Project 1, The fine structure of Romance interrogative it-clefts, was a post-doctoral project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (‘Early PostDoc.mobility’ scheme, project n° P2GEPI_184384). It lasted from 01.09.2019 to 31.08.2021, and was carried out at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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FOCUS! SURVEY 1.
Focus! Survey 1 was an online survey built using Typeform. The survey targeted speakers of Italian from both Italy and Switzerland. The informants were recruited using e-mails, but also social media including Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
The native towns of the speakers who took part in the initiative can be seen in the map below. By clicking on the red pins, you’ll be able to see the gender, year and place of birth of each speaker:
- Chieti
- Pescara
- Pescara
- Palermo
- Carrara
- Rosciano
- Firenze
- Montebelluna
- Mariano Comense
- Napoli
- Conegliano
- Ragusa
- Milano
- Miggiano
- Rossano
- Lugano
- Treviso
- Venezia
- Naples
- Foligno
- Como
- Treviso
- San Biagio di Callalta
- Venice
- Cannaregio
- Soverato
- Villorba
- Genova
- Porto Torres
- Roma
- Sezze
- Florence
- Sesto Fiorentino
- Ivrea
- Nocera Inferiore
- Padova
- Modena
- Teora
- Pisa
- Monastier di Treviso
- Brescia
- Brignano Gera d’Adda
- Trento
- Grosseto
- Clusone
- Chiesa Santa Maria Del Rovere
- Lecce
- Latina
- Borgo Valsugana
- Ticino
- Sassari
- Verbicaro
- Fiuggi
- Roccamandolfi
The paper presenting the data of Focus! Survey 1 is currently being proof-read and will be made available in the Output page shortly.
Clefts (and other focalisations) in the Romance languages 