Stefania Biscetti is Assistant Professor of English Linguistics at the
Department of Human Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy. Her
research interests are mainly in the fields of pragmatics (and its interface
with morphology, lexicon and text/discourse) and cognitive
linguistics, from both a synchronic and a diachronic perspective. She
has already contributed to terminological and cognitive linguistic research
with a study on the use of Italian and English diminutives in
technical terminology and three publications on the conceptualisation
of gentlemen and gentlewomen in 17th century England.
Annalisa Baicchi is Full Professor of English Linguistics at the Department
of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Genoa,
Italy.
Her main research interests lie in areas of cognitive semantics, inferential pragmatics, construction grammar and contrastive linguistics.
Recent publications include the volumes Cognitive Modelling
in Language and Discourse across Cultures (Cambridge Scholars),
Figurativity We Live By. The Cognitive Underpinnings and Mechanisms
of Figurativity in Language (Carocci), Revisiting Shakespeare's
Language (Benjamins), and Sensory Perceptions in Language, Embodiment,
and Epistemology (Springer).