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Paolo Orrù
Paolo Orrù, Ph.D., is senior lecturer in Italian linguistics at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. His main research interest is the linguistic representations of social issues including racism and homophobia in Italian media (newspapers, the Internet and cinema). His publications include ‘Il discorso sulle migrazioni nell’Italia contemporanea: un’analisi linguistico-discorsiva sulla stampa (2000–2010)’ (Franco Angeli, forthcoming), ‘Racist discourse on social networks: a discourse analysis of Facebook posts in Italy’ (Rhesis: International Journal of Linguistics, Philology and Literature, 2014), ‘Lingua e alterità: lo stereotipo dell’omosessuale nel cinema italiano del Novecento’ (Lingua Italiana d’Oggi, Bulzoni, 2012) and ‘Il partito dell’amore e il partito dell’odio: analisi linguistica del conflitto politico nell’Italia della Seconda Repubblica’ (Letterature straniere &, Aracne, 2013). His current research focuses on populism and political language; second language acquisition and language testing; sociolinguistics and the urban space.