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).