Femminili Italiani: A conversation with Italian sociolinguist Vera Gheno on Italian linguistic inclusivity and diversity

March 18, 2021 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Femminili Italiani: A conversation with Italian sociolinguist Vera Gheno on Italian linguistic inclusivity and diversity

March 18, 11am-12pm

Vera Gheno is an Italian Hungarian-born sociolinguist specialized in digital communication, translator from Hungarian and radio host. She worked for twenty years with Accademia della Crusca. Currently, she teaches at Università di Firenze, works for the publisher Zanichelli and hosts a radio show on Radio1Rai called “Linguacce”. In her last book (2019), “Femminili Singolari. Il femminismo è nelle parole” [Feminine Singular. Feminism is in the words], she argues that a redetermination of the female role in the Italian society can start from the words we use to define women, and she makes a case why this change needs to happen now. 

Part of an Italian Program series on linguistic inclusivity and diversity. 

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Femminili Italiani; The Conversation will be in Italian. A conversation with Italian sociolinguist Vera Gheno on Italian linguistic inclusivity and diversity. March 18 11am-12pm. Vera Gheno is an Italian Hungarian-born sociolinguist specialized in digital communication, translator from Hungarian and radio host. She worked for twenty years with Accademia della Crusca. Currently, she teaches at Università di Firenze, works for the publisher Zanichelli and hosts a radio show on Radio1Rai called “Linguacce”. In her last book (2019), “Femminili Singolari. Il femminismo è nelle parole” [Feminine Singular. Feminism is in the words], she argues that a redetermination of the female role in the Italian society can start from the words we use to define women, and she makes a case why this change needs to happen now. Part of an Italian Program series on linguistic inclusivity and diversity. registration info on the flyer too. Flyer has a blue and yellow background with a photo of Vera Gheno and Pitt logos.