Starting from the assumption that iconicity, as a means of narration, is prevalent in circumstances in which a new language is invented, the paper investigates the anti-language (Halliday, 1978) of rap music, considered ...

Attolino, Paola. “Licence to Adapt: the Resilience of the 007 Narration in Casino Royale.” «Testi e linguaggi» 7(2013):139-148. [Studi monografici. Letteratura in performance, a cura di A. D’Amelia e A. Piazza]

The paper presents the educational pathway of a course in English Language and Linguistics for Master students of Political Science. Based on the study of irony, satire and parody applied to political and media discourse, ...