Federica Cominetti
List of John Benjamins publications in which Federica Cominetti is involved.
Articles
2025 Giulia Cecchettin’s feminicide in the Italian online press: How headlines changed the narrative, if they did at all Journal of Language and Politics: Online-First Articles | Article
Giulia Cecchettin’s feminicide, which took place in Italy in November 2023, raised high media attention. Our research accounts for how it was covered by the national online press, and whether and how news reporting narratives differed from those about previous feminicides. Driven by both… read more
2020 Implicit argumentation and persuasion: A measuring model Argumentation and Meaning: Semantic and pragmatic reflexions, Oswald, Steve, Sara Greco, Johanna Miecznikowski, Chiara Pollaroli and Andrea Rocci (eds.), pp. 95–123 | Article
The paper provides evidence that linguistic strategies based on the implicit encoding of information are effective means of deceptive argumentation and manipulation, as they can ease the acceptance of doubtful arguments by distracting addressees’ attention and by encouraging shallow processing… read more