Michele Sala

Michele Sala is an associate professor in English Language and Translation at the University of Bergamo. His research field and publications are mainly concerned with the application of genre analysis to specialized communication, and with the study of the linguistic, textual and pragmatic aspects of academic discourse. He has also dealt with text linguistics in cognitive terms.

Michele Sala è professore associato in Lingua e traduzione inglese presso l’Università di Bergamo. Il suo ambito di ricerca e le sue pubblicazioni riguardano principalmente l’applicazione della genre analysis alla comunicazione specialistica e lo studio degli aspetti linguistici, testuali e pragmatici del discorso accademico. Si è anche interessato di linguistica testuale in chiave cognitiva.

Sala, Michele (ed.) 2022. Gender, Language and Translation. Representations and Transcodifications. CERLIS Series Vol. 11. Bergamo: Università degli Studi di Bergamo, 49-103. ISBN 978-88-97253-08-2

Sala, Michele 2022. Gender, Representations and Transcodifications. An Introduction. In Sala, Michele (ed.) Gender, Language and Translation. Representations and Transcodifications. CERLIS Series Vol. 11. Bergamo: Università degli Studi di Bergamo, 11-21. ISBN 978-88-97253-08-2

Sala, Michele 2022. Language research on gender and gender research on language. Paradigms, perception and representation. In Sala, Michele (ed.) Gender, Language and Translation. Representations and Transcodifications. CERLIS Series Vol. 11. Bergamo: Università degli Studi di Bergamo, 49-103. ISBN 978-88-97253-08-2

Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) Corpus Linguistics and Translation Tools for Digital Humanities. Research Methods and Applications. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781350275225

Sala, Michele / Maci, Stefania 2022. Corpus Linguistics and Translation Tools for Digital Humanities: An Introduction. In Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) Corpus Linguistics and Translation Tools for Digital Humanities. Research Methods and Applications. London: Bloomsbury, 1–16. ISBN 9781350275225

Sala, Michele 2021. First things first: Engaging readers through Google hyperlink titles. In Consonni, Stefania / D’Angelo, Larissa (eds) New Explorations in Digital Metadiscourse, Bergamo: Università degli Studi di Bergamo, 167-193.

Consonni, Stefania / Sala, Michele 2021. Taboo, tabloids and Trump: The rise and twilight of a US President in digital mainstream news media. ESP ACROSS CULTURES 18, 37-56,

Sala, Michele 2020. Retrievability, Comprehensibility and Authoritativeness. Disseminating Specialized Knowledge through Online Research Article Abstracts. in Gotti, Maurizio / Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) Scholarly Pathways. Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Exchange in Academia. Bern. Peter Lang, 103-124.

Sala, Michele 2020. Knowledge Dissemination and Ideology: Framing in Digital Communication. The Case of Law Journal Abstracts. Lingue e Linguaggi 34, 211-230

Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele 2020. Introduction. In Gotti, Maurizio / Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) Scholarly Pathways. Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Exchange in Academia. Bern. Peter Lang, 15-29.

Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele / Spinzi, Cinzia 2020. Introduction. In Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele / Spinzi, Cinzia (eds) 2020. Communicating English in Specialised Domain. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 1-15.

Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele / Spinzi, Cinzia (eds) 2020. Communicating English in Specialised Domain. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (ISBN: 978-1-5275-4295-2)

Gotti, Maurizio / Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) 2020. Scholarly Pathways. Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Exchange in Academia. Bern. Peter Lang. (Linguistic Insights Series, Vol. 264, ISBN 978-3-0343-3860-8 )

Sala, Michele 2019. Interrogative Engagement as a Pragmatic and Textual Function in Legal Studies. In Sancho Guinda, Carmen (ed.) Engagement in Professional Genres. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 101-118. (ISBN 9789027202185)

Sala, Michele 2019. Research Article Abstracts as a Tool for Disseminating Knowledge in Online Legal Publications. Lingue e Linguaggi 29. 249-267. (http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/linguelinguaggi/article/view/20397 )

Sala, Michele 2019. Representing and Redefining Specialised Knowledge: Managing Discourse Appropriateness and Adequacy in LSP. In Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) Representing and Redefining Specialised Knowledge: Variety in LSP. Bergamo: University of Bergamo, 9-27.

Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) 2019. Representing and Redefining Specialised Knowledge: Variety in LSP. Bergamo: University of Bergamo. (ISBN 978-88-97253-03-7 CERLIS Series vol. 8).

