Sept. 2011 - Jan. 2015: Ph.D. in Language Sciences
Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia
Thesis: 'Nominal modification in Italian Sign Language (LIS)'
Advisors: Prof. C. Geraci and Prof. A. Cardinaletti
Sept. 2008 - Mar. 2011: M.A. in Language Sciences
Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia
Thesis: 'The distribution of adjectives in Italian Sign Language: a quantitative analysis' - download here
Advisors: Prof. C. Geraci and Prof. G. Cinque
Grade: 110/110 cum laude
Foreign languages: Italian Sign Language and English
Sept. 2004 - Nov. 2007: B.A. in Foreign Languages and Language Sciences
Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia
Thesis: 'Putting signs down on paper. An analysis of the writing and transcribing systems proposed for sign languages' - download here
Advisor: Prof. P. Celo
Grade: 110/110 cum laude
Foreign languages: Italian Sign Language and German (both three-year courses), Swedish (one-year course)
May 7-9, 2015 (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona): FEAST Summer School.
June 6-8, 2014 (Ca' Foscari University, Venice): FEAST Summer School.
July 7-9, 2013 (University College London): TISLR Summer School, 'the Sign Language Researcher's Toolkit'.
February - May, 2013 (Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris) visiting student. Attended courses: Advanced Syntax, Semantics, Optimality Theory.
September 10-21, 2012 (University of Pavia): Summer School, 'Quantitative Methods and Corpora in Linguistic Research'.
February - September, 2012 (Ca' Foscari University, Venice): Course on Italian Tactile Sign Language (6 ECTS, grade 30/30).
July 12-26, 2009 (Graz University): Summer School. Attended courses: Approaches to Discourse and Academic Writing. Final dissertation for 6 ECTS: 'E Pluribus Unum: the Detection of Political Messages through Discourse Analysis' (Prof. A. Fill).
a.y. 2006/2007 (Ca' Foscari University, Venice): 'Logogenia and Language Acquisition in Deaf Children' (course financed by European Social Fund).
a.y. 2005/2006 (Ca' Foscari University, Venice): 'Aphasia Diagnosis and Treatment' (course financed by European Social Fund).