Education
1992-1997 Ph.D. Linguistics, UiL-OTS, Utrecht University
Ph.D. Thesis: Licensing and Interpretation of Inverted Subjects in Italian
http://www.library.uu.nl/digiarchief/dip/diss/01751455/inhoud.htm defended June 19, 1997.
1987-1991 M.A. General Linguistics with specialization in generative syntax and Italian syntax, Utrecht University
1980-1986 M.A. German Language and Literature with minors in English Language and Literature and in History of Art, Istituto Universitario di Lingue Moderne, Feltre/Milano, Italy
1975-1980 Liceo Scientifico “Galileo Galilei”, Belluno, Italy
Academic Positions
2012 Feb.- July: Visiting scholar at Linguistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, (Fl), affiliation Language Development Lab at UF http://plaza.ufl.edu/jrothman/LDL/research.html
2009 Oct.-Dec.: Visiting scholar at Linguistics, University of Florida, Gainesville (Fl)
2008 Aug.- Dec.: Visiting professor at Linguistics, University of Florida, Gainesville (Fl)
2002-present: Assistant professor Italian Linguistics and Italian language, Utrecht University
2001- present: Co-coordinator language curriculum, dept. of Italian language and culture, Utrecht University
2001-2002: Lecturer Italian linguistics, dept. of Italian language and culture, Utrecht University
2000-2001: Co-coordinator Typological Database System Project:
http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/td/index.html , LOT, Utrecht University
1998-1999 Junior lecturer Italian language, Leiden University
1998-1999 Junior lecturer Italian language and linguistics, University of Groningen
1992-1997 Ph.D. student, UiL-OTS, Utrecht University
1992 Junior lecturer Italian language, Leiden University
1989-1991 Teaching assistant General Linguistics, Utrecht University
Academic Teaching Experience
2008 FALL Semester at University of Florida:
LIN 4930, First Language Acquisition
LIN 6622, Bilingualism
2001- present
BA curriculum Italian language and culture:
Introduction to Italian Linguistics
Language Variation in Italian
The Structure of Italian
Language Acquisition & Bilingualism
Language course Italian for beginners
Language course Italian for beginners for the Minor program
Language course Italian IV (intermediate level)
Language course Italian V (intermediate level)
Language course Italian VI (advanced level)
MA curriculum Italian Language and Culture:
Intercultural Communication Lab
Italy-Netherlands : Intercultural Perspectives
Discourse Pragmatics
Sociolinguistics of the Romance Languages
Linguistic Aspects of Intercultural Communication
Bilingualism
Tutorials on Bilingualism
1998-1999
University of Groningen
Introduction to Italian Linguistics
Introduction to Italian Semantics
Language course Italian for beginners
Leiden University
Italian Grammar for advanced
Language course Italian for beginners
Organization workshops, conferences, colloquia, etc.
- Going Romance 2011, 25th Symposium on Romance Linguistics, forthcoming
- ISB7, International Symposium on Bilingualism, July 8-11 2009
- The Romance Turn II, Workshop on the Acquisition of Romance Languages. Utrecht September 7-9 2006
- Going Romance 2005, 19th Symposium on Romance Linguistics, Utrecht December 8-10 2005
Other Relevant (Work) Experience
2010 - present Growingupbilingual.org information service on raising children bilingually (workshops for bilingual families and for professionals working with young children) with S.Unsworth and I.Brasileiro
2002 – 2008 President cultural association Dante Alighieri, Utrecht, www.danteutrecht.nl
1998 - 2001 Research librarian for Romance languages, Utrecht University Library
1998 – 1999 Research librarian for Linguistics, Utrecht University Library
1986 – present Self-employed language instructor (Italian)
1984 - 1986 Language instructor (Italian), Volkshochschule, Köln (Germany)
Language Skills
Italian
oral: mother tongue, written: mother tongue
Dutch
oral: fluent, written: fluent
English
oral: fluent; written: fluent
German
oral: good; written: good
French
oral: fluent; written: basic