Virginia Sciutto

Virginia Sciutto is an Associate Professor at the University of Salento, Department of Humanities, specializing in Spanish Language and Translation. She holds a PhD from the University of Naples 'L'Orientale' and has taught at multiple institutions. Her research focuses on applied linguistics, phraseology, sociolinguistic variation of Spanish, and translation studies. She actively participates in academic governance, serving on editorial boards (e.g., 'Lingue e Linguaggi'), and chairs university committees related to teaching and research.

• Educations: PhD in Iberian Studies (University of Naples), Laurea in Foreign Languages (University of L'Aquila).

Research Interests: She investigates sociolinguistic phenomena in the Río de la Plata region, phraseology in Argentine Spanish, and translation challenges between Italian and Spanish. Her work emphasizes corpus linguistics and contrastive analysis.

Academic Roles: Member of AISPI, PHRASIS, and GECon research groups. Coordinates the Otherness research center and manages academic collaborations with institutions like Complutense University of Madrid.

• Thesis Supervision: Over 30+ theses supervised since 2012, covering topics like linguistic variation, translation strategies, and cultural studies.

Labs/Teams: Part of interdisciplinary research initiatives focusing on language perception and translation at the University of Salento and Federal University of Uberlândia (Brazil).