Siria GUZZO | Curriculum

Siria Guzzo is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Salerno, Italy. She holds a PhD in English for Special Purposes and a MA in Sociolinguistics. Her research interests mainly lie in the field of sociolinguistics and language variation and change. She has conducted research and widely published in the fields of migration and its effects on identity, new dialect/ethnolect formation, language contact and its outcomes, and first and second language acquisition. Her publications include wide-ranging investigations on the Anglo-Italian community in the UK, and a forthcoming volume on the newly-emerging Cook Island variety of English.

POSITION

2021 – to-date - Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics

Main teaching duties: Teaching English Language and Linguistics, BA in Foreign Languages and Cultures; teaching English Linguistics and Translation, MA in Modern Languages and Literatures and supervising research projects, Linguistic Curriculum, PhD in Literary, Linguistics and Historical Studies, Department of Humanities, University of Salerno.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

2008 - PhD in English for Special Purposes, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy. Thesis Title: Language and the Workplace in the Bedford Italian Community: a Reflection of their Italian Identity? Supervisors: prof. Gabrialla Di Martino and prof. David Britain (external tutor)

2004 - MA in Sociolinguistics, University of Essex, Colchester, UK. Thesis Title: Language Shift: the case of the Bedford Italian Community. Supervisor: prof. David Britain

2001 - BA (Honours) (Class 1) in Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Naples “Suor Orsola Benincasa”, Italy. Thesis in English Linguistics Estuary English: A Variation in Standard English?. Supervisor: prof. Gabriella Di Martino

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

2009 – Research Fellowship (20 months). University of Naples “l’Orientale”, Italy.

2008 - Certificate in Teaching Italian L2. Language Centre – University of Naples “Federico II”

2007 - Postgraduate Training Certificate in Teaching Italian L2. Language Centre – University of Naples “Federico II”

2006 - Language Expert. Appointed by the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Court House of Naples as Linguistics Expert, Wiretapping Transcriber and Translator (Italian-English and English-Italian).

2001 - Forensic Linguistics Consultant. Appointed by the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Court House of Naples as Linguistics Expert of Standard Italian and Southern Italian Dialects working upon request in speaker identification consulting.

1999 - Wiretapping Transcriber and Translator Italian-English / English-Italian. Appointed by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Court House of Naples.