2. ‘When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ Studies in Honour of Stefania Nuccorini

his volume collects a series of fourteen essays by Italian and foreign scholars - colleagues, former students, friends - who have thus intended to honour Stefania Nuccorini’s personal and professional profile. Honorary Professor at the University of Roma Tre, and authoritative scholar of English language and linguistics. The essays explore areas of research in which Stefania Nuccorini's scholarly industriousness, defined 'Master of Words' by her colleagues and friends at Roma Tre, stood out. First, the past, present and future of lexicography, with essays on Anglo-Saxon glossaries (Faraci), usage notes in the history of English lexicography (Bejoint), learners' dictionaries (Klotz) and e-lexicography (Pettini). Then, studies of a lexicological nature, with particular reference to collocations (Pinnavaia), anglicisms in Italian (Pulcini and Fiasco), verba dicendi in comparative and translation perspective English-Italian (Bruti), as well as the use of already in audiovisual translation from English (Pavesi and Zanotti). Of a didactic and transcultural nature are two essays on English as a Lingua Franca (Lopriore, Sperti) and a third on English as a relay language (Nied Curcio). Two literary and theatrical essays on Laurence Sterne (Ruggieri) and Shakespeare's Macbeth (Di Giovanni and Raffi) complete the collection, while an essay on Charles Dickens' shorthand practices moves between language and literature (Bowles).