Massimiliano Canzanella
@mcanzanella.bsky.social
Language Activist, Writer and English Teacher.
www.canzanella.net
www.canzanella.net
I cannot thank @tazinabdullah.bsky.social and the whole @languageonthemove.bsky.social Team enough. You have literally put our language and the plight of its speakers on the world linguistics map. And thank you, @lauraskh.bsky.social, for your deeply humbling words. 🙏
@mcanzanella.bsky.social is another member of the Language on the Move starter pack. He spoke with @tazinabdullah.bsky.social . I learned so much from this podcast ep about three Neapolitan language, and was inspired by Massimiliano's incredible scholarship and activism
Lingua Napoletana and language oppression
Have you ever heard of Lingua Napoletana or Neapolitan, the language of Naples? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks to Massimiliano Canzanella, a Neapolitan l…
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November 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I cannot thank @tazinabdullah.bsky.social and the whole @languageonthemove.bsky.social Team enough. You have literally put our language and the plight of its speakers on the world linguistics map. And thank you, @lauraskh.bsky.social, for your deeply humbling words. 🙏
I am delighted and honoured to have been invited - courtesy of Dr Enza De Francisci - to present my bilingual play MASTODASCIA (Neapolitan with English translation) at the Translation Studies Symposium which will be held next 1 December at the University of Glasgow.
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I am delighted and honoured to have been invited - courtesy of Dr Enza De Francisci - to present my bilingual play MASTODASCIA (Neapolitan with English translation) at the Translation Studies Symposium which will be held next 1 December at the University of Glasgow.
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I've started a Starter Pack for the Language on the Move research community 🥳
For members of the research group, contributors to the blog/podcast.
Please shout out if you're part of the LOTM community and I'll add you/tag suggestions (or lmk if you're on there but would prefer not to be)
For members of the research group, contributors to the blog/podcast.
Please shout out if you're part of the LOTM community and I'll add you/tag suggestions (or lmk if you're on there but would prefer not to be)
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I've started a Starter Pack for the Language on the Move research community 🥳
For members of the research group, contributors to the blog/podcast.
Please shout out if you're part of the LOTM community and I'll add you/tag suggestions (or lmk if you're on there but would prefer not to be)
For members of the research group, contributors to the blog/podcast.
Please shout out if you're part of the LOTM community and I'll add you/tag suggestions (or lmk if you're on there but would prefer not to be)
Successo di “Mastodascia” a Glasgow.
"La risposta straordinaria del pubblico dimostra quanto sia sentita l'esigenza di tutelare e tramandare il nostro patrimonio linguistico."
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"La risposta straordinaria del pubblico dimostra quanto sia sentita l'esigenza di tutelare e tramandare il nostro patrimonio linguistico."
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Comites: successo di “Mastodascia” a Glasgow lettura scenica bil
GD - Glasgow, 18 ott. 25 - Sold-out al Tron Theatre per Mastodascia, lettura scenica bilingue napoletano-inglese appena andata in scena. L'iniziativa,
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October 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Successo di “Mastodascia” a Glasgow.
"La risposta straordinaria del pubblico dimostra quanto sia sentita l'esigenza di tutelare e tramandare il nostro patrimonio linguistico."
www.giornalediplomatico.it/comites-succ...
"La risposta straordinaria del pubblico dimostra quanto sia sentita l'esigenza di tutelare e tramandare il nostro patrimonio linguistico."
www.giornalediplomatico.it/comites-succ...
Thank you to everyone who came out to see my bilingual play MASTODASCIA last night!
A fantastic audience and a beautiful array of languages with Scots and Neapolitan being the jewels in the crown. 👑
Huge thanks to Derrick McClure for being such mesmerising chorus. 🏴 🙏 💙
A fantastic audience and a beautiful array of languages with Scots and Neapolitan being the jewels in the crown. 👑
Huge thanks to Derrick McClure for being such mesmerising chorus. 🏴 🙏 💙
October 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thank you to everyone who came out to see my bilingual play MASTODASCIA last night!
A fantastic audience and a beautiful array of languages with Scots and Neapolitan being the jewels in the crown. 👑
Huge thanks to Derrick McClure for being such mesmerising chorus. 🏴 🙏 💙
A fantastic audience and a beautiful array of languages with Scots and Neapolitan being the jewels in the crown. 👑
Huge thanks to Derrick McClure for being such mesmerising chorus. 🏴 🙏 💙
A salient snippet from my Neapolitan lecture at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland last Wednesday.
September 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
A salient snippet from my Neapolitan lecture at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland last Wednesday.
This coming Wednesday, at the University of Edinburgh. Huge thanks to Dr Daniela Sannino for inviting me and the Department of European Languages and Cultures for hosting the event.
September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This coming Wednesday, at the University of Edinburgh. Huge thanks to Dr Daniela Sannino for inviting me and the Department of European Languages and Cultures for hosting the event.
Neapolitan, Scots, Yiddish, Ainu and Romani are on the way out. Unless we do something about it, of course. blog.gts-translation.com/2023/03/21/f...
Five Languages You Didn't Know Were Close to Extinction - GTS Blog
by Kevin Carneglia Did you know there are around 6,500 languages spoken in the world today? Many of them are actually close to extinction. Some of them have as little as one speaker left in the entire...
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September 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Neapolitan, Scots, Yiddish, Ainu and Romani are on the way out. Unless we do something about it, of course. blog.gts-translation.com/2023/03/21/f...
So what’s a Deus Ex Machina?
And why is one featuring Maradona’s Napoli jersey being delivered to the Tron Theatre in Glasgow? 🎭 🏴 🌋
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎟 🎫
And why is one featuring Maradona’s Napoli jersey being delivered to the Tron Theatre in Glasgow? 🎭 🏴 🌋
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎟 🎫
September 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
So what’s a Deus Ex Machina?
And why is one featuring Maradona’s Napoli jersey being delivered to the Tron Theatre in Glasgow? 🎭 🏴 🌋
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎟 🎫
And why is one featuring Maradona’s Napoli jersey being delivered to the Tron Theatre in Glasgow? 🎭 🏴 🌋
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎟 🎫
Pe accattà ’e bbigliette ncoppa a internet:
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎫 🎟️
Oppure pe telèfono: +44 (0)141 552 4267.
MASTODASCIA è finanziato c’ ‘o contribbuto ’e COMITES Scotland and Northern Ireland.
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎫 🎟️
Oppure pe telèfono: +44 (0)141 552 4267.
MASTODASCIA è finanziato c’ ‘o contribbuto ’e COMITES Scotland and Northern Ireland.
September 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Pe accattà ’e bbigliette ncoppa a internet:
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎫 🎟️
Oppure pe telèfono: +44 (0)141 552 4267.
MASTODASCIA è finanziato c’ ‘o contribbuto ’e COMITES Scotland and Northern Ireland.
www.tron.co.uk/shows/mastod... 🎫 🎟️
Oppure pe telèfono: +44 (0)141 552 4267.
MASTODASCIA è finanziato c’ ‘o contribbuto ’e COMITES Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Thanks for sharing news of my play, Bellahouston Academy! 🙏 Never a day goes by when I don’t feel fortunate and proud of teaching at Bella. ❤️
September 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Thanks for sharing news of my play, Bellahouston Academy! 🙏 Never a day goes by when I don’t feel fortunate and proud of teaching at Bella. ❤️
Cu Neil McClelland stammatina simmo state ô Teatro Tron ’e Glasgow pe vedé ’a Changing House addó ô 17 ’e Uttobbre pròssimo se rappresentarrà ’a traggedia dinto a duie atte Mastodascia.
July 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Cu Neil McClelland stammatina simmo state ô Teatro Tron ’e Glasgow pe vedé ’a Changing House addó ô 17 ’e Uttobbre pròssimo se rappresentarrà ’a traggedia dinto a duie atte Mastodascia.
Mastodascia - Fri 17 October 2025 - Tron Theatre, Glasgow.
Tickets on sale soon!
Tickets on sale soon!
June 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Mastodascia - Fri 17 October 2025 - Tron Theatre, Glasgow.
Tickets on sale soon!
Tickets on sale soon!
«Nosotros tenemos más necesidad de Che Guevara, del lenguaje y de revolucionarios de la literatura que de letrados de la revolución».
Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar
May 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM
«Nosotros tenemos más necesidad de Che Guevara, del lenguaje y de revolucionarios de la literatura que de letrados de la revolución».
Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar
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Listen to Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller's inspiring words about using the resources researchers are given to "pay it forward" as she accepts her 2025 Alexander-von-Humboldt Professorship Award on this @languageonthemove.bsky.social post. ⬇️
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Alexander-von-Humboldt-Professorship Awards 2025
Dear Language-on-the-Move Community, It is with immense gratitude and excitement that I write this special news item about a recent career development: I’ve been awarded an Alexander-von-Humboldt P…
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May 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Listen to Distinguished Professor Ingrid Piller's inspiring words about using the resources researchers are given to "pay it forward" as she accepts her 2025 Alexander-von-Humboldt Professorship Award on this @languageonthemove.bsky.social post. ⬇️
www.languageonthemove.com/alexander-vo...
www.languageonthemove.com/alexander-vo...
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Ughhh. Check out my 2024 paper and learn why this is nonsense!
Not me over here citing Language development, linguistic input, and linguistic racism (Figueroa, 2024) on these word gap posts that keep coming across my Instagram feed 🤮
@meganfigueroa.bsky.social
@meganfigueroa.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Ughhh. Check out my 2024 paper and learn why this is nonsense!
