Prof.dr. R. (Roberta) D'Alessandro
Position:
- Professor
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2186 |
|---|---|
| E-Mail: | r.dalessandro@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Leiden Univ Centre for Linguistics, LUCL Italiaans |
| Office Address: |
Witte Singel-complex van Wijkplaats 3 2311 BX Leiden Room number 1.04c |
| Personal Homepage: |
www.robertadalessandro.it www.robertadalessandro.it |
Fields of interest
- Italian syntax
- syntax-phonology interface
- impersonal constructions
- Italian dialects and comparative linguistics
- agreement
Research
I am interested in syntactic microvariation, as well as macrocomparative syntax. At the moment I am investigating agreement and person driven auxiliary selection in Southern Italian dialects as well as the relation between split ergativity and v in Italian dialects and ergative languages.
Curriculum vitae
Education:
2000-2004: Universität Stuttgart
Graduiertenkolleg “Linguistic representations and their interpretation”
1995-2000: University of L’Aquila
Work:
November 2007- present: Leiden University, LUCL, Italian program
Professor
2007: Université du Québec à Montréal, LAD Interface Asymmetries Research Lab
Visiting Research Associate
2005-2007: University of Cambridge
Marie Curie Post-doctoral Research fellow
2004-2005: Microsoft NLP/Butler Hill Group, Redmond, USA
Research assistant
Teaching activities
- Italian linguistics: phonology, morphology, syntax and sociolinguistics of Italian and Italian dialects
- Romance syntax in a comparative perspective
- agreement
- parameters
Key publications
- D’Alessandro, R. Ledgeway, A. & I. Roberts, eds. (2010). Syntactic variation. The dialects of Italy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- D’Alessandro, R. & I. Roberts (2010). ‘Past participle agreement in Abruzzese: split auxiliary selection and the null-subject parameter’. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.
- D’Alessandro, R. & I. Roberts (2008). ‘Movement and agreement in Italian past participles and defective phases’. Linguistic Inquiry.
- D’Alessandro, R., Fischer, S. & G.H. Hrafnbjargarson, eds. (2008). Agreementrestrictions. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
- D’Alessandro, R. (2007). Impersonal si constructions. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
2012
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D'Alessandro, R. (2012)
An external look at ergativity. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge Comparative Syntax Workshop
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D'Alessandro, R. & Scheer, T. (2012)
Chunk definition and PIC à la carte’. McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Workshop on Exploring the Interfaces 1: word structure
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D'Alessandro, R. (2012)
Subject clitics and person-driven auxiliary selection: two faces of the same coin. Yale University, Yale Linguistics Colloquium
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D'Alessandro, R. (2012)
Ten Hacken. ‘Chomskyan linguistics and its competitors. [Bespreking van: ‘Chomskyan linguistics and its competitors']. In: Language
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D'Alessandro, R. & van Oostendorp, M. (2012)
Vocative morphology at the syntax-phonology interface’. Essex, Linguistic circle
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D'Alessandro, R. (2012)
Wat is jouw impact, meneer Kant? NRC Next
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D'Alessandro, R. (2012)
‘Merging Probes and the locus of syntactic variation. MIT, MIT Ling Lunch
(Conference lecture)
2011
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D'Alessandro, R. (2011)
Belletti. ‘Structures and strategies’. [Bespreking van: ‘Structures and strategies’]. In: Language
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D'Alessandro, R. (2011)
Grohmann. ‘InterPhases: Phase-theoretic investigations of linguistic interfaces’. [Bespreking van: ‘InterPhases: Phase-theoretic investigations of linguistic interfaces’.]. In: Language
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D'Alessandro, R. (2011)
J. Nunes (ed.). ‘Minimalist essays on Brazilian Portuguese syntax’. [Bespreking van: ‘Minimalist essays on Brazilian Portuguese syntax’.]. In: Language
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D'Alessandro, R. (2011)
Piattelli-Palmarini, Uriagereka, and Salaburu. ‘On minds and language’. [Bespreking van: ‘On minds and language’]. In: Language
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D'Alessandro, R. (2011)
Zanuttini, Campos, Herburger, Portner. ‘Cross-linguistic research in syntax and semantics’. [Bespreking van: ‘Cross-linguistic research in syntax and semantics’]. In: Language
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D'Alessandro, R. (2011)
‘Non-Romance features in Italo-Romance. A look into Southern Italian dialects’. University of Cambridge, Cambridge Italian Dialect Syntax Meeting
(Conference lecture)
2010
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D'Alessandro, R. & Ledgeway,, A. (2010)
At the C-T boundary: Investigating Abruzzese complementation. Lingua, an International Review of General Linguistics, 120 (8), pp. 2040-2060.
