Cristiano Chesi
Biographic Data
| ID | 810029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cristiano Chesi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cristiano |
| FAMILY NAME | Chesi |
| SIGNATURE | CHESI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1935-1348 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The syntax of Expletive Negation in English: The case of not -ACC- ing constructions
This work aims to describe and analyze a relatively new, puzzling construction that has become very productive in informal registers of English. It is primarily used by younger generations, especially on the web and social-media platforms, but also in spoken language. It appears with the configuration negative marker + subject in the accusative case + gerun d (e.g. Not me taking the train at 5 a.m. ; meaning: it is ironic and unexpected that I to…
From recursion to incrementality: Return to recurrent neural networks
Large language models grounded on attention-based architectures have outperformed recurrent neural networks (RNNs), like those based on long short-term memory (LSTM) gating systems, in various natural language processing tasks. However, despite optimization, these models (i) require unreasonable training data compared to what children need, (ii) exhibit an inverse relationship between their performance and their linguistic explanatory value, and,…
Focus and negation in Italian why -questions
In the present study, we investigate whether negation interacts with the set of alternatives that are elicited by why-questions. More precisely, we examine whether negation modifies the so-called contrast-class (set of alternatives) in the same way as negation interacts with other constructions, such as focal elements in declarative sentences. To this end, we conducted a multiple forced-choice experiment on Italian and German why-questions in whi…
Why-questions and focus in Italian
In this study we argue that the appropriateness of an answer to a why -question, potentially bearing on multiple contrast classes, is mainly influenced by the focalized argument, which identifies the relevant reference set. The focalization structure, however, interacts in a non-trivial way with the thematic structure and its accessibility, suggesting a general (independent) prominence of the direct object (DO) over the indirect one (IO). In corr…
Asymmetries in nominal copular sentences: Psycholinguistic evidence in favor of the raising analysis
A top-down, parser-friendly approach to pied-piping and operator movement
On Directionality of Phrase Structure Building
Subject Islands, Reconstruction, and the Flow of the Computation
Recent research has highlighted a remarkable variability in subject island effects. Focusing on intransitive verbs and adjectives, we argue that islandhood is determined at the syntax-semantics interface: subjects qualify as islands when they are interpreted outside the predicative nucleus of the clause, in a categorical LF structure ( Ladusaw 1994 ); they are transparent for extraction when they undergo total reconstruction into the predicative …
Subject Islands, Reconstruction, and the Flow of the Computation
Recent research has highlighted a remarkable variability in subject island effects. Focusing on intransitive verbs and adjectives, we argue that islandhood is determined at the syntax-semantics interface: subjects qualify as islands when they are interpreted outside the predicative nucleus of the clause, in a categorical LF structure ( Ladusaw 1994 ); they are transparent for extraction when they undergo total reconstruction into the predicative …
Asymmetries in nominal copular sentences: Psycholinguistic evidence in favor of the raising analysis
On Directionality of Phrase Structure Building
Subject Islands, Reconstruction, and the Flow of the Computation
Recent research has highlighted a remarkable variability in subject island effects. Focusing on intransitive verbs and adjectives, we argue that islandhood is determined at the syntax-semantics interface: subjects qualify as islands when they are interpreted outside the predicative nucleus of the clause, in a categorical LF structure ( Ladusaw 1994 ); they are transparent for extraction when they undergo total reconstruction into the predicative …
On Directionality of Phrase Structure Building
A top-down, parser-friendly approach to pied-piping and operator movement
Asymmetries in nominal copular sentences: Psycholinguistic evidence in favor of the raising analysis
Why-questions and focus in Italian
In this study we argue that the appropriateness of an answer to a why -question, potentially bearing on multiple contrast classes, is mainly influenced by the focalized argument, which identifies the relevant reference set. The focalization structure, however, interacts in a non-trivial way with the thematic structure and its accessibility, suggesting a general (independent) prominence of the direct object (DO) over the indirect one (IO). In corr…
Focus and negation in Italian why -questions
In the present study, we investigate whether negation interacts with the set of alternatives that are elicited by why-questions. More precisely, we examine whether negation modifies the so-called contrast-class (set of alternatives) in the same way as negation interacts with other constructions, such as focal elements in declarative sentences. To this end, we conducted a multiple forced-choice experiment on Italian and German why-questions in whi…
The syntax of Expletive Negation in English: The case of not -ACC- ing constructions
This work aims to describe and analyze a relatively new, puzzling construction that has become very productive in informal registers of English. It is primarily used by younger generations, especially on the web and social-media platforms, but also in spoken language. It appears with the configuration negative marker + subject in the accusative case + gerun d (e.g. Not me taking the train at 5 a.m. ; meaning: it is ironic and unexpected that I to…
From recursion to incrementality: Return to recurrent neural networks
Large language models grounded on attention-based architectures have outperformed recurrent neural networks (RNNs), like those based on long short-term memory (LSTM) gating systems, in various natural language processing tasks. However, despite optimization, these models (i) require unreasonable training data compared to what children need, (ii) exhibit an inverse relationship between their performance and their linguistic explanatory value, and,…
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Natural language processing (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Syntax (4 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (3 works)