I am an applied linguist, and I research bilingualism and second language learning. I am an Associate Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy).
NEWS
16 July 2026 — Another paper accepted
Our paper ‘The uneven advantage of multiword sequences: How idioms and collocations are processed in L1 and L2’ was accepted for publication in Applied Psycholinguistics. Well done to first author, former PhD student Wanyin Li!
3 June 2026 — my first conference presentation in Italian
I discussed sacred language learning at the 11th Conference of the Italian Society for Language Teaching and Educational Linguistics in beautiful Naples — my first talk in Italian!
2 March 2026 — Dewaele is our new Visiting Prof
Friend, co-author and former mentor Jean-Marc Dewaele accepted my invitation and came for a three-month Visiting Professorship to the University of Modena & Reggio Emilia. (Hint: the photo was not taken in Reggio)