Lab Affiliation: Language and Cognition Laboratory, Eyetracking Laboratory

Research Interests:

Bilingualism, second language acquisition, aphasiology, agrammatism, bilingual aphasia, sentence processing.

My research focuses on the acquisition of grammar in adult English learners of Spanish and Italian, specifically looking at the processing and production of clitic pronouns. In order to analyze grammatical processing of clitic pronouns I use both off-line and on-line behavioral measures as well as neuropsychological measures (ERPs) to tap into the time course of grammatical processing.

Recent Publications:

Journal articles

2008

Rossi, E., Bastiaanse, R. Spontaneous speech in Italian agrammatic aphasia: a focus on variability and verb production. Aphasiology 22, 347-362.

2007

Rossi, E. Bilingual aphasia: a field under construction. Stem- Spraak- en Taalpathologie, 15, 137-142.

2006

Rossi, E., Bastiaanse, R. Don't give an affirmative order. A negative one is easier!. Brain and language, 99, 77-78. Rossi, E. Clitic production in Italian agrammatism. Afasiologie, 284, 69-70.

Books

2007

(Ph.D. dissertation): Rossi, E. Clitic production in Italian agrammatism. Series number 64. Grodil, Groningen.

Book chapters

2008 (In print)

Rossi, E., Denes, G. Natura e rappresentazione della sintassi. In: Denes, G. Parlare con la testa. Bologna, Zanichelli.

Rossi, E., Schippers, M. & Keysers, C. The Mirror neuron system the language system: A review and prospects for research. In: Han, J., Keysers, C. & Poeppel, D. Eds. On Thinking. Springer Heidelberg.

Neurolinguistic rehabilitation tools

2007 (In print)

BOX (Semantic therapy for aphasic speakers). Forthcoming by OS Ed, Firenze, Italy.