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BA in Foreign Language and Literatures
(Honours degree)
University of Lecce, Italy 2000
MSc in Social Anthropology
University College of London, 2006
Provisional PhD Working Title, expected 2010
'Language ideologies and policies: the case of Griko'
Tel: +44 77 7612 5404
E-mail: ucsamap@ucl.ac.uk
pmanuela@hotmail.com
Current Research/Theoretical Interests
My research will focus on "Griko", a language of Greek origins, spoken in "Grecìa Salentina" (Southern Italy).
Reflecting a long-standing interest, as I come originally from Grecìa
Salentina, it builds on my Masters' dissertation, in which I
investigated the key cultural and historical factors which led to the
subordination of Griko to Italian in the 20th century and succeeded in
marginalising Griko.
My project investigates the politics of language death and/or revival in
the case of Griko. If focuses on the application and evolution of Griko
from the 1970s up to the present; in particular it studies the (more)
recent revival, which culminated in the recognition in 1999 of the
Grecìa Salentina community as an official linguistic minority by the
Italian State and the European community. It aims to analyze the
interplay between local, national and "supranational policies associated
with the current spread of minority rights, including language rights"
(Wright, 2004) and to study the unexpected consequences of this
"supranational" legislation and its effects on language application and
ideology.
My research will combine social macroprosesses with linguistic
microanalysis, encompassing cross-disciplinary theory and methodology
(linguistics, anthropology, discourse analysis)
My interests revolve around: language ideologies, attitudes and
policies; commodification of language, tourism, memory and tradition;
nationalism and globalisation
Publications
2005 Pellegrino, M. "Strangers at home, patriotic abroad". Zollinesi nel mondo.
Thesis Supervisors
First: Charles Stewart
Second: Alexandra Georgakopoulou (Kings College)
