The Language of Art Blogs

Do art blogs prosper on the Net? What are their main linguistic features? Do posts differ from comments? What are the most meaningful keywords? What role does reader interaction play in blogging? This work will try to answer these and other questions through a diversified analysis of a specialised corpus of 54 art blogs. Art blogs have never been carefully investigated, notwithstanding the universal importance of art. This study, which addresses both professional linguists and practioners, fills this gap, by situating art blogs in the context of traditional blogging practices.

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Dr. Caterina Allais was awarded a Ph.D. in March 2016 in Linguistic and Literary Studies at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. She writes reviews for System and collaborates with L'Analisi Linguistica e Letteraria. She is currently involved as a teacher in a CLIL project and she is teaching English in a High School in Milan.