BIANCHI VALENTINA

Valentina
Bianchi
Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali, Politiche e Cognitive
Professore Ordinario

Presentation

My research areas are: Comparative syntax, formal semantics, formal pragmatics, syntax-semantics interface.

The main themes of my research are: questions, conversational dynamics, deliberation-oriented discourse, Information Structure (topic, focus), time adverbials, grammatical person, logophoricity, S.Beckett, top-down syntactic derivation.

Office hours

  • Wednesday from 12:00 to 13:00
    Place: Room 327
  • Thursday from 09:15 to 10:15

Office hours online by appointment at: https://unisi.webex.com/meet/valentina.bianchi

On Thursday 8.10.2026, office hours online only (same link).

 

 

 

 

Contacts

valentina.bianchi@unisi.it
Personal WebEx page

Curriculum Vitae

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Teaching activities

Completion accademic year: 2026/2027

COMPOSITIONAL SEMANTICS
Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) LANGUAGE AND MIND: LINGUISTICS AND COGNITIVE STUDIES A.Y. 2026/2027
GENERAL LINGUISTICS
Course year: 1 First cycle degree (DM 270) COMMUNICATION SCIENCES A.Y. 2026/2027
ISSUES IN INTENSIONAL SEMANTICS
Course year: 2 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) LANGUAGE AND MIND: LINGUISTICS AND COGNITIVE STUDIES A.Y. 2025/2026

Completion accademic year: 2025/2026

COMPOSITIONAL SEMANTICS
Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) LANGUAGE AND MIND: LINGUISTICS AND COGNITIVE STUDIES A.Y. 2025/2026
INTRODUCTION TO FORMAL PRAGMATICS
Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) LANGUAGE AND MIND: LINGUISTICS AND COGNITIVE STUDIES A.Y. 2025/2026
ISSUES IN INTENSIONAL SEMANTICS
Course year: 2 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) LANGUAGE AND MIND: LINGUISTICS AND COGNITIVE STUDIES A.Y. 2024/2025
PHILOSOPHY OF LOGIC
Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) LANGUAGE AND MIND: LINGUISTICS AND COGNITIVE STUDIES A.Y. 2025/2026

Completion accademic year: 2024/2025

COMPOSITIONAL SEMANTICS
Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) LANGUAGE AND MIND: LINGUISTICS AND COGNITIVE STUDIES A.Y. 2024/2025
INTRODUCTION TO FORMAL PRAGMATICS
Course year: 1 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) LANGUAGE AND MIND: LINGUISTICS AND COGNITIVE STUDIES A.Y. 2024/2025
ISSUES IN INTENSIONAL SEMANTICS
Course year: 2 Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) LANGUAGE AND MIND: LINGUISTICS AND COGNITIVE STUDIES A.Y. 2023/2024

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Research

Ultime pubblicazioni:

  • Bianchi, V., Cruschina, S. (2024). Hate speech in non-cooperative contexts: question types as a measure of cooperativity. In S. Cruschina, C. Gianollo (a cura di), An investigation of hate speech in Italian: use, identification, and perception (pp. 309-341). Helsinki : Helsinki University Press [10.33134/HUP-27-9]. - view more
  • Bianchi, V. (2024). Dynamic antisymmetry and type-driven interpretation. In M. Greco, D. Mocci (a cura di), A Cartesian dream: a geometrical account of syntax: in honor of Andrea Moro (pp. 113-120). Lingbuzz Press. - view more
  • Bocci, G., Bianchi, V., Cruschina, S. (2024). Mapping focus to prosody in Italian: The case of wh-questions. ISOGLOSS, 10(7), 1-25 [10.5565/rev/isogloss.422]. - view more
  • Addis, M.C., Basile, L., Battente, S.L., Bianchi, V., Bonini, T., Borri, R., et al. (2023). Populismo all'italiana: cosa dicono, pensano e fanno i populisti in Italia. Bologna : Il Mulino. - view more
  • Bocci, G., Bianchi, V., Cruschina, S. (2023). Weak wh-elements and the prosody of Italian wh-questions. QUADERNI DI LAVORO ASIT, 24, 35-54. - view more
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