Birgit Alber

Birgit Alber is a Professor of German Linguistics at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, specializing in the phonology and typology of Germanic varieties in Northern Italy.

• Teaches Linguistics of German, Comparative Grammar of German and Italian, and Language and Media
• Focuses on dialect preservation, prosodic morphology, and optimality theory

Her recent work explores:

• AI's impact on dialects (2024), examining threats from voice recognition systems
• AlpiLinK report (2025) analyzing Northern Italy's multilingual landscape
• Experiential education (2025) involving art students in dialect immersion

She actively participates in conferences like the German Academy for Language and Literature, advocating for minority language preservation.