Research

My research focus on phonetics and speech, and L2 language acquisition. I am becoming more and more interested in statistical methods for modelling linguistic phenomena, and my research adopts a data-focused approach spanning the following topics:

• the acquisition of L2 English phonology (perception and production), incl. vis-à-vis other linguistic levels;

• automatic assessment of L2 English pronunciation & tools for L2 pronunciation training and testing

• the effects of orthography in the production, perception et phonological awareness of L2 English learners.

Additionally, I have also done work in other areas, such as:

• gemination in varieties of Italian;

• emotional speech and text-to-speech synthesis;

• rhythmic typology of languages.