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StefMaci

@stefmaci.bsky.social
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I’m the master of my soul PhD, Full Professor of English linguistics. #unive. CDA, CL, ESP (tourism & medical discourses), discourse analysis· #RestInPower • she/her

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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 2h
A new chapter begins today: I continue my academic journey at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. Deeply grateful to @unibg.it for all the opportunities, experiences, colleagues and friendships — and to @unive.it for this new challenge. Looking forward to what comes next in Venice!
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It will be great indeed! Thanks to @tonymcenery.bsky.social and @markmcglashan.com for the trust, and to Daniela Cesiri for her warm hospitality. Really looking forward to it!
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So happy to be part of this great team! #CL2027
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
My #fulbright testimony at the General Consulate of Italy in Philadelphia
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Happy to share this CfP.
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Honored to be invited by the Consulate General of Italy in Philadelphia to speak at: “80 Years of Fulbright – Continuing the Transatlantic Dialogue between Italy and the US” A great opportunity to reflect on academic exchange and international collaboration. April 16, 2026, Philadelphia.
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
On February 23, 2026, I will be speaking at the University of Pittsburgh for the Distinguished Italian Fulbright Lecture “Tourism Goes Digital.” The talk examines live virtual guided tours as an emerging communicative practice in tourism and digital technologies.
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Excited to be a keynote speaker at Vital Signs (University of Parma, 10–11 Feb 2026). My (online) talk: “AI and the Reconfiguration of Linguistic Structures and Communicative Norms in Medical Discourse.” How is AI reshaping medical English and the norms of healthcare communication? Let’s discuss.
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
📘✨ Happy to share that my chapter “Revenge porn: a new form of online gender-based violence discourse. A case study” has just been published in Discourse Approaches to Gender-Based Violence 🎉 (De Gruyter Mouton) 🗣️💻 🔗 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...
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Discourse Approaches to Gender-Based Violence
This volume illustrates how the adoption of discourse approaches can cast light on the complex and often subtle ways in which gender-based violence (GBV) discursively operates. The focus is on careful...
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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What Kind of Reasoning (if any) is an LLM actually doing? On the Stochastic Nature and Abductive Appearance of Large Language Models
This article examines the nature of reasoning in current, mainstream Large Language Models (LLMs) that operate within the token-completion paradigm. We explore
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
On December 5th I’ll be in Chieti–Pescara for the Languaging Diversity conference, where I’ll talk about accessibility in tourism. I’ll be sharing reflections on how live virtual guided tours can help make travel experiences more inclusive and open to everyone. ✨
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Thrilled to teach my Fulbright module at the University of Pittsburgh this upcoming term: Analyzing Tourism Communication in Transforming Media Ecosystems We’ll explore how tourism storytelling changes across traditional and digital media. #Fulbright #TourismCommunication #DigitalMedia
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Excited to be giving tomorrow’s plenary talk “Empowering Learners and Teachers through Corpus Linguistics” at the COPLUS Conference, University of Milan. Grateful for the opportunity to discuss how corpus approaches can enhance both teaching and learning
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
“ideological alignment, rather than actor prominence, plays a central role in structuring online discourse and shaping the spread of information in polarized environments “ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Ideology and polarization set the agenda on social media - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Ideology and polarization set the agenda on social media
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Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
🚨 Call for Papers! 🚨 we are excited to launch the Call for Papers for the Corpora and Discourse International Conference 2026. Deadline 16 November 2025. Submit your abstracts here: wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal.... Please share widely! #CADS2026
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Call for Papers – Corpora & Discourse International Conference 2026
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Isobelle Clarke @issyclarke.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I am so pleased to announce that I have been awarded a @ukri.org Future Leaders Fellowship www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an... to undertake the project 'A Multi-Dimensional Understanding of the Digital Far Right'.
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UKRI announces winners of £120 million Future Leaders Fellowships
Research into the causes of lung cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are among 77 projects to be funded by UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowships.
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Large Language Models (LLMs) can mirror expert judgment but often rely on word patterns rather than reasoning. A new study introduces epistemia, the illusion of knowledge that occurs when surface plausibility replaces verification. PNAS: ow.ly/sobq50Xcv9f www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Excited to announce my new book Translating Tourism (Routledge), co-authored with Cinzia Spinzi 🌍✈️ The book explores how tourism discourse is translated, adapted, and mediated. 📖 30% discount code: 3FVRD2MJ3 📚 Free inspection copies available for instructors. 🔗 www.routledge.com/Translating-...
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Translating Tourism
This engaging textbook provides an in-depth examination of tourist discourse and communication and a guide to translating tourism texts. Through analysis of the linguistic, intercultural, and sociall...
