Linguistics

The project aims to investigate the notion of “subject” and its various definitions in light of morphological, syntactic, and semantic properties. The project involves studying the concept of “subject” in linguistic corpora and in traditional manuals/grammars, with the goal of building a network of connections within the field of metalinguistic terminology and facilitating the creation […]

The main objective of the project is to identify strategies that can facilitate access to audiovisual content for deaf and blind people. To this end, a series of questionnaires are planned to clarify the needs, especially in the audiovisual field, that groups of people with hearing and visual disabilities may have in various social contexts: […]

The project aims, first of all, to create a corpus of metalinguistic works published between the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on bilingual dictionaries, manuals, and educational guides for teaching Spanish, especially as a foreign or second language. Materials aimed at marginalized or excluded groups, such as Indigenous American communities, Italian migrants, and deaf people, […]

The project aims to create a corpus of Russian as a Foreign Language (RFL) textbooks to enable the identification and extraction of metalinguistic notions. These definitions will be used to develop guidelines for teaching metalinguistic concepts, which will also meet the needs of learners who speak Russian as a heritage language. Internal department members: Giorgia […]

The project aims to explore the linguistic strategies and methods used to communicate social, educational, and training topics related to sport and wellbeing in English. It involves creating a corpus of texts, including both written and oral educational material on sports and wellbeing, which will be analyzed using corpus linguistics tools and methodologies such as […]

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 […]