Corpora Creation for the Extraction of Metalinguistic Concepts

The project aims to research the most commonly used metalinguistic notions in the French language, especially at the lessical level.

The project involves the creation of a corpus of textbooks, grammars, essays, and lexicographical material, the extraction of metalinguistic notions, and the identification of a possible progression applicable in educational contexts.

This progression will be tested among different groups of learners:
a) adult learners who are Italian speakers with work-related needs in business settings;
b) adult learners with a first language (L1) other than Italian, who are partially Italian-speaking;
c) adult learners who are non-Italian speakers;
d) adult learners specializing in the communication sector;
e) learners with special educational needs (SEN).

Internal departmental members:

Maria Francesca Bonadonna (referente), Nicoletta Armentano, Paolo Frassi, Giovanni Luca Tallarico, Francesco Faresin (PhD student)

External members

Silvia Ferrari