Multimodality and the digital turn in teaching business discourse. An Introduction to the Special Issue

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https://doi.org/10.21283/2376905X.1.12.1.3380

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Judith Ainsworth, McGill University in Montreal, Canada

Judith Ainsworth (PhD) è docente titolare dell’insegnamento Management and Professional Communication presso l'Università McGill di Montreal, in Canada e docente ospite presso il Dipartimento di Humanities and Social Sciences dell'Ashesi University (Ghana) e presso la Beijing University of Foreign Studies (Cina). È stata presidente della Association for Business Communication (2023-2024) e attualmente ricopre il ruolo di Immediate Past President (2025-2026) dell'associazione ed è presidente della ABC Business Communication Research Foundation (2025-2026).

Virginia Pulcini, Università di Torino

Virginia Pulcini è professoressa ordinaria di Lingua e Linguistica Inglese presso l'Università di Torino (Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature straniere e Culture moderne). Ha pubblicato in diversi campi della linguistica inglese, tra cui l'insegnamento della lingua inglese, la lessicologia, la lessicografia e la linguistica di contatto. Recentemente ha pubblicato la monografia The Influence of English on Italian. Lexical and Cultural Features (2023, De Gruyter).

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Pubblicato

02.07.2025

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Ainsworth, J., & Pulcini, V. (2025). Multimodality and the digital turn in teaching business discourse. An Introduction to the Special Issue. EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, 12(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.21283/2376905X.1.12.1.3380