Gentle obsessions: literature, linguistics and learning in honour of John Morley

This volume is a collection of original essays written in dedication to John Morley, who founded the Centro Linguistico of the University of Siena at the end of the 1980s. The range of topics embraced, which include grammar, lexicology, semiotics, corpus-assisted discourse studies, stylistics, cross-language studies, and political, social and media linguistics, is a testament to the very wide variety of intellectual interests, curiosities and pursuits of its dedicatee.