Denis Delfitto

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Position
Full Professor
Sections
Lettere
Academic sector
GLOT-01/A - Historical and General Linguistics
Research sector (ERC-2024)
SH4_8 - Language learning and processing (first and second languages)

SH5_6 - Philosophy of mind, philosophy of language

SH4_9 - Theoretical linguistics; computational linguistics

Research sector (ERC)
SH4_8 - Language learning and processing

SH4_12 - Philosophy of mind, philosophy of language

SH4_9 - Theoretical linguistics; computational linguistics

Office
Polo Didattico Zanotto,  Floor 3,  Room 1
Telephone
+39 045802 8114
E-mail
denis|delfitto*univr|it <== Replace | with . and * with @ to have the right email address.

Office Hours

Tuesday, Hours 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM,  

Curriculum

My research interests impact a domain among linguistics, cognitive neuroscience and the philosophy of mind. They range over the history of logic, the study of quantification in natural language, the syntax and semantics of anaphoric dependencies, the syntax of reference of natural language, issues of language change and issues in Romance/Germanic comparative syntax and semantics. 
In the last ten years, I investigated the relation between atypical language development (especially developmental dyslexia) and bilingualism, as well as the interface between language and other cognitive systems, especially perception. I am also currently involved in a research project on the syntax and the interpretation of non-standard negation in language, involving a theoretical, a psycholinguistic and a neurolinguisic component. 
I organized many international workshops and I have been involved, at different levels, in the Master and PhD programs of some renowned European universities. I supervised many PhD research projects, in such different fields as comparative syntax and formal semantics, computational linguistics and communicative impairment. Moreover, I was a member of many PhD thesis committees in several countries. I also developed conjoined scientific programs at PhD-level with non-Italian universities, especially Utrecht University.
I participated in funded research projects on the origin of language, the production of the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Syntactic Case Studies (financed by the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies), the comparative syntax of noun-phrases in Bantu, Chinese and Romance (financed by the Dutch Research Council), long-distance syntactic dependencies and linguistic diversity (financed by the Italian Ministry of Education among the research projects of national interest (PRIN)), bilingualism and atypical linguistic development (Seventh European Research Framework (Cooperation), “Advancing the European Multilingual Experience”, financed in 2013 by the European Commission). 
I have a high number of scientific contributions in international scientific journals and peer-reviewed volumes and I am in the Editorial Board of some leading international journals in linguistics (among which Linguistic Inquiry); and I am acting as a reviewer for almost 20 scientific journals and internationally renowned publishers. I am also a reviewer for several grant-giving organizations, including the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, the French National Research Agency, the Flemish Organization for Scientific Research and the Italian Agency for Research Projects of National Interest.
In 2017, I have been selected as a member of the Academia Europaea.
 

Modules

Modules running in the period selected: 86.
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Course Name Total credits Online Teacher credits Modules offered by this teacher
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Language and communication (2025/2026)   6  eLearning 6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Morpho-Syntax (2025/2026)   6  eLearning 3 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2025/2026)   12  eLearning 6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Master's degree in Linguistics Semantics and pragmatics (2025/2026)   6  eLearning 6 
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Language and communication (2024/2025)   6  eLearning 6 
Ph.D. in Linguistics Linguistics and Large Language Models (2024/2025)   2.5  eLearning 2.5 
Master's degree in Linguistics Morpho-Syntax (2024/2025)   6  eLearning 3 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2024/2025)   12  eLearning 6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Master's degree in Linguistics Semantics and pragmatics (2024/2025)   6  eLearning 6 
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Language and Communication (2023/2024)   6  eLearning 6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Morpho-Syntax (2023/2024)   6  eLearning 3 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2023/2024)   12  eLearning 6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Master's degree in Linguistics Semantics and pragmatics (2023/2024)   6  eLearning 6 
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Language and Communication (2022/2023)   6  eLearning 6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Levels of linguistic analysis (2022/2023)   6  eLearning 3 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2022/2023)   12  eLearning 6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Master's degree in Linguistics Semantics and pragmatics (2022/2023)   6  eLearning 6 
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Language and Communication (2021/2022)   6  eLearning 6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Levels of linguistic analysis (2021/2022)   6  eLearning 3 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2021/2022)   12  eLearning 6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Master's degree in Linguistics Semantics and pragmatics (2021/2022)   6  eLearning 6 
Ph.D. programme in Foreign Literatures, Languages and Linguistics Grammatiche artificiali e apprendimento implicito (2020/2021)   1    1 
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Language and Communication (2020/2021)   6  eLearning 6 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2020/2021)   12  eLearning 6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Master's degree in Linguistics Semantics and pragmatics (2020/2021)   6  eLearning 6 
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies Language and Communication (2019/2020)   6  eLearning 6 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2019/2020)   12  eLearning 6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Master's degree in Linguistics Semantics and pragmatics (2019/2020)   6  eLearning 6 
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies General linguistics (i) (2018/2019)   6  eLearning 6 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2018/2019)   12  eLearning 6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Master's degree in Linguistics Semantics and pragmatics (2018/2019)   6  eLearning 6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Teoria formale dei linguaggi e grammatica: dalla commutazione alla descrizione linguistica (2018/2019)   6  eLearning  
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies General linguistics (i) (2017/2018)   6  eLearning 6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Linguistic categories and models of analysis (2017/2018)   9  eLearning 8 
Ph.D. programme in Foreign Literatures, Languages and Linguistics PhD Course (2017/2018)   10    1 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2017/2018)   12  eLearning 6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies General linguistics (i) (2016/2017)   6  eLearning 6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Linguistic categories and models of analysis (2016/2017)   9  eLearning 8 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2016/2017)   12  eLearning 6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies General linguistics (i) (2015/2016)   6    6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Linguistic categories and models of analysis (2015/2016)   9    9 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2015/2016)   12    6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies General linguistics (i) (2014/2015)   6    6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Linguistic categories analysis and models (2014/2015)   9    9 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2014/2015)   12    6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies General linguistics (i) (2013/2014)   6    6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Linguistic categories analysis and models (2013/2014)   9    9 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2013/2014)   12    6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies General linguistics (i) (2012/2013)   6    6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Linguistic categories analysis and models (2012/2013)   9    9 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2012/2013)   12    6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies General linguistics (i) (2011/2012)   6    6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Linguistic categories analysis and models (2011/2012)   9    9 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2011/2012)   12    6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies General linguistics (i) (2010/2011)   6    6 
Master's degree in Linguistics Linguistic categories analysis and models (2010/2011)   9    6  (Modulo 2)
3  (Modulo 1)
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2010/2011)   12    6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies General linguistics (i) (2009/2010)   6    6 
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism Philosophy of Language (i) (2009/2010)   3    3 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2009/2010)   12    6  SEMIOTICA MULTIMEDIALE (M) I MODULO
Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies General linguistics (i) (2008/2009)   6    6 
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism Philosophy of Language (i) (2008/2009)   3    3 
Master’s degree in Publishing and Journalism Reasoning, information and multimedia semiotics (m) (2008/2009)   12    6  Semiotica multimediale (m) I modulo
Postgraduate Degree in Linguistics (until 2008-2009) General linguistics 2 (LS) (2007/2008)   3    3 
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism General linguistics (i) (2007/2008)   6    6 
Masters in Publishing and Multimedia Communication (until 2007-2008) Multimedia semiotics (s) (2007/2008)   6    6 
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism Philosophy of Language (i) (2007/2008)   3    3 
Postgraduate Degree in Linguistics (until 2008-2009) General linguistics 2 (LS) (2006/2007)   3    3 
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism General linguistics (i) (2006/2007)   6    6 
Degree in Arts and HUmanities General Linguistics (p) (2006/2007)   6    6 
Masters in Publishing and Multimedia Communication (until 2007-2008) Multimedia semiotics (s) (2006/2007)   6    6 
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism Philosophy of Language (i) (2006/2007)   3    3 
Postgraduate Degree in Linguistics (until 2008-2009) General linguistics 2 (LS) (2005/2006)   3     
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism General linguistics (i) (2005/2006)   6    6 
Masters in Publishing and Multimedia Communication (until 2007-2008) Multimedia semiotics (s) (2005/2006)   6    6 
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism Philosophy of Language (i) (2005/2006)   3    3 
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism General linguistics (i) (2004/2005)   6     
Degree in Arts and HUmanities General Linguistics (p) (2004/2005)   6     
Masters in Publishing and Multimedia Communication (until 2007-2008) Multimedia semiotics (s) (2004/2005)   6     
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism Philosophy of Language (i) (2004/2005)   3     
Degree in Arts and HUmanities General Linguistics (p,1) (2003/2004)   3     
Degree in Arts and HUmanities General Linguistics (p,2) (2003/2004)   3     
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism General Linguistics (i) (2002/2003)   3     
Degree in Philosophy General Linguistics (p,1) (2002/2003)   3     
Degree in Communication Science: publishing and journalism Introduction to Language Study (i,1) (2002/2003)   3     

Di seguito sono elencati gli eventi e gli insegnamenti di Terza Missione collegati al docente:

  • Eventi di Terza Missione: eventi di Public Engagement e Formazione Continua.
  • Insegnamenti di Terza Missione: insegnamenti che fanno parte di Corsi di Studio come Corsi di formazione continua, Corsi di perfezionamento e aggiornamento professionale, Corsi di perfezionamento, Master e Scuole di specializzazione.
Research interests
Topic Description Research area
Sistemi di interpretazione del linguaggio Analisi della interazione fra forma linguistica e sistemi di interpretazione del linguaggio (interfaccia sintassi/pragmatica, semantica/pragmatica). Studio di alcune forme di sviluppo linguistico atipico (interazione bilinguismo e dislessia evolutiva) Interazione fra linguaggio e altri sistemi cognitivi (filosofia della mente) Linguistics
Theoretical linguistics; computational linguistics
Projects
Title Starting date
PRIN PNRR 2022 REAding CompreHension for inclusion (REACH) 12/1/23
PRIN 2022 "A technology-driven linguistic intervention for children with language and literacy weaknesses 10/5/23
PerformAbility 1/1/22
Perform/Ability 10/1/19
Teoria, Sperimentazione, Applicazioni: Le dipendenze a distanza nelle forme di diversità linguistica 3/8/14
AThEME: Advancing the European Multilingual Experience 3/1/14
European Network: Bantu, Chinese, Romance nouns and noun phrases 1/1/07
Pronomi logoforici: indagini tipologiche e teoriche 10/1/06
Ontologia del linguaggio naturale e teorie della verità 9/1/05
Riferimento e interfaccia sintassi-semantica 9/1/04



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