Main research areas
- Morphology (morphology-syntax interface, conversion in Romance Languages, Old-Italian word-formation);
- Semantics and Lexicology (polysemy, lexical motivation, iconicity in the lexicon);
- Contact Linguistics (mainly dialect-dialect, dialect-standard);
- Standardization and Koineization;
- Language Change in Minority Languages (with a focus on Sardinia and Southern France).