<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear all,</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this email finds you well!</div><div><br></div><div>I have published the latest (and my last) post on the IGALA blog, you can read it here: <a href="http://igalaweb.wixsite.com/igala/single-post/2019/01/22/IGALA-form-personal-to-community-perspectives">http://igalaweb.wixsite.com/igala/single-post/2019/01/22/IGALA-form-personal-to-community-perspectives</a>.</div><div>In the post you will find the responses we have received to a survey disseminated last summer. Thank you to those who sent their answers and helped to improve the IGALA community.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope you do not mind if I do a bit of self-promotion too. My book "Gender, Ideology and Discourse in italian" was published last October and I would be delighted if anyone from the IGALA community would be interested in reviewing it. If you are interested, you can find more info on how to receive a book review copy hereç <a href="https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319965550">https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783319965550</a> (or you can contact me!)</div><div><br></div><div>The book deals with grammatical gender in Italian providing an overview of how it is (mis)used in relation to social gender. It also investigates language used by female politicians or employed to refer to them in newspapers. Chapter 5 is dedicated to the examination of language and violence against women in the media and in the Italian parliament.</div><div><br></div><div>I wish all the best to the new Advisory Board and president elect Claire!   <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px"><font><span lang="en-US"><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:middle;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:rgb(197,90,17);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Federica
Formato BA, MA, PhD</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe Print";color:rgb(197,90,17)"></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:middle;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="garamond, serif">Lecturer in Sociolinguistics, University of Brighton</font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:middle;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="garamond, serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black"></span>Researcher in Language and Gender </font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:middle;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="garamond, serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><font color="#000000">Formato, F. (2018) </font><a href="https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319965550" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">Gender, Ideology and Discourse in Italian.</font></a><font color="#000000"> Palgrave Macmillan. See leaflet <a href="https://www.springer.com/us/product-marketing-tool/flyer/9783319965550?downloadType=BOOKSELLERFLYER" target="_blank">here</a></font></span></font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:middle;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font color="#000000" face="garamond, serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">You can find more info about my research here: </span></font><u style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue"><font face="garamond, serif"><a href="http://federicaformato.wixsite.com/federicaformato" target="_blank">http://federicaformato.wixsite.com/federicaformato</a></font></span></u></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:middle;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><u style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue"><span></span><span></span><br></span></u></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:middle;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><u style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue"><br></span></u></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;vertical-align:middle;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><u style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:blue"><br></span></u></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:middle;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:middle;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><br></p><span style="color:blue;font-size:10pt;font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3"></font></span></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>