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
That’s me in Turin at the 32nd AIA conference, speaking of digital tourism
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Guess what #UAB #barcelona #genderandtranslation #internationalconference
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Guess what #UAB #barcelona #genderandtranslation #internationalconference
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Paul Baker @paulari.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
What happens when you use AI to tag 8546 images in a 1.5m word corpus of UK news about Islam? How accurate is the tagger? What's the relationship between images and words? My new Cambridge Element with @hannaschmueck.bsky.social and Yufang Qian is now free to access www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Automatic Image Tagging for Corpus Linguistics
Cambridge Core - Research Methods in Linguistics - Automatic Image Tagging for Corpus Linguistics
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Still buzzing after an amazing #CL2025 conference. Great research, great people, great chats. Thanks @robbielove.org and all the organisers for making it happen!
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Stephanie Evert @schtepf.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
In case you missed the QR code during my talk on Geometric Multivariate Analysis @cl2025.co.uk: You can find slides, code, and data at osf.io/9p25y
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Corpus Linguistics 2025
Presentation slides and reproduction materials for CL 2025 presentation “Finding structure in multivariate data” Hosted on the Open Science Framework
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Me (again) explaining how gender neutrality can be realized in grammatical-gendered languages #CL2025
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
That’s me, speaking about Climate Change #CL2025
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
So sorry to say goodbye! #CL2025
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Ready, set, go! Pascual’s promising talk is live now! #CL2025
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I was looking forward to this presentation! #CL2025
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
What counts? An inspiring talk about the wonder of numbers by @proftaylor.bsky.social and @journolinguist.bsky.social #CL2025
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Ladies and gentlemen, I’m a Fullbrighter! CANNOT BELIEVE MY EYES 🤩🤩🤩
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Stefan Diemer @diemerstefan.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
“Any corpus is like the Emerald City - you need to go inside & poke around a bit” 🏰 In her plenary @cl2025.co.uk @hankslizzy.bsky.social takes us along the yellow brick road to LANA-CASE, tackling representativeness: what (register), who (demographics), and how (authenticity) 📚🎓 #cl2025
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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
This morning I was honoured to give the opening plenary at the #CL2025 conference - thanks to everyone who came along and engaged!
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Even the stairs are beautiful! #CL2025
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Anna Marchi 🌈 @journolinguist.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Simply super talk by @hankslizzy.bsky.social #CL2025 taking us on a journey on the yellow brick road of corpus creation and representativeness by means of a reflection on prototypicality
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Impossible to get lost😊 #CL2025
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The concorDANCE at #CL2025!!!
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
How to refresh a bunch of linguists #CL2025
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
CL and context. Great kick-off talk by @gavinbrookes.bsky.social #cl2025
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Here we go #CL2025
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CERLIS @cerlis.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🎉 Just 6 days to go until Cerlis2025 kicks off! We’re counting down to an exciting conference packed with insightful talks and stimulating discussions. 📅 Check out the full programme here: 👉 sites.google.com/unibg.it/cer...
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Conferences
CfP 2025 CERLIS2025: Metaphors in Specialized Discourses in and across cultures University of Bergamo, 12-14 June 2025 We are pleased to announce a call for abstracts for the CERLIS conference on ...
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Roxanne H. Padley, PhD @roxanne-padley.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Great time and company at the PRIN-CLAVIER 2025 Conference, Tropea @stefmaci.bsky.social
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Naples, here I come! 3rd international CIRLaM conference “Artificial intelligence in medical communication: current challenges, future directions” My plenary talk is: Standardizing Care, Simplifying Context: The Impact of AI on Medical Discourse. #cirlam2025
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Beautiful Salamanca
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Off to CILC2025 in Salamanca! Presenting on AI and medical discourse with a talk titled: “From doctor to algorithm: How AI is reshaping communication in medicine” Let’s chat about chatboxes, algorithms, and language in healthcare.
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CERLIS @cerlis.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The countdown to CERLIS 2025 has officially begun! We’re putting the finishing touches on a rich and exciting programme—ready to share with you by next week. Stay tuned for updates, abstracts, and keynotes! #CERLIS2025
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Thrilled to return to Ca’ Foscari University tomorrow—my Alma Mater—with a talk titled “Chip chip Hooray! How food is presented to children.” We’ll dive into the linguistic and visual strategies behind food marketing for young audiences. Curious minds welcome!
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Off to Catania for the PhD seminar where I will be speaking about the discourse of arbitration
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Glad to announce I will be panelist at the SCOT( Smart Community Tourism) webinar about Co-Creating Tourism Values through Regeneration on 14 June at 10 CET If you are interested in it, and would like to participate, please register for free here scotwebinars.org/events/volum...
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StefMaci @stefmaci.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Instagrammable tourism. An overview.. Now, at the University of Sassari
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