Sala, Michele / Consonni, Stefania 2019. Titles in Medicine and Science Popularization. In Bondi, Marina / Cacchiani, Silvia / Cavalieri, Silvia (eds) Communicating Specialized Knowledge: Old Genres and New Media. Newcastle upon Tyne. Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 16-32 (978-1-5275-3168-0)

Sala, Michele / Consonni, Stefania 2018. English Language across Contexts, Media and Modes. Bergamo: Centro Editoriale Librario Studium Bergomense ISBN: 9788894194593

Maci, Stefania Maria / Sala, Michel / Godnič Vičič, Šarolta 2018 (eds). The Language of Tourism. Special Issue of Scripta Manent 12 (http://scriptamanent.sdutsj.edus.si/ScriptaManent)

Maci, Stefania Maria / Sala, Michel / Godnič Vičič, Šarolta 2018. The Language of Tourism: An Introduction to the Topical Issue. In Maci, Stefania Maria / Sala, Michel / Godnič Vičič, Šarolta (eds) The Language of Tourism. Special Issue of Scripta Manent 12, 1-5. (http://scriptamanent.sdutsj.edus.si/ScriptaManent)

Gotti, Maurizio / Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) 2017. Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being: Representing the Voices of Tourism. Bern: Peter Lang.

Sala, Michele 2015. Deonticity and Authoritativeness in Hong Kong International Arbitration Awards. In Bhatia, Vijay / Gotti, Maurizio (eds) Arbitration Discourse in Asia. Bern: Peter Lang, 255-274. (ISBN:978-3-0343-2032-0; LINGUISTIC INSIGHTS vol. 208, ISSN:1424-8689)

Sala, Michele / Maci, Stefania / Gotti, Maurizio 2015. Introduction. In Gotti, Maurizio / Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) The Language of Medicine: Science, Practice and Accademia. Bergamo: CELSB, 11-22. (CERLIS SERIES vol. 5, ISBN:978-88-89804-28-5. http://dinamico.unibg.it/cerlis/public/CERLIS_SERIES_5_00_Sala%20Maci%20Gotti.pdf)

Gotti, Maurizio / Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) 2015. The Language of Medicine: Science, Practice and Academia. Bergamo: CELSB, 11-22. (CERLIS SERIES vol. 5, ISBN:978-88-89804-28-5 http://dinamico.unibg.it/cerlis/public/CERLIS_SERIES_5.pdf)

Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele / Gotti, Maurizio 2015. Introduction. In Gotti, Maurizio / Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) Insights into Medical Communication. Bern: Peter Lang, 9-24. (ISBN:978-3-0343-1694-1; LINGUISTIC INSIGHTS vol. 203, ISSN:1424-8689)

Gotti, Maurizio / Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) 2015. Insights into Medical Communication. Bern: Peter Lang. (ISBN:978-3-0343-1694-1; LINGUISTIC INSIGHTS vol. 203, ISSN:1424-8689)

Sala, Michele 2015. Knowledge Construction and Knowledge Promotion in Academic Communication: The Case of Research Article Abstracts: A Corpus-based Study. In Thompson, Paul / Diani, Giuliana (eds) English for Academic Purposes: Approaches and Implications. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 103-125. (ISBN:978-1-4438-7439-7)

Sala, Michele 2014. Research Article Abstracts as Domain-Specific Epistemological Indicators: A Corpus-Based Study. In Bondi, Marina / Lorés Sanz, Rosa (eds) Abstracts in Academic Discourse: Variation and Change. Bern: Peter Lang, 199-219. (ISBN:978-3-0343-1483-1; LINGUISTIC INSIGHTS vol. 187, ISSN:1424-8689)

Sala, Michele 2014. Plain Language in Legal Studies: A Corpus-Based Study. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF LAW REFORM vol. 16 (3), 651-668. (ISSN:1387-2370)

Sala, Michele 2014. Cross-Disciplinary Identity-Forming Strategies in Research Articles.. In Evangelisti Allori, Paola (ed.) Identities in and across Cultures. Bern: Peter Lang, 87-107. (ISBN:978-3-0343-1458-9; LINGUISTIC INSIGHTS vol. 189, ISSN:1424-8689)

Sala, Michele 2014. Interpersonal and Interactional Markers in Legal Research. In Breeze, Ruth / Gotti, Maurizio / Sancho Guinda, Carmen (eds) Interpersonality in Legal Genres. Bern: Peter Lang, 113-136. (ISBN:978-3-0343-1524-1; LINGUISTIC INSIGHTS vol. 191, ISSN:1424-8689)

Desoutter, Cécile / Heller, Dorothee / Sala, Michele (eds) 2013. Corpora in Specialized Communication: Korpora in der Fachkommunikation: Les corpus dans la communication spécialisée. Bergamo: CELSB (CERLIS SERIES vol. 4, ISBN:978-88-89804-25-4 http://dinamico.unibg.it/cerlis/page.aspx?p=276 )

Sala, Michele / Heller, Dorothee / Desoutter, Cécile 2013. Introduzione. In Desoutter, Cécile / Heller, Dorothee / Sala, Michele (eds) 2013. Corpora in Specialized Communication: Korpora in der Fachkommunikation: Les corpus dans la communication spécialisée. Bergamo: CELSB, 11-24 (CERLIS SERIES vol. 4, ISBN:978-88-89804-25-4 http://dinamico.unibg.it/cerlis/public/CERLIS_SERIES_4_00.Sala_Heller_Desoutter.pdf )

Sala, Michele 2013. ‘Language Change in Legal Research Article Titles.’ In Poppi, Franca / Cheng, Zinnie (eds) The Three Waves of Globalization: Winds of Change in Professional, Institutional and Academic Genres. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 222-243.

