Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
I am Professor of Italian at the Department of Languages. My areas of specialization are syntax, information structure, and dialectology.
Fields of Science
- 6121 Languages
- Italian Linguistics
- Romance Linguistics
- Syntax
- Dialectology
- Language Change
- Syntactic Theory
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Gli impliciti di mica: un'analisi pragmatica del discorso politico
Retta, M. & Cruschina, S., 21 May 2025, Il panorama attuale dell’Italianistica in Scandinavia: Atti del XIII Congresso degli Italianisti Scandinavi, Università di Copenaghen, 7-9 giugno 2023. Jansen, H., Schwarz Lausten, P. & Strudsholm, E. (eds.). Firenze: Franco Cesati Editore, p. 397-410 14 p. (Quaderni della Rassegna; vol. 250).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
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Gradience and optionality in the syntactic realization of focus
Cruschina, S. & Mayol, L., 20 May 2025, In: Isogloss. 11, 1, 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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On the surprising origin of what-particles in Italian dialects
Cruschina, S. & Bianchi, V., Nov 2025, Formal Studies in Italo-Romance Morphology and Syntax. Cristelli, S., Breimaier, F., Loporcaro, M., Negrinelli, S., Paciaroni, T. & Wild, M. (eds.). Berlin: de Gruyter, p. 79-106 28 p. (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie; vol. 496).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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The complex prosody of complex wh-questions
Ferin, M., Bianchi, V., Bocci, G. & Cruschina, S., 17 Dec 2025, In: Isogloss. 11, 7, 30 p., 578.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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The discourse marker talè ‘look’ in Sicilian and the development of mirativity
Cruschina, S., Dec 2025, In: Italian Journal of Linguistics. 37, 2, p. 75–98 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Projects
- 2 Finished
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ALIHAS: A Linguistic Investigation of Hate Speech: How to identify it and how to avoid it
Cruschina, S. (Project manager), Gianollo, C. (Participant), Borreguero Zuloaga, M. (Participant), Marzo, S. (Participant), Paleta, A. (Participant), Sorace, A. (Participant), Garraffa , M. (Participant), Cavirani, E. (Participant) & De Pascale, S. (Participant)
01/07/2020 → 31/03/2022
Project: Other project
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ReVerSe: Residual Verb Second in Romance
Cruschina, S. (Project manager), Avelar, J. (Participant), Fábregas, A. (Participant) & Meklenborg, C. (Participant)
01/01/2020 → 30/06/2023
Project: Other project
Activities
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Dal dialogo all’odio: come le domande costruiscono (o distruggono) la cooperazione
Cruschina, S. (Speaker)
29 Jan 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Dalla deissi alla miratività: il marcatore del discorso talè in siciliano
Cruschina, S. (Invited speaker)
1 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Evidential and normative volere 'want' in Italian
Fusco, A. (Speaker), Bianchi, V. (Speaker), Cruschina, S. (Speaker) & Ferin, M. (Speaker)
28 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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La perifrasi ‘jiri pi’ in siciliano e lo sviluppo dell’avertività
Cruschina, S. (Invited speaker)
26 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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The morphosyntactic evolution of the negative quantifier 'nuddu' (nobody) in Sicilian
Cruschina, S. (Invited speaker)
15 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk