Short biography

I was born in 1989. I obtained my Master’s degree at the University of Verona under the supervision of Prof. Giorgio Graffi, and I earned my PhD in Philosophy at the University of Turin under the supervision of Prof. Diego Marconi.

My research is situated at the intersection of theoretical linguistics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of science. I work primarily within the generative tradition, with a particular focus on the epistemology and methodology of linguistic theory, the scientific status of Universal Grammar, and the theoretical foundations of the Minimalist Program.

A central strand of my research concerns the syntax–semantics interface, including issues related to interpretation, binding, reference, and the architecture of grammatical representations. I have also worked extensively on computational aspects of generative grammar, addressing questions of derivational economy, formal representation, and the role of computation in linguistic explanation.

More broadly, my work investigates how linguistic theories achieve explanatory adequacy, how they should be evaluated as scientific theories, and how core generative concepts such as competence, modularity, recursion, and syntactic operations relate to models of cognition and explanation in the natural sciences. In several publications, I critically engage with Chomskyan assumptions by drawing on tools from the philosophy of science, in particular debates on falsifiability, research programs, and theory change.

I have presented my research at several international conferences and have published articles in international peer-reviewed journals.