Lucia di Pace

Lucia di Pace is an Associate Professor of Glottology and Linguistics (GLOT-01/A) at the University of Naples 'L'Orientale' in the Department of Literary, Linguistic and Comparative Studies. She teaches courses including General Linguistics and Models of Grammatical Description, primarily for undergraduate and graduate programs in European-American Languages and Specialist Translation.

Her research spans:

• Historical evolution of linguistic thought
• Specialized language in political and medical contexts
• Pandemic communication patterns and figurative language
• Non-prototypical morphology (acronyms, pharmaceutical nomenclature)
• Multimodal analysis of food-related terminology

She participates in national research projects including PRIN initiatives on linguistic contact phenomena and directs studies on institutional pandemic communication.

Recent publications (2022-2025) focus on:

• Metaphorical frameworks in crisis discourse
• Lexical innovations during COVID-19
• Political rhetoric analysis
• Multimodal food terminology documentation

She has served as departmental committee member (2016-2023), coordinator of the Specialist Translation MA program (2012-2015), and contributes to editorial boards of linguistics journals including AION-Linguistica.