Stefano Presutti is PhD in linguistics and adjunct professor of Italian studies. Since 2015, he has been teaching Italian L2 at American universities and study programs in Rome, such as University of California (UCEAP), the Catholic University of America (CUA), The American University of Rome (AUR), and many others.
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. His research interests include grapholinguistics, linguistic anthropology, social semiotics, and visual communication. His work has been recently published in academic journals such as Lingua, Social Semiotics, Visual Communication , and International Journal of Multilingualism.
Selected Publications
- Authentic Roman type: historical legacies in contemporary Rome's city brand. Visual Communication, 2024. DOI: 10.1177/14703572231199973
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14703572231199973
- Romanisation process in commercial signs of a Greek market: Ideological varietythrough the script choice. International Journal of Multilingualism, Forthcoming, 2023.
- Multiscriptality within the European Union: the case of a Greek and a Bulgarian urban landscape. International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022, pp. 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2022.2133126.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14790718.2022.2133126
- Spanish tilde as a visual semiotic marker of Pan-Hispanism. Social Semiotics, 2022, pp. 1–18. DOI: 10.1080/10350330.2022.2035653.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10350330.2022.2035653
- The development of Latin alphabet identity markers: A comparison among three Romance graphemes. Lingua 259 (103118), 2021, pp. 1–17. DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2021.103118.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0024384121000905
Conference Paper
- “Biscriptal interactions between Greek and Roman letters in commercial signs of Greek cityscapes.” 16th International Conference of Greek Linguistics. Thessaloniki (Greece), Forthcoming, December 14-17 2023.
- “Indexicality of letter V for national identity power in the Italian capital's semiotic landscape.” Language and Power. Münster (Germany), March 22-24 2023.
- “Presupposing authenticity through typographic traits in commercial signs.” What words don’t say: Intercultural, cross-cultural, and societal aspects of (in)direct communication. Cosenza (Italy), February 2-4 2023.
- “Semantic indexicality of Italian language in linguistic landscapes outside Italy.” Italian language, global language market, Italian companies in the world. Florence (Italy), October 7-8 2022.
- “Pride and profit in sublexical features of an Italian brand logo.” Italian language, global language market, Italian companies in the world. Florence (Italy), October 7-8 2022.
- “The power of national identity at the grapho-phonological level: A case in Italian.” COMELA 2022. Bounded Languages... Unbounded. Athens (Greece), July 19-23 2022.
- “The interdependence between speech and writing. Towards a greater awareness”.Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century. Paris/online (France), June 17-19 2020.
- “Graphemic complexity for the new Romance phonemes in Italian. Some reflections”. Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century. Paris/online (France), June 17-19 2020.