Andrea Padovan
Department of Foreign Languages and LiteraturesContact information
- Office
- Palazzo di Lettere, Room 1.06, FloorPrimo
- andrea.padovan@univr.it
- Phone
- +39 045 802 8753
- cv_padovan ( IT | 115Kb | 2025-10-01 )
Introduction
Andrea Padovan specializes in German Linguistics. Specifically, his research focuses on gaining a better understanding of the syntax of Germanic minority languages spoken in Northern Italy. Andrea Padovan's work explores language contact between standard language and non-standard varieties delving into the phenomenon known as 'language obsolescence'. The research seeks to understand how a language "shrinks" when the number of speakers dwindles significantly, which in turn leads to increasingly limited opportunities for language use. Another research area involves examining verb complexes (auxiliaries + modals + lexical verbs) in both standard German and regional varieties, from a formal syntactic perspective (Minimalism vs Tree Adjoining Grammars).
Other information
Roles in university bodies- Associato Consiglio del Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature Straniere
- Referente di Dipartimento nel Comitato di Programmazione del Centro Linguistico di Ateneo - Lingua tedesca Referenti Dipartimento Lingue
- Componente Faculty Board of PhD in Linguistics
- Member of Collegio Didattico di Linguistics
- Member of Teaching Committee for Foreign Languages and Literatures
- Member of Comitato di programmazione del Centro Linguistico di Ateneo
Teachings
| A.Y. | Course | Name | Online | Modules offered by this teacher |
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| 2025/2026 | Master's degree in Linguistics | Comparative germanic syntax |
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| 2025/2026 | Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures | Introduction to German Linguistics |
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| 2025/2026 | Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce | German Language 1 [Cognomi M-Z] |
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| 2025/2026 | Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce | Varieties of German 2: tourism and commerce |
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| 2024/2025 | Master's degree in Linguistics | Comparative germanic syntax |
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| 2024/2025 | Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures | Introduction to German Linguistics |
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| 2024/2025 | Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures | German Language 1 |
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| 2024/2025 | Ph.D. in Linguistics | Linguistics and Large Language Models |
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| 2024/2025 | Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce | Varieties of German 2: tourism and commerce |
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| 2023/2024 | Master's degree in Linguistics | Comparative germanic syntax |
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| 2023/2024 | Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures | Introduction to German Linguistics |
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| 2023/2024 | Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures | German Language 1 |
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| 2023/2024 | Master's degree in Languages for Communication in Tourism and Commerce | Varieties of German 2: tourism and commerce |
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| 2022/2023 | Master's degree in Linguistics | Comparative germanic syntax |
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| 2022/2023 | Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures | Introduction to German Linguistics |
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| 2022/2023 | Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures | German Language 1 |
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| 2022/2023 | Bachelor's degree in Languages and Cultures for Tourism and International Commerce | German Language 1 [Cognomi A-L] |
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