LiBC (Linguistics in Business Communication)

International Research Group

Scientific coordinator: Prof.ssa Stefania D’Avanzo

LiBC (Linguistics in Business Communication)

Gruppo di ricerca internazionale

Responsabile scientifico: Prof.ssa Stefania D’Avanzo

Il gruppo di ricerca LiBC (Linguistics in Business Communication) ha lo scopo di esplorare le possibili applicazioni della linguistica teorica e descrittiva alla business communication. Nello specifico, la ricerca include aspetti pertinenti alla comunicazione aziendale, finanza, marketing, responsabilità sociale di impresa, Intelligenza artificiale e innovazione digitale i quali saranno analizzati secondo la prospettiva della linguistica applicata. Questo tipo di ricerca incoraggia quindi teorie e metodologie pertinenti ai Discourse Studies, Critical Discourse Analysis, Multimodality, Social Semiotics, Corpus-based and Corpus-driven approaches, Sociolinguistics, Cognitive Linguistics ma anche metodologie e approcci teorici innovativi che si pongono come obiettivo uno studio sempre più approfondito del business discourse.

LiBC (Linguistics in Business Communication) is a research group which aims to make a clear contribution to the application of theoretical and descriptive aspects of linguistics to business communication. Specifically, the research focuses on the exploration of business issues, including, among others, corporate communication, finance, marketing, corporate social responsibility, AI, corporate digital innovation through the lens of the applied linguist. This research encourages theories and methodologies deriving from, but not limited to, Discourse Studies, Critical Discourse Analysis, Multimodality, Social Semiotics, Corpus-based and Corpus-driven approaches, Sociolinguistics, Cognitive Linguistics but also appreciates new methods or theoretical approaches aimed at promoting and improving the knowledge and the investigation of business discourse.

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

Discourse analysis, linguistic ethnography, media linguistics, business communication, metapragmatics, Communication of Knowledge in Business and the Professions, Corporate discourse, Corporate communication, Corporate Social Responsibility discourse, Intercultural business negotiation, Specialized discourse, LSP, ESP, Tourism communication, Exploratory Data Analysis, High dimensional data analysis, Variants of two-way and multi-way Correspondence Analysis, Text Analysis.

MEMBERS

PUBLICATIONS

PROF.SSA CATENACCIO PAOLA

Catenaccio, P. / Garzone, G. 2021. Discourse and Ethics in Corporate and Professional Communication. Berlin: Frank & Timme.

Catenaccio, P. 2012. Understanding CSR Discourse. Insights from Linguistics and Discourse Analysis. Milan: Arcipelago.

Catenaccio, P. 2008. Corporate Press Releases – An Overview. Milano: CUEM.

Curatele  Garzone, G. / Catenaccio, P. / Grego, K.S. / Doerr, R. (eds) 2017. Specialised and professional discourse across media and genres, Milano: Ledizioni.

Catenaccio, P. / Garzone, G. / Degano, C. (eds) 2012. Genre Change in the Contemporary World: Short-Term Diachronic Perspectives. Bern: Peter Lang.

Catenaccio, P. / Garzone, G. (eds) 2009. Identities Across Media and Modes: Discursive Perspectives. Bern: Peter Lang.

Catenaccio, P. / Garzone, G. 2008 Language and Bias in Specialised Discourse. Milano: CUEM

Catenaccio, P. / Garzone, G. / Poncini, G. 2007 Multimodality in Corporate Communication. Web Genres and Discursive Identity. Milano: FrancoAngeli.

Numeri speciali di riviste peer reviewed

Nordtveit, F. & Catenaccio, P. (Eds) (2024) Discourses, Methods and Practices of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging: Towards a Global Shared Framework. Languages, Cultures, Mediations 11 (1).

Catenaccio, P. / Jacobs, G. / D’Avanzo, S. (Eds) 2021. I-LanD Journal. Identity, language and diversity 2021 (1) (special issue on Narrating and Communicating Business Stories. Multifaceted Approaches to Corporate Communication

PROF. ENGBERG JAN

https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/je%40cc.au.dk/publications/

PROF. JACOBS GEERT

Jacobs, G. / Verkest, S. 2025. Towards collaborative journalism in specialized communication. In Ruth Breeze, R. (ed.) Handbook of Specialized Communication. De Gruyter.

Jacobs, G. 2024. Entrepreneurial podcasting: a linguistic ethnographic perspective. International Journal of Business Communication.

Jacobs, G. / Valeiras, J. 2024. Whose questions? Ventriloquation in entrepreneurial podcasts. Discourse Studies.

Verkest, S. / Goodaert, S. / Jacobs, G.. 2024. Whose language? Notes on the metapragmatics of the citizen science of air quality. In Davidse, K. / Vandenbergen, A. M. S. (eds). Communicating about climate change: 251-272.

Jacobs, G. / Jacobs, T. / Verkest, S.l 2023. Political discourse as institutional communication. In Piotr Cap (ed.) Handbook of Political Discourse: 317-327.

Vogl, U. / Jacobs, G. / Andersson, K. / Jesper, A. 2022. Choosing to stay fit? Glocalized ideologies of health and fitness during a pandemic. Pandemic and crisis discourse : communicating COVID-19 and public health strategy: 453-469

Clifton, J. / Jacobs, G., Valeiras-Jurado, J. / Vandendaele, A. 2022. Governmentality-in-action: the pursuit of happiness and identity-work in graduate career coaching interaction. LANGUAGE AND DIALOGUE. 12(3): 335-359

Catenaccio, P. / D'Avanzo, S. / Jacobs, G. 2021. Storytelling in corporate discourse : a critical introduction. Special issue of I-LAND JOURNAL.: 3-9.

Catenaccio, P. / D'Avanzo, S. / Jacobs, G. 2021 Editors of special issue of I-LAND JOURNAL.

Jacobs, G. / Vandendaele, A. 2021. Leveraging Student-Led Interviews in the Multilingual Workplace. In Geert Jacobs, G. / Decock, S.(eds.). Good Data in Business and Professional Discourse Research and Teaching : Further Explorations. Palgrave Macmillan: 141–65, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-61757-8_6.

Decock, S. / Jacobs, G. 2021. What Counts as Good Data in Business and Professional Discourse Research and Training?. In Jacobs, G. / Decock, S. (eds). Good Data in Business and Professional Discourse Research and Teaching: Further Explorations. Palgrave Macmillan: 1–23, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-61757-8_1.

Jacobs, T. / Jacobs, G. 2021. It Is, Perhaps More than Ever before, a Matter of Participation’: Ontological Tension and Boundary Work in a Free Trade Blog. In Declercq J. et al. (eds). Participation, Engagement and Collaboration in Newsmaking : A Postfoundational Perspective, 94, John Benjamins: pp. 43–66, doi:10.1075/dapsac.94.c3.

Verkest, S. / Jacobs, G. 2021. ‘If It Wasn’t Absolutely True, It Couldn’t Be Published’ : On Boundaries in Collaborative Journalism. In Declercq, J. et al. (eds.) Participation, Engagement and Collaboration in Newsmaking : A Postfoundational Perspective, 94, John Benjamins: 67–98, doi:10.1075/dapsac.94.c4.

Macgilchrist, F. et al. 2021. Epilogue: Newsmaking on Participatory Sociotechnical Foundations. In Declercq, J. et al. (eds). Participation, Engagement and Collaboration in Newsmaking : A Postfoundational Perspective, 94, John Benjamins: 172–90, doi:10.1075/dapsac.94.c8.

Declercq, J. et al. 2021. Painting the Postfoundational Picture : Participation, Engagement and Collaboration as a New Foundation for Newsmaking. In Declercq, J. et al. (eds). Participation, Engagement and Collaboration in Newsmaking: A Postfoundational Perspective, 94. John Benjamins: 1–16, doi:10.1075/dapsac.94.c1.

Vandendaele, A. et al. 2021. Online Headline Testing at a Belgian Broadsheet : A Postfoundational Perspective on How News Professionals ‘sell’ Content. In Declercq, J. et al. (eds). Participation, Engagement and Collaboration in Newsmaking: A Postfoundational Perspective, 94. John Benjamins: 17–42, doi:10.1075/dapsac.94.c2.

Jacobs, G. / Decock, S. (eds.) 2021. Good Data in Business and Professional Discourse Research and Teaching : Further Explorations. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-61757-8.

Declercq, J. et al. (eds.) 2021 Participation, Engagement and Collaboration in Newsmaking : A Postfoundational Perspective. Vol. 94, John Benjamins. doi:10.1075/dapsac.94.

Clifton, J. / Jacobs, G. / Vandendaele, A. / Valeiras-Jurado, J. 2020. Interaction, asymmetries of knowledge and experience and the impact of theory on the in situ practice of coaching. Journal of Applied Linguistics & Professional Practice, 17(3).

Jacobs, G.. 2020. Business Communication and COVID-19. BUSINESS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, 3,2: 73–75, doi:10.22682/bcrp.2020.3.2.73.

Declercq, J. et al. 2020. The Multidimensionality of Eating in Contemporary Information Society : A Corpus-Based Discourse Analysis of Online Audience Reactions to a TV Show about Food. In Tovares, A. / Gordon, C. (eds). Identity and Ideology in Digital Food Discourse. Social Media Interactions across Cultural Contexts. Bloomsbury Academic: 33–58.

PRO.SSA LOMBARDO ROSARIA

Lombardo R. / Pascoli M. / Grandi N. 2022. Text Mining and Variants of Correspondence Analysis for analysing written Italian of University students. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Statistical Analysis of Textual Data (JADT22). ISBN 979-12-80153-30-2

Lombardo R. / Beh E.J. / Guerrero E.L. 2013. Non-Symmetric Three-way Correspondence Analysis to Analyse Text Data in a Food Context. In Brentari E. / Carpita M. (eds). Vita e Pensiero Electronic Book “Advances in Latent Variables”. Milan, Italy. 6 pages. ISBN 978 88 343 2556 8.

Lombardo R. / Beh E. J., Guerrero L. (2018online 2019 onprint). Analysis of three-way non-symmetrical association of food concepts in cross-cultural marketing. Quality and Quality, 53, 5: 2323–2337 DOI : 10.1007/s11135-018-0733-6 QUQU-D-17-01051.1.

PROF. SSA MACI STEFANIA

Maci, S. M. / Spinzi, C. 2025. Transla'ng Tourism. London: Routledge

Maci, S. M. / Padley, R. H. (eds). 2025. Healthcare Communica'on Discourses and the Applied Linguist. Special issue of the International Journal of Language Studies 19(3)

Maci, S. M. / Anesa, P. (eds) 2025. The impact of AI on discourse analysis: Challenges and opportunities. Special issue of the International Journal of Language Studies 19(2)

Maci, S.M./ Demata, M. / Seargent, P. / McGlashan, M. (eds) 2023. The Routledge Handbook of Discourse and Disinformation. London: Routledge

Maci, S. M. 2022. Evidential verbs in the genre of medical posters. A corpus-based analysis. Bern: Peter Lang.

Maci, S. M. 2020. English Tourism Discourse. Insights into the professional, promotional and digital language of tourism. Milan: Hoepli. ISBN 9788820399429