Since the master bigots who have shamelessly added the racial slur 'Napoli' to the Italian language dictionary do not have the guts to do it, I have borrowed John Steinbeck's illustration of the term 'Okie' from 'The Grapes of Wrath' to clarify the meaning of…
May 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Since the master bigots who have shamelessly added the racial slur 'Napoli' to the Italian language dictionary do not have the guts to do it, I have borrowed John Steinbeck's illustration of the term 'Okie' from 'The Grapes of Wrath' to clarify the meaning of…
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"The decision to adopt one tongue and stop using another is not neutral; it is tied, inevitably, to power and prestige. … Language revitalisation is thus one part of a broader struggle for linguistic justice, which embraces the ability to thrive in one’s language of choosing" aeon.co/essays/langu...
Language is at the heart of Indigenous community health | Aeon Essays
For First Nations people, health is not a matter of mechanical fitness of the body, but of language, identity and belonging
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November 13, 2023 at 5:15 AM
"The decision to adopt one tongue and stop using another is not neutral; it is tied, inevitably, to power and prestige. … Language revitalisation is thus one part of a broader struggle for linguistic justice, which embraces the ability to thrive in one’s language of choosing" aeon.co/essays/langu...
I was very glad and proud to produce the English translation and subtitles for ’A Figliata (The Delivery), a bilingual Neapolitan-Italian short documentary by Serbian artist Slobodanka Ciric...
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#'AFigliata#SlobodankaCiric#AlanDeLuca#PatrizioRispo,#AntonellaCioli#SlyProduction#Feminiello#Napoli
YouTube video by Slobodanka Ciric Official
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May 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I was very glad and proud to produce the English translation and subtitles for ’A Figliata (The Delivery), a bilingual Neapolitan-Italian short documentary by Serbian artist Slobodanka Ciric...
youtu.be/GhDvkgFyado?...
youtu.be/GhDvkgFyado?...
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What an informative @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast by @empacheco.bsky.social about better ways to work with atypical language users! ⬇️
New on the Language on the Move @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: why its important to find better ways to work with atypical language users and to train interpreters to work with atypical language users
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The case for ASL Instruction for Hearing Heritage Signers
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Associate Professor Su Kyong Isakson (Community College of Baltimore County, USA) about her 2018 paper, The Case for H…
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April 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
What an informative @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast by @empacheco.bsky.social about better ways to work with atypical language users! ⬇️
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks to Massimiliano Canzanella.
The conversation delves into the history of the Neapolitan language and the interplay of culture, race, and national identity that…
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The conversation delves into the history of the Neapolitan language and the interplay of culture, race, and national identity that…
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Lingua Napoletana and Language Oppression | New Books in Italian Studies - Podcast on Goodpods
Have you ever heard of Lingua Napoletana or Neapolitan, the language of Naples?In this episode of the Language on t... | Listen & Review on Goodpods™
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April 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks to Massimiliano Canzanella.
The conversation delves into the history of the Neapolitan language and the interplay of culture, race, and national identity that…
goodpods.com/podcasts/new...
The conversation delves into the history of the Neapolitan language and the interplay of culture, race, and national identity that…
goodpods.com/podcasts/new...
For Scott McTominay, the Neapolitan language and culture assimilation is complete. 💙🏴🌋 #mcfràtemo #mcmybrother
April 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
For Scott McTominay, the Neapolitan language and culture assimilation is complete. 💙🏴🌋 #mcfràtemo #mcmybrother
This animation film is indeed poetry.
A huge thank you to the amazingly talented director Arron Quinn 💐 for giving our language a wonderful chance to shine:
‘Annabel Lee’ by Edgar Allan Poe in Neapolitan.
#neapolitanlanguage #dialettonapoletano #linguanapoletana
youtu.be/HgOf47MjNbQ?...
A huge thank you to the amazingly talented director Arron Quinn 💐 for giving our language a wonderful chance to shine:
‘Annabel Lee’ by Edgar Allan Poe in Neapolitan.
#neapolitanlanguage #dialettonapoletano #linguanapoletana
youtu.be/HgOf47MjNbQ?...
ANNABEL LEE 'e Edgar Allan Poe
YouTube video by Massimiliano Canzanella
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April 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This animation film is indeed poetry.
A huge thank you to the amazingly talented director Arron Quinn 💐 for giving our language a wonderful chance to shine:
‘Annabel Lee’ by Edgar Allan Poe in Neapolitan.
#neapolitanlanguage #dialettonapoletano #linguanapoletana
youtu.be/HgOf47MjNbQ?...
A huge thank you to the amazingly talented director Arron Quinn 💐 for giving our language a wonderful chance to shine:
‘Annabel Lee’ by Edgar Allan Poe in Neapolitan.
#neapolitanlanguage #dialettonapoletano #linguanapoletana
youtu.be/HgOf47MjNbQ?...