Piergiorgio MURA

Piergiorgio MURA is a Lecturer at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, affiliated with the Department of Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Studies. He also holds a Post-doc Researcher position at the University for Foreigners of Siena, focusing on Sardinian diaspora speech corpora.

• PhD in Linguistics (2023) from Ca' Foscari Venice
• MSc in Applied Linguistics (2018) from University of Edinburgh
• Bachelor in Literature (2016) from University of Cagliari

His research spans sociolinguistic attitudes, minority language revitalization, and phonological analysis of endangered languages, with a focus on the Sardinian language. Recent work includes experimental studies on language perception using the Matched-Guise Technique and analyses of linguistic landscapes in Sardinia.

Key collaborative projects involve corpus creation for Sardinian diaspora communities and studies on language policy in bilingual education. He contributes to thesis supervision in Language Sciences at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and participates in international conferences on multilingualism.

As an educator, he teaches Phonetics and Phonology and Italian Sociolinguistics in master's programs. His digital skills include RStudio/SPSS statistical analysis and digital questionnaire tools.