Marina Nespor#
| Email: | nespor 'at' sissa.it |
| Membership Number: | 2499 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Username: | mnespor |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2007-today University of Milano-Bicocca. School of Psychology. Professor of General Linguistics
- 1998-2007 University of Ferrara. Professor of General Linguistics
- 1992-1998 Professor at HIL (Holland Institute of Linguistics)
- 1975-1998 University of Amsterdam: Professor of Linguistics
Fields of Scholarship
- general linguistics
- phrasal phonology
- prosody
- rhythm
- language acquisition
- mechanisms of language acquisition
- communication vs. grammar
- origin of language
Honours and Awards
- 1989-1993 president of GLOW (association of Generative Linguistics).
- 1998 appointed chiara fama Professor at the University of Ferrara (special appointment for outstanding scientific achievements)
- 2006-2009 appointed at the Interdisciplinary Center Beniamino Segre of the Accademia dei Lincei to carry out a research on The development of linguistic capacities in humans.







