Angela Zottola is Researcher in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Turin, Italy. She received her PhD in Mind, Gender & Language: Language, Linguistics and ESP from the University of Naples Federico II. Her research interests include (Critical) Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Queer Linguistics and Ecolinguistics applied to the investigation of the media, including newspapers and social media platforms. She is interested in investigating the representation of identities in different contexts.

• 1. Introduction2. Transgender Identities and the Press3. A Matter of Choices: Identity Labels in English4. Semantic Prosodies in the Press5. Differences and Similarities in the Representation of Trans Identities6. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

A much-needed analysis of the ways these [media] discourses shape mainstream understandings of underprivileged minority groups ... Zottola’s study introduces the reader to a large corpus of media data and offers a good overview of the representation of trans issues and trans individuals in the press.

Angela Zottola is Researcher in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Turin, Italy. She received her PhD in Mind, Gender & Language: Language, Linguistics and ESP from the University of Naples Federico II. Her research interests include (Critical) Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Queer Linguistics and Ecolinguistics applied to the investigation of the media, including newspapers and social media platforms. She is interested in investigating the representation of identities in different contexts.

• 1. Introduction2. Transgender Identities and the Press3. A Matter of Choices: Identity Labels in English4. Semantic Prosodies in the Press5. Differences and Similarities in the Representation of Trans Identities6. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

A much-needed analysis of the ways these [media] discourses shape mainstream understandings of underprivileged minority groups ... Zottola’s study introduces the reader to a large corpus of media data and offers a good overview of the representation of trans issues and trans individuals in the press.

Angela Zottola is Researcher in English Language and Linguistics at the University of Turin, Italy. She received her PhD in Mind, Gender & Language: Language, Linguistics and ESP from the University of Naples Federico II. Her research interests include (Critical) Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Queer Linguistics and Ecolinguistics applied to the investigation of the media, including newspapers and social media platforms. She is interested in investigating the representation of identities in different contexts.

• 1. Introduction2. Transgender Identities and the Press3. A Matter of Choices: Identity Labels in English4. Semantic Prosodies in the Press5. Differences and Similarities in the Representation of Trans Identities6. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

A much-needed analysis of the ways these [media] discourses shape mainstream understandings of underprivileged minority groups ... Zottola’s study introduces the reader to a large corpus of media data and offers a good overview of the representation of trans issues and trans individuals in the press.