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Alessandro Aru serves as a Researcher in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Genoa. His current teaching responsibilities for the 2025-2026 academic year include:
- English Language B2 (code 108708) for Computer Engineering students
- English Sector-Specific Languages (code 65240) for Modern Languages and Cultures degree candidates
His scholarly work centers on linguistic structures and discourse phenomena, with particular emphasis on:
- Compound figures of speech and conceptual blending mechanisms
- Irony markers in climate change discourse across traditional and digital media
- Frame shifting dynamics in satirical interpretation
- Cognitive-pragmatic interfaces in contemporary communication
Recent publications (2023-2024) demonstrate a cohesive research trajectory examining how figurative language operates in sociopolitical contexts, especially through the lens of British media coverage of climate change. His methodology bridges cognitive linguistics with discourse analysis to decode layered meaning in journalistic and social media texts.
No scientific awards were documented in the source material.
While office hours are conducted via Microsoft Teams by appointment, no information regarding graduate student supervision, research grants, or laboratory affiliations was provided in the available documentation.