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D'Alessandro, R. (2010)
Introduction.The verbal domain: TP-VP structure and auxiliaries. In: D'Alessandro, R., Ledgeway, A., Roberts, I. (Eds.), Syntactic Variation. The dialects of Italy (in press)Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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Biberauer, M.T. & D'Alessandro, R. (2010)
On the role of gemination in passives: the case of Abruzzese. Snippets, 21
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D'Alessandro, R. & Roberts, I. (2010)
Past participle agreement in Abruzzese:. Split auxiliary selection and the null-subject parameter. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
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D'Alessandro, R. & Ledgeway,, A. & Roberts, I. (Eds.) (2010)
Syntactic Variation. The dialects of Italy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
(Book editorial) -
D'Alessandro, R. & Ledgeway,, A. (2010)
The Abruzzese T-v system: feature spreading and the double auxiliary construction. In: D'Alessandro, R, Ledgeway, A., Roberts, I. (Eds.), Syntactic Variation. The dialects of Italy (in press)Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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D'Alessandro, R. (2010)
‘Soggetti non canonici in abruzzese: i pronomi impersonali nome ed anne’. Archivio Glottologico Italiano, 2, pp. 227-262.
(Article)
2009
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D'Alessandro, R. (2009)
A. M. Di Sciullo (ed.). UG and external systems: Language, Brain and Computation. [Bespreking van: UG and external systems: Language, Brain and Computation]. In: Language
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D'Alessandro, R. & Di Sciullo, A. M. (2009)
Proper Subset Relation and Concord: agreement in Abruzzese Possessive Copular Constructions. Proceedings of NELS 38
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2008
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D'Alessandro, R. & Fischer, S & Hrafnbjargarson, G.H. (Eds.) (2008)
Agreement Restrictions. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
(Book editorial) -
D'Alessandro, R. (2008)
Ayoun and Salaberry (eds). ‘Tense and aspect in Romance Languages’. [Bespreking van: ‘Tense and aspect in Romance Languages’]. In: Language
(Book review) -
D'Alessandro, R. (2008)
Canepari. Manuale di fonetica. Fonetica naturale: Articolativa, uditiva e funzionale. [Bespreking van: Manuale di fonetica. Fonetica naturale: Articolativa, uditiva e funzionale.]. In: Language
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D'Alessandro, R. (2008)
Comparative Italian. (Rede uitgesproken door Roberta D'Alessandro bij de aanvaarding van het ambt van hoogleraar in de Italiaanse Taal en Cultuur aan de Universiteit Leiden). Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.p. 24.
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D'Alessandro, R. & Roberts, I. (2008)
Movement and agreement in Italian past participles and defective phases. Linguistic Inquiry, 39 (3), pp. 477-491.
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D'Alessandro, R. & Fischer, S & Hrafnbjargarson, G.H. (2008)
On Agreement Restrictions. In: D'Alessandro, R, Fischer, S., Hrafnbjargarson, G.H. (Eds.), Agreement Restrictionserlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
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D'Alessandro, R. (2008)
Syntaktische und pragmatische Merkmale: eine Fallstudie. In: Mensching, G. & Remberger, E. (Eds.), Romanistische Syntax - minimalistischTuebingen: Gunther Narr Verlag.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
2007
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D'Alessandro, R. (2007)
Federica Venier. La presentatività. [Bespreking van: La presentatività].
