About Me & My Projects
I am a researcher at the University of Vienna working on my PhD project in the area of Romance verb formation. I study verb formation both from a corpus-linguistic and an experimental perspective, using behavioral priming studies. Before embarking on my PhD journey, I obtained a double Master’s degree (Mag., Mag.) in linguistics and language teaching, completing my professional training for teaching French, Italian and English at a secondary level. I also hold a Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Romance Studies with a focus on Portuguese Linguistics and Cultural Studies.
In addition to my PhD project, I work on historical and contact-induced changes in the morphology of Romance languages. I also study Romance languages as Heritage Languages and how insights from linguistics can be extended to teaching foreign languages and linguistics.
My Research Interests
- Morphology: word formation, language contact & word formation, historical variation and change in morphology
- Psycholinguistics: morphological processing, (second) language acquisition, multilingualism
- Language Teaching: Romance languages as heritage languages, multilingualism, feedback in language teaching
Languages: Italian, French, Portuguese