Sibilla Cantarini

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Position
Associate Professor
Academic sector
L-LIN/14 - LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION - GERMAN
Research sector (ERC)
SH4_11 - Pragmatics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis

Office
Palazzo di Lettere,  Floor 1,  Room 1.10
Telephone
+39 045802 8199
Fax
+39 045802 8320
E-mail
sibilla|cantarini*univr|it <== Replace | with . and * with @ to have the right email address.

Office Hours

Wednesday, Hours 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM,   Palazzo di Lettere, Floor 1, room 1.10

Curriculum

Sibilla Cantarini's research covers the following fields:
 
a. interface lexicon/syntax, semantics/syntax with reference to German, Italian, and French also from a comparative perspective;
b. semantic grammar;
c. lexical semantics of contemporary German;
d. morphology of contemporary German;
e. history of linguistics.
 
Since the academic year 2015-2016 Sibilla Cantarini has been a member of the international project ‘Lernerplattform Italienisch’ (contrastive linguistics project, scientific coordinator Prof. Elmar Schafroth, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf; project funded by the Heinrich-Heine-Universität).

During the whole academic year 2015-2016 Sibilla Cantarini was Guest Professor at the Heinrich-Heine-University in Düsseldorf.
 
Her teaching activities at the University of Verona concern in particular morphology, lexicology, syntax, dialogue analysis, and argumentation theory with reference to the German language. In the past she held lectures of German language/linguistics, and General Linguistics at other prestigious Italian universities.
 

Modules

Modules running in the period selected: 50.
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Course Name Total credits Online Teacher credits Modules offered by this teacher
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German language 2 (2020/2021)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German language 2 [Tur] (2020/2021)   9  eLearning 9 
Master’s degree in Comparative European and Non-European Languages and Literatures Varieties of German (2020/2021)   9  eLearning 9 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce Varieties of German 2: tourism and commerce (2020/2021)   6  eLearning 3 
Master’s degree in Comparative European and Non-European Languages and Literatures Laboratorio di introduzione alle metodologie e tecnologie didattiche - Lingua e cultura tedesca (2020/2021)   3    3 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German language 2 (2019/2020)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German language 2 [Tur] (2019/2020)   9  eLearning 9 
Master’s degree in Comparative European and Non-European Languages and Literatures Varieties of German (2019/2020)   9  eLearning 9 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce Varieties of German 2: tourism and commerce (2019/2020)   6  eLearning 3 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German language 2 (2018/2019)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German language 2 [Tur] (2018/2019)   9  eLearning 9 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce Varieties of German 2: tourism and commerce (2018/2019)   6  eLearning 6 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German language 2 (2017/2018)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German language 2 [Tur] (2017/2018)   9  eLearning 9 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce Varieties of German 2 (2017/2018)   6  eLearning 6 
Ph.D. programme in Foreign Literatures, Languages and Linguistics Attività didattica dottorato (2017/2018)   10    1 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German language 2 (2016/2017)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German language 2 [Tur] (2016/2017)   9  eLearning 9 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce Varieties of German 2 (2016/2017)   6  eLearning 6 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce German 2 LM (2014/2015)   6    6 
PAS A245 Foreign language: German German I (2014/2015)   6  eLearning 4 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German II (2014/2015)   9  eLearning 9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German II [CInt] (2014/2015)   9    9 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce German 2 LM (2013/2014)   6    6 
PAS A245 Foreign language: German German I (2013/2014)   6    6 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German II (2013/2014)   9    9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German II [CInt] (2013/2014)   9    9 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce German 2 LM (2012/2013)   6    6 
TFA A445 Foreign language: German (middle school) German I (2012/2013)   6    6 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German II (2012/2013)   9    9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German II [CInt] (2012/2013)   9    9 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce German 2 LM (2011/2012)   6    6 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German II [CInt] (2011/2012)   9    9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German II [Tur] (2011/2012)   9    9 
Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German linguistics (2011/2012)   6    6 
Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce German 2 LM (2010/2011)   6    6 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German II [CInt] (2010/2011)   9    9 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce German II [CInt] (2009/2010)   9    9 
Master's degree in Languages for commercial communication and the promotion of international tourism (until 2008-2009) German II A (LS) (2009/2010)   6    6 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism and International Commerce (until 2007-2008) (not running) German II (2008/2009)   8      Competenza linguistica B2
Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German II (2008/2009)   8      Competenza linguistica B2
4  Lezioni
Degree in Linguistics and Foreign Language Didactics German II (2008/2009)   8      Competenza linguistica B2
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism and International Commerce (until 2007-2008) (not running) German II (2008/2009)   8    4  Lezioni
Master's degree in Languages for commercial communication and the promotion of international tourism (until 2008-2009) German II A (LS) (2008/2009)   6      Competenza linguistica C2
3  Lezioni
Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German II (2007/2008)   8    8 
Bachelor's degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism and International Commerce (until 2007-2008) (not running) German II (2007/2008)   8    8 
Degree in Languages and Culture for Tourism Management and International Commerce German II (2006/2007)   8    8 
Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures German II (2006/2007)   8    8 

 

Research groups

Teaching German as a Foreign Language
Research interests
Topic Description Research area
Acquisition of German Acquisition of German as a second language for Romance speakers. Linguistics and L2 acquisition. Teaching and learning German as a foreign language German language and linguistics
Acquisition of German - Spracherwerb / Spracherlernung (des Deutschen)
Discourse Analysis Theory of argumentation German language and linguistics
Discourse Analysis and Text Linguistics – Diskursanalyse und Textlinguist
Conversation analysis/Dialogue analysis Main categories of dialogue analysis. Implicit and indirect communication strategies. Attenuated and expletive negation in interrogative Italian and German constructions German language and linguistics
Conversation Analysis - Gesprächsanalyse
Dictionaries Structure of paper and electronic dictionaries Lexicology and Lexicography
Phraseology German phraseology. Contrastive phraseology Fraseología
Grammar of Predicates German Constructions with functional or support verb and Italian constructions with support verb. Syntax and semantics of German and Italian nominal predicates. German conjunctive phrases in a comparative perspective with Italian and French. Forms of expression of cause and purpose in German and in a comparative perspective with Italian and French German language and linguistics
Lexico-grammar – Lexikalische Grammatik
Teaching methods Interaction between grammatical theory and foreign language teaching, with special focus on the so-called "Felderanalyse". Language description in terms of object classes and foreign language teaching. Partes orationis and foreign language teaching. The benefits of linguistic awareness and crosslinguistic comparison in foreign language learning. Plural and multimodal approaches to multilingual competence development German language and linguistics
German language - Teaching methods
Syntax/Morphology Synchronic and diachronic aspects of German syntax (V2; syntactic features of pronominal elements; complementation). Morphosyntax of prefix verbs in German. Comparative syntax of the German dialects and the Germanic languages from the generative perspective. Inflectional morphology with special emphasis on language change. Predicative roots and their syntax. The syntax of adverbial clauses German language and linguistics
Germanic Grammar and Syntax – Grammatik und Syntax
Tecniche della traduzione Elementi espletivi ed usi attenuati nel processo traduttivo dall'italiano al tedesco (S. Cantarini). German language and linguistics
Contemporary German - Gegenwartsdeutsch
Projects
Title Starting date
Progetto di eccellenza: Le Digital Humanities applicate alle lingue e letterature straniere 1/1/18
Negation in Italian and German 1/1/12
Studio comparativo delle forme di espressione della finalità in tedesco, francese e italiano 1/1/12
Ricerche nel campo dei predicati nominali di evento del tedesco e della relativa combinatoria con applicazioni di analisi contrastiva. 11/2/06