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Roberta D'Alessandro

@robertadal.bsky.social
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Professor of Linguistics / Syntax and Language Variation at Utrecht University || EiC of Isogloss || Editor of #OGS, LangSciPress || #OA advocate || Science advice || Academic mentor || Abruzzese in Olanda || Not very patient indeed

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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱: 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 🎓 A tiny contribution to help cover one specific academic cost for #ECRs working in under-resourced contexts. It’s not much, but it is something: a small, concrete help. More info: www.robertadalessandro.it/yaa-microfund
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Two new articles on the hottest topic in #Romance linguistics - The non-unity of differential object marking: Flagging versus indexing, Haspelmath - DOM and a-topics: The case of Sicilian and Tuscan regional varieties of Italian. An experimental study, Interlandi (revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index)
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The Romance Inter-Views no. 4 on theory and experimental evidence is online on #Isogloss! Six linguists talk about the integration of experimental and theoretical linguistics, when experiments challenged theory and when they confirmed it, and share ideas for new research directions in Romance ling!
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
New on #Isogloss: Antonio Fábregas and Mike Putnam: The role of gender suffixes in number suppletion: Exponent shapes and left branches. Enjoy! revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Do you ever feel like no matter how much you work, you never get to the bottom of it? Like you're not really being productive? The Done! list will help you realize just how much you actually accomplish without even noticing 🙂 #timemanagement #AcademicAchievements youtu.be/TECRexTWlJc?...
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Hot off the press: Li, Lobo & Teixeira, #Subject-#object asymmetries in the processing of #EuropeanPortuguese cleft structures: Assessing the role of #animacy revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/art...
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Third factors in language design: the view from hashtag#heritage languages, INALCO Paris (and Zoom), next Friday (6 June)! Join us (in person or online) to discuss the latest findings on heritage language grammars and cognition. sites.google.com/view/thirdfa...
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
#OA textbooks in #Linguistics! These #textbooks are free to download and use in class 🙂 Enjoy, share, and long live #OA! www.robertadalessandro.it/oa-textbooks
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
The Academic Auntie playlist! Tips and tricks and FAQ for junior scholars! www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-eQ.... If you have questions, or wish to discuss issues or strategies, feel free to contact me at www.robertadalessandro.it/mentoring
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
NEW! #Ethics in #Linguistics, ed by Marina Terkourafi, in full #OA! Enjoy! www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
#Isogloss is #Q1! So proud!
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
- Brenda Laca, Imran Hossain, Leticia López, Sequence of Tense violations in subjunctive clauses. revistes.uab.cat/.../view/v11... - Bart Jacobs, Review of Castillo, A description of Papiamentu revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/art...
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
New on @Isogloss! Masullo, Casado, Leivada, Sorace, Register variation and linguistic background modulate accuracy in detecting morphosyntactic errors, with #opendata, #openreview, #openreply revistes.uab.cat/.../view/v11... 1/
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Dear all, a quick reminder that I'm available for informal #academic #mentoring for #ECRs in case you need it. [Not for helping you find jobs - I can't do that, sorry] robertadalessandro.it/mentoring
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I reorganized my publications page by topic, added some old papers that I had forgotten and are quite interesting. Here it is (if you're interested!): robertadalessandro.it/publications... (All I could find is downloadable, for some papers I don't have the copy)
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
A brand-new special issue on #Isogloss: Romance minority languages: A challenge for linguistic theory, edited by Michela Russo and Shanti Ulfsbjorninn. This is a really cool collection, as usual in full Open Access. A great read for your weekend, enjoy! revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
If you're interested in discussing the "principles not specific to the faculty of language" that have an impact on the way #heritage speakers acquire their languages, come to Paris in June! Abstract deadline: March 31. Info here: sites.google.com/view/thirdfa...
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Hot off the press! An entire issue of Romanica Cracoviensia on the grammar of Romance #heritagelanguages, featuring 7 short articles including one by Gigi Andriani and myself. All in #OA! ejournals.eu/en/journal/r...
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 has just appeared on Isogloss, edited by Katrin Schmitz & Tim Diaubalick. As usual, in ful #OA. Happy reading! revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
More marvels from #AI: @fonolog.bsky.social asked NotebookLM to create a podcast out of Polinsky and @syntaxpunk.bsky.social 's "Formal approaches to complexity in heritage language grammars". Listen for yourself! shorturl.at/XmSLd And in case you're interested: langsci-press.org/catalog/book...
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
And here is the most read paper on #Isogloss every year: the 2024 list of reviewers! revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/art...
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
New on #Isogloss: #Romance scholars off the beaten track, short interviews with Romance scholars who work outside the traditional regions where Romance linguistics is commonly studied. revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
RLLT23, Selected papers from the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages 53 in Paris, is out! This is a truly impressive volume, edited by Lisa Brunetti, Ioana Chitoran, and Alexandru Mardale, with papers by great senior and junior Romance linguists: revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
#Ethical concerns for #theoretical research in #linguistics: issues and best practices. In full #OA for you. Enjoy! www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
New publication: The use of agarrar ‘grab, take’ verb constructions in #Belizean #Spanish: An intergenerational analysis, by Balam, Ross & Bravo. Enjoy! revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Are you stuck, do you have some issues in your academic life and need some feedback, or just a chat with an experienced person? Contact your Academic Auntie! www.robertadalessandro.it/mentoring #academic #mentoring
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Roberta D'Alessandro @robertadal.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
WELCOME! Just getting used to bsky: who's around? Here's a present for you: some lemons from my home in Italy. Happy Sunday!
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