primo approccio alla fonetica acustica. Cenni teorici ed esercitazione”, 4h seminar at University of Eastern Piedmont, Vercelli, 7th March 2012.
Poster:
1) October 2012: XXXVII Convegno annuale della Società Italiana di Glottologia (SIG), Florence 25-27 october, poster presentation “Proposta per un’analisi pragmatica degli allocutivi nella Lysistrata di Aristofane”.
2) September 2011: International Conference Historical-Comparative Linguistics in the 21st Century, poster presentation “Lysistrata’s uses of ὦ τᾶν: some pragmatic remarks”.
Fields of research:
Sociolinguistics, Sociophonetics, Pragmatics, Dialectology, Italian Linguistics, Ancient Greek.
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