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Giovanni Garofalo is a Full Professor of Spanish Language and Translation at the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Bergamo. He held previous positions as Associate Professor (2014–2020) and Assistant Professor at the University of Trieste (2004–2008) and the University of Bergamo (2008–2014). His research focuses on corpus-assisted discourse analysis, legal and political communication, and the discursive construction of gender in Spanish.
- University of Bergamo
- Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Garofalo’s research explores specialized fields, including Spanish legal communication in criminal law, legislative language, and terminography. He has authored monographs on these topics and investigates argumentation across business, medicine, and politics. His recent publications analyze textual complexity, hate speech, and urban heritage discourses.
Key trends in his work include the intersection of corpus linguistics with legal/political discourse, gender representation in Spanish media, and interdisciplinary collaborations with Spanish universities. Garofalo is a member of the Center for Research on Specialized Languages (CERLIS) and associations like AISPI and AELINCO.
His teaching emphasizes Spanish discourse analysis, textual genres, and argumentation frameworks. Students engage with real-world texts and are trained in pragmatic and metadiscursive skills at C1+ proficiency. Garofalo’s methodological approach combines theoretical lectures with practical analysis via e-learning platforms.