Sala, Michele 2012. ‘Metadiscursive Resources as Indicators of Disciplinary Variation.’ In Maurizio Gotti (ed.) Academic Identity Traits. A Corpus-Based Investigation. Bern: Peter Lang, 207-220. (ISBN: 978-3-0343-1141-0; ISSN: 1424-8689)

Sala, Michele 2012. ‘Interrogative Forms as Engagement Markers: A Diachronic Perspective.’ In Maurizio Gotti (ed.) Academic Identity Traits. A Corpus-Based Investigation. Bern: Peter Lang, 221-240. (ISBN: 978-3-0343-1141-0; ISSN: 1424-8689)

Sala, Michele 2012. ‘Different Systems, Different Styles: Legal Expertise and Professional Identities in Legal Research Articles.’ In Maurizio Gotti (ed.) Academic Identity Traits. A Corpus-Based Investigation. Bern: Peter Lang, 121-141. (ISBN: 978-3-0343-1141-0; ISSN: 1424-8689)

Sala, Michele 2012. ‘Linguistic and Textual Features of Italian Commercial Arbitration Awards.’ In Bhatia, Vijay K. / Garzone, Giuliana / Degano, Chiara (eds) Arbitration Awards: Generic Features and Textual Realisations. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 152-170. (ISBN (10): 1-4438-4091-2, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-4091-0)

Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) 2012. Genre Variation in Academic Communication. Emerging Disciplinary Trends. Bergamo: CELSB Libreria Universitaria. (ISBN: 978-88-89804-22-3)

Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele 2012. ‘Introduction.’ In Maci, Stefania / Sala, Michele (eds) Genre Variation in Academic Communication. Emerging Disciplinary Trends. Bergamo: CELSB Libreria Universitaria, 9-18.

Sala, Michele 2011. Legal Expertise as a Cultural Identity Trait. In Bhatia, Vijay / Evangelisti Allori, Paola (eds) Discourse and Identity in the Professions, 239-264, Bern: Peter Lang. (ISBN: 978-3-0343-1079-6)

Sala, Michele 2011. Generic Traits in Research Articles. In Sarangi, Srikant / Polese, Vanda / Caliendo, Giuditta (eds) Genre(s) on the Move. Hybridization and Discourse Change in Specialized Communication. Napoli: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 205-220. (ISBN: 978-88-495-2229-7)

Sala, Michele 2010. ‘Arguing the case. Discoursal aspects of Italian commercial arbitration.’ In Vijay K. Bhatia, Christopher N. Candlin, Maurizio Gotti. The Discourses of Dispute Resolution. p. 165-189, Bern: Peter Lang (ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-0343-0476-4)

Sala, Michele 2010. ‘Interrogative Forms as Professional Identity Markers in Legal Research Articles.’ In: Garzone, Giuliana / Archibald, James. Discourse, Identities and Roles in Specialized Communication, Bern: Peter Lang, 301-320 (ISBN/ISSN: 978-3-0343-0494-8)

Sala, Michele / Larissa D'Angelo 2009. ‘Gender- and Authority-related Writing Performance in Academic Research Articles.’ TEXTUS 22/1, 59-76 (ISSN: 1824-3967)

Sala, Michele 2008. ‘Identity in Academic Texts concerning Legal Matters.’ In Di Martino, Gabriella / Polese, Vanda / Solly, Martin (eds) Identity and Culture in English Domain-specific Discourse. Napoli / Roma: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 391-413. (ISBN/ISSN: 978-88-495-1771-2)

Sala, Michele 2008. Persuasion and Politeness in Academic Texts. An Introduction. Bergamo: CELSB. (ISBN: 978-88-89804-15-5)

Sala, Michele 2008. ‘Argumentative Styles as Cultural Identity Traits in Legal Studies.’ Linguistica E Filologia 27, 93-113. (ISSN: 1594-6517)

Sala, Michele 2006, ‘Versions of the Constitution for Europe: Linguistic, Textual and Pragmatic Aspects.’ Linguistica e Filologia 22, 139-169.

Sala, Michele 2005, ‘Equivalence and Discrepancies between Different Versions of the EU Constitution.’ Linguistica e Filologia 21, 147-184.