(Book review) -
D'Alessandro, R. (2007)
Impersonal si constructions. Agreement and interpretation. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
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D'Alessandro, R. (2007)
[Bespreking van: Manuale di fonetica]. In: Language, 83
(Book review)
2006
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D'Alessandro, R. (2006)
Aleksandar Jokíc and Quentin Smith, ‘Time, Tense, and Reference’. [Bespreking van: ‘Time, Tense, and Reference’]. In: Language
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D'Alessandro, R. (2006)
Is impersonal si in Italian definite or indefinite? In Martínez, , Alcazár, , Hernández, (Eds.) Proceedings of the thirty-third Western Conference On Linguistics (WECOL 2004)Fresno: USC Publications.
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D'Alessandro, R. (2006)
Joseph Quer, Jan Schroten, Mauro Scorretti, Petra Sleeman, and Els Verheugd (eds), Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2001. Selected papers from ‘Going Romance’. [Bespreking van: Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 2001. Selected papers from ‘Going Romance’]. In: Language
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D'Alessandro, R. (2006)
Nunzio La Fauci and Ignazio Mirto. Fare, elementi di sintassi. [Bespreking van: Fare, elementi di sintassi.]. In: Language
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D'Alessandro, R. & Alexiadou, A. (2006)
The syntax of the indefinite pronoun 'nome'. Praagse Perspectieven, 18 (2), pp. 189-218.
(Article)
2005
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D'Alessandro, R. & De Felicis, M-C & Passino, D. & Traini, M. (Eds.) (2005)
ELI Passport junior, Italian learner’s Dictionary. Recanati: ELI, European Language Institute.
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D'Alessandro, R. (2005)
Linda van Bergen, ‘Pronouns and Word Order in Old English. With Particular Reference to the Indefinite pronoun Man. [Bespreking van: Linda van Bergen, ‘Pronouns and Word Order in Old English. With Particular Reference to the Indefinite pronoun Man.]. In: Language
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D'Alessandro, R. (2005)
Varietà dialettali della costa occidentale dell’Adriatico. Aspetti sintattici. Adriatico/Jadran
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2004
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D'Alessandro, R. (2004)
Impersonal si constructions. Agreement and Interpretation. University of Stuttgart(Stuttgart, Electronic Dissertation Series, Stuttgart University Library) A. Alexiadou, I. Roberts, L. Rizzi.
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D'Alessandro, R. (2004)
Impersonal si constructions. How semantics determines agreement. Proceeding of NELS 34GSLA.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings) -
D'Alessandro, R. (2004)
Syntactic and Pragmatic Features: a Case Study. Leitura: Estudos em syntaxe comparativa Vol. 33 (pp. 185-202).
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D'Alessandro, R. (2004)
‘Current Studies in Italian syntax. Essays offered to Lorenzo Renzi’. [Bespreking van: ‘Current Studies in Italian syntax. Essays offered to Lorenzo Renzi’.]. In: Language
(Book review)
2003
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D'Alessandro, R. & Alexiadou, A. (2003)
Nome: a subject clitic in a southern Italian dialect. In Coene, M. & D'hulst, Y. (Eds.) Current Studies in Comparative Romance LinguisticsAntwerp Papers in Linguistics.
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D'Alessandro, R. (2003)
On quirky subjects and the person restriction in Icelandic and Italian. In van Koppen, , Sio, , de Vos, (Eds.) Proceedings of Console XI
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2002
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D'Alessandro, R. (2002)
Agreement in Italian impersonal Si constructions. A derivational analysis. Journal of the Brazilian Association of Linguistics
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D'Alessandro, R. & Alexiadou, A. (2002)
Inclusive and exclusive impersonal pronouns: a feature-geometrical analysis. Rivista di grammatica generativa Vol. 33Padua: Unipress.
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D'Alessandro, R. (2002)
On impersonal si constructions in Italian. In van Koppen, & de Vos, (Eds.) Proceedings of Console X
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D'Alessandro, R. (2002)
Syntactic Doubling and the Encoding of Voice in Eastern Abruzzese. In Baumer, , Montero, , Scanlon, (Eds.) Proceedings of the 25th West Coast Conference on Formal LinguisticsSomerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.
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