Dr. Elisa De Cristofaro

Dr. Elisa De Cristofaro is guest professor at the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication of Ghent University, where she is a member of the MULTIPLES and DiaLing research groups and the Ghent Generative Grammar Group (G4). Her doctoral project investigated the acquisition of discourse markers among learners of Italian as a Second Language and Italian Heritage Speakers. Her research interests include various aspects of theoretical and applied linguistics, encompassing theoretical and experimental syntax, the interface between syntax and discourse-pragmatics,  second and heritage language acquisition and teaching, and multilingual acquisition and processing. She also teaches courses at Bachelor and Master level (Italian language and linguistics; Italian sociolinguistics and Communication).