Chiara BRANCHINI

Position
Associate Professor
Telephone
041 234 6684
E-mail
chiara.branchini@unive.it
Scientific sector (SSD)
Glottologia e linguistica [GLOT-01/A]
Website
www.unive.it/people/chiara.branchini (personal record)
Office
Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dslcc
Where: Ca' Bembo
Office
Interdepartmental School of Economics, Languages and Entrepreneurship
Website: https://www.unive.it/sele
Where: Treviso - Palazzo San Paolo

Activities and research skills

Scientific sector (SSD)
Glottologia e linguistica [GLOT-01/A]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Internazionale: Europa, America Settentrionale
Known languages
italiano (scritto: madrelingua parlato: madrelingua)
inglese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
lingua dei segni italiana (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
tedesco (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
Membro del comitato editoriale e scientifico della Collana Lingue dei segni e sordità, Edizioni Ca’ Foscari da dicembre 2020
Membro del comitato editoriale della rivista Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale (sezione di linguistica) dal 2015.

Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Scienze del linguaggio Linea: Didattica delle lingue
Area: Scienze del linguaggio Linea: Disturbi del linguaggio
Area: Scienze del linguaggio Linea: Linguistica delle lingue
Area: Scienze del linguaggio Linea: Linguistica teorica e comparata
Studio formale della sintassi delle lingue naturali in particolare della Lingua dei Segni Italiana (LIS), sintassi delle frasi complesse; analisi sociolinguistica della LIS; bilinguismo; Disturbi Specifici del Linguaggio e dislessia
Description:
Formal study of the syntax of natural languages, specifically Italian Sign Language (LIS), the syntax of complex sentences,sociolinguistic analysis of LIS; bilingualism, Specific Language Impairments and dyslexia
Keywords:
Sign language, Syntax, Psycholinguistics
An eye tracking analysis on the comprehension of LIS and Italian relative clauses in hearing bimodal bilinguals
SSD:
L-LIN/01
Other members of the research group:
Elena FORNASIERO
An offline task on the comprehension of LIS and Italian subject and object relative clauses in hearing bimodal bilinguals, deaf native and non-native signers
SSD:
L-LIN/01
Other members of the research group:
Elena FORNASIERO
Argument marking in sign language: the role of hand selection
SSD:
L-LIN/01
Code-blending in bimodal bilinguals and in late signers L2: a facilitation at the lexical and syntactical level?
SSD:
L-LIN/01
Code-blending, the simultaneous production of strings in the spoken and vocal language: an advantage beyond the lexicon?
SSD:
L-LIN/01
Decomposing the internal structure of Motion Predicates in Italian Sign Language
SSD:
L-LIN/01
Other members of the research group:
Lara MANTOVAN
La prima grammatica digitale di riferimento della lingua dei segni italiana in italiano (versione ampliata)
SSD:
L-LIN/01
Other members of the research group:
Lara MANTOVAN
Non-restrictive relative clauses in Italian Sign Language
SSD:
L-LIN/01
Other members of the research group:
Lara MANTOVAN
Realizzazione della prima grammatica digitale di riferimento della lingua dei segni italiana in lingua dei segni italiana (progetto SPIN 2023)
SSD:
L-LIN/01
Other members of the research group:
Elena FORNASIERO
Lara MANTOVAN
The first digital reference grammar of Italian Sign Language
SSD:
L-LIN/01
Other members of the research group:
Lara MANTOVAN
ADAPT: Accessible Data for Accessible Proto-types in Social Sector
Funding body:
MIUR
Type:
Bando Smart Cities
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
http://www.smartcityitalia.net/projects/adapt-accessible-data-for-accessible-proto-types-in-social-sector/; www.ehealth4all.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ADAPT.pdf
Starting date:
Year: 2013 Length in months: 48
Other members of the research group:
Giulia BENCINI
Anna CARDINALETTI
COST Action IS1006: Unravelling the grammars of European sign languages: pathways to full citizenship of deaf signers and to the protection of their linguistic heritage
Funding body:
UE
Type:
COST
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2010 Length in months: 48
Other members of the research group:
Anna CARDINALETTI
Comunicare senza barriere: azioni e strumenti per una piena inclusione delle persone sorde e ipoacusiche
Funding body:
Agenzia per la Tutela della Salute città metropolitana di Milano
Type:
Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2022 Length in months: 7
Deaf learning
Funding body:
EC
Type:
Erasmus+
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2015 Length in months: 36
Other members of the research group:
Anna CARDINALETTI
Laura VOLPATO
Includere con Pimpa Magica - Bando Terza Missione 2022 Ambito Public Engagement
Funding body:
Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Type:
Progetti di Ateneo
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2022 Length in months: 12
Other members of the research group:
Lara MANTOVAN
La lingua dei segni italiana: strutture e variazione
Funding body:
MIUR
Type:
PRIN
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
http://w3.uniroma1.it/progettolis/
Starting date:
Year: 2007 Length in months: 24
Other members of the research group:
Anna CARDINALETTI
Giuliana GIUSTI
Linguistic Complexity Evaluation in Education (LuCET)
Funding body:
MUR
Type:
PRIN
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
https://www.ilc.cnr.it/progetti/lucet/
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
Other members of the research group:
Laura BRUGE'
Anna CARDINALETTI
Francesca LUPO
Francesca SANTULLI
Francesca VOLPATO
Premialità Dipartimento di Eccellenza
Funding body:
Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Type:
Premi alla Ricerca
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2022 Length in months: 36
SPIN- Supporting Principal Investigators 2023 - DD 2937/2023 Prot n. 245108
Funding body:
Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
Type:
Progetti di Ateneo
Role in the project:
LD
Starting date:
Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
Other members of the research group:
Lara MANTOVAN
Spread the Sign 360
Funding body:
UE
Type:
LLP - Erasmus
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2018 Length in months: 36
Other members of the research group:
Anna CARDINALETTI
MARGHERITA GRECO
Spread the sign: dissemination in Europe of vocational sign language
Funding body:
UE
Type:
LLP - Leonardo
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2012 Length in months: 36
Other members of the research group:
Anna CARDINALETTI
The SIGN-HUB project: Preserving, researching and fostering the linguistic, historical and cultural heritage of European Deaf signing communities with an integral resource
Funding body:
HORIZON 2020 EU
Type:
H2020 - Societal Challenges
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
https://www.unive.it/pag/33750/
Starting date:
Year: 2016 Length in months: 48
Unravelling the grammars of European sign languages: pathways to full citizenship of deaf signers and to the protection of their linguistic heritage
Funding body:
COST ACTION IS 1006
Type:
COST
Role in the project:
PT
Sito di progetto:
http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/isch/Actions/IS1006?management
Starting date:
Year: 2011 Length in months: 48
VEASYT Live! for conference: sviluppo di soluzione linguistica e tecnologica per l’erogazione di servizi di video-interpretariato di conferenza da remoto
Funding body:
FSE
Type:
POR FSE (2014-2020)
Role in the project:
PT
Starting date:
Year: 2016 Length in months: 48
Other members of the research group:
Anna CARDINALETTI