FOPPOLO FRANCESCA

Role
Associate professor  
Academic disciplines
Historical and General Linguistics (GLOT-01/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
THEORIES AND HISTORY OF LANGUAGES (10/GLOT-01)
Email
[email protected]
Office phone
0264483788
Room:
  • U06, Floor: 3, Room: 3136
Reception hours

Friday 9-10.30
The meeting will be held ONLINE in my Webex Room.
https://unimib.webex.com/meet/francesca.foppolo
YOU CAN CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL IF YOU WANT TO ARRANGE A DIFFERENT TIMING

Biography

I obtained a BA in PHILOSOPHY in 1999 (University of Milano) and a PhD in COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE in 2007 (University of Milano-Bicocca). 

Research

I am a Researcher in Linguistics in the Department of Psychology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, where I teach Psycholinguistics. My research focuses in particular on the processing of aspects of language related to the semantic/pragmatic interface in typically and atypically developing children, bilinguals and adults. In my research, I employ off-line and on-line techniques, with a particular focus on eye-movement recordings during the on-line processing of linguistic ambiguity. I actively collaborate with colleagues in the Department of Psychology and with other researchers in Europe and US, in particular: Adrian Staub (UMass at Amherst), Marco Marelli (Unimib), Carlo Cecchetto and Caterina Donati (CNRS, Paris), Luisa Meroni (Utrecht University), Angeliek Van Hout (University of Groningen), Carla Contemori (University of Texas at El Paso), Flavia Adani (University of Potsdam), Florian Schwarz (UPenn).

Publications

  • Foppolo, F., Panzeri, F. (2025). Semantics. In S. Schaeffer, R. Novogrodsky, A. Perovic, P. Prévost, L. Tuller (a cura di), Language in Autism (pp. 97-118). Wiley-Blackwell. Detail

  • Foppolo, F., Abbondanza, M., Reverberi, C., Durante, F. (2025). Formal and stereotypical gender in subject verb agreement. In Main Session Book of Abstracts. Detail

  • Lanzini, B., Sulpizio, S., Foppolo, F. (2025). Semantic Accent in Bicultural Bilinguals: Investigating Conceptual Representations through Lexical Processing. In Conference Abstract booklet (pp.36-36). Detail

  • Lanzini, B., Sulpizio, S., Foppolo, F. (2025). Semantic Accent in Bicultural Bilinguals: Investigating Conceptual Representations through Lexical Processing. In AIP Sperimentale 2025, 31° Congresso annuale Thursday, September 11, 2025 - Saturday, September 13, 2025 Campus Luigi Einaudi Book of Abstracts (pp.180-180). Detail

  • Foppolo, F., Durante, F. (2025). Processing grammatical and stereotypical gender in Italian and Italian Gender Inclusive Language: evidence from eye movements in reading. Intervento presentato a: Multidisciplinary perspectives on gender in language - Amsterdam Centre for Language and Communication, Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi. Detail

Full list

Research projects

PNRR per la Missione 4, componente 2 Investimento 1.1- Avviso 104/2022 | Gender bias in language: Testing INClusive ITalian language feasibility and impact (INCITƏ)
Year: 2022
Call: Bando PRIN 2022
Grantors: MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)
Reducing gender inequalities through language: efficacy and feasibility of Italian gender-inclusive language
Year: 2022
Grantors: FONDAZIONE CARIPLO
FOPPOLO-Fondo per il finanziamento delle attività base di ricerca
Year: 2017
Call: FFABR 2017
Grantors: M.I.U.R. - MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE, DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA - UFFICIO I - Bilancio e Contabilita'. Coordinamento staff della Direzione

Awards

Scientific fellowships

  • Componente del Consiglio/Comitato Direttivo - Bilingualism Matters, 2024
  • Componente dell'Advisory Board - Bilingualism Matters, 2018

Editorial boards

  • Associate Editor di rivista o collana editoriale - APPLIED PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, 2022 - 2025

Research and teaching assignments

  • Visiting Researcher - collaborazione di ricerca con Prof. Adrian Staub, Dept. of Psychology - University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2015
  • Visiting Researcher - collaborazione di ricerca con Prof. Adrian Staub, Dept. of Psychology - University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2016
  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2012 - 2015
  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2016 - 2019
  • Visiting Researcher - collaborazione di ricerca con Prof. Antonella Sorace, Linguistics Dept. - The University of Edinburgh, 2018
  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2015 - 2016

Congresses/Conferences

  • Revisore - Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition(Portogallo), 2024
  • Revisore - Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLAP)(Regno Unito), 2024
  • Revisore - Experiments in Linguistic Meaning (ELM)(Stati Uniti), 2024

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