Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
My research interests lie in the worldwide distribution and evolution of linguistic diversity. I'm particularly interested in unraveling the mechanisms whereby domains of language structure may vary and change in response to the social and natural environment in which languages are used and transmitted.
My research has so far focused on the diversity and evolution of different domains of nominal morphosyntax such as nominal classification (with a specific focus on grammatical gender systems), number systems, and evaluative morphology. I have studied these grammatical phenomena both worldwide and with a focus on African languages, via qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis. At the University of Helsinki, I am part of the research team of the ERC-funded project GramAdapt, led by Kaius Sinnemäki.
My teaching experience includes BA and MA level courses in linguistic theories and methodologies, linguistic typology, and sociolinguistics.
Education/Academic qualification
Docent (Adjunct Professor), Faculty of Humanities at Stockholm University
Award Date: 11 Jun 2020
Fields of Science
- 6121 Languages
- General Linguistics
- Language Typology
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A curated global dataset of social contact between diverse language communities
Kashima, E., Di Garbo, F., Raatikainen, O. A. K., Forkel, R., Avelino, R., Beck, S., Berge, A., Blanco Pena, A., Bowden, R., Brid, N., Brincat, J. M., Carpio, M. B., Cobbinah, A., Cúneo, P., Doyiso, D. W., Fehn, A.-M., Gholami, S., Ghosh, A., Gibson, H. & Hall, E. & 30 others, , 2025, In: Scientific data . 12, p. 1-12 12 p., 1958.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Contact effects in nominal number systems
Di Garbo, F. & Kapellis, P., 7 Oct 2025, In: Studies in Language. 49, 3, p. 712-756 45 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The design principles of a sociolinguistic typological questionnaire for language contact research
Kashima, E., Di Garbo, F., Singer, R. & Khanina, O., 17 Jan 2025, In: Language Dynamics and Change. 15, 1, 103 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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A typological approach to language change in contact situations
Sinnemäki, K., Di Garbo, F., Napoleão de Souza, R. & Ellison, T. M., 25 Jun 2024, In: Diachronica. 35 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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A sampling technique for worldwide comparisons of language contact scenarios
Di Garbo, F. & Napoleão de Souza, R., 26 Oct 2023, In: Linguistic Typology. 27, 3, p. 553-589 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Projects
- 2 Finished
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Linguistic Adaptation: Typological and Sociolinguistic Perspectives to Language Variation
Sinnemäki, K. (Project manager), Ahola, N. (Participant), Di Garbo, F. (Participant), Haakana, V. (Participant), Hyvönen, A. P. (Participant), Kapellis, P. (Participant), Kashima, E. (Participant), Manninen, L. J. (Participant), Miyabe, S. E. (Participant), Napoleão de Souza, R. (Participant), Porkka, J. A. O. (Participant), Ahola, N. (Participant), Di Garbo, F. (Participant), Haakana, V. (Participant), Kashima, E. (Participant), Loisa, J. S. (Participant), Manninen, L. J. (Participant), Miyabe, S. E. (Participant), Napoleão de Souza, R. (Participant), Porkka, J. A. O. (Participant) & Raatikainen, O. A. K. (Participant)
01/01/2019 → 30/06/2024
Project: The European Research Council: Starting Grant (ERC-STG)
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Gender systems, grammatical complexity and stability: A crosslinguistic study of language pairs
Di Garbo, F. (Project manager)
01/02/2015 → 31/01/2017
Project: Research project
Prizes
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"Högskoleföreningen Pris" for the best doctoral dissertation defended at the Faculty of Humanities at Stockholm University in the year 2014.
Di Garbo, F. (Recipient), May 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards
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Second prize in the category of "Best Conference Paper by starting posdoctoral researchers" at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistic Europaea.
Di Garbo, F. (Recipient), Sept 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities
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Exploring the likelihood of linguistic convergence in contact situations: Comparing the GramBank and GramAdapt data
Sinnemäki, K. (Invited speaker), Di Garbo, F. (Invited speaker) & Skirgård, H. (Invited speaker)
14 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Communicative efficiency and language contact
Sinnemäki, K. (Speaker), Di Garbo, F. (Speaker), Kashima, E. (Speaker) & Ellison, T. M. (Speaker)
10 Aug 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Linking typological and sociolinguistic data to draw inferences about contact effects: A worldwide comparative approach
Di Garbo, F. (Speaker), Kashima, E. (Speaker), Napoleão de Souza, R. (Speaker) & Sinnemäki, K. (Speaker)
18 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Language contact effects in their multilingual ecology: A typological approach
Sinnemäki, K. (Speaker), Di Garbo, F. (Speaker), Kashima, E. (Speaker), Napoleão de Souza, R. (Speaker) & Ellison, T. M. (Speaker)
1 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Glossa (Journal)
Di Garbo, F. (Reviewer)
Jan 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts