Cecilia Lazzeretti
List of John Benjamins publications in which Cecilia Lazzeretti is involved.
Articles
2026 Emoji in dialogue with images: A multimodal social semiotic approach Dialogic Dimensions of the Digital, Săftoiu, Răzvan (ed.), pp. 8–29 | Article
This paper explores the visual nature of emoji and their potential to co-create meaning when in dialogue with other visual semiotic resources, such as images, paintings, videos, and photographs. Drawing on a multimodal social semiotic framework and studies that emphasise the independent… read more
2023 Dialogic interaction between player and non-player characters in animal crossing: A corpus-based study Language and Dialogue 13:1, pp. 81–102 | Article
Dialogic interaction is a distinctive feature of Animal Crossing, a social simulation video game developed by Nintendo, yet, little attention has been paid to it from a discourse analytical perspective. This paper aims to explore how AC characters are characterised through language and which… read more
2012 ‘A hypnotic viewing experience’. promotional features in the language of exhibition press announcements Pragmatics 22:4, pp. 567–589 | Article
Museums have become fully active cultural agents, pursuing educational aims but also trying to attract the largest number of visitors. Exhibition press announcements (EPAs) issued by museums reflect this tendency and address journalists as if they were ‘customers’ in a very competitive market.… read more


