L'italiano accademico scritto: problemi descrittivi e proposte didattiche

In this article we reflect on the nature and characteristics of written Italian academic register, defined as the set of linguistic features used in academic written genres regardless of scientific field. The article was written primarily from a didactic perspective and in relation to exchange students, who need to master the linguistic tools to understand study texts. However, for the purpose of didactic planning, an exhaustive description of this language variety is firstly required, a description that has not yet been given; in this respect, the article is conceived as the first step of a wider research. After a review of the state of the art, some linguistic phenomena are described and some didactic proposals are developed.