Roberta D'Alessandro
@robertadal.bsky.social
Chair 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
Abruzzese in Olanda || Not very patient indeed
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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
www.robertadalessandro.it/mentoring
#academic #mentoring
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!
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!
November 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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!
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!
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
Enjoy!
revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index
September 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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
Enjoy!
revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/index
Here's another Your Academic Auntie video with some #timemanagement tips.
I don't think there's anyone left in this world who doesn't know these, but just in case: enjoy!
youtu.be/eKDk24ATMqI
I don't think there's anyone left in this world who doesn't know these, but just in case: enjoy!
youtu.be/eKDk24ATMqI
Time management tips
YouTube video by Roberta D'Alessandro
youtu.be
August 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Here's another Your Academic Auntie video with some #timemanagement tips.
I don't think there's anyone left in this world who doesn't know these, but just in case: enjoy!
youtu.be/eKDk24ATMqI
I don't think there's anyone left in this world who doesn't know these, but just in case: enjoy!
youtu.be/eKDk24ATMqI
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?...
The Done! list will help you realize just how much you actually accomplish without even noticing 🙂
#timemanagement
#AcademicAchievements
youtu.be/TECRexTWlJc?...
July 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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?...
The Done! list will help you realize just how much you actually accomplish without even noticing 🙂
#timemanagement
#AcademicAchievements
youtu.be/TECRexTWlJc?...
Diego Krivochen's new article on #Isogloss : Subjecthood in Spanish meteorological verbs
revistes.uab.cat/.../article/...
revistes.uab.cat/.../article/...
revistes.uab.cat
July 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Diego Krivochen's new article on #Isogloss : Subjecthood in Spanish meteorological verbs
revistes.uab.cat/.../article/...
revistes.uab.cat/.../article/...
Two days left to send an abstract to the Formal Linguistic Approaches to Multimodality Workshop in Dublin!
sites.google.com/view/flammtr...
sites.google.com/view/flammtr...
FLAMM
Formal Linguistic Approaches to MultiModality (FLAMM)
Trinity College Dublin
4-5 December 2025
sites.google.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Two days left to send an abstract to the Formal Linguistic Approaches to Multimodality Workshop in Dublin!
sites.google.com/view/flammtr...
sites.google.com/view/flammtr...
How do I say no? Ask Your Academic Auntie :)
youtu.be/iMoTcWHRyLk?...
youtu.be/iMoTcWHRyLk?...
Saying NO
YouTube video by Roberta D'Alessandro
youtu.be
July 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
How do I say no? Ask Your Academic Auntie :)
youtu.be/iMoTcWHRyLk?...
youtu.be/iMoTcWHRyLk?...
I'm honored to have been invited to join the Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science of the International Science Council.
council.science/news/welcomi...
Thanks to @globalyacademy.bsky.social for nominating me!
council.science/news/welcomi...
Thanks to @globalyacademy.bsky.social for nominating me!
Welcoming new members of ISC committees - International Science Council
The International Science Council (ISC) is pleased to welcome new members to the Committee for Finance, Compliance and Risk, the Committee for Freedom and Responsibility...
council.science
July 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I'm honored to have been invited to join the Committee for Freedom and Responsibility in Science of the International Science Council.
council.science/news/welcomi...
Thanks to @globalyacademy.bsky.social for nominating me!
council.science/news/welcomi...
Thanks to @globalyacademy.bsky.social for nominating me!
I'm feeling #overwhelmed! How can I cope with #academic #workload? A new video by Your Academic Auntie :) youtu.be/BAnGua1HPjo
I'm feeling #overwhelmed! No time for holidays...
YouTube video by Roberta D'Alessandro
youtu.be
July 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I'm feeling #overwhelmed! How can I cope with #academic #workload? A new video by Your Academic Auntie :) youtu.be/BAnGua1HPjo
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...
revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/art...
June 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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...
revistes.uab.cat/isogloss/art...
End of term time, time for student #evaluations, sometimes hurtful ones. How should you take them? A new #AcademicAuntie video 😊 youtu.be/gmPsuv5PSWE
Student evaluations
YouTube video by Roberta D'Alessandro
youtu.be
June 2, 2025 at 7:12 AM
End of term time, time for student #evaluations, sometimes hurtful ones. How should you take them? A new #AcademicAuntie video 😊 youtu.be/gmPsuv5PSWE
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...
Join us (in person or online) to discuss the latest findings on heritage language grammars and cognition.
sites.google.com/view/thirdfa...
June 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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...
Join us (in person or online) to discuss the latest findings on heritage language grammars and cognition.
sites.google.com/view/thirdfa...
The dates are out!
Heritage Language Syntax 6 (#HLS6) will be held at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul on 6-7 November!
The CFP is open; the deadline for abstract submission is 13 July:
hls.bogazici.edu.tr
Heritage Language Syntax 6 (#HLS6) will be held at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul on 6-7 November!
The CFP is open; the deadline for abstract submission is 13 July:
hls.bogazici.edu.tr
Heritage Language Syntax 6<br>Istanbul, November 6-7, 2025
hls.bogazici.edu.tr
May 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The dates are out!
Heritage Language Syntax 6 (#HLS6) will be held at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul on 6-7 November!
The CFP is open; the deadline for abstract submission is 13 July:
hls.bogazici.edu.tr
Heritage Language Syntax 6 (#HLS6) will be held at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul on 6-7 November!
The CFP is open; the deadline for abstract submission is 13 July:
hls.bogazici.edu.tr
#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
Enjoy, share, and long live #OA!
www.robertadalessandro.it/oa-textbooks
May 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
#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
Enjoy, share, and long live #OA!
www.robertadalessandro.it/oa-textbooks
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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
www.robertadalessandro.it/mentoring
#academic #mentoring
November 19, 2024 at 5:41 AM
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
www.robertadalessandro.it/mentoring
#academic #mentoring
Is it ok if I contact some #bigshots and ask them to join my publication so that I have their name on my paper and they get a publication for free? A new #YourAcademicAuntie video! www.youtube.com/shorts/awxFj...
Big shots
YouTube video by Roberta D'Alessandro
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May 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Is it ok if I contact some #bigshots and ask them to join my publication so that I have their name on my paper and they get a publication for free? A new #YourAcademicAuntie video! www.youtube.com/shorts/awxFj...
Can you avoid #rejections? On having your #article, your #project or your #jobapplication rejected, by #YourAcademicAuntie
youtu.be/xyp99gS7VXQ?...
youtu.be/xyp99gS7VXQ?...
Rejections
YouTube video by Roberta D'Alessandro
youtu.be
May 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Can you avoid #rejections? On having your #article, your #project or your #jobapplication rejected, by #YourAcademicAuntie
youtu.be/xyp99gS7VXQ?...
youtu.be/xyp99gS7VXQ?...
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
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
May 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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
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
È online la mia intervista col fantastico Leonardo Durante per il suo podcast sulla scienza. Abbiamo parlato di linguaggio, di sintassi formale, di LLM, e di ricerca sul campo. Buon ascolto!
open.spotify.com/episode/5tvE...
youtu.be/533OCV6PR-s?...
open.spotify.com/episode/5tvE...
youtu.be/533OCV6PR-s?...
Episodio 269 del 30/04/25. Intervista alla Prof.ssa Roberta D'Alessandro rinomata linguista e prof.ssa presso l'Università di Utrecht.
Podcast di Leonardo Durante · Episode
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April 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
È online la mia intervista col fantastico Leonardo Durante per il suo podcast sulla scienza. Abbiamo parlato di linguaggio, di sintassi formale, di LLM, e di ricerca sul campo. Buon ascolto!
open.spotify.com/episode/5tvE...
youtu.be/533OCV6PR-s?...
open.spotify.com/episode/5tvE...
youtu.be/533OCV6PR-s?...
NEW! #Ethics in #Linguistics, ed by Marina Terkourafi, in full #OA! Enjoy!
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www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
April 19, 2025 at 6:31 AM
NEW! #Ethics in #Linguistics, ed by Marina Terkourafi, in full #OA! Enjoy!
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
April 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The deadline for submitting an abstract to the #Paris workshop "3rd factors in language design: the view from heritage languages" is approaching (15 April!)
Send an abstract! (The workshop is hybrid.)
sites.google.com/view/thirdfa...
Send an abstract! (The workshop is hybrid.)
sites.google.com/view/thirdfa...
Third Factors and Heritage Languages
The workshop "Third Factors in Language Design: the view from Heritage Languages" will be held in Paris (Inalco) on June 6 2025. It is organized within the IRN project "Heritage Languages in Europe" (...
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April 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The deadline for submitting an abstract to the #Paris workshop "3rd factors in language design: the view from heritage languages" is approaching (15 April!)
Send an abstract! (The workshop is hybrid.)
sites.google.com/view/thirdfa...
Send an abstract! (The workshop is hybrid.)
sites.google.com/view/thirdfa...
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...
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with #opendata, #openreview, #openreply
revistes.uab.cat/.../view/v11...
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March 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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/
with #opendata, #openreview, #openreply
revistes.uab.cat/.../view/v11...
1/
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
robertadalessandro.it/mentoring
March 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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
robertadalessandro.it/mentoring
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)
robertadalessandro.it/publications...
(All I could find is downloadable, for some papers I don't have the copy)
March 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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)
robertadalessandro.it/publications...
(All I could find is downloadable, for some papers I don't have